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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
in
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
that
the
word
of
Jehovah
by
the
mouth
of
Jeremiah
might
be
accomplished,
Jehovah
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
and
he
made
a
proclamation
throughout
his
kingdom,
and
also
in
writing,
saying,
\VS{2}Thus
says
Cyrus
king
of
Persia:
All
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
has
Jehovah
the
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
the
heavens
given
to
me,
and
he
has charged
me
to
build
him
a
house
at
Jerusalem,
which
is
in
Judah.
\VS{3}Whosoever
there
is
among
you
of
all
his
people,
his
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
be
with
him,
and
let
him
go
up
to
Jerusalem,
which
is
in
Judah,
and
build
the
house
of
Jehovah
the
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel —
he
is
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God —
which
is
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{4}And whosoever
remains
in
any
place
where
he sojourns, let
the
men
of
his
place help
him
with
silver,
and
with
gold,
and
with
goods,
and
with
beasts,
besides
the
voluntary
offering
for
the
house
of
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
which
is
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{5}And
the
chief
fathers
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
rose
up,
and
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
even
all
those
whose
spirit
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
had
stirred,
to
go
up
to
build
the
house
of
Jehovah
which
is
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{6}And
all
they
that
were
about
them
strengthened
their
hands
with
articles
of
silver,
with
gold,
with
goods,
and
with
beasts,
and
with
precious
things,
besides
all
that
was
willingly
offered.
\VS{7}And
king
Cyrus
brought
forth
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
had
brought
forth
out
of
Jerusalem
and
had
put
in
the
house
of
his
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}god.
\VS{8}And
Cyrus
king
of
Persia
brought
them
forth
by
the
hand
of
Mithredath
the
treasurer,
who
counted
them
out
to
Sheshbazzar
the
prince
of
Judah.
\VS{9}And
this
is
the
number
of
them:
thirty chargers
of
gold,
a
thousand chargers
of
silver, nine-and-twenty knives,
\VS{10}thirty basons
of
gold,
silver basons
of
a
second [sort]
four
hundred
and
ten, [and]
other
vessels
a
thousand.
\VS{11}All
the
vessels
of
gold
and
of
silver
were
five
thousand
four
hundred.
The
whole did
Sheshbazzar
bring
up,
when
they
of
the captivity
were
brought
up
from
Babylon
to
Jerusalem.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
these
are
the
children
of
the
province,
that
went
up
out
of
the
captivity
of
those
that
had
been
carried
away,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon
had
carried
away
to
Babylon,
and
who
came
again
to
Jerusalem
and
to
Judah,
every
one
to
his
city,
\VS{2}who
came
with
Zerubbabel,
Jeshua,
Nehemiah, Saraiah,
Reelaiah,
Mordecai,
Bilshan,
Mispar,
Bigvai,
Rehum,
Baanah.
The
number
of
the
men
of
the
people
of
Israel:
\VS{3}The
children
of
Parosh,
two
thousand
one
hundred
and seventy-two.
\VS{4}The
children
of
Shephatiah,
three
hundred
and seventy-two.
\VS{5}The
children
of
Arah,
seven
hundred
and
seventy-five.
\VS{6}The
children
of
Pahath-Moab,
of
the
children
of
Jeshua [and]
Joab,
two
thousand
eight
hundred
and
twelve.
\VS{7}The
children
of
Elam,
a
thousand
two
hundred
and fifty-four.
\VS{8}The
children
of
Zattu,
nine
hundred
and
forty-five.
\VS{9}The
children
of
Zaccai,
seven
hundred
and
sixty.
\VS{10}The
children
of
Bani,
six
hundred
and
forty-two.
\VS{11}The
children
of
Bebai,
six
hundred
and twenty-three.
\VS{12}The
children
of
Azgad,
a
thousand
two
hundred
and
twenty-two.
\VS{13}The
children
of
Adonikam,
six
hundred
and sixty-six.
\VS{14}The
children
of
Bigvai, two
thousand
and fifty-six.
\VS{15}The
children
of
Adin,
four
hundred
and fifty-four.
\VS{16}The
children
of
Ater
of [the family
of]
Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
\VS{17}The
children
of
Bezai,
three
hundred
and twenty-three.
\VS{18}The
children
of
Jorah,
a
hundred
and
twelve.
\VS{19}The
children
of
Hashum,
two
hundred
and twenty-three.
\VS{20}The
children
of
Gibbar, ninety-five.
\VS{21}The
children
of
Bethlehem,
a
hundred
and twenty-three.
\VS{22}The
men
of
Netophah, fifty-six.
\VS{23}The
men
of
Anathoth,
a
hundred
and
twenty-eight.
\VS{24}The
children
of
Azmaveth,
forty-two.
\VS{25}The
children
of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah,
and
Beeroth,
seven
hundred
and forty-three.
\VS{26}The
children
of
Ramah
and
Geba,
six
hundred
and twenty-one.
\VS{27}The
men
of
Michmas,
a
hundred
and
twenty-two.
\VS{28}The
men
of
Bethel
and
Ai,
two
hundred
and twenty-three.
\VS{29}The
children
of
Nebo,
fifty-two.
\VS{30}The
children
of
Magbish,
a
hundred
and fifty-six.
\VS{31}The
children
of
the
other
Elam,
a
thousand
two
hundred
and fifty-four.
\VS{32}The
children
of
Harim,
three
hundred
and
twenty.
\VS{33}The
children
of Lod,
Hadid,
and
Ono,
seven
hundred
and
twenty-five.
\VS{34}The
children
of
Jericho,
three
hundred
and
forty-five.
\VS{35}The
children
of
Senaah,
three
thousand
six
hundred
and
thirty.
\VS{36}The
priests:
the
children
of
Jedaiah,
of
the
house
of
Jeshua,
nine
hundred
and seventy-three.
\VS{37}The
children
of
Immer,
a
thousand
and
fifty-two.
\VS{38}The
children
of
Pashhur,
a
thousand
two
hundred
and forty-seven.
\VS{39}The
children
of
Harim,
a
thousand
and
seventeen.
\VS{40}The
Levites:
the
children
of
Jeshua
and
of
Kadmiel,
of
the
children
of
Hodaviah, seventy-four.
\VS{41}The
singers:
the
children
of
Asaph,
a
hundred
and
twenty-eight.
\VS{42}The
children
of
the doorkeepers:
the
children
of
Shallum,
the
children
of
Ater,
the
children
of
Talmon,
the
children
of
Akkub,
the
children
of
Hatita,
the
children
of
Shobai,
in
all
a
hundred
and thirty-nine.
