Nehemiah 12:40 - Exposition

So stood the two companies . Having performed their respective portions of the perambulation, and reached the central portion of the eastern wall, opposite the temple area, the two companies came to a stand, one over against the other, not in the house of God , but by it, or near it, which is a meaning that the preposition ב often has. The half of the rulers . Compare Nehemiah 12:32 .