Ezra 1.1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of YHVH by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, YHVH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also by letter, saying, 1.2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath YHVH Alhym of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 1.3 Who among you of all his people, may his Alhym be with him, and may he go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of YHVH Alhym of Israel, he is the Alhym who is in Jerusalem? 1.4 And all that remaineth out of all the places where he sojourneth, let the men of his place carry him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, with the offering for the house of Alhym which is in Jerusalem. 1.5 Then the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, arose, and went up to the whole city, whose spirit Alhym had put in them, to build the house of YHVH which is in Jerusalem. 1.6 And all their neighbors strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, and with gold, with goods, and with cattle, and with precious things, besides all that willingly offered themselves. 1.7 And Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of YHVH, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and put them in the house of his gods. 1.8 And Cyrus king of Persia brought them out by the hand of the treasurer, and counted them unto Shebzar the prince of Judah. 1.9 And these are the number of them. thirty golden bowls, a thousand and twenty-nine silver bowls, 1.10 Thirty gold chargers, four hundred silver chargers, and ten other vessels, a thousand. 1.11 All the vessels of gold and silver were five thousand and four hundred, all the offering of Shebzar with the offering of the exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem. 2.1 Now these are the children of the province, which returned out of the captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive to Babylon, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, every man unto his city. 2.2 Who came with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, a number of the Gentiles, Rahum, Baanah, a number of the people of Israel. 2.3 The children of Phares, one thousand one hundred seventy and two. 2.4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 2.5 The children of Arach, seven hundred seventy and five. 2.6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua, Joab, eight thousand eight hundred and twelve. 2.7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 2.8 The children of Zetua, nine hundred forty and five. 2.9 The children of Zacharias, seven hundred and sixty. 2.10 My sons, six hundred and forty-two. 2.11 The children of Babi, six hundred twenty and three. 2.12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. 2.13 The children of Aden, six hundred and sixty-six. 2.14 The children of Goi, one thousand fifty-six. 2.15 The sons of Adin, four hundred fifty-four. 2.16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 2.17 The sons of Betzai, three hundred twenty-three. 2.18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve. 2.19 The sons of Hasham, two hundred twenty-three. 2.20 Ninety-five years old 2.21 The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty and three. 2.22 The men of Netpah, fifty-six. 2.23 The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight. 2.24 The children of Azmath, forty and two. 2.25 The children of Kirjath Arim-kephirah and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. 2.26 The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one. 2.27 The men of Michmash, one hundred twenty-two. 2.28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three. 2.29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. 2.30 The children of Megish, one hundred fifty and six. 2.31 The children of Elam, another thousand two hundred fifty and four. 2.32 The children of Haram, three hundred and twenty. 2.33 The children of Lad, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. 2.34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 2.35 The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty. 2.36 The priests, the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 2.37 My son, a thousand fifty-two. 2.38 The children of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 2.39 The children of Haram, one thousand and seventeen. 2.40 The Levites, the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four. 2.41 The singers. the sons of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight. 2.42 The children of Shearim, the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shavi, in all an hundred thirty and nine. 2.43 The Nethinim, the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hashupha, the sons of Tionghon. 2.44 The children of Keres, the children of Siha, the children of Padon 2.45 The sons of Laban, the sons of Haggai, the sons of Aqub 2.46 The sons of Haggai, the sons of Shimli, the sons of Hanan. 2.47 Sons of Gadhal, sons of Gahar, sons of Rayah 2.48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazem 2.49 The sons of Azza, the sons of Pashcha, the sons of Bassi 2.50 The sons of Asenath, the sons of Ma'ain, the sons of Naphisim 2.51 The sons of Bozhu, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhor 2.52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Machida, the children of Harsha. 