Nehemiah 1.1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, 1.2 Then Hanani, one of my brothers, came with some men from Judah, and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped from the captivity and about Jerusalem. 1.3 And the remnant that were left of the captivity there in the land said unto me, In great distress and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. 1.4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down, and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the Alhym of heaven. 1.5 And I said, O YHVH Alhym of heaven, the great and awesome Alhym, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love him and keep his commandments. 1.6 Let thine ear be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee day and night for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee, I and my father's house. 1.7 We have sinned against you, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which you commanded your servant Moses. 1.8 Remember, I pray thee, the word which thou commandedst Moses thy servant, saying, Ye shall transgress, and I will scatter you among the nations. 1.9 And if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there be of you cast out unto the uttermost part of heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place which I have chosen to set my name there. 1.10 And they are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand. 1.11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, which desire to fear thy name. and prosper thy servant this day, and shew mercy before this man. for I am the king's cupbearer. 2.1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him. and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king; and I was not wicked before him. 2.2 And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? This is but a sore heart, and I am very much afraid. 2.3 And he said unto the king, O king, live for ever. why should not I be grieved, that the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, is laid waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? 2.4 And the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? And I will pray unto the Alhym of heaven. 2.5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if it please thy servant before thee, that thou wouldest send me into Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, and unto our fathers' house. 2.6 And the king said unto me, How long shall this journey be, and when will you return? And it pleased the king, and he sent me away, and I will give him time. 2.7 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me for the journey beyond the river, that they may bring me over until I come into Judah. 2.8 And I will write to Asaph, the keeper of the king's orchard, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the city, for the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. and the king shall grant me according to the good hand of my Alhym upon me. 2.9 Then I came to the plains beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. And the king sent with his people captains of war and horsemen. 2.10 But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard of it, and it grieved them greatly that a man had come to seek favor for the children of Israel. 2.11 And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 2.12 And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. and I told no man what my Alhym had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. and there was no beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 2.13 And I went out by the gate of the valley by night, and over against the dragon's eye, and by the dung gate. and I was in a breach in the wall of Jerusalem, whose breaches and gates were consumed with fire. 2.14 And I passed by the gate of the eye, and by the king's pool. and there was no place for the beast to pass under me. 2.15 And I will go up by the brook by night, and I will break through the wall, and I will return, and I will come by the gate of the valley, and I will return. 2.16 And the governors knew not whither I went, nor what I did. and I had not told the Jews, and the priests, and the levitical men, and the governors, and the rest that did the work. 2.17 And he said unto them, Ye see the evil that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. 2.18 And I will tell them of the hand of my Alhym which is good upon me, and also of the king's words which he spake unto me. And they said, Let us arise, and let us build. and they strengthened their hands for good. 2.19 But Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arab, heard of it, and they mocked us, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do against the king? ye rebel. 2.20 Then I answered them, and said unto them, The Alhym of heaven will prosper us, and we his servants shall rise again, and build us. and ye have no portion, nor righteousness, nor memorial in Jerusalem. 3.1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up, and his brethren the priests, and built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors thereof, even unto the tower of the hundred; they sanctified it, even unto the tower of Hananel. 3.2 And by him the men of Jericho built, and by him Zacharias the son of Imri built. 3.3 And the Fish Gate the sons of Jealousy built, they called it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars. 3.4 And next to them was Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Koz; and next to them was Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel; and next to them was Zadok the son of Baana. 3.5 And by them the Tekoites held fast, and their mighty men brought no harm in the service of their lord. 3.6 And the old gate repaired Joiada the son of Pashchak, and Shallum the son of Besadiah. they built it, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 3.7 And by them stood Melchia the Gibeonite, and Jonad the Maranatha, the men of Gibeon, and Mizpah, to the throne of the land beyond the river. 3.8 Next to him was Uzziel the son of Harahiah, the goldsmiths, and next to him was Hananiah the son of Harhakhim, and they left Jerusalem as far as the broad wall. 3.9 And next to them stood Rephaiah the son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem. 3.10 And next to them stood Yedia the son of Harumph, and opposite his house, and next to him stood Hattush the son of Hashabnia. 3.11 Malchijah the son of Hiram, and Hobah the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the second section, and the tower of the furnaces. 