Nehemiah 12:38

over againstthem] R.V. to meet them. The line of march of the other procession was by the northern wall. By an ingenious conjecture, Reuss, altering the Hebrew word (to meet them) by the addition of one consonant, proposes to read -on the left hand," balancing the words in Nehemiah 12:31.

and I after them Nehemiah, following the thanksgiving company of Levites and singers and musicians, marched, like Ezra, at the head of the other half of the princes and the people.

and the half, &c. R.V. with the half, &c. The other half of the princes, priests, men of Judah and Benjamin, and musicians.

from beyond R.V. above. This seems to mean at a little distance from, i.e. to the north of (see, however, note on Nehemiah 12:31).

the tower of the furnaces Cf. Nehemiah 3:11.

even unto the broad wall Cf. Nehemiah 3:8.