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{\MTB The Book of
\par }{\MT Ezra

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
in
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
that
Yahweh’s\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.}
word
by
Jeremiah’s
mouth
might
be
accomplished,
Yahweh
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
so
that
he
made
a
proclamation
throughout
all
his
kingdom,
and
put
it
also
in
writing,
saying,
\par }{\MI \VS{2}“Cyrus
king
of
Persia
says, ‘Yahweh,
the
God\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:2 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}
of
heaven,
has
given
me
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth;
and
he
has
commanded
me
to
build
him
a
house
in
Jerusalem,
which
is
in
Judah.
\VS{3}Whoever
there
is
among
you
of
all
his
people,
may
his
God
be
with
him,
and
let
him
go
up
to
Jerusalem,
which
is
in
Judah,
and
build
the
house
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel (he
is
God),
which
is
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{4}Whoever
is
left,
in
any
place
where
he
lives, let
the
men
of
his
place help
him
with
silver,
with
gold,
with
goods,
and
with
animals,
in addition
to
the
free
will
offering
for
God’s
house
which
is
in
Jerusalem.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
all
whose
spirit
God
had
stirred
to
go
up,
rose
up
to
build
Yahweh’s
house
which
is
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{6}All
those
who
were
around
them
strengthened
their
hands
with
vessels
of
silver,
with
gold,
with
goods,
with
animals,
and
with
precious
things,
in
addition
to
all
that
was
willingly
offered.
\VS{7}Also
Cyrus
the
king
brought
out
the
vessels
of
Yahweh’s
house,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
had
brought
out
of
Jerusalem,
and
had
put
in
the
house
of
his
gods;
\VS{8}even
those,
Cyrus
king
of
Persia
brought
out
by
the
hand
of
Mithredath
the
treasurer,
and
counted
them
out
to
Sheshbazzar
the
prince
of
Judah.
\VS{9}This
is
the
number
of
them:
thirty platters
of
gold,
one
thousand platters
of
silver,
twenty-nine knives,
\VS{10}thirty
bowls
of
gold,
four
hundred
ten
silver
bowls
of
a
second kind,
and
one
thousand
other
vessels.
\VS{11}All
the
vessels
of
gold
and
of
silver
were
five
thousand
four
hundred.
Sheshbazzar
brought
all
these
up
when
the
captives
were
brought
up
from
Babylon
to
Jerusalem.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
these
are
the
children
of
the
province
who
went
up
out
of
the
captivity
of
those
who
had
been
carried
away,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon
had
carried
away
to
Babylon,
and
who
returned
to
Jerusalem
and
Judah,
everyone
to
his
city;
\VS{2}who
came
with
Zerubbabel,
Jeshua,
Nehemiah,
Seraiah,
Reelaiah,
Mordecai,
Bilshan,
Mispar,
Bigvai,
Rehum,
and
Baanah.
\par }{\PP The
number
of
the
men
of
the
people
of
Israel:
\VS{3}The
children
of
Parosh,
two
thousand
one
hundred seventy-two.
\VS{4}The
children
of
Shephatiah,
three
hundred seventy-two.
\VS{5}The
children
of
Arah,
seven
hundred
seventy-five.
\VS{6}The
children
of Pahathmoab,
of
the
children
of
Jeshua
and
Joab,
two
thousand
eight
hundred
twelve.
\VS{7}The
children
of
Elam,
one
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
\VS{8}The
children
of
Zattu,
nine
hundred
forty-five.
\VS{9}The
children
of
Zaccai,
seven
hundred
sixty.
\VS{10}The
children
of
Bani,
six
hundred
forty-two.
\VS{11}The
children
of
Bebai,
six
hundred twenty-three.
\VS{12}The
children
of
Azgad,
one
thousand
two
hundred
twenty-two.
\VS{13}The
children
of
Adonikam,
six
hundred sixty-six.
\VS{14}The
children
of
Bigvai, two
thousand fifty-six.
\VS{15}The
children
of
Adin,
four
hundred fifty-four.
\VS{16}The
children
of
Ater,
of
Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
\VS{17}The
children
of
Bezai,
three
hundred twenty-three.
\VS{18}The
children
of
Jorah,
one
hundred
twelve.
\VS{19}The
children
of
Hashum,
two
hundred twenty-three.
\VS{20}The
children
of
Gibbar, ninety-five.
\VS{21}The
children
of
Bethlehem,
one
hundred twenty-three.