3.12 And by him held Shalom the son of Heluhas, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 3.13 The Valley Gate was built by Hanun, and the people of Zanoah built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. It was a thousand cubits on the wall as far as the Gate of the Corners. 3.14 And the dung gate was repaired by Malchijah the son of Rebekah, the ruler of the district of Beth-cherem. He built it, and set up its doors, its beams, and its bars. 3.15 And the Eye Gate was repaired by Shallun the son of Kol Haza, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He built it, and he covered it, and he set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah, to the king's garden, and to the ascent that goes down from the city of David. 3.16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and unto the pool that was made, and unto the house of the men. 3.17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani; and next to him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district. 3.18 After him their brothers, Bui the son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah, held 3.19 And Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, strengthened him a second time, opposite the place of the planed weapons. 3.20 After him, Baruch the son of Zebi, repaired a second section from the work to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 3.21 After him repaired Meramoth the son of Uriah the son of Kotz another measure, from the entrance of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib. 3.22 After him the priests held the people of the square 3.23 After him repaired Benjamin, and the chief of them over against their house. after him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, by his house. 3.24 After him repaired Benoi the son of Henadad another measure from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the turning of the wall. 3.25 Pelel the son of Uzzi, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that goeth out from the upper king's house, which is by the court of the guard, Pedaiah the son of Peresh, after him. 3.26 And the people dwelt in the plain over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that goeth forth. 3.27 After him the plugs held a second measure from opposite the great tower that projects to the wall of the cloud. 3.28 Above the horse gate the priests stood, each one in front of his own house. 3.29 After him repaired Zadok the son of Amer over against his house. After him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. 3.30 After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the son of Zalph the sixth, held the second measure, after him Meshelem the son of Berechiah held the third measure against his bite. 3.31 After him repaired Malchijah the son of Zerephath unto the house of the nethinim and the spies, over against the gate of the captain, and unto the going up of the wall. 3.32 And between the turning of the way and the sheep gate the scribes and the Pharisees held 3.33 And it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, that he was wroth, and was very angry, and mocked the Jews. 3.34 And he said before his brethren and the army of Samaria, What are the wretched Jews doing? Let them alone, they sacrificed in the temple, on the day they revived the stones from the heaps of dust, and behold, they are burned. 3.35 And Tobiah the Ammonite was with him, and he said, What also are they building? If a fox should come up and break down their stone wall, 3.36 Hear our Alhym, for we have been despised, and turn their reproach upon their own heads, and give them for a reproach in the land of their captivity. 3.37 And do not cover their iniquity and their sin from before you; do not blot them out, because they were angry against the builders. 3.38 And he built the wall, and joined all the wall together unto the middle thereof. and the people took heart to do it. 4.1 Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the siege of Jerusalem was long, and that the breaches began to be broken, they were very angry. 4.2 And they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to overthrow it. 4.3 And we will pray to our Alhym, and set a watch against them day and night because of them. 4.4 And Judah said, The strength to bear this, and the dust is great, and we are not able to build on the wall. 4.5 And our enemies said, They will not know, nor see, until we come among them, and kill them, and restore the work. 4.6 And it came to pass, when the Jews that dwelt with them came, and said unto us ten times, From all the places whereon ye shall return upon us, 4.7 And I will set the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows, in the wilderness, behind the wall. 4.8 Then I saw and stood up and said to the governors, the officers, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember my Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.” 4.9 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and that Alhym had brought their counsel to nought, that we all returned unto the wall, every man to his work. 4.10 And it came to pass from that day, that half of the young men were of the workmen, and they that bare arrows, and spears, and shields, and bows, and shields, and captains, after all the house of Judah. 4.11 They that build on the wall, and they that bear burdens, labor with one hand, and with the other strengthen the hand of the messenger. 4.12 And the builders, every man with his sword girded upon his loins, and the builders, and he that bloweth the trumpet, are with me. 4.13 And he said to the taskmasters, and to the officers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall, each far from his brother. 4.14 In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, there you shall assemble yourselves to us. Our Alhym will fight for us. 4.15 And we work at the work, and hold the arrows and spears from the rising of the dawn until the stars come out. 4.16 At that time also I said to the people, Let every man and his servant lodge within Jerusalem. and we shall be a watchman by night, and labor by day. 4.17 And I, my brothers, my young men, and the men of the guard who are with me, have not taken off our clothes. None of us has put on our clothes. 5.1 And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren. 5.2 And there are those who say, Our sons and our daughters will be many, and we will take grain and eat and live. 5.3 And there are some who say, "We are debtors to our churches, our vineyards, and our houses, and we will take grain in the famine." 