\VS{43}The Nethinim:
the
children
of
Ziha,
the
children
of
Hasupha,
the
children
of
Tabbaoth,
\VS{44}the
children
of
Keros,
the
children
of
Siaha,
the
children
of
Padon,
\VS{45}the
children
of
Lebanah,
the
children
of
Hagabah,
the
children
of
Akkub,
\VS{46}the
children
of
Hagab,
the
children
of Shamlai,
the
children
of
Hanan,
\VS{47}the
children
of
Giddel,
the
children
of
Gahar,
the
children
of
Reaiah,
\VS{48}the
children
of
Rezin,
the
children
of
Nekoda,
the
children
of
Gazzam,
\VS{49}the
children
of
Uzza,
the
children
of Phaseah,
the
children
of
Besai,
\VS{50}the
children
of
Asnah,
the
children
of
Meunim,
the
children
of Nephusim,
\VS{51}the
children
of
Bakbuk,
the
children
of
Hakupha,
the
children
of Harhur,
\VS{52}the
children
of
Bazluth,
the
children
of
Mehida,
the
children
of
Harsha,
\VS{53}the
children
of
Barkos,
the
children
of
Sisera,
the
children
of Thamah,
\VS{54}the
children
of
Neziah,
the
children
of
Hatipha.
\VS{55}The
children
of Solomon's
servants:
the
children
of
Sotai,
the
children
of
Sophereth,
the
children
of
Peruda,
\VS{56}the
children
of
Jaalah,
the
children
of
Darkon,
the
children
of
Giddel,
\VS{57}the
children
of
Shephatiah,
the
children
of
Hattil,
the
children
of
Pochereth-Hazzebaim,
the
children
of Ami.
\VS{58}All
the Nethinim
and
the
children
of Solomon's
servants,
three
hundred
and ninety-two.
\VS{59}And
these
are
they
that
went
up
from
Tel-melah,
Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addan,
Immer;
but
they
could
not shew
their fathers'
house,
nor
their
seed,
whether
they
were
of
Israel.
\VS{60}The
children
of
Delaiah,
the
children
of
Tobijah,
the
children
of
Nekoda,
six
hundred
and
fifty-two.
\VS{61}And
of
the
children
of
the
priests:
the
children
of
Habaiah,
the
children
of
Koz,
the
children
of
Barzillai;
who
took
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Barzillai
the
Gileadite,
and
was
called
after
their
name.
\VS{62}These
sought
their
genealogical
register,
but
they
were
not
found; therefore
were
they,
as polluted,
removed
from
the
priesthood.
\VS{63}And
the Tirshatha
said
to
them
that
they
should
not
eat
of
the
most
holy
things,
till
there
stood
up
a
priest
with
Urim
and
with
Thummim.
\VS{64}The
whole
congregation
together
was forty-two
thousand
three
hundred
and
sixty,
\VS{65}besides their
servants
and their
maids,
of
whom there
were
seven
thousand
three
hundred
and thirty-seven;
and
they
had
two
hundred
singing
men
and
singing women.
\VS{66}Their
horses were
seven
hundred
and thirty-six; their
mules
two
hundred
and
forty-five;
\VS{67}their
camels
four
hundred
and thirty-five;
the asses
six
thousand
seven
hundred
and
twenty.
\VS{68}And some
of
the
chief
fathers,
when
they
came
to
the
house
of
Jehovah
which
is
at
Jerusalem,
offered freely
for
the
house
of
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
to
set
it
up
in
its
place.
\VS{69}They
gave after
their
ability
to
the
treasure
of
the
work sixty-one
thousand darics
of
gold,
and
five
thousand pounds
of
silver,
and
one
hundred priests' coats.
\VS{70}And
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
and [some]
of
the
people,
and
the
singers,
and
the doorkeepers,
and
the Nethinim
dwelt
in
their
cities,
and
all
Israel
in
their
cities.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
when
the
seventh
month
came,
and
the
children
of
Israel
were
in
the
cities,
the
people
gathered
together
as
one
man
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{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
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
to
offer
up burnt-offerings
on
it,
as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses
the
man
of
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{3}And
they
set
the
altar
on
its base;
for
fear
was
upon
them
because
of
the
people
of
the
countries;
and
they
offered
up burnt-offerings
on
it
to
Jehovah,
the
morning
and
evening burnt-offerings.
\VS{4}And
they
held
the
feast
of tabernacles
as
it
is
written,
and [offered]
daily burnt-offerings
by
number,
according
to
the
ordinance,
as
the
duty
of
every
day
required;
\VS{5}and
afterwards
the
continual burnt-offering,
and
those
of
the
new
moons,
and
of
all
the
set
feasts
of
Jehovah
that were
consecrated,
and
of
every
one
that
willingly
offered
a
voluntary
offering
to
Jehovah.
\VS{6}From
the
first
day
of
the
seventh
month
they
began
to
offer
up burnt-offerings
to
Jehovah.
But
the
foundation
of
the
temple
of
Jehovah
was
not [yet]
laid.
\VS{7}And
they
gave
money
to
the
masons
and
to
the
carpenters;
and meat
and
drink
and
oil
to
the Zidonians
and
to
the
Tyrians,
to
bring cedar-trees
from
Lebanon
to
the
sea
at
Joppa,
according
to
the
grant
that
they
had
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia.
\VS{8}And
in
the
second
year
of
their
coming
to
the
house
of
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
at
Jerusalem,
in
the
second
month,
began
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
and
Jeshua
the
son
of Jozadak,
and
the
remnant
of
their
brethren
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
all
they
that
had
come
out
of
the
captivity
to
Jerusalem;
and
they
appointed
the
Levites,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
to superintend
the
work
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{9}And
Jeshua
stood
up,
his
sons
and
his
brethren,
Kadmiel
and
his
sons,
the
sons
of
Judah,
as
one [man],
to superintend
the
workmen
in
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God; [also]
the
sons
of
Henadad,
their
sons
and
their
brethren,
the
Levites.
\VS{10}And
when
the
builders
laid
the
foundation
of
the
temple
of
Jehovah,
they
set
the
priests
in
their
apparel,
with
trumpets,
and
the
Levites
the
sons
of
Asaph,
with
cymbals,
to
praise
Jehovah
according
to
the
directions
of
David
king
of
Israel.
\VS{11}And
they
sang alternately
together
in
praising
and
giving
thanks
to
Jehovah:
For
he
is
good,
for
his loving-kindness [endureth]
for
ever
toward
Israel.
And
all
the
people
shouted
with
a
great
shout
to
the
praise
of
Jehovah,
because
the
foundation
of
the
house
of
Jehovah
was
laid.