2.53 The children of Barchus, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah. 2.54 The sons of Nitzich, the sons of Hatipha 2.55 The sons of Abdi Solomon, the sons of Seti, the sons of Sephar, the sons of Peroda 2.56 My son will rise, my son will grow, my son will grow 2.57 The sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pekareth of the Zebulunites, the sons of my mother. 2.58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 2.59 And these are the leaves from the hill of salt, the hill of Harsha, the hill of Cherub, the hill of Eden, and they could not tell their father's house or their seed, whether they were of Israel. 2.60 The children of Delilah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 2.61 And of the sons of the priests, the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name. 2.62 These sought their writings, which were written by the priests, and were not found. and they redeemed them from the priest. 2.63 And he said, They should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest for the Urim and the Levites. 2.64 The whole congregation together was four hundred and three hundred and sixty. 2.65 Besides their male and female slaves, there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven of them, and they had two hundred male and female slaves. 2.66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six, their mules two hundred forty-five. 2.67 Their camels were four hundred thirty-five, their donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 2.68 And some of the heads of the fathers, when they came to the house of YHVH which is in Jerusalem, offered themselves for the house of Alhym, to set it in its place. 2.69 According to their ability, they gave to the treasury of the work six thousand drachmas of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. 2.70 The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, the people of the land, and all Israel lived in their cities. 3.1 And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in the cities, and the people gathered themselves together as one man unto Jerusalem. 3.2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and built the altar of the Alhym of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of Alhym. 3.3 And he prepared the altar upon his altar. for the fear of the people of the lands was upon them. and he offered burnt offerings upon it unto YHVH morning and evening. 3.4 And they kept the feast of tabernacles as it is written, and the daily burnt offering by number, according to the ordinance, every day. 3.5 And after that thou shalt offer continually, and at the new moons, and at all the set feasts of YHVH, and at every freewill offering unto YHVH. 3.6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to YHVH, but the temple of YHVH had not been laid. 3.7 And they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Cyrenes, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the license which Cyrus king of Persia had given them. 3.8 And in the second year of their coming to the house of Alhym at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all that were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to the work of the house of YHVH. 3.9 And Jeshua, his sons, and his brethren, Kadmiel, and his sons, the children of Judah, together, stood continually over the workmen of the house of Alhym, the children of Henadad, their sons, and their brethren, the Levites. 3.10 And the children laid the foundation of the temple of YHVH, and the priests stood armed with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise YHVH by the hand of David king of Israel. 3.11 And they answered with praise and thanksgiving unto YHVH, for it is good. for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. and all the people shouted with a great shout, praising YHVH, at the foundation of the house of YHVH. 3.12 And many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who had seen the foundation of the first house, wept with a loud voice, and many shouted for joy, lifting up their voices. 3.13 And the people did not know the sound of the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard afar off. 4.1 Now when the inhabitants of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto YHVH Alhym of Israel, 4.2 Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you. for we will seek your Alhym as ye do, and we will not sacrifice since the days of Asher-haddon king of Assyria, which brought us up hither. 4.3 Then Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers of Israel said to them, “You have nothing to do with us in building a house for our Alhym, but we together will build for YHVH, the Alhym of Israel, as King Cyrus, king of Persia, commanded us.” 4.4 And the people of the land let the hand of Judah be loosed, and they were weary of building. 4.5 And they set up counselors against them to frustrate their counsel, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, until the reign of Darius king of Persia. 4.6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, 4.7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Beshalm the son of Tabal, and the rest of his letters, against Artaxerxes king of Persia. And the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic, and the translation was in Aramaic. 