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Nehemiah 12:27

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

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Nehemiah 12:27 has 31 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Chronicles 15:16 (6 votes) and Deuteronomy 20:5 (4 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Numbers 7 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does Nehemiah 12:27 point to?

The 20 strongest of 31, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 1 Chronicles 15:166 votes

    David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

  2. Deuteronomy 20:54 votes

    Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.

  3. 1 Chronicles 15:284 votes

    So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

  4. 2 Chronicles 5:134 votes

    The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

  5. 2 Chronicles 29:304 votes

    Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.

  6. 1 Chronicles 15:43 votes

    Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

  7. 1 Chronicles 15:123 votes

    And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

  8. Deuteronomy 16:112 votes

    and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

  9. 2 Samuel 6:122 votes

    Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.

  10. 1 Chronicles 13:82 votes

    David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

  11. 1 Chronicles 16:52 votes
  12. 1 Chronicles 16:422 votes
  13. 1 Chronicles 23:52 votes

    4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”

  14. 1 Chronicles 25:1–62 votes

    Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service: From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. …

  15. 1 Chronicles 26:312 votes
  16. 2 Chronicles 7:62 votes

    The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

  17. 2 Chronicles 29:4–112 votes
  18. Ezra 3:10–112 votes

    When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed. And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.

  19. Ezra 6:162 votes
  20. Ezra 8:15–202 votes

Which verses point to Nehemiah 12:27?

The 10 strongest of 12.