\VS{22}The
men
of
Netophah, fifty-six.
\VS{23}The
men
of
Anathoth,
one
hundred
twenty-eight.
\VS{24}The
children
of
Azmaveth,
forty-two.
\VS{25}The
children
of
Kiriath Arim, Chephirah,
and
Beeroth,
seven
hundred forty-three.
\VS{26}The
children
of
Ramah
and
Geba,
six
hundred twenty-one.
\VS{27}The
men
of
Michmas,
one
hundred
twenty-two.
\VS{28}The
men
of
Bethel
and
Ai,
two
hundred twenty-three.
\VS{29}The
children
of
Nebo,
fifty-two.
\VS{30}The
children
of
Magbish,
one
hundred fifty-six.
\VS{31}The
children
of
the
other
Elam,
one
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
\VS{32}The
children
of
Harim,
three
hundred
twenty.
\VS{33}The
children
of Lod,
Hadid,
and
Ono,
seven
hundred
twenty-five.
\VS{34}The
children
of
Jericho,
three
hundred
forty-five.
\VS{35}The
children
of
Senaah,
three
thousand
six
hundred
thirty.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}The
priests:
the
children
of
Jedaiah,
of
the
house
of
Jeshua,
nine
hundred seventy-three.
\VS{37}The
children
of
Immer,
one
thousand
fifty-two.
\VS{38}The
children
of
Pashhur,
one
thousand
two
hundred forty-seven.
\VS{39}The
children
of
Harim,
one
thousand
seventeen.
\par }{\PP \VS{40}The
Levites:
the
children
of
Jeshua
and
Kadmiel,
of
the
children
of
Hodaviah, seventy-four.
\VS{41}The
singers:
the
children
of
Asaph,
one
hundred
twenty-eight.
\VS{42}The
children
of
the
gatekeepers:
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
one
hundred thirty-nine.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}The
temple
servants:
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
Paseah,
the
children
of
Besai,
\VS{50}the
children
of
Asnah,
the
children
of
Meunim,
the
children
of
Nephisim,
\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
Temah,
\VS{54}the
children
of
Neziah,
the
children
of
Hatipha.
\par }{\PP \VS{55}The
children
of
Solomon’s
servants:
the
children
of
Sotai,
the
children
of
Hassophereth,
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
temple
servants,
and
the
children
of
Solomon’s
servants,
were
three
hundred ninety-two.
\par }{\PP \VS{59}These
were
those
who
went
up
from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha,
Cherub,
Addan,
and
Immer;
but
they
could
not
show
their
fathers’
houses
and
their
offspring,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:59 }
or, seed}
whether
they
were
of
Israel:
\VS{60}the
children
of
Delaiah,
the
children
of
Tobiah,
the
children
of
Nekoda,
six
hundred
fifty-two.
\VS{61}Of
the
children
of
the
priests:
the
children
of
Habaiah,
the
children
of
Hakkoz,
and
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 place
among
those
who
were registered
by
genealogy,
but
they
were
not
found; therefore
they
were deemed disqualified
and
removed
from
the
priesthood.
\VS{63}The
governor
told
them
that
they
should
not
eat
of
the
most
holy
things
until
a
priest
stood
up
to
serve
with
Urim
and
with
Thummim.
\par }{\PP \VS{64}The
whole
assembly
together
was forty-two
thousand
three
hundred
sixty,
\VS{65}in addition
to their
male
servants
and their
female
servants,
of
whom there
were
seven
thousand
three
hundred thirty-seven;
and
they
had
two
hundred
singing
men
and
singing women.
\VS{66}Their
horses were
seven
hundred thirty-six; their
mules,
two
hundred
forty-five;
\VS{67}their
camels,
four
hundred thirty-five; their
donkeys,
six
thousand
seven
hundred
twenty.
\par }{\PP \VS{68}Some
of
the
heads
of
fathers’
households,
when
they
came
to
Yahweh’s
house
which
is
in
Jerusalem,
offered
willingly
for
God’s
house
to
set
it
up
in
its
place.
\VS{69}They
gave according
to
their
ability
into
the
treasury
of
the
work sixty-one
thousand darics
of
gold,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:69 }
a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.}
five
thousand
minas\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:69 }
A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds, so 5,000 minas is about 3 metric tons.}
of
silver,
and
one
hundred
priests’
garments.