5.4 And there were some who said, "We owe you money, the king's treasure, our fields and vineyards." 5.5 And now, as the flesh of our brethren, so are our sons, as their sons. and, behold, we have brought into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are captives, and it is not in our power to do so; and we have given our fields and vineyards to others. 5.6 And I was exceedingly grieved when I heard their cry and these words. 5.7 And my heart was kindled against me, and I contended with the taskmasters and the officers, and said unto them, Ye shall bear the burdens of every man his brother, and I will give them a great multitude. 5.8 And she said to them, "We have bought our brothers the Jews, who were sold to the Gentiles, for our own use. And you also sell your brothers, and they are sold to us, and they are silent and find nothing." 5.9 And he said, The thing that ye do is not good. is it not in the fear of our Alhym that ye go to the reproach of the heathen our enemies? 5.10 And I, my brothers, and the young men, who have money and grain, please leave this burden. 5.11 Restore to them, as at this day, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, and the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which ye have given them. 5.12 And they said, We will answer, and we will not ask of them; therefore we will do as thou sayest. And I will call the priests, and command them to do according to this thing. 5.13 And my maidservant said, Thus shall Alhym shake out every man that will not establish this thing out of his house, and they shall come, and thus shall he be a young man and a virgin. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised YHVH. and the people did according to this word. 5.14 Also from the day that he appointed me to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren did not eat the bread of the passover. 5.15 And the first officers that were before me were burdensome to the people, and took of them bread and wine for forty shekels of silver. and their servants also bare rule over the people. but I did not so, because of the fear of Alhym. 5.16 And I also held fast to the work of this wall, and we bought no field, and all the young men were gathered there for the work. 5.17 And the Jews and the deputies, one hundred and fifty men, and those who came to us from the nations that were round about us, at my table. 5.18 And what was prepared for me for a day, one ox, six sheep, and fowls, were prepared for me, and every ten days in abundance of wine. and besides this I required no bread of the feast, because the service was heavy upon this people. 5.19 My Alhym remember me for good, all that I have done for this people. 6.1 And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein, even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates. 6.2 Then Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Go and gather yourselves together with the heathen in the valley of Ono. and behold, they think to do me harm. 6.3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. why should the work cease, when I have rested, and come down unto you? 6.4 And they sent unto me after this manner four times, and I answered them after this manner. 6.5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand. 6.6 It is written in it, "The nations will hear and they will hear, saying, 'You and the Jews are planning to rebel. Therefore you are building the wall and you are making yourself their king, according to these words.'" 6.7 And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim about you in Jerusalem, saying, "There is a king in Judah." Now let the king hear these words, and now go and consult together. 6.8 And I sent unto him, saying, We will not do according to these words which thou speakest. for thou hast said them in thine own heart. 6.9 For they all fear us, saying, Let their hands be slack from the work. and thou shalt not do it. and now strengthen my hands. 6.10 And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehitable, and he was shut up, and said, Come ye into the house of Alhym, into the temple, and the doors of the temple be shut. for they are come to slay thee, and by night they are come to slay thee. 6.11 And she said, A man like me shall flee. and who, like me, shall come into the temple, and live? I will not come in. 6.12 And I perceived, and, behold, Alhym had not sent it. but the prophecy was spoken by me, and Tobiah and Sanballat were hired. 6.13 For it is drunkenness, that I may be afraid, and do so, and sin, and have a bad name among them, that they may reproach me. 6.14 My Alhym remembered Tobiah and Sanballat according to these his works, and also to Noadiah the prophetess, and to the rest of the prophets that feared me. 6.15 And the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. 6.16 And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the heathen that were round about us saw it, that they were greatly dismayed, and knew that this work was wrought of our Alhym. 6.17 Also in those days the Jews increased in number, their letters going to Tobiah, and those to Tobiah coming to them. 6.18 For there were many in Judah who were sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar the son of Arach, and his son Jehohanan took the daughter of Meshelemiah the son of Berechiah. 6.19 His good deeds were also spoken of before me, and letters were sent to him of his words. Tobiah sent to Irani. 7.1 And it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the gatekeepers, and the singers, and the Levites, were appointed. 7.2 And I gave charge over Jerusalem to my brother Hanani, and to Hananiah the governor of the city. for he was a man of truth, and feared Alhym exceedingly. 7.3 And he said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the heat of the sun; and while they stand, let them shut the doors, and hold them. And he set watchmen of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every man in his watch, and every man over against his house. 7.4 And the city is broad and great, but the people within it are few, and there are no houses built. 