and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. 18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah to wife. 19Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. 7 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. And I said unto them: 'Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them; and let watches be appointed of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.' Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein: "These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and that returned unto Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; 7who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Naham ani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy and two. "The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. 12The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 13The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. 14The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 15The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. 16The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. 17The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. 18The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. 19The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. 20The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. 21 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 22The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. 23The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. 24The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve. 25The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. 26The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight. 27The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight. 28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two. 29The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. 30The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one. 31The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two. 32The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three. 33The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. 34The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 35The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 36The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 37The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. 38The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. 46 The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth; 47the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon; 48the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai; the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar; 50the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda; 51the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah; 52the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim; 53the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur; 54the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha; 55the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah; 56the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 57The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida; 58the children of Jala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel; 59the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon. 60 All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 61 And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers' houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel: 62the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. 63And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was 45The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight. called after their name. 64These sought their register, that is, the genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. 65And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. 66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, beside their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. [a68 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;] their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 70And some from among the heads of fathers' houses gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' tunics. 71And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver. 72And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests' tunics. 73So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. 2And Ezra the priest brought the Law before the congregation, both men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. And he read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the Law. 4And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. "And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people for he was above all the people and when he opened it, all the people stood up. And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered: Amen, Amen', with the lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and fell down before the LORD with their faces to the ground. Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, even the Levites, caused the people to understand the Law; and the people stood in their place. And they read in the book, in the Law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities, 1all the people gathered themselves together as "And Nehemiah, who was the one man into the broad place that was Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the before the water gate; and they spoke scribe, and the Levites that taught the This verse is placed in authoritative codices in the margin. people, said unto all the people: This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.' For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law. 10Then he said unto them: 'Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord; neither be ye grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.' "So the Levites stilled all the people, saying: 'Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.' 12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. dwelt in the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. 18Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the ordinance. 9 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them. And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the Law of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and prostrated themselves before the LORD their God. God. 13 And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the Law. 14And they found written in the Law, how that the LORD had "Then stood up upon the platform commanded by Moses, that the chil- of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, dren of Israel should dwell in booths Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherein the feast of the seventh month; biah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried 15and that they should publish and with a loud voice unto the LORD their proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying: 'Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.' 16So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim. 17And all the congregation of them that were come back out of the captivity made booths, and "Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said: 'Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting; and let them say: Blessed be Thy glorious Name, that is exalted above all blessing and praise. "Thou art the LORD, even Thou alone; Thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and Thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth Thee. "Thou art the LORD the God, who Heb. Jeshua. to didst choose Abram, and broughtest ments, 17and refused to hearken, him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, neither were mindful of Thy wonders and gavest him the name of Abraham; that Thou didst among them; but and foundest his heart faithful before hardened their neck, and in their Thee, and madest a covenant with him rebellion appointed a captain to give the land of the Canaanite, the return to their bondage; but Thou Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, art a God ready to pardon, gracious and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, and full of compassion, slow to anger, even to give it unto his seed, and hast and plenteous in mercy, and forsookest performed Thy words; for Thou art them not. 18Yea, when they had righteous. 'And Thou sawest the made them a molten calf, and said: affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and This is thy God that brought thee up heardest their cry by the Red Sea; out of Egypt, and had wrought great 10and didst show signs and wonders provocations; 19yet Thou in Thy upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, manifold mercies forsookest them not and on all the people of his land; for in the wilderness; the pillar of cloud Thou knewest that they dealt proudly departed not from over them by day, against them; and didst get Thee a to lead them in the way; neither the name, as it is this day. And Thou pillar of fire by night, to show them didst divide the sea before them, so light, and the way wherein they should that they went through the midst of go. 20Thou gavest also Thy good the sea on the dry land; and their spirit to instruct them, and withpursuers Thou didst cast into the heldest not Thy manna from their depths, as a stone into the mighty mouth, and gavest them water for waters. 12 Moreover in a pillar of their thirst. 21Yea, forty years didst cloud Thou didst lead them by day; Thou sustain them in the wilderness, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give and they lacked nothing; their clothes them light in the way wherein they waxed not old, and their feet swelled should go. 13Thou camest down also not. upon mount Sinai, and spokest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and laws of truth, good statutes and commandments; 14and madest known unto them Thy holy sabbath, and didst command them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by the hand of Moses Thy servant; 15and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst command them that they should go in to possess the land which Thou hadst lifted up Thy hand to give them. 16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to Thy command 22 Moreover Thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, which Thou didst allot quarter by quarter; so they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. 23Their children also didst Thou multiply as the stars of heaven, and didst bring them into the land, concerning which Thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. 24So the children went in and possessed the land, and Thou didst subdue before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would. 25 And |