\par }{\PP \VS{70}So
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
with
some
of
the
people,
the
singers,
the
gatekeepers,
and
the
temple
servants,
lived
in
their
cities,
and
all
Israel
in
their
cities.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
the
seventh
month
had
come,
and
the
children
of
Israel
were
in
the
cities,
the
people
gathered
themselves
together
as
one
man
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}Then
Jeshua
the
son
of Jozadak
stood
up
with
his
brothers
the
priests
and
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel
and
his
relatives,
and
built
the
altar
of
the
God
of
Israel,
to
offer
burnt
offerings
on
it,
as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses
the
man
of
God.
\VS{3}In
spite
of
their
fear
because
of
the
peoples
of
the surrounding
lands,
they
set
the
altar
on
its base;
and
they
offered
burnt
offerings
on
it
to
Yahweh,
even
burnt
offerings
morning
and
evening.
\VS{4}They
kept
the
feast
of
booths,
as
it
is
written,
and offered
the
daily
burnt
offerings
by
number,
according
to
the
ordinance,
as
the
duty
of
every
day
required;
\VS{5}and
afterward
the
continual
burnt
offering,
the
offerings
of
the
new
moons,
of
all
the
set
feasts
of
Yahweh
that were
consecrated,
and
of
everyone
who
willingly
offered
a free
will
offering
to
Yahweh.
\VS{6}From
the
first
day
of
the
seventh
month,
they
began
to
offer
burnt
offerings
to
Yahweh;
but
the
foundation
of
Yahweh’s
temple
was
not
yet
laid.
\VS{7}They
also
gave
money
to
the
masons
and
to
the
carpenters.
They
also
gave
food,
drink,
and
oil
to
the people
of Sidon
and
Tyre
to
bring
cedar
trees
from
Lebanon
to
the
sea,
to
Joppa,
according
to
the
grant
that
they
had
from
Cyrus
King
of
Persia.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Now
in
the
second
year
of
their
coming
to
God’s
house
at
Jerusalem,
in
the
second
month,
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
Jeshua
the
son
of Jozadak,
and
the
rest
of
their
brothers
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
all
those
who
had
come
out
of
the
captivity
to
Jerusalem,
began
the
work
and
appointed
the
Levites,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
to
have
the oversight
of
the
work
of
Yahweh’s
house.
\VS{9}Then
Jeshua
stood
with
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
Kadmiel
and
his
sons,
the
sons
of
Judah,
together
to
have
the oversight
of
the
workmen
in
God’s
house:
the
sons
of
Henadad,
with
their
sons
and
their
brothers
the
Levites.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}When
the
builders
laid
the
foundation
of
Yahweh’s
temple,
they
set
the
priests
in
their vestments
with
trumpets,
with
the
Levites
the
sons
of
Asaph
with
cymbals,
to
praise
Yahweh,
according
to
the
directions
of
David
king
of
Israel.
\VS{11}They
sang
to
one another
in
praising
and
giving
thanks
to
Yahweh, “For
he
is
good,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever
toward
Israel.”
All
the
people
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
when
they
praised
Yahweh,
because
the
foundation
of
Yahweh’s
house
had
been
laid.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}But
many
of
the
priests
and
Levites
and
heads
of
fathers’
households,
the
old
men
who
had
seen
the
first
house,
when
the
foundation
of
this
house
was
laid
before
their
eyes,
wept
with
a
loud
voice.
Many
also
shouted
aloud
for
joy,
\VS{13}so
that
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
loud
shout,
and
the
noise
was
heard
far
away.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
the adversaries
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
heard
that
the
children
of
the captivity
were
building
a
temple
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
\VS{2}they
came
near
to
Zerubbabel,
and
to
the
heads
of
fathers’
households,
and
said
to
them, “Let
us
build
with
you,
for
we
seek
your
God
as
you do;
and
we
have
been
sacrificing
to
him
since
the
days
of Esar Haddon
king
of
Assyria,
who
brought
us
up
here.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}But
Zerubbabel,
Jeshua,
and
the
rest
of
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
Israel
said
to
them, “You
have
nothing
to
do
with
us
in
building
a
house
to
our
God;
but
we
ourselves
together
will
build
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
as
King
Cyrus
the
king
of
Persia
has
commanded
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
the
people
of
the
land weakened
the
hands
of
the
people
of
Judah,
and troubled
them
in
building.
\VS{5}They
hired
counselors
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}In
the
reign
of
Ahasuerus,
in
the
beginning
of
his
reign,
they
wrote
an
accusation
against
the
inhabitants
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}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 Syrian
and delivered
in
the Syrian language.