7.5 And my Alhym put it into mine heart, and I gathered together the governors, and the officers, and the people, to take the census. and I found a book of the census of those that came up at the first, and I found written therein, 7.6 These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city. 7.7 Those who come with Zerubbabel Joshua Nehemiah Azariah Ramiah Nachman Mordecai Bilshan Tells the Gentiles Nahum Baanah Number of the people of Israel 7.8 The children of Phares, one thousand one hundred seventy and two. 7.9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 7.10 The children of Arach, six hundred fifty and two. 7.11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 7.12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 7.13 The children of Zetua, eight hundred forty and five. 7.14 The children of Zacharias, seven hundred and sixty. 7.15 The sons of Benoi, six hundred forty-eight. 7.16 The children of Babi, six hundred twenty and eight. 7.17 The children of Azgad, one thousand three hundred twenty and two. 7.18 The children of Aden, six hundred sixty-seven. 7.19 The children of Goi, threescore and seven thousand. 7.20 The sons of Adin, six hundred fifty-five. 7.21 The sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight. 7.22 The children of Hasham, three hundred twenty and eight. 7.23 The sons of Betzai, three hundred twenty-four. 7.24 The children of Harif, one hundred and twelve. 7.25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. 7.26 The men of Bethlehem and Netpah, one hundred and eighty-eight. 7.27 The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight. 7.28 The men of the house of Azmath, forty-two. 7.29 The men of Kirjath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. 7.30 The men of the plain and the hill country, six hundred twenty-one. 7.31 The men of Michmash, one hundred twenty-two. 7.32 The men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred twenty-three. 7.33 The people of Nebo after fifty-two 7.34 The children of Elam, another thousand two hundred fifty and four. 7.35 The children of Haram, three hundred and twenty. 7.36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 7.37 The children of Lad, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. 7.38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. 7.39 The priests, the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 7.40 My son, one thousand fifty-two. 7.41 The children of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 7.42 The children of Haram, one thousand and seventeen. 7.43 The Levites, the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Lehodah, seventy and four. 7.44 The singers, the sons of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight. 7.45 The gatekeepers. the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talman, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shavi, one hundred thirty-eight. 7.46 The Nethinims. the sons of Zaha, the sons of Hashpha, the sons of Tionghon. 7.47 The children of Kir, the children of Sia, the children of Padon 7.48 The sons of Libnah, the sons of Haggai, the sons of Shalomi. 7.49 The sons of Hanan, the sons of Gedal, the sons of Gahar. 7.50 The sons of Raah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, 7.51 The sons of Gazem, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Pesach. 7.52 The sons of Besi, the sons of Maonim, the sons of Nephushim 7.53 The sons of Betel, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhor 7.54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Machida, the children of Harsha. 7.55 The children of Barchus, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah. 7.56 The sons of Nitzich, the sons of Hatipha 7.57 The sons of Abednego, the sons of Solomon, the sons of Soti, the sons of Sopherath, the sons of Frida. 7.58 Sons of Yala, sons of Dragon, sons of Gadla 7.59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pekareth of the Zebulunites, the children of Amon 7.60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 7.61 And these are they that come up from the hill of salt, from the hill of Harsha, YHVH's cherub, and they said, "They could not tell their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel." 7.62 The children of Delilah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. 7.63 And 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. 7.64 These sought their writings, which were written by them, and it was not found. and they redeemed themselves from the priest. 7.65 And he said to them, "They must not eat from the most holy things until the priest stands with the Urim and Thummim." 7.66 The whole congregation together was four hundred and three hundred and sixty. 7.67 Besides their servants and their maids, there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven of them, and they had two hundred forty-five male and female singers. 7.68 Camels, four hundred thirty-five, donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 7.69 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the work. the Tereshtha gave to the treasury one thousand drachmas of gold, fifty basins, and thirty and five hundred priestly garments. 7.70 And some of the heads of the fathers gave to the treasury of the work two hundred drachmas of gold, and two thousand and two hundred manats of silver. 7.71 And the rest of the people gave two hundred thousand drachmas of gold, and a thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments. 7.72 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, and some of the people, the descendants of the nation, and all Israel settled in their cities. And the seventh month arrived, and the children of Israel settled in their cities. 8.1 Then all the people gathered together as one man into the street that was before the Water Gate, and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which YHVH had commanded Israel. 8.2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both man and woman, and all that could understand, upon one day in the seventh month. 8.3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the light until midday, before the men, and the women, and them that could understand, and all the people that heard the book of the law. 8.4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a wooden tower which they had made for the altar. and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Aniah, and Uriah, and Helcias, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hasham, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Salem. 8.5 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. 8.6 And Ezra blessed YHVH, the great Alhym. and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with their hands raised high; and they bowed their heads, and worshipped YHVH with their faces to the ground. 8.7 And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Yemin, Aqub, Shabtai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, instructed the people in the law, and the people in their standing. 