Nehemiah 12:9
Nehemiah 12:9 Meaning and Explanation
“Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Bakbukiah and Unni stood opposite the others in the watches, forming answering choirs in worship.
What Does Nehemiah 12:9 Mean?
These Levites are positioned over against their brethren in the watches, meaning they took the responding part in antiphonal singing, one group calling and the other answering.
Praise here is a dialogue, choir answering choir, as if the whole congregation were teaching itself to rejoice. The ordered beauty of their worship pictures a deeper harmony: a people whose hearts are tuned together to glorify one Lord.
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What does Nehemiah 12:9 mean?
Bakbukiah and Unni stood opposite the others in the watches, forming answering choirs in worship.