\VS{8}Rehum
the chancellor
and
Shimshai
the
scribe
wrote
a
letter
against
Jerusalem
to
Artaxerxes
the
king as
follows.
\VS{9}Then
Rehum
the chancellor,
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
nations
whom
the
great
and noble
Osnappar brought over
and
settled
in
the
city
of
Samaria,
and
in
the
rest
of
the country
beyond
the
River,
and
so forth, wrote.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}This
is
the
copy
of
the
letter
that
they
sent:
\par }{\BB \par }{\MI To
King
Artaxerxes,
from
your
servants,
the people
beyond
the
River.
\par }{\PI \VS{12}Be
it
known
to
the
king
that
the
Jews
who
came
up
from
you
have
come
to us
to
Jerusalem.
They
are
building
the rebellious
and bad
city,
and
have
finished
the
walls
and repaired
the
foundations.
\VS{13}Be
it
known
now
to
the
king
that
if
this
city
is
built
and
the
walls
finished,
they
will
not
pay
tribute,
custom,
or
toll,
and
in
the end
it
will
be hurtful
to
the
kings.
\VS{14}Now
because
we eat
the
salt
of
the
palace
and
it
is
not
appropriate
for us
to
see
the
king’s
dishonor,
therefore
we
have
sent
and
informed
the
king,
\VS{15}that
search may
be
made
in
the
book
of
the records
of
your
fathers.
You
will see
in
the
book
of
the records,
and
know
that
this
city
is
a rebellious
city,
and hurtful
to
kings
and
provinces,
and
that
they
have started rebellions
within
it
in
the
past.
That
is why
this
city
was destroyed.
\VS{16}We
inform
the
king
that
if
this
city
is
built
and
the
walls
finished,
then
you
will
have
no
possession
beyond
the
River.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
the
king
sent
an
answer
to
Rehum
the chancellor,
and
to
Shimshai
the
scribe,
and
to
the
rest
of their companions
who
live
in
Samaria,
and
in
the
rest
of
the country
beyond
the
River:
\par }{\BB \par }{\MI Peace.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PI \VS{18}The letter
which
you
sent
to us
has been plainly
read
before
me.
\VS{19}I decreed,
and
search
has been
made,
and
it
was
found
that
this
city
has
made insurrection
against
kings
in
the
past,
and
that
rebellion
and
revolts
have been
made
in
it.
\VS{20}There
have also been
mighty
kings
over
Jerusalem who
have
ruled
over
all
the country
beyond
the
River;
and
tribute,
custom,
and
toll
was
paid
to them.
\VS{21}Make
a
decree
now
to cause
these
men
to
cease,
and
that
this
city
not
be
built
until
a
decree
is
made
by me.
\VS{22}Be careful
that
you not
be slack
doing so.
Why
should
damage grow
to
the hurt
of
the
kings?
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
when
the
copy
of
King Artaxerxes’ letter
was
read
before
Rehum,
Shimshai
the
scribe,
and their companions,
they
went
in
haste
to
Jerusalem
to
the
Jews,
and
made
them
to
cease
by
force
of
arms.
\VS{24}Then
work
stopped
on God’s
house
which
is
at
Jerusalem. It
stopped
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
who
were
in
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
They
prophesied
to them
in
the
name
of
the
God
of
Israel.
\VS{2}Then
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
and
Jeshua
the
son
of Jozadak rose up
and
began
to build God’s
house
which
is
at
Jerusalem;
and
with them
were
the
prophets
of
God, helping them.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}At
the same
time
Tattenai,
the
governor
beyond
the
River,
came
to
them,
with Shetharbozenai
and their companions,
and
asked
them, “Who
gave
you
a
decree
to build
this
house
and
to
finish
this wall?”
\VS{4}They
also
asked
for
the
names
of
the
men
were
who
were making
this
building.
\VS{5}But
the eye
of their
God
was
on
the
elders
of
the
Jews,
and
they didn’t make
them
cease
until
the matter should come
to
Darius,
and an answer should
be
returned by letter
concerning
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
copy
of
the
letter
that
Tattenai,
the
governor
beyond
the
River,
and Shetharbozenai,
and
his companions
the Apharsachites
who
were
beyond
the
River,
sent
to
Darius
the
king follows.
\VS{7}They
sent
a letter
to him,
in which
was
written:
\par }{\BB \par }{\MI To
Darius
the
king,
all
peace.