\VS{12}But
many
of
the
priests
and
Levites
and
chief
fathers,
the ancient
men
that
had
seen
the
first
house,
wept
with
a
loud
voice, [when]
the
foundation
of
this
house
was
laid
in
their
sight;
and
many
shouted
aloud
for
joy.
\VS{13}And
the
people
could
not
discern
the
noise
of
the
shout
of
joy
from
the
noise
of
the
weeping
of
the
people;
for
the
people
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
and
the
noise
was
heard
afar
off.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the adversaries
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
heard
that
the
children
of
the captivity
were
building
the
temple
to
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:1 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel;
\VS{2}and
they
came
to
Zerubbabel
and
to
the
chief
fathers,
and
said
to
them,
We
would
build
with
you;
for
we
seek
your
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
as ye;
and
we
have
sacrificed
to
him
since
the
days
of Esar-haddon
king
of
Assyria,
who
brought
us
up hither.
\VS{3}But
Zerubbabel
and
Jeshua
and
the
rest
of
the
chief
fathers
of
Israel
said
to
them, Ye
have
nothing
to
do
with
us
to
build
a
house
to
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
but
we alone
will
build
to
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
as
king
Cyrus,
the
king
of
Persia,
has
commanded
us.
\VS{4}And
the
people
of
the
land weakened
the
hands
of
the
people
of
Judah,
and troubled
them
in
building;
\VS{5}and
they
hired counsellors
against
them,
to frustrate
their
purpose,
all
the
days
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
even
until
the
reign
of
Darius
king
of
Persia.
\VS{6}And
in
the
reign
of
Ahasuerus,
in
the
beginning
of
his
reign,
they
wrote
an
accusation
against
the
inhabitants
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
\VS{7}And
in
the
days
of
Artaxerxes,
Bishlam,
Mithredath,
Tabeel,
and
the
rest
of
his companions,
wrote
to
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia;
and
the
writing
of
the
letter
was
written
in
Aramaic,
and interpreted
in
Aramaic.
\VS{8}Rehum
the chancellor
and
Shimshai
the
scribe
wrote
a
letter
against
Jerusalem
to
Artaxerxes
the
king after this sort:
\VS{9}Rehum
the chancellor,
and
Shimshai
the
scribe,
and
the
rest
of their companions,
the Dinaites,
and
the Apharsathchites,
the Tarpelites,
the Apharsites,
the Archevites,
the
Babylonians,
the Shushanchites,
the Dehaites,
the
Elamites,
\VS{10}and
the
rest
of
the peoples
whom
the
great
and noble
Osnappar brought over
and
settled
in
the cities
of
Samaria,
and
the
rest [of
the country] on this side
the
river,
and
so forth.
\VS{11}This
is
the
copy
of
the
letter
that
they
sent
to him:
To
Artaxerxes
the
king: Thy
servants
the
men
on
this side
the
river,
and
so forth.
\VS{12}Be
it
known
to
the
king
that
the
Jews
who
came
up
from thee unto us
have
come
to
Jerusalem;
they
are
building
the rebellious
and
the bad
city,
and
they complete
the
walls
and join
up
the
foundations.
\VS{13}Be
it
known therefore unto
the
king,
that,
if
this
city
be
built
and
the
walls
be completed,
they
will
not
pay
tribute,
tax,
and
toll,
and
in
the end
it
will bring
damage
to
the
kings.
\VS{14}Now,
since
we eat
the
salt
of
the
palace,
and
it
is
not right
for us
to
see
the king's injury,
therefore
have
we
sent
and
informed
the
king;
\VS{15}that
search may
be
made
in
the
book
of
the annals
of thy
fathers:
so shalt thou
find
in
the
book
of
the annals
and
know
that
this
city
is
a rebellious
city,
which
has
done
damage
to
kings
and
provinces,
and
that
they
have raised sedition
within
the same
of old time,
for
which cause
this
city
was destroyed.
\VS{16}We
inform
the
king
that
if
this
city be
built
and
its
walls be completed, by
this means thou shalt
have
no
portion on
this side
the
river.
\VS{17}The
king
sent
an
answer
to
Rehum
the chancellor,
and
Shimshai
the
scribe,
and
the
rest
of their companions
that dwell
in
Samaria,
and
the other places
beyond
the
river:
Peace,
and
so forth.
\VS{18}The letter
that ye
sent
to us
has been
read
before
me distinctly.
\VS{19}And
I
gave
orders,
and
search
has been
made,
and
it
has been
found
that
this
city
of old time
has
made insurrection
against
the
kings,
and
that
rebellion
and sedition
have been raised therein.
\VS{20}And there
have been
mighty
kings
over
Jerusalem, who
have
ruled
over
all
beyond
the
river;
and
tribute,
tax,
and
toll
were
paid
to them.
\VS{21}Now
give order
to
make
these
men
to
cease,
and
that
this
city
be
not
built,
until
the order shall
be given
from me;
\VS{22}and
take heed
that ye
fail not
to
do
this:
why
should
harm grow
to
the
damage
of
the
kings?
\VS{23}As
soon
as
the
copy
of
king Artaxerxes' letter
was
read
before
Rehum,
and
Shimshai
the
scribe,
and their companions,
they
went
up
in
haste
to
Jerusalem
to
the
Jews,
and
made
them
cease
by
force
and power.
\VS{24}Then
ceased
the
work
of
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:24 }
Elohim}God
which
is
at
Jerusalem;
and it
ceased
until
the
second
year
of
the
reign
of
Darius
king
of
Persia.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the prophets,
Haggai
the prophet
and
Zechariah
the
son
of
Iddo,
prophesied
to
the
Jews
that
were
in
Judah
and
Jerusalem;
in
the
name
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:1 }
Elohim}God
of
Israel [did
they prophesy]
to them.
\VS{2}Then rose up
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
and
Jeshua
the
son
of Jozadak,
and
began
to build
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:2 }
Elohim}God
which
is
at
Jerusalem;
and
with them
were
the
prophets
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:2 }
Elohim}God,
who helped them.
\VS{3}At
that
time
came
to
them Tatnai,
governor
on
this side
the
river,
and Shethar-boznai,
and their companions,
and
said
thus
to
them:
Who
gave
you
orders
to build
this
house
and
to complete
this wall?
\VS{4}And
they
said
to
them after
this manner:
What
are
the
names
of
the
men
that build
this
building?
\VS{5}But
the eye
of their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:5 }
Elohim}God
was upon
the
elders
of
the
Jews,
and
they did
not make
them
cease till
the matter came
to
Darius;
and
then
they
returned answer by letter
concerning
it.