4.8 Rahum Baal-Taam and Samshai Safra wrote a severe tax against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, as the king of Assyria. 4.9 Adin, a merciful man, and the sons of Safra, and the rest of the people of Kenathon, Dinia, and Parthia, Tarpel, Aparsiya, Arko, Babylonia, Shushanchi, and Dehua, Alma. 4.10 And the rest of the children of Israel, 4.11 Dana, the interpreter of the Agartha, sent a messenger to Artaxerxes the king, to your servants, the men who crossed the river and who were with you. 4.12 And it shall be known unto the king of Judah, that the Jews which were driven out of Lot, shall go up with him to Jerusalem, and to build a city, and to build a city, and to build a city, and to build a city, and to build a city. 4.13 When the king knows that his kingdom is sufficient, his kingdom will be built and his kingdom will be perfected, and he will not be left behind, and he will not be destroyed, and he will be destroyed by kings. 4.14 When all the salt had been received, the salt was shut up, and the king's anger was aroused. I will not delay in speaking to the king about the matter, and I will inform him. 4.15 The book of Deuteronomy will be written in the book of Deuteronomy, and you will be remembered in the book of Deuteronomy, and you will know the story of your story, which you told in Meredah, and the destruction of the kings of Malchi and Midian and Ashdod, servants of the gods, from the day of the death of Alma on the day of Dana, the story of your destruction. 4.16 We will be known to the king, and his decrees will be fulfilled, and his servants will be perfected, and he will receive a portion of the past, and we will not be with you. 4.17 The king sent a message to Rahum, a man of taste, and the sun of Safra, and the rest of the land of Canaan, who was quite wise in the land of Shimrin, and the rest of the land of the river Nehra, and now 4.18 We are very happy to send you a letter from Alina, a sailor from Kerry Kedmi. 4.19 And whosoever shall taste, and visit, and forget, shall surely hear the words of YHVH, from the day of death, when Alma shall rise up against Malchin, and shall rebel, and Ashtoreth shall serve him? 4.20 And the kings besieged Jerusalem, and the rulers on every side poured out a flood and a siege, and went from Jehoshaphat to Hun. 4.21 If you set a reason for a woman to go, and your calling will not be built, how long will it take to set a reason? 4.22 And Zahirin, his hook, is for the processor on Dana, why should Hebla rise up to the detriment of Malkin? 4.23 Adin, one of the interpreters of the words of Artaxerxes the king, the firstborn of the righteous, and the suns of Sephara, and the wealth of the people, were exhausted in their haste to Jerusalem against Judah, and they were scattered in Edra and Heil. 4.24 In the same year the service of the house of Alhym in Jerusalem was stopped, and it remained there until the thirteenth year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. 5.1 And Haggai the prophetess, and Zechariah the son of Iddo the prophetess, prophesied concerning Judah, in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of Alhym, Israel, the Alhym of Israel. 5.2 Then arose Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his ministers, to build the house of Alhym which is at Jerusalem. and the prophets of Alhym prophesied for them. 5.3 At that time I will give you a portion of the land beyond the river, and the rest of the land of Bozni, and their wealth, and so I will say to them, "From where is the taste of your name, Beth Dan, to build, and Ashrena, to perfect it?" 5.4 As for me, I said to them, "From now on, you will be a woman who will rule over us." 5.5 And the eye of their Alhym was upon the captivity of Judah, and they did not cease their rebellion until the time of Darius, who had reigned over them, and had appointed a judge over them. 5.6 The messenger sent to Agartha, who was beyond the River, and who was sent to Bozni, and whose name was Aparscia, who was beyond the River, to Darius the king. 5.7 The prophet sent a message, and it was written in the book of the book of the law to King Darius, saying, "Solomon, do not be afraid." 5.8 He knew that the king had given Judah a city for the house of the great Alhym, and he built a stone altar and put it in the temple, and the people worshiped him and prospered in their hands. 5.9 I will go to the Shabba, and I will say to them, "Where is the name of the house that you have built, and we will build it, and we will build it to perfection." 5.10 And even though they were not pleased with your messages, it was written there that men were strong enough in their heads. 5.11 And as the proverb says, "We are the servants of the gods, the heavens and the earth, and the building of the house, which he built from the beginning of the world, and he is a great and mighty king over Israel, and he has made it perfect." 5.12 They have provoked the gods of heaven to anger, and the gods of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and the house of Dan, Sitra, and with her they have carried away captive to Babylon. 5.13 But in the sixth year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus king of Babylon built the house of Alhym, and built it. 5.14 And the gold of the house of Alhym, and the gold of the temple of Nebuchadnezzar, which he brought out of the temple in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babylon, even Cyrus the king brought out of the temple of Babylon, and put them in the palace of Sheshbazzar, which is called the palace of YHVH. 5.15 And he said unto her, This is the vessel which I will build in Jerusalem, and the house of Alhym shall be built in its place. 