\par }{\PI \VS{8}Be it
known
to
the
king
that
we
went into
the
province
of
Judah,
to
the
house
of
the
great
God,
which
is being
built
with
great
stones
and
timber
is
laid
in
the
walls.
This
work goes on
with
diligence
and prospers
in their
hands.
\VS{9}Then
we
asked
those
elders,
and
said
to
them
thus, “Who
gave you
a
decree
to build
this
house,
and
to
finish
this wall?”
\VS{10}We
asked them their
names
also,
to
inform
you
that
we might
write
the
names
of
the
men
who
were at their
head.
\VS{11}Thus
they
returned
us
answer,
saying, “We
are
the
servants
of
the
God
of
heaven
and
earth
and
are
building
the
house
that
was
built
these
many
years
ago,
which
a
great
king
of
Israel
built
and
finished.
\VS{12}But
after our
fathers
had
provoked
the
God
of
heaven
to
wrath,
he
gave
them into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
the Chaldean,
who destroyed
this
house
and carried
the
people away into
Babylon.
\VS{13}But
in
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
Babylon,
Cyrus
the
king
made
a
decree
to build
this
house
of
God.
\VS{14}The
gold
and
silver
vessels
of God’s
house,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
took out
of
the
temple
that
was
in
Jerusalem
and
brought into
the
temple
of
Babylon,
those
Cyrus
the
king
also
took out
of
the
temple
of
Babylon,
and
they
were delivered
to one
whose
name
was
Sheshbazzar,
whom
he
had
made
governor.
\VS{15}He
said
to him, ‘Take
these
vessels,
go,
put
them
in
the
temple
that
is
in
Jerusalem,
and let God’s
house
be
built
in its
place.’
\VS{16}Then
the same
Sheshbazzar
came
and
laid
the
foundations
of God’s
house
which
is
in
Jerusalem.
Since
that
time
even
until
now it
has been being
built,
and yet it
is
not
completed.
\par }{\PI \VS{17}Now therefore,
if
it seems good
to
the
king,
let
a
search
be
made
in
the
king’s
treasure
house,
which
is
there
at
Babylon,
whether
it
is
so
that
a
decree
was
made
by
Cyrus
the
king
to build
this
house
of
God
at
Jerusalem;
and
let
the
king
send
his pleasure
to us
concerning
this matter.”

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Darius
the
king
made
a
decree,
and
the
house
of
the
archives,
where
the
treasures
were
laid up
in
Babylon,
was searched.
\VS{2}A
scroll
was
found at Achmetha,
in
the palace
that
is
in
the
province
of
Media,
and
in it this
was
written
for
a record:
\par }{\BB \par }{\PI \VS{3}In
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
the
king,
Cyrus
the
king
made
a
decree:
Concerning God’s
house
at
Jerusalem, let
the
house
be
built,
the
place
where
they offer
sacrifices,
and let its
foundations
be strongly
laid,
with its
height
sixty
cubits\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:3 }
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.}
and its
width
sixty
cubits;
\VS{4}with
three courses
of great
stones
and a course
of new
timber. Let
the expenses
be
given out
of
the
king’s
house.
\VS{5}Also
let
the
gold
and
silver
vessels
of God’s
house,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
took out
of
the
temple
which
is
at
Jerusalem
and
brought
to
Babylon,
be
restored
and
brought again
to
the
temple
which
is
at
Jerusalem, everything
to
its
place.
You shall
put them
in God’s
house.
\par }{\PI \VS{6}Now therefore,
Tattenai,
governor
beyond
the
River, Shetharbozenai,
and your companions
the Apharsachites,
who
are
beyond
the
River,
you must stay
far
from
there.
\VS{7}Leave
the
work
of
this
house
of
God
alone; let
the
governor
of
the
Jews
and
the
elders
of
the
Jews build
this
house
of
God
in its
place.
\VS{8}Moreover
I
make
a
decree regarding
what
you shall
do
for
these
elders
of
the
Jews
for
the
building
of
this
house
of
God:
that
of
the
king’s
goods,
even
of
the
tribute
beyond
the
River, expenses must
be
given
with
all
diligence
to
these
men,
that
they
not
be hindered.
\VS{9}That
which
they
have
need
of, including
young
bulls,
rams,
and
lambs,
for
burnt offerings
to
the
God
of
heaven; also wheat,
salt,
wine,
and
oil, according
to
the word
of
the
priests
who
are
at
Jerusalem, let it
be
given them
day
by
day
without
fail,
\VS{10}that
they
may
offer
sacrifices
of pleasant aroma
to
the
God
of
heaven,
and
pray
for
the
life
of
the
king
and
of
his
sons.
