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## Beth Gilgal...Geba and Azmaveth...Jerusalem ##
These are the names of places. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
## for the singers had built for themselves villages around Jerusalem ##
"for the singers lived in musical communities they had built in places surrounding Jerusalem."
## The priests and the Levites purified ##
This refers to a process of ritually purifying everything participating in the dedication ceremony: leaders, participants, instruments, buildings, even the walls themselves.