8.8 And they read in the book in the law of Alhym, giving the interpretation and understanding, and understanding the scriptures. 8.9 Then said Nehemiah the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, unto all the people, This day is holy unto YHVH your Alhym. mourn not, nor weep. for all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. 8.10 And he said unto them, Go your way, eat of the fat, and drink of the sweet, and send portions whereof is ready. for this day is holy unto our Lord. and be not grieved. for the strength of YHVH is your strength. 8.11 And the Levites said to all the people, "Hold your peace, for this day is holy, and do not be grieved." 8.12 And all the people went their way to eat and to drink, to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. 8.13 And on the second day the chief fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, were gathered together unto Ezra the scribe, and the scribe of the words of the law. 8.14 And they found written in the law, which YHVH commanded by the hand of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month. 8.15 And they shall proclaim and publish in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out into the mountain, and bring olive branches, and oil-tree branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and fig-tree branches, to make a sheaf, as it is written. 8.16 And the people went out, and brought, and made them booths, every man upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of Alhym, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 8.17 And all the congregation that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths. for the children of Israel had not done so from the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day. and there was very great joy. 8.18 And he read in the book of the law of Alhym day by day, from the first day unto the last day. and they kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was an assembly according to the ordinance. 9.1 And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were gathered together with fasting, and with sackcloth and earth upon them. 9.2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. 9.3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of YHVH their Alhym a fourth part of the day, and a fourth part confessed and worshipped YHVH their Alhym. 9.4 Then stood up the Levites, Jeshua, and the sons of Kadmiel, Shebna, the sons of Sherebiah, the sons of Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto YHVH their Alhym. 9.5 Then the Levites, Jeshua and Kadmiel, the sons of Hashabnia, Rabbah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, the sons of Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless YHVH your Alhym from generation to generation, and bless the name of your glory, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.” 9.6 You are YHVH, you alone. You made the heavens, the heaven of heavens, and all their host. The earth, and all that is on it, the seas, and all that is in them. You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships you. 9.7 You are YHVH Alhym, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. 9.8 And if you find his heart faithful before you, and make a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites to give to his descendants, then you will establish your words, for you are righteous. 9.9 And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and you heard their cry by the Red Sea. 9.10 And you will give signs and wonders to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all the people of his land, for you know that they have dealt treacherously against them, and you will make a name for yourself, as it is this day. 9.11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, that they should pass through the midst of the sea on dry land. and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into mighty waters. 9.12 And he led them by day in a pillar of cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 9.13 And upon Mount Sinai thou camest down, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, statutes, and good commandments. 9.14 And you made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and the law by the hand of Moses your servant. 9.15 And you gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought them water out of the rock for their thirst, and you said to them, Come in and possess the land that you swore to give them. 9.16 But they and our fathers rebelled and hardened their necks and did not listen to your commandments. 9.17 But they refused to hear, and remembered not thy wonders which thou didst among them, but hardened their necks, and set their heads to return to serve them in Miriam. And thou art a Alhym of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. 9.18 Even though they made for themselves a molten calf, and said, This is your god, which brought you up out of Egypt; and they committed great abominations. 9.19 And you, in your great mercy, did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day to guide them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night to give them light, and the way in which they should go. 9.20 And your good Spirit you gave to instruct them, and you did not withhold your food from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst. 9.21 And forty years they were in the wilderness, and their bodies did not fail, nor did their feet swell. 9.22 And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and divided them into portions, and they inherited the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. 9.23 And their children didst thou multiply as the stars of heaven, and didst bring them into the land which thou hadst promised unto their fathers to come to possess it. 9.24 And the children came and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hand, and their kings, and the people of the land, to do with them as they would. 9.25 And they took cities in distress, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, hewn out wells, vineyards, and olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. and they did eat, and were filled, and waxed fat, and did glory in thy great goodness. 9.26 But they rebelled and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their backs, and killed your prophets who testified to them to bring them back to you, and they committed great abominations. 