Stood still — Waiting, as also their brethren did, that they might go together in due order into God's house, there to perfect the solemnity.
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Nehemiah 12:39
39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.