\VS{6}The
copy
of
the
letter
that Tatnai,
governor
on this side
the
river,
and Shethar-boznai,
and
his companions
the Apharsachites,
who
were
on this side
the
river,
sent
to
Darius
the
king.
\VS{7}They
sent
a
report
to him
in which
was
written
thus:
To
Darius
the
king,
all
peace!
\VS{8}Be it
known
to
the
king
that
we
went into
the
province
of
Judah,
to
the
house
of
the
great
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:8 }
Elohim}God,
which
is being
built
with
great
stones,
and
timber
is
laid
in
the
walls,
and
this
work
is being
carried on
with
diligence,
and prospers
in their
hand.
\VS{9}Then
asked
we
those
elders:
thus
we
said
to
them,
Who
gave you
orders
to build
this
house
and
to complete
this wall?
\VS{10}We
asked their
names
also,
to
inform thee,
that
we might
write
the
names
of
the
men
that
were
the chief
of them.
\VS{11}And
thus
they
returned
us
answer,
saying,
We
are
the
servants
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:11 }
Elohim}God
of
the
heavens
and
the
earth,
and build
the
house
that
was
built
these
many
years
ago;
and
a
great
king
of
Israel
built
and completed it.
\VS{12}But
after
that our
fathers
had
provoked
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:12 }
Elohim}God
of
the
heavens
to
wrath,
he
gave
them into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
the Chaldean,
and
he destroyed
this
house,
and carried
the
people away unto
Babylon.
\VS{13}But
in
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
Babylon,
king
Cyrus
gave
orders
to build
this
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:13 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{14}And
the
vessels
also
of
gold
and
silver
of
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:14 }
Elohim}God,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
took out
of
the
temple
that
was
at
Jerusalem
and
brought into
the
temple
of
Babylon,
those did
king
Cyrus take out
of
the
temple
of
Babylon,
and
they
were delivered
to one
Sheshbazzar
by
name,
whom
he
had
appointed
governor.
\VS{15}And
he
said
to him,
Take
these
vessels,
go, carry
them into
the
temple
that
is
at
Jerusalem,
and let
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:15 }
Elohim}God
be
built
in its
place.
\VS{16}Then
came
the same
Sheshbazzar, [and]
laid
the foundation
of
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:16 }
Elohim}God
which
is
at
Jerusalem;
and
since
that
time
even
until
now
has it been
in
building,
and it
is
not
completed.
\VS{17}And
now,
if
it seem good
to
the
king,
let
search
be
made
in
the king's treasure-house,
which
is
there
at
Babylon,
whether
it
be
so,
that
orders
were given
by
king
Cyrus
to build
this
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:17 }
Elohim}God
at
Jerusalem;
and
let
the
king
send
his pleasure
to us
concerning
this matter.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
king
Darius
gave
orders,
and
search
was
made
in
the
house
of
the rolls,
where
the
treasures
were
laid up
in
Babylon.
\VS{2}And
there
was
found at Achmetha
in
the fortress
that
is
in
the
province
of
Media
a roll,
and therein
was
a record
thus
written:
\VS{3}In
the
first
year
of
king
Cyrus,
king
Cyrus
made
a
decree [concerning]
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:3 }
Elohim}God
at
Jerusalem: Let
the
house
be
built
for
a
place
where
they offer
sacrifices,
and let its
foundations
be solidly
laid; its
height
sixty
cubits, its breadth
sixty
cubits,
\VS{4}[with]
three rows
of great
stones,
and a row
of new
timber;
and let
the expenses
be
given out
of
the king's
house:
\VS{5}and
also
let
the
golden
and
silver
vessels
of
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:5 }
Elohim}God,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
took out
of
the
temple
that
is
at
Jerusalem
and
brought
to
Babylon,
be
restored
and
brought again
to
the
temple
that
is
at
Jerusalem,
in their
place;
and thou shalt
put [them]
in
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:5 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{6}Therefore Tatnai,
governor
beyond
the
river, Shethar-boznai,
and your companions
the Apharsachites,
who
are
beyond
the
river,
be ye
far
from thence:
\VS{7}let
the
work
of
this
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:7 }
Elohim}God
alone; let
the
governor
of
the
Jews
and
the
elders
of
the
Jews build
this
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:7 }
Elohim}God
in its
place.
\VS{8}Moreover,
I
give
orders
what ye shall
do
to
these
elders
of
the
Jews,
for
the
building
of
this
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:8 }
Elohim}God:
that
of
the king's
goods,
of
the
tribute
beyond
the
river, expenses
be
diligently
given
to
these
men,
that
they
be
not hindered.
\VS{9}And
that
which
they
have
need
of, both
young bullocks
and
rams
and
lambs,
for
the burnt-offerings
to
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:9 }
Elohim}God
of
the
heavens, wheat,
salt,
wine,
and
oil, according
to
the appointment
of
the
priests
that
are
at
Jerusalem, let it
be
given them
day
by
day
without
fail;
\VS{10}that
they
may present sweet odours
to
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:10 }
Elohim}God
of
the
heavens,
and
pray
for
the
life
of
the
king
and
of
his
sons.
\VS{11}Also
I have given order
that whosoever shall alter
this rescript, let
timber be pulled down
from
his
house,
and being
set up, let
him be hanged thereon,
and let
his
house be
made
a dunghill
for
this.
\VS{12}And
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:12 }
Elohim}God
that
has caused
his
name
to
dwell
there
overthrow
every
king
and
people
that shall put forth
their
hand
to alter [or]
to
destroy
this
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:12 }
Elohim}God
which
is
at
Jerusalem.
I
Darius
have given [this] order; let it
be
done
diligently.
\VS{13}Then Tatnai,
governor on this side
the
river, Shethar-boznai,
and their companions,
because
of
that
which
king
Darius
had
sent, did
so
diligently.
\VS{14}And
the
elders
of
the
Jews
built;
and they
prospered through
the
prophesying
of
Haggai
the
prophet
and
Zechariah
the
son
of
Iddo.
And they
built
and completed [it]
according
to
the commandment
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:14 }
Elohim}God
of
Israel,
and
according
to
the commandment
of
Cyrus,
and
Darius,
and
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia.
\VS{15}And
this
house
was finished
on
the
third
day
of
the
month
Adar,
which
was
in
the
sixth
year
of
the
reign
of
king
Darius.