9.27 And thou shalt deliver them into the hand of their oppressors, and they shall afflict them. and in the time of their affliction they shall cry unto thee, and thou shalt hear from heaven. and according to thy great mercies shalt thou give them saviors, and they shall save them out of the hand of their oppressors. 9.28 And when they have eased themselves, they return to do evil before thee, and thou leavest them in the hand of their enemies, and they come upon them, and they return, and cry unto thee. and thou hearest from heaven, and delivereth them according to thy manifold mercies. 9.29 And you testified against them to bring them back to your law, but they rebelled and did not listen to your commandments and your decrees, and they sinned against them, as a man should do and live in them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and hardened their neck and did not listen. 9.30 And thou didst continue against them many years, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit by thy prophets. but they would not hearken. and thou gavest them into the hand of the people of my land. 9.31 And in your great mercy you have not made an end of it, nor have you forsaken it, for you are a gracious and merciful Alhym. 9.32 And now our Alhym, the great, mighty, and awesome Alhym, who keeps covenant and mercy, do not let all the hardship that has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria to this day, diminish before you. 9.33 And you are righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have done the truth, and we have done the wrong. 9.34 And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments, nor unto thy testimonies, which thou hast testified against them. 9.35 Yet in their kingdom, and in the great goodness which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, they served not thee, nor turned from their evil doings. 9.36 Behold, we are servants this day, and the land which thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants for it. 9.37 And its produce is abundant for the kings whom it has given over us for our sins, and for our bodies as a ransom, and for our cattle according to their will, and for our great distress. 10.1 Nevertheless we make a covenant and a writing, and our priests and our rulers follow us. 10.2 And those who sealed were Nehemiah the Teresh, the son of Hachaliah, and Zedekiah. 10.3 Seraiah Azariah Jeremiah 10.4 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah 10.5 Hatush Shebna Maloch 10.6 A boycott of Ramoth Obadiah 10.7 Daniel Gnathon Baruch 10.8 Her father pays for her. 10.9 Maaziah, Belgi, Shemaiah. these are the priests. 10.10 And the Levites, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Benu of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel 10.11 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kalita, Peliah, Hanan. 10.12 Micha Hashabiya Street 10.13 Remember that YHVH has given birth to you. 10.14 Thanksgiving, our children. 10.15 The leaders of the people were Perez, Pahath, Moab, Elam, Zethu, Beni. 10.16 Benny Azgad Babi 10.17 Adeniya in a gentle way 10.18 Ater Hezekiah Azur 10.19 Hodiya Hasham in the Navy 10.20 Kharif Anatot Novi 10.21 Magpie pays for a pig 10.22 From Shezbaal Zadok is known 10.23 Pelatiah Hanan Ania 10.24 Hosea Hananiah is important 10.25 The Whisperer Falha Shobak 10.26 Merciful, consider her actions. 10.27 And my brother Hanan Anan 10.28 King of the Anthurium 10.29 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all that separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of Alhym, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that knew and understood, 10.30 They hold fast to their brothers, their mighty men, and enter into a covenant and an oath to walk in the law of Alhym, which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of Alhym, and to keep and do all the commandments of YHVH our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes. 10.31 And we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons. 10.32 And the people of the land who bring their merchandise and all their goods to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not take them on the Sabbath or on the holy day, and we will abandon the seventh year and carry every hand. 10.33 And we have made a decree to give a third of a shekel annually for the service of the house of our Alhym. 10.34 For the shewbread, and for the continual burnt offering, and for the continual burnt offering, for the new sabbaths, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sins, to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our Alhym. 10.35 And we cast lots for the wood offering, for the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring it to the house of our Alhym, to the house of our fathers, at set times year by year, to burn upon the altar of YHVH our Alhym, as it is written in the law. 10.36 And to bring the firstfruits of our land, and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of YHVH. 10.37 And the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our Alhym, to the priests who minister in the house of our Alhym. 10.38 And the firstfruits of our harvest, and our offerings, and the fruit of all vine and olive trees, we bring to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our Alhym; and the tithes of our land to the Levites; and the Levites are the tithers in all the cities of our service. 10.39 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites in the tithe of the Levites. and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithe unto the house of our Alhym, to the chambers of the treasure house. 10.40 For to the chambers shall the children of Israel and the children of Levi bring the offering of the corn, the wine, and the fat, and there shall be the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers. and we will not forsake the house of our Alhym. 11.1 And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem. and the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the cities. 11.2 And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem. 11.3 Now these are the heads of the province who lived in Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, each in his possession in their cities, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants. 11.4 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin. of the children of Judah, Athiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez. 11.5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhaza, the son of Heziah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Hasheleni. 