5.16 I will build the house of Alhym in Jerusalem, and from Adin until the day it was built, it was not finished. 5.17 And when he was come to the house of Gennesaret, the king of Babylon, he was with me, and the king Cyrus the king gave a decree to build the house of Alhym in Jerusalem, and the king's servants sent him there. 6.1 In the days of Darius the king, there came a certain man, and he was come to the house of Sefaria, and Genzias the Hittite, and was astonished at Babylon. 6.2 And he was forgotten in Achmatah, in Birta, in the measure of her state, in the plain of Hada, and so it is written in the body of Dekrona. 6.3 In the sixth year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree that the house of Alhym in Jerusalem should be built, a place of great splendor, and 6.4 We will break the stone that was taken from the king's house, and we 6.5 And of the house of Alhym, which was of gold, and of the palace of the king of Babylon, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, and carried it to Babylon, and brought it to the temple which was in Jerusalem, to set it in order, and to put it in the house of Alhym. 6.6 If you give me a piece of land beyond the river, I will leave you a piece of land, and I will give 6.7 They are in line for the work of the house of Alhym, the house of Judah, and the house of Judah, the house of Alhym, the house of YHVH, on its site. 6.8 And I will give you a reason why you should serve with the Jewish exiles, and I will go to build the house of your Alhym, and from the king's property, which is the land of the river Aspara, which is the land of the Egyptians, I will go to the women, and not in vain. 6.9 And what about the sons of Torah and Dekhrin, who said to the gods of the heavens, "They are embalmed, salted, and anointed, as the priest says, 'Enough for Jerusalem, for it is enough for them, day by day, not enough for peace.'" 6.10 It is enough to offer sacrifices of sweet aroma to the gods of heaven, and to save the lives of the king and his sons. 6.11 And he that putteth on the tongue of every man that hateth a proverb, let him be put out of his house, and let the watchman beware of him, and let him be put to death for his sin. 6.12 And Alhym shall dwell there, and shall destroy every king and people that shall put his hand against it to destroy the house of Alhym, and shall destroy the house of Darius in Jerusalem, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall make a covenant with him. 6.13 Adin, you shall give me a portion of the river, and I will give you a portion of the land 6.14 And the captivity of Judah built and fortified them through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, and his sons, and they perfected Israel by these means, and by the order of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 6.15 And the house of Dan went forth until the day of the month of Adar, which was the seventh year of the reign of Darius the king. 6.16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, did the dedication of the house of Alhym with joy. 6.17 And they offered for the dedication of the house of Alhym, twelve hundred shekels of silver, and four hundred shekels of gold, and trumpets of brass, to make atonement for all Israel, twelve according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 6.18 And they appointed priests in the divisions of the house of Alhym, and Levites in the divisions of the house of Alhym, for the service of Alhym in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses. 6.19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 6.20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them being pure, and they killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for them. 6.21 And the children of Israel, that were come again out of the captivity, and all that were separated from the filthiness of the people of the land, to seek YHVH Alhym of Israel, did eat. 6.22 And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy. for YHVH made them rejoice. and the heart of the king of Assyria turned unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of Alhym, the Alhym of Israel. 7.1 After these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 7.2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahithub, 7.3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 7.4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Beki. 7.5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest, 7.6 This Ezra came up from Babylon, and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which YHVH Alhym of Israel had given. and the king granted him according to the hand of YHVH his Alhym upon him all his request. 7.7 And some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the children of Israel, went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 7.8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was the seventh year of the king. 7.9 For on the first day of the first month he began the journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his Alhym upon him. 7.10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of YHVH, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 7.11 And this is the interpretation of the book that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a book of the words of the commandments of YHVH, and of his statutes concerning Israel. 