\VS{16}And
the
children
of
Israel,
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
the
rest
of
the
children
of
the captivity, kept
the
dedication
of
this
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:16 }
Elohim}God
with
joy;
\VS{17}and they
presented
at
the
dedication
of
this
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:17 }
Elohim}God a
hundred bullocks, two
hundred
rams,
four
hundred
lambs,
and
for a sin-offering
for
all
Israel,
twelve he-goats, according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\VS{18}And
they
set
the
priests
in their classes,
and
the
Levites
in their
divisions,
for
the
service
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:18 }
Elohim}God,
which
is
at
Jerusalem:
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
Moses.
\VS{19}And
the
children
of
the captivity
held
the
passover upon
the fourteenth
of
the
first
month.
\VS{20}For
the
priests
and
the
Levites
had
purified
themselves
as
one [man]:
they
were
all
pure;
and
they
killed
the
passover
for
all
the
children
of
the captivity,
and
for
their
brethren
the
priests,
and
for
themselves.
\VS{21}And
the
children
of
Israel
that
were
come
back
out
of captivity,
and
all
such
as
had
separated themselves
to
them
from
the filthiness
of
the
nations
of
the
land,
to
seek
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:21 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel, did
eat;
\VS{22}and
they
kept
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
seven
days
with
joy;
for
Jehovah
had
made
them
joyful,
and
turned
the
heart
of
the
king
of
Assyria
to
them,
to
strengthen
their
hands
in
the
work
of
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:22 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:22 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
after
these
things,
in
the
reign
of
Artaxerxes,
king
of
Persia,
Ezra
the
son
of
Seraiah,
the
son
of
Azariah,
the
son
of Hilkijah,
\VS{2}the
son
of
Shallum,
the
son
of
Zadok,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
\VS{3}the
son
of
Amariah,
the
son
of
Azariah,
the
son
of
Meraioth,
\VS{4}the
son
of
Zerahiah,
the
son
of
Uzzi,
the
son
of
Bukki,
\VS{5}the
son
of
Abishua,
the
son
of
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eleazar,
the
son
of
Aaron
the
chief
priest,
\VS{6}—
this
Ezra
went
up
from
Babylon;
and
he
was
a
ready
scribe
in
the
law
of
Moses,
which
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel
had
given.
And
the
king
granted
him
all
his
request,
according
to
the
hand
of
Jehovah
his
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
upon
him.
\VS{7}(And
there
went
up [some]
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
of
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
and
the
singers,
and
the doorkeepers,
and
the Nethinim,
to
Jerusalem,
in
the
seventh
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king.)
\VS{8}And
he
came
to
Jerusalem
in
the
fifth
month,
which
was
in
the
seventh
year
of
the
king.
\VS{9}For
upon
the
first
of
the
first
month
the project
of
going
up
from
Babylon
was determined
on,
and
on
the
first
of
the
fifth
month
he
came
to
Jerusalem,
according
to
the
good
hand
of
his
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
upon
him.
\VS{10}For
Ezra
had
directed
his
heart
to
seek
the
law
of
Jehovah
and
to
do
it,
and
to
teach
in
Israel
the
statutes
and
the
ordinances.
\VS{11}And
this
is
the
copy
of
the
letter
that
king
Artaxerxes
gave
to
Ezra
the
priest,
the
scribe,
a
scribe
of
the
words
of
the
commandments
of
Jehovah,
and
of
his
statutes
to
Israel:
\VS{12}Artaxerxes,
king
of
kings,
to
Ezra
the
priest, an accomplished
scribe
of
the
law
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:12 }
Elohim}God
of
the
heavens,
and
so forth.
\VS{13}I have given
orders
that
all
they
of
the
people
of
Israel,
and
of
their
priests
and
the
Levites,
in
my
realm,
who
are disposed
to go
to
Jerusalem, go
with thee.
\VS{14}Because thou art
sent
by
the
king,
and
by
his
seven counsellors,
to
inquire
concerning
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
according
to
the
law
of thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:14 }
Elohim}God
which
is
in thy
hand;
\VS{15}and
to carry
the
silver
and
gold
which
the
king
and
his counsellors
have
freely
offered
to
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:15 }
Elohim}God
of
Israel,
whose habitation
is
at
Jerusalem,
\VS{16}and
all
the
silver
and
gold
that thou canst
find
in
all
the
province
of
Babylon, besides
the voluntary
offering
of
the
people,
and
of
the
priests,
who offer
willingly
for
the
house
of
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:16 }
Elohim}God
which
is
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{17}Therefore thou shalt
buy
diligently
with
this
money bullocks,
rams,
lambs,
with
their oblations
and
their drink-offerings,
and
offer
them upon
the
altar
of
the
house
of
your
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:17 }
Elohim}God
which
is
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{18}And
whatever shall seem
good
to thee
and
to thy brethren
to
do
with
the
rest
of
the
silver
and
the
gold,
that
do
according
to
the
will
of
your
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:18 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{19}And
the
vessels
that have been
given thee
for
the
service
of
the
house
of thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:19 }
Elohim}God,
deliver
before
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:19 }
Elohim}God
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{20}And whatever
more shall
be needful
for
the
house
of thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:20 }
Elohim}God
which thou shalt
have
occasion
to bestow, bestow it out
of
the king's
treasure
house.
\VS{21}And
I,
I
Artaxerxes
the
king,
do
give
orders
to
all
the
treasurers
that
are
beyond
the
river,
that
whatever
Ezra
the
priest
and
scribe
of
the
law
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:21 }
Elohim}God
of
the
heavens shall
require
of
you, it
be
done
diligently,
\VS{22}unto
a
hundred
talents
of
silver,
and
to
a
hundred measures
of wheat,
and
to
a
hundred
baths
of
wine,
and
to
a
hundred
baths
of
oil,
and
salt
without prescribing [how much].
\VS{23}Whatever
is commanded
by
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:23 }
Elohim}God
of
the
heavens, let
it
be carefully
done
for
the
house
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:23 }
Elohim}God
of
the
heavens;
for
why
should
there
be
wrath
against
the
realm
of
the
king
and
his
sons?
\VS{24}Also
we
inform
you,
as regards
all
the
priests
and
Levites,
singers,
doorkeepers,
Nethinim,
and ministers
of
this
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:24 }
Elohim}God,
it shall
not
be lawful
to
impose
tribute,
tax,
and
toll upon them.
\VS{25}And thou,
Ezra, after
the
wisdom
of thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:25 }
Elohim}God,
which
is
in thy
hand, set
magistrates
and
judges
who may judge
all
the
people
that
are
beyond
the
river,
all
such
as
know
the
laws
of thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:25 }
Elohim}God;
and
teach ye him
that
knows [them]
not.