11.6 All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men. 11.7 And these are the sons of Benjamin. Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joad, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Koliah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah, 11.8 And after him Gabbi-Selli, nine hundred and twenty-eight. 11.9 And Joel the son of Zichri was over them. and Judah the son of Senuah was over the city second. 11.10 Of the priests. Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jechin 11.11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahithub, over the house of Alhym. 11.12 And their brethren that did the work of the house of YHVH were eight hundred and twenty and two. Adijah the son of Jeraham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amazi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah. 11.13 And his brethren, heads of fathers' houses, two hundred forty and two; and Amasi the son of Azareel, the son of Ahazi, the son of Meshullam, the son of Amer. 11.14 And their brethren, mighty men of valor, were an hundred twenty and eight. and over them was Zabdiel the son of Eleazar. 11.15 And of the Levites, Shemaiah the son of Haman, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 11.16 And Shabbet and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, were over the outward work of the house of Alhym. 11.17 And Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zebedee, the son of Asaph, the chief of the beginning of Judah to the prayer; and Kabbekia the second of his brethren; and Abda the son of Shemua, the son of Gelal, the son of Doidon. 11.18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four. 11.19 And the porters, Acob, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. 11.20 And the rest of Israel, the priests and the Levites, in all the cities of Judah, every man in his inheritance. 11.21 And the Nethinim dwell in Apel, and Ziha, and Gashpah upon the Nethinim. 11.22 And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers over the work of the house of Alhym. 11.23 For the king's commandment concerning them was, and a commandment was given to the singers, a daily matter. 11.24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's side in all matters concerning the people. 11.25 And to the villages in their border of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath-arba, and Benthiah, and Diban, and Benthiah, and Bekebzeel, and Hazariah. 11.26 And in Jesus, and in Muladhara, and in Beth Peleth. 11.27 And in the court of Shual, and in Beersheba, and in Benthia. 11.28 And in Ziklag, and in Michmnah, and in Benathiah. 11.29 And in Ein Ramon, and in Tsera, and in Birmot 11.30 They left Adalah and their villages, Lachish, and its villages, Azekah and its villages, and they camped from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom. 11.31 And the children of Benjamin, from Geba, Michmash, and Aiah, and Bethel, and Benthiah. 11.32 Anatot Nev Ananias 11.33 Hazor Rama Gatim 11.34 Hadid Colors Stand Out 11.35 Led and Ono Gee the Deaf 11.36 And of the Levites, the divisions of Judah and Benjamin 12.1 Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra. 12.2 Amariah king of Hattush 12.3 Neighbors Raham from Ramat 12.4 Iddo, the father of Genteu, 12.5 Right from Adia Belga 12.6 Shemaiah, Jedaiah, and Jehiel, 12.7 Deeply troubled, they knew that these were the chief priests and their brethren in the days of Jesus. 12.8 And the Levites, Jeshua, Benai, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, were over the hands, he and his brethren. 12.9 And in the camp, and their brethren over against them, to guard them. 12.10 And Jesus begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, 12.11 And Jehoiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Amon, 12.12 And in the days of Joiakim there were priests, heads of fathers, of Seraiah, Mary, Jeremiah, Hananiah. 12.13 Ezra, the son of Amariah, the son of Jehohanan 12.14 To the kings of Jonathan, Shebaniah, Joseph 12.15 for the boycott of Edna for the partial cancellation of Mariyo. 12.16 Ladiya Zechariah Laganathan Meshal 12.17 To his father Zachary, to Menaim, to his mother, to his father, to his mother 12.18 To Belga, to Shemaiah, to Jonathan 12.19 And Levite Mattani, and Iedaiah, and Uzzi. 12.20 Leslie Kelly Deep into the Past 12.21 Of the sons of Hashabiah, of the sons of Idah, Nathaniel. 12.22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Jehoiada, Johanan, and Yedudad were recorded as heads of fathers and priests in the reign of Darius the Persian. 12.23 The sons of Levi, the heads of the fathers, are written in the book of the chronicles, until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. 12.24 And the chief of the Levites, Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, and their brethren, were over against them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandments of David the man of Alhym, watch by watch. 12.25 In Matania and Kabakiah, Obadiah, the son of Talmon, the guardian of the gatekeepers, the guardian of the gates. 12.26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe. 12.27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to keep the dedication, with joy, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, and with harps. 12.28 And the sons of the singers were gathered together, and from the streets round about Jerusalem, and from the courts of Netophathi. 12.29 And from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmoth, for the singers built themselves palaces round about Jerusalem. 12.30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. 12.31 And I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and set up two great pillars, and went on the right hand upon the wall unto the dung gate. 12.32 And Hoshea and half the princes of Judah followed after them. 12.33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Mashmal 12.34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah 12.35 And of the sons of the priests with the trumpets. Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph. 12.36 And his brethren, Shemaiah and Azrael, Melili, Galilei, and Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with instruments of music, David the man of Alhym, and Ezra the scribe before them. 12.37 And at the Eye Gate, and over against them, they went up by the ascent of the city of David, up to the wall above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. 