7.12 Artaxerxes the king, Melchiah, to Ezra the priest, a book of the law, according to the law of YHVH, and of the law of YHVH, according to 7.13 I will give you a sufficient amount of money for every volunteer in my kingdom from my people Israel, and for my priests and Levites, which you have with you to Jerusalem. 7.14 All that is received is sufficient from the beginning of the king, and seven days shall be given to the messenger to proclaim to Judah and Jerusalem the religion of your Alhym, sufficient in your hand. 7.15 And to spend silver and gold, sufficient for the king and his servants, they offered to the gods of Israel, sufficient for Jerusalem, his dwelling place. 7.16 And all the silver and gold shall be forgotten in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offerings of the women and the priests, who offer themselves freely for the house of Alhym, they shall be enough in Jerusalem. 7.17 Every one that receiveth the law of Asparagus, thou shalt be jealous for the law of the law of Torah, and for the law of 7.18 And what is enough for you and your brother? It is better for Bashar to be a slave than to worship your gods. 7.19 And I will not be satisfied with thee, that thou shouldest destroy the house of thy Alhym, which is perfect before this, which is Jerusalem. 7.20 And the rest of the treasures of the house of your Alhym shall be sufficient for you, according to the portion given you out of the king's treasure house. 7.21 And from whence then did Artaxerxes the king make a decree concerning all the treasures of the treasury, which were in the past, and all that were asked, that Ezra the priest should be a scribe, and that the heavens should be opened to him. 7.22 To silver a hundred shekels, to henna a hundred shekels, to beryl a hundred shekels, to beryl a hundred shekels, to beryl a hundred shekels, and to beryl a hundred shekels of oil, and salt enough is not written. 7.23 All is enough for the sake of these things, that YHVH Alhym will serve the house of these things, that YHVH Alhym will be enough for him, why is he angry with the kingdom of the king and his sons? 7.24 And it is well known to you that all the priests and Levites, the Zemriites, the Nethinims, and the servants of the house of Alhym, have judged and rejected, and there is no ruler to deceive them. 7.25 And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your Alhym, are sufficient in your hand to judge and to make judgments, sufficient for all the people, sufficient for the past, a light for all who know the religion of your Alhym, and sufficient for those who do not know, to be made known. 7.26 And all that is not enough for him is a servant, but enough for your Alhym, and enough for the king. As far as I am concerned, the law of the servant is either death, or flogging, or punishment, or imprisonment. 7.27 Blessed be YHVH Alhym of our fathers, who has put such a thing in the king's heart, to beautify the house of YHVH which is in Jerusalem. 7.28 And Eli found favor in the sight of the king, and his counsellors, and all the king's mighty men. and I was strengthened, as the hand of YHVH my Alhym was upon me, and gathered together of Israel chief men to go up with me. 8.1 Now these are the heads of their fathers, and the exiles who were with me in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Babylon. 8.2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom, of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel, of the sons of David, Hattush. 8.3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharez, Zechariah, and his brethren, a hundred and fifty males. 8.4 Of the sons of Pahath-Moab, Elihueni the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. 8.5 Of the sons of Shechaniah the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. 8.6 And of the sons of Adin, Abde the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 8.7 And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. 8.8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males. 8.9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 8.10 And of the sons of Shelomith the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and sixty males. 8.11 And of the sons of Babi; Zechariah the son of Babi, and with him twenty and eight males. 8.12 And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of the youngest, and with him one hundred and ten males. 8.13 And of the sons of Adnik, the sons of Aharonim, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males. 8.14 And of the sons of Goi; Uthi and Zebud, and with him seventy males. 8.15 And I gathered them together unto the river that cometh to Ahuah, and we encamped there three days. and I found there neither the people, nor the priests, nor the sons of Levi. 8.16 And I sent to Eliezer, and to Ariel, and to Shemaiah, and to Elnathan, and to Irib, and to Elnathan, and to Nathan, and to Zechariah, and to Mishlam, heads, and to Irib, and to Elnathan, men of understanding. 8.17 And I brought them to YHVH of the chief in Caspiah, and put words in their mouths to speak to YHVH of his brethren that were in Caspiah, to bring us servants for the house of our Alhym. 