\VS{26}And whosoever
will
not
do
the
law
of thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:26 }
Elohim}God
and
the
law
of
the
king, let
judgment
be
executed
diligently upon
him,
whether unto
death,
or
to
banishment,
or
to
confiscation
of
goods,
or
to
imprisonment.
\VS{27}Blessed
be
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:27 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
our
fathers,
who
has
put [such
a
thing]
as
this
in
the king's
heart,
to
beautify
the
house
of
Jehovah
which
is
at
Jerusalem;
\VS{28}and
has
extended
mercy
to
me
before
the
king
and
his counsellors,
and
before
all
the king's
mighty
princes.
And
I
was
strengthened,
as
the
hand
of
Jehovah
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:28 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was
upon
me;
and
I
gathered
together
out
of
Israel
chief
men
to
go
up
with
me.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
these
are
the
chief
fathers,
and
their
genealogy,
who
went
up
with
me
from
Babylon
in
the
reign
of
Artaxerxes
the
king.
\VS{2}Of
the
children
of
Phinehas,
Gershom;
of
the
children
of
Ithamar,
Daniel;
of
the
children
of
David,
Hattush;
\VS{3}of
the
children
of
Shecaniah,
of
the
children
of
Parosh,
Zechariah,
and
with
him
were registered
by
genealogy
of
the
males
a
hundred
and
fifty.
\VS{4}Of
the
children
of
Pahath-Moab,
Elihoenai
the
son
of
Zerahiah,
and
with
him
two
hundred
males.
\VS{5}Of
the
children
of Shechaniah,
the
son
of
Jahaziel,
and
with
him
three
hundred
males.
\VS{6}And
of
the
children
of
Adin,
Ebed
the
son
of
Jonathan,
and
with
him
fifty
males.
\VS{7}And
of
the
children
of
Elam,
Isaiah
the
son
of
Athaliah,
and
with
him
seventy
males.
\VS{8}And
of
the
children
of
Shephatiah,
Zebadiah
the
son
of
Michael,
and
with
him
eighty
males.
\VS{9}Of
the
children
of
Joab,
Obadiah
the
son
of
Jehiel,
and
with
him
two
hundred
and
eighteen
males.
\VS{10}And
of
the
children
of
Shelomith,
the
son
of
Josiphiah,
and
with
him
a
hundred
and
sixty
males.
\VS{11}And
of
the
children
of
Bebai,
Zechariah
the
son
of
Bebai,
and
with
him
twenty-eight
males.
\VS{12}And
of
the
children
of
Azgad,
Johanan
the
son
of
Hakkatan,
and
with
him
a
hundred
and
ten
males.
\VS{13}And
of
the
children
of
Adonikam,
the
last
ones,
whose
names
are
these:
Eliphelet,
Jeiel,
and
Shemaiah,
and
with
them
sixty
males.
\VS{14}And
of
the
children
of
Bigvai,
Uthai
and
Zabbud,
and
with
them
seventy
males.
\VS{15}And
I
gathered
them
together
at
the
river
that
runs
to
Ahava;
and
there
we
encamped
three
days;
and
I surveyed
the
people
and
the
priests,
and
found
none
of
the
sons
of
Levi
there.
\VS{16}And
I
sent
for
Eliezer,
for
Ariel,
for
Shemaiah,
and
for
Elnathan,
and
for
Jarib,
and
for
Elnathan,
and
for
Nathan,
and
for
Zechariah,
and
for
Meshullam,
chief
men,
and
for
Joiarib
and
for
Elnathan,
men
of
understanding.
\VS{17}And
I
gave
them
a commission
to
Iddo
the
chief,
at
the
place
Casiphia,
and
I
put
words
in
their
mouths
to
say
to
Iddo [and]
his
brethren
the Nethinim,
at
the
place
Casiphia,
that
they
should
bring
to
us
ministers
for
the
house
of
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{18}And
by
the
good
hand
of
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:18 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
upon
us,
they
brought
us
a
man
of
understanding,
of
the
sons
of
Mahli,
the
son
of
Levi,
the
son
of
Israel, namely,
Sherebiah,
with
his
sons
and
his
brethren,
eighteen;
\VS{19}and
Hashabiah,
and
with
him
Isaiah
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
his
brethren
and
their
sons,
twenty;
\VS{20}and
of
the Nethinim, whom
David
and
the
princes
had
appointed
for
the
service
of
the
Levites,
two
hundred
and
twenty Nethinim:
all
of
them
were expressed
by
name.
\VS{21}And
I
proclaimed
a
fast
there,
at
the
river
Ahava,
that
we might humble
ourselves
before
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:21 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
to
seek
of
him
a
right
way
for
us,
and
for
our
little
ones,
and
for
all
our substance.
\VS{22}For
I
was
ashamed
to
require
of
the
king
a band
of
soldiers
and
horsemen
to
help
us
against
the
enemy
in
the
way;
for
we
had
spoken
to
the
king
saying,
The
hand
of
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:22 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
is
upon
all
them
for
good
that
seek
him;
but
his
power
and
his
anger
is
against
all
them
that
forsake
him.
\VS{23}And we
fasted,
and besought
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
for
this;
and
he
was
entreated
of
us.
\VS{24}And
I
separated
twelve
of
the
chiefs
of
the
priests,
Sherebiah,
Hashabiah,
and
ten
of
their
brethren
with
them,
\VS{25}and
I
weighed
to
them
the
silver
and
the
gold
and
the
vessels,
the heave-offering
for
the
house
of
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:25 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
which
the
king
and
his counsellors
and
his
princes,
and
all
Israel
present,
had
offered.
\VS{26}And
I
weighed
into
their
hand
six
hundred
and
fifty
talents
of
silver;
and
silver
vessels
a
hundred
talents, [and]
of
gold
a
hundred
talents;
\VS{27}and
twenty basons
of
gold,
of a
thousand
darics;
and
two
vessels
of shining
copper,
precious
as
gold.
\VS{28}And
I
said
to
them, Ye
are
holy unto
Jehovah;
the
vessels
also
are
holy;
and
the
silver
and
the
gold
is
a
voluntary
offering
to
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:28 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
your
fathers.
\VS{29}Watch
and
keep [them]
until ye
weigh
them
before
the
chiefs
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
the
chiefs
of
the
fathers
of
Israel,
at
Jerusalem,
in
the
chambers
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{30}And
the
priests
and
the
Levites
received
by
weight
the
silver
and
the
gold
and
the
vessels,
to
bring
them
to
Jerusalem unto
the
house
of
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:30 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{31}And we
departed
from
the
river
Ahava
on
the twelfth
of
the
first
month,
to
go
to
Jerusalem;
and
the
hand
of
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:31 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was
upon
us,
and
he
delivered
us
from
the
hand
of
the
enemy,
and
of
such
as
lay
in
wait
by
the
way.