12.38 And the second thanksgiving, which Lemuel and I after, and half the people, above the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, and even unto the broad wall. 12.39 And above the gate of Ephraim, and the old gate, and the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of the hundred, even unto the sheep gate; and they stood at the gate of the goal. 12.40 And the two women stood in the house of Alhym, and I, and half of the officers with me. 12.41 And the priests, Elyakim, Maaseiah, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets. 12.42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers, and Jezrahiah the steward, made the sound. 12.43 And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, because Alhym had made them rejoice with great joy. and the women and the children also rejoiced. so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off. 12.44 And on that day men were appointed over the treasures, for the contributions, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather them into the treasury of the cities, from the offerings of the law, to the priests and the Levites. for the joy of Judah was upon the priests and the Levites that stood. 12.45 And they kept the charge of their Alhym, and the charge of purity, and the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and Solomon his son. 12.46 For in the days of David and Asaph, the chief of the singers, and of the songs of praise and thanksgiving to Alhym, was the chief of the singers. 12.47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, as each day required, and sanctified the Levites, and the Levites sanctified the sons of Aaron. 13.1 On that day the book of Moses was read in the ears of the people, and therein was found written, My people and my father shall never enter the assembly of Alhym. 13.2 For they did not go before the children of Israel with bread and water, and he hired Balaam against them to curse them; and our Alhym turned the curse into a blessing. 13.3 And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated every one of them from Israel. 13.4 And before this, Eliashib the priest was in the chamber of the house of our Alhym, near to Tobiah. 13.5 And he made him a great chamber, and there they used to lay the frankincense offering, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, the wine, and the oil, the commandments of the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the offerings of the priests. 13.6 And yet I was not in Jerusalem. for in the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king. and at the end of the days I was asked of the king. 13.7 And I came to Jerusalem, and found evil in the things that Eliashib had done to Tobiah, in making him a scepter in the courts of the house of Alhym. 13.8 And it grieved me greatly, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah out of the chamber. 13.9 And she said, Let the chambers be cleansed. and there I will bring again the vessels of the house of Alhym, the meat offering and the frankincense. 13.10 And I knew that the portions of the Levites were not given, and that the Levites and the singers and the workers of the work had fled every man to his field. 13.11 And she provoked the governors, saying, Why is the house of Alhym forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. 13.12 And all Judah brought the tithe of the corn, and the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries. 13.13 And over the treasures were set over Shelomiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedia of the Levites, and over them was Hanan the son of Zachor the son of Mattaniah. for they were counted faithful, and they should distribute to their brethren. 13.14 Remember me, O my Alhym, concerning this, and do not wipe out my loving-kindness that I have shown in the house of my Alhym and in its gates. 13.15 In those days I saw in Judah the roads of winepresses on the Sabbath, and those bringing in the sheaves and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, and figs, and all kinds of burdens, and bringing them to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I witnessed on the day of the vineyard hunting. 13.16 And the spies dwelt therein, bringing in victuals and all manner of merchandise, and selling them on the Sabbath to the children of Judah and to Jerusalem. 13.17 And Iriba rebuked the men of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? 13.18 Did not your fathers thus do, and did not our Alhym bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? And ye add wrath upon Israel, to profan the sabbath. 13.19 And it came to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem were shut before the Sabbath, that they said, They shall not be opened until after the Sabbath. and I set my young men at the gates, that no burden should come in on the Sabbath day. 13.20 And the merchants and sellers of every kind of merchandise, having come out of Jerusalem once or twice, 13.21 And I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye against the wall? if ye turn away, I will send upon you. From that time forth they came not on the sabbath. 13.22 And she said to the Levites who were to purify themselves and who were to come and guard the gates to sanctify the Sabbath day, “Remember this also, my Alhym, and be gracious to me according to the multitude of your lovingkindness.” 13.23 Also in those days I saw the Jews bringing back Ashdodite, Ammonite, and Moabite women. 13.24 And half of their sons speak the language of Ashdod, and they do not know the Jewish language or the language of the people. 13.25 And I will fight with them, and curse them, and smite men of them, and put them to death, and I will make them swear by Alhym, whether ye give your daughters unto their sons, or take their daughters unto your sons, and unto yourselves. 13.26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? And among many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved of his Alhym, and Alhym made him king over all Israel. And even him did the strange women cause to sin. 13.27 And you, who are you to do all this great evil against our Alhym, to take back foreign wives? 13.28 And of the sons of Jehoiada the son of Eliashib the high priest, he was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, and I drove him away from me. 13.29 My Alhym remembered them concerning the redemption of the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites. 13.30 And I cleansed them from all strangers, and appointed the priests and the Levites, every one in his office. 13.31 And for the wood offering at appointed times, and for the firstfruits, my Alhym remembered me for good.