8.18 And they brought us, according to the good hand of our Alhym upon us, every man of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah, and his sons and his brethren, eighteen. 8.19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren, and their sons, twenty. 8.20 And of the subjects whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty subjects; all of them were expressed by name. 8.21 And I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahau, to fast before our Alhym, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our substance. 8.22 For I have asked of the king a force and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way. for we have spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our Alhym is upon all them that seek him for good, and his strength and his wrath upon all that forsake him. 8.23 And we fasted and besought our Alhym for this, and he was intreated of us. 8.24 And Abednego, of the chief of the priests, gave twelve to Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brethren. 8.25 And I will weigh out to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, the offering of the house of our Alhym, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel that were present, have offered. 8.26 And I weighed out to them six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and gold an hundred talents. 8.27 And twenty baskets of gold for a thousand baskets, and vessels of brass of fine gold, two thousand precious in gold. 8.28 And she said unto them, Ye are holy unto YHVH, and the vessels are holy. the silver and the gold are a dedicated thing unto YHVH Alhym of your fathers. 8.29 Be diligent and watchful until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and Levites and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of YHVH. 8.30 And the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our Alhym. 8.31 And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. and the hand of our Alhym was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and from the ambush by the way. 8.32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 8.33 On the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the vessels were weighed in the house of our Alhym by Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Benai, the Levites. 8.34 By number and weight for each, and all the weight was written at that time. 8.35 And the children of the captivity, which were come out of the captivity, offered a burnt offering unto the Alhym of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, and twelve he goats for a sin offering. all this was a burnt offering unto YHVH. 8.36 And they gave the king's tribute to the king's officers, and to the men of the province beyond the river, and they carried away the people and the house of Alhym. 9.1 And after these things the princes came unto me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, according to their abominations, even the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Maavi, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 9.2 For they carried away their daughters unto themselves and to their sons, and the holy seed mingled with the people of the lands. and the hand of the princes and the governors was first in this matter. 9.3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished. 9.4 And to me shall be gathered all that fear the words of the Alhym of Israel, even of the exiles. and I shall sit desolate until the evening sacrifice. 9.5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose, fasting, and with my garment and my mantle rent, and fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto YHVH my Alhym. 9.6 And she said, My Alhym, I am ashamed, and I am ashamed to lift up my face to you, my Alhym. for our iniquities are increased more than our head, and our guilt is grown up to the heavens. 9.7 From the days of our fathers we have been in great guilt even unto this day. and in our times we have given our kings and our priests into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to reproach, and to shame, as it is this day. 9.8 And now it is almost time for YHVH our Alhym to leave us an escape, and to give us a stake in his holy place, to enlighten our eyes, and to give us a little life in our bondage. 9.9 For we are servants, and in our servitude we have not forsaken our Alhym, and he has extended to us kindness before the kings of Persia, to give us a living, to build the house of our Alhym, and to set up his walls, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem. 9.10 And now, our Alhym, what shall we say after this, seeing we have forsaken thy commandments? 9.11 Which thou commandedst by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land whither ye go to possess it is a desolate land, a desolate land, the desolation of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which are filled from mouth to mouth with their filthiness. 9.12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, neither seek their peace and their good for ever. that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it an inheritance unto your children for ever. 9.13 After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, you, our Alhym, have darkened our dwelling place and given us such an escape. 