\VS{32}And
we
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
abode
there
three
days.
\VS{33}And
on
the
fourth
day
the
silver
and
the
gold
and
the
vessels
were
weighed
in
the
house
of
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:33 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
into
the
hand
of
Meremoth
the
son
of Urijah
the
priest;
and
with
him
was
Eleazar
the
son
of
Phinehas;
and
with
them
were
Jozabad
the
son
of
Jeshua,
and
Noadiah
the
son
of
Binnui,
Levites:
\VS{34}the
whole
by
number
and
by
weight;
and
all
the
weight
was
written
down
at
that
time.
\VS{35}The
children
of
those
that
had
been
carried
away,
who
had
come
out
of
the
captivity,
presented burnt-offerings
to
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:35 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
twelve bullocks
for
all
Israel,
ninety-six
rams,
seventy-seven
lambs,
twelve he-goats
for
a sin-offering:
all
for
a burnt-offering
to
Jehovah.
\VS{36}And
they
delivered
the king's
edicts
to
the king's
satraps,
and
to
the
governors
on this
side
the
river.
And
they furthered
the
people
and
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:36 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
these
things
were
completed,
the
princes
came
to
me,
saying,
The
people
of
Israel,
and
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
have
not
separated
themselves
from
the
peoples
of
the
lands,
according
to
their
abominations, [even]
of
the
Canaanites,
the
Hittites,
the
Perizzites,
the
Jebusites,
the
Ammonites,
the
Moabites,
the
Egyptians,
and
the
Amorites;
\VS{2}for
they
have
taken
of
their
daughters
for
themselves
and
for
their
sons,
and
have
mingled
the
holy
seed
with
the
peoples
of
the
lands;
and
the
hand
of
the
princes
and
rulers
has
been
chief
in
this
unfaithfulness.
\VS{3}And
when
I
heard
this
thing,
I rent
my
mantle
and
my
garment,
and plucked
off
the
hair
of
my
head
and
of
my
beard,
and
sat
down overwhelmed.
\VS{4}Then
were
assembled
to
me
every
one
that trembled
at
the
words
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:4 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
because
of
the
unfaithfulness
of
those
that
had
been
carried
away;
and
I
sat overwhelmed
until
the
evening oblation.
\VS{5}And
at
the
evening oblation
I
arose
up
from
my
humiliation;
and
with
my
mantle
and
my
garment rent,
I
fell
on
my
knees,
and
spread
out
my
hands
to
Jehovah
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:5 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
\VS{6}and
said:
O
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
I
am
ashamed
and
blush
to
lift
up
my
face
to thee,
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
for
our
iniquities
are
increased
over [our]
head,
and
our
trespass
is
grown
up
to
the
heavens.
\VS{7}Since
the
days
of
our
fathers,
we
have
been
in
great
trespass
to
this
day;
and
for
our
iniquities
we,
our
kings,
our
priests,
have
been
given
into
the
hand
of
the
kings
of
the
lands,
to
the
sword,
and
to
captivity,
and
to
spoil,
and
to confusion
of
face,
as
it
is
this
day.
\VS{8}And
now
for
a
little
space
there hath
been favour
from
Jehovah
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
to
leave
us
a
remnant
to
escape,
and
to
give
us
a nail
in
his
holy
place,
that
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
may lighten
our
eyes,
and
give
us
a
little
reviving
in
our
bondage.
\VS{9}For
we
are bondmen;
yet
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God hath
not forsaken
us
in
our
bondage,
but hath
extended mercy unto
us
before
the
kings
of
Persia,
to
give
us
a
reviving,
to
set
up
the
house
of
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
and
to repair
the
ruins thereof,
and
to
give
us
a
wall
in
Judah
and
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{10}And
now,
what
shall
we
say,
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
after
this?
for
we
have forsaken thy
commandments,
\VS{11}which thou hast
commanded
by thy
servants
the
prophets,
saying,
The
land, unto
which ye
go
to
possess [it],
is
an
unclean
land
through
the filthiness
of
the
peoples
of
the
lands,
through
their
abominations
with
which
they
have
filled
it
from
one
end
to
another
through
their
uncleanness.
\VS{12}Now
therefore
give
not
your
daughters
to
their
sons,
neither
take
their
daughters
to
your
sons,
nor
seek
their
peace
or
their
prosperity
for
ever;
that ye
may
be
strong,
and
eat
the
good
of
the
land,
and
leave
it
for
an
inheritance
to
your
children
for
ever.
\VS{13}And
after
all
that
is
come
upon
us
for
our
evil
deeds
and
for
our
great
trespass,
seeing
that thou
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God hast punished
us
less
than
our
iniquities [deserve],
and hast
given
us
such
deliverance
as
this,
\VS{14}should
we
again
break thy
commandments,
and join
in affinity
with
the
peoples
of
these
abominations? wouldest thou
not
be
angry
with
us
till thou hadst
consumed
us,
so
that
there
should
be
no
remnant
nor
any
to
escape?
\VS{15}Jehovah,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:15 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel, thou art
righteous;
for
we
are
a
remnant
that
is
escaped,
as [it
is]
this
day.
Behold,
we
are
before thee
in
our trespasses;
for
there
is
no
standing
before thee
because
of
this.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
while
Ezra
prayed,
and
made
confession,
weeping
and
falling
down
before
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:1 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God, there
were
gathered
to
him
out
of
Israel
a
very
great
congregation
of
men
and
women
and
children;
for
the
people
wept
very
much.
\VS{2}And Shechaniah
the
son
of
Jehiel,
of
the
sons
of
Elam,
answered
and
said
to
Ezra,
We
have
acted
unfaithfully
toward
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
have
taken
foreign
wives
of
the
peoples
of
the
land;
yet
now
there
is hope
for
Israel
concerning
this
thing.
\VS{3}And
now
let
us
make
a
covenant
with
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
to
put
away
all
the
wives,
and
such
as
are
born
of
them, according
to
the
counsel
of [my]
lord,
and
of
those
that tremble
at
the
commandments
of
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
and
let
it
be
done according
to
the
law.
\VS{4}Arise,
for
this
matter
is incumbent
on thee,
and
we
will
be
with thee:
be
of
good
courage,
and
do [it].
