What sequence accompanies the dedication of Jerusalem’s wall?

The historical register records the chief priests and Levites who returned from Babylon with Zorobabel and the high priest Josue, including Saraia, Jeremias, and Esdras, along with Levitical leaders over hymns such as Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, and Mathanias. The high priestly succession is traced across six generations: Josue fathered Joacim, Joacim fathered Eliasib, Eliasib fathered Joiada, Joiada fathered Jonathan, and Jonathan fathered Jeddoa. During Joacim's priesthood, heads of priestly houses were formally documented, and the priests were recorded in the reign of Darius the Persian. The sons of Levi were written in the book of Chronicles through the days of Jonathan son of Eliasib. Priests and gatekeepers operated by fixed courses to offer praise and guard the entrances according to the ancient ordinance of David, continuing down to the days of Joacim and the days of Nehemias the governor and Esdras the priest and scribe.

For the dedication of the wall, Levites and singers were gathered from their rural villages surrounding Jerusalem, including the plain country, Nethuphati, the house of Galgal, and the regions of Geba and Azmaveth. Priests and Levites performed ritual purification upon themselves, followed by the purification of the entire congregation, the city gates, and the wall itself, preparing the community for the solemn procession with harps, psalteries, and cymbals.

Nehemias assembled the princes of Judah upon the ramparts and organized two great choirs of thanksgiving to march in opposite directions. The first procession, accompanied by half the princes, the scribe Esdras, and trumpet-bearing priests led by Zacharias, proceeded on the right-hand side of the wall toward the dung gate, with Esdras before them at the fountain gate, then up the stairs of the city of David at the ascent of the wall of the house of David to the water gate eastward. The second procession, followed by Nehemias, half the people, proceeded on the opposite side of the wall over the tower of the furnaces, the broad wall, the gate of Ephraim, the old gate, the fish gate, the towers of Hananeel and Emath, and the flock gate, halting at the watch gate. Both choirs converged and stood together at the house of God, joined by magistrates and singers who sang loudly under the oversight of Jezraia.

The congregation offered abundant sacrifices on that day and rejoiced exceedingly because God had filled them with great joy, with women and children celebrating so heartily that the sound of Jerusalem's rejoicing was heard far away. On that day, officials were appointed over the temple storehouses to gather libations, firstfruits, and tithes for the priests and Levites who ministered at the altar. The community maintained the sacred watch, the rites of expiation, and the musical rotations instituted by David and Solomon, with all Israel providing daily portions for the singers and porters just as in the days of Zorobabel. A textual annotation clarifies that when Israel sanctified the Levites and the Levites sanctified the sons of Aaron, the term denotes delivering the legal offerings set aside and consecrated for clerical support.