9.14 If we turn back to break your commandments and intermarry with these abominations, will you not destroy us until we are completely destroyed, leaving no survivors or escapees? 9.15 O YHVH Alhym of Israel, thou art righteous. for we are left a remnant, as we are this day. we are before thee in our trespasses. for we cannot stand before thee for this. 10.1 Now when Ezra had prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of Alhym, there gathered to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men, women, and children. for the people wept sore. 10.2 Then Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the children of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have transgressed against our Alhym, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land. and now there is hope for Israel because of this. 10.3 And now let us make a covenant with our Alhym to put away all wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of our Lord, and according to the commandments of our Alhym, and according to the law, so shall they do. 10.4 Arise, for the matter is upon you, and we are with you. Be strong and do it. 10.5 Then Ezra arose and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore. 10.6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of Alhym, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. and he went there, and ate no bread, nor drank water, for he mourned for the captivity. 10.7 And they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem. 10.8 And whoever does not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his property shall be confiscated, and he shall be separated from the congregation of the exile. 10.9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within three days, which was the ninth month, the twentieth day of the month. and all the people sat in the street of the house of Alhym, trembling because of the matter, and because of the rain. 10.10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have transgressed and brought in foreign wives to add to the guilt of Israel." 10.11 Now therefore give thanks to YHVH Alhym of your fathers, and do his will, and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. 10.12 And all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Even as thou hast said, so must we do. 10.13 But the people are many, and it is a time of rain, and there is no strength to stand without, and the work is not for one day, nor for two years. for we have multiplied our transgressions in this matter. 10.14 Let our princes stand before all the congregation, and let all that are in our cities, that have taken back strange wives, come at intervals, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our Alhym be turned from him unto this thing. 10.15 But Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah stood up against this, and Shammah and the Levites helped them. 10.16 And the children of the captivity did so, and Ezra the priest separated men, heads of fathers' houses, and all of them by name, and sat down on one day in the tenth month, to the commandment of Darius. 10.17 And they finished all the men who had taken foreign wives until the first day of the first month. 10.18 And he found among the sons of the priests who had brought back foreign wives, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Reuben, and Gedaliah. 10.19 And they gave their hand to put away their wives, and they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt. 10.20 And of my sons, Ananias and Zebedee. 10.21 And of the sons of Haram; Maaseiah, and Eliah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 10.22 And of the sons of Pashhur. Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 10.23 And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Keliah, which is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. 10.24 And of the singers, Eliashib. and of the gatekeepers, Shelem, and Telem, and Uri. 10.25 And of Israel, of the children of Perez, Ramiah, Viziah, and Malchijah, and Meman, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and their sons. 10.26 And of the sons of Elam. Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Ramoth, and Eliah. 10.27 And of the sons of Zetua; Elioeni, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 10.28 And of the sons of Babi, Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zevi, Attali. 10.29 And of the sons of the children of Meshelemiah, of Luch and Adia, he returned and asked Jarmuth. 10.30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab, Edna, and all the sons of Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Ben-ni, and Manasseh. 10.31 And the sons of Haram. Eliezer, Jesiah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon. 10.32 Benjamin from Loch Shmarya 10.33 Mabnei Hasham Mattani Mattathias Zabad Eliphelet Yermi Menashe Shimei 10.34 Of the sons of the sons of Mede. Amram and Euel. 10.35 Construction of a fake house 10.36 Vanya from Ramot Elyashiv 10.37 Mattaniah Mattaniah and they did. 10.38 And my son, and my son Shimei, 10.39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adijah. 10.40 from Shashi Shari's supporters 10.41 Azrael and Shalmiahu, Shamariah 10.42 Hello Amariya Yosef 10.43 Of the sons of Nebo. Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jehu, and Joel, his sons. 10.44 All these have married foreign women, and some of them have taken wives and have had children.