\VS{5}Then
Ezra
arose,
and
made
the
chiefs
of
the
priests,
of
the
Levites,
and
of
all
Israel,
to
swear
that
they
would
do according
to
this
word.
And
they
swore.
\VS{6}And
Ezra
arose
from
before
the
house
of
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
went
into
the
chamber
of
Jehohanan
the
son
of
Eliashib;
and
when
he
came thither,
he
ate
no
bread
and
drank
no
water;
for
he
mourned
because
of
the
unfaithfulness
of
them
that
had
been
carried
away.
\VS{7}And
they
made
proclamation
in
Judah
and
Jerusalem
to
all
the
children
of
the captivity,
that
they should
gather
themselves
together unto
Jerusalem;
\VS{8}and
that whosoever
would
not
come
within
three
days, according
to
the
counsel
of
the
princes
and
the
elders,
all
his substance
should
be confiscated,
and
himself
separated
from
the
congregation
of
those
that
had
been
carried
away.
\VS{9}Then
were
all
the
men
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
gathered
together
at
Jerusalem
within
three
days.
It
was
the
ninth
month,
on
the
twentieth
of
the
month;
and
all
the
people
sat
in
the
open space
of
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
trembling
because
of
the
matter,
and
because
of
the pouring
rain.
\VS{10}And
Ezra
the
priest
stood
up
and
said
to
them, Ye
have
acted
unfaithfully,
and
have
taken
foreign
wives,
to
increase
the trespass
of
Israel.
\VS{11}And
now
make
confession
to
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:11 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
your
fathers,
and
do
his
pleasure,
and
separate
yourselves
from
the
peoples
of
the
land,
and
from
the
foreign
wives.
\VS{12}And
the
whole
congregation
answered
and
said
with
a
loud
voice,
Yes,
it
is
for
us
to
do
according
to thy
words.
\VS{13}But
the
people
are
many,
and
it
is
a
time
of pouring
rain,
and
it
is
not possible
to
stand
without:
neither
is
this
a
work
for
one
day
or
two;
for
we
are
many
that
have
transgressed
in
this
thing.
\VS{14}Let
now
our
princes,
while
this
matter
is
going
on,
stand
for
all
the
congregation,
and
let
all
those
that
have
taken
foreign
wives
in
our
cities
come
at
the
appointed
times,
and
with
them
the
elders
of
every
city,
and
the
judges thereof,
until
the
fierce
anger
of
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
be
turned
from
us.
\VS{15}Only
Jonathan
the
son
of
Asahel
and
Jahzeiah
the
son
of
Tikvah
stood
up
against
this;
and
Meshullam
and
Shabbethai
the
Levite
helped
them.
\VS{16}And
the
children
of
the captivity
did
so.
And
Ezra
the
priest [and]
certain
of
the
chief
fathers
were
separated
according
to
their fathers'
houses,
and
all
of
them [expressed]
by
name;
and
they
sat
down
on
the
first
day
of
the
tenth
month
to examine
the
matter.
\VS{17}And
they
ended
with
all
the
men
that
had
taken
foreign
wives
by
the
first
day
of
the
first
month.
\VS{18}And
among
the
sons
of
the
priests
there
were
found
that
had
taken
foreign
wives,
of
the
sons
of
Jeshua
the
son
of Jozadak,
and
his
brethren:
Maaseiah,
and
Eliezer,
and
Jarib,
and
Gedaliah.
\VS{19}And
they
gave
their
hand
to
send
away
their
wives;
and
they
offered
a
ram
of
the
flock,
as trespass-offering
for
their
guilt.
\VS{20}And
of
the
children
of
Immer:
Hanani,
and
Zebadiah.
\VS{21}And
of
the
children
of
Harim:
Maaseiah,
and
Elijah,
and
Shemaiah,
and
Jehiel,
and
Uzziah.
\VS{22}And
of
the
children
of
Pashhur:
Elioenai,
Maaseiah,
Ishmael, Nethaneel,
Jozabad,
and
Elasah.
\VS{23}And
of
the
Levites:
Jozabad,
and
Shimei,
and
Kelaiah (that
is,
Kelita),
Pethahiah,
Judah,
and
Eliezer.
\VS{24}And
of
the
singers:
Eliashib.
And
of
the doorkeepers:
Shallum,
and
Telem,
and
Uri.
\VS{25}And
of
Israel;
of
the
children
of
Parosh:
Ramiah,
and Jizzijah,
and
Malchijah,
and
Mijamin,
and
Eleazar,
and
Malchijah,
and
Benaiah.
\VS{26}And
of
the
children
of
Elam:
Mattaniah,
Zechariah,
and
Jehiel,
and
Abdi,
and
Jeremoth,
and
Elijah.
\VS{27}And
of
the
children
of
Zattu:
Elioenai,
Eliashib,
Mattaniah,
and
Jeremoth,
and
Zabad,
and
Aziza.
\VS{28}And
of
the
children
of
Bebai:
Jehohanan,
Hananiah,
Zabbai, Athlai.
\VS{29}And
of
the
children
of
Bani:
Meshullam,
Malluch,
and
Adaiah,
Jashub,
and
Sheal,
and Ramoth.
\VS{30}And
of
the
children
of
Pahath-Moab:
Adna,
and
Chelal,
Benaiah,
Maaseiah,
Mattaniah, Bezaleel,
and
Binnui,
and
Manasseh.
\VS{31}And
the
children
of
Harim:
Eliezer, Jishijah,
Malchijah,
Shemaiah,
Simeon,
\VS{32}Benjamin,
Malluch,
Shemariah.
\VS{33}Of
the
children
of
Hashum:
Mattenai,
Mattattah,
Zabad,
Eliphelet,
Jeremai,
Manasseh,
Shimei.
\VS{34}Of
the
sons
of
Bani:
Maadai,
Amram,
and
Uel,
\VS{35}Benaiah, Bediah, Cheluhu,
\VS{36}Vaniah,
Meremoth,
Eliashib,
\VS{37}Mattaniah,
Mattenai, and Jaasai,
\VS{38}and Bani,
and
Binnui,
Shimei,
\VS{39}and
Shelemiah,
and
Nathan,
and
Adaiah,
\VS{40}Machnadbai,
Shashai,
Sharai,
\VS{41}Azareel,
and
Shelemiah,
Shemariah,
\VS{42}Shallum,
Amariah,
Joseph.
\VS{43}Of
the
children
of
Nebo:
Jeiel,
Mattithiah,
Zabad,
Zebina,
Jaddai,
and
Joel,
Benaiah.
\VS{44}All
these
had
taken
foreign
wives;
and
there
were
among
them
wives
who
had
had
children.
\par }