\VS{11}I have also
made
a
decree
that whoever alters
this message, let
a beam be pulled
out
from
his
house,
and let
him be lifted up
and fastened
on
it;
and let
his
house be
made
a dunghill
for
this.
\VS{12}May
the
God
who
has caused
his
name
to
dwell
there
overthrow
all
kings
and
peoples
who stretch
out
their
hand
to alter
this,
to
destroy
this
house
of
God
which
is
at
Jerusalem.
I
Darius
have
made
a
decree. Let it
be
done
with
all
diligence.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
Tattenai,
the
governor
beyond
the
River, Shetharbozenai,
and their companions did
accordingly
with
all
diligence,
because
Darius
the
king
had
sent
a decree.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The
elders
of
the
Jews
built
and
prospered, through
the
prophesying
of
Haggai
the
prophet
and
Zechariah
the
son
of
Iddo. They
built
and
finished it,
according
to
the commandment
of
the
God
of
Israel,
and
according
to
the
decree
of
Cyrus,
Darius,
and
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia.
\VS{15}This
house
was finished
on
the
third
day
of
the
month
Adar,
which
was
in
the
sixth
year
of
the
reign
of
Darius
the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
children
of
Israel,
the
priests,
the
Levites,
and
the
rest
of
the
children
of
the captivity, kept
the
dedication
of
this
house
of
God
with
joy.
\VS{17}They
offered
at
the
dedication
of
this
house
of
God
one
hundred
bulls, two
hundred
rams,
four
hundred
lambs;
and
for a
sin
offering
for
all
Israel,
twelve
male
goats, according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\VS{18}They
set
the
priests
in their
divisions
and
the
Levites
in their courses,
for
the
service
of
God
which
is
at
Jerusalem,
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
Moses.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}The
children
of
the captivity
kept
the
Passover
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
first
month.
\VS{20}Because
the
priests
and
the
Levites
had
purified
themselves
together,
all
of
them
were
pure.
They
killed
the
Passover
for
all
the
children
of
the captivity,
for
their
brothers
the
priests,
and
for
themselves.
\VS{21}The
children
of
Israel
who
had
returned
out
of
the captivity,
and
all
who
had
separated themselves
to
them
from
the filthiness
of
the
nations
of
the
land
to
seek
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
ate,
\VS{22}and
kept
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
seven
days
with
joy;
because
Yahweh
had
made
them
joyful,
and
had
turned
the
heart
of
the
king
of
Assyria
to
them,
to
strengthen
their
hands
in
the
work
of
God,
the
God
of
Israel’s
house.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
after
these
things,
in
the
reign
of
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia,
Ezra
the
son
of
Seraiah,
the
son
of
Azariah,
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
\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.
He
was
a
skilled
scribe
in
the
law
of
Moses,
which
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
had
given;
and
the
king
granted
him
all
his
request,
according
to
Yahweh
his
God’s
hand
on
him.
\VS{7}Some
of
the
children
of
Israel,
including
some
of
the
priests,
the
Levites,
the
singers,
the
gatekeepers,
and
the
temple
servants
went
up
to
Jerusalem
in
the
seventh
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king.
\VS{8}He
came
to
Jerusalem
in
the
fifth
month,
which
was
in
the
seventh
year
of
the
king.
\VS{9}For
on
the
first
day
of
the
first
month
he
began
to
go
up
from
Babylon;
and
on
the
first
day
of
the
fifth
month
he
came
to
Jerusalem,
according
to
the
good
hand
of
his
God
on
him.
\VS{10}For
Ezra
had
set
his
heart
to
seek
Yahweh’s
law,
and
to
do
it,
and
to
teach
statutes
and
ordinances
in
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Now
this
is
the
copy
of
the
letter
that
King
Artaxerxes
gave
to
Ezra
the
priest,
the
scribe,
even
the
scribe
of
the
words
of
Yahweh’s
commandments,
and
of
his
statutes
to
Israel:
\par }{\BB \par }{\MI \VS{12}Artaxerxes,
king
of
kings,
\par }{\MI To
Ezra
the
priest,
the
scribe
of
the
law
of
the
perfect
God
of
heaven.
\par }{\PI Now
\VS{13}I
make
a
decree
that
all
those
of
the
people
of
Israel
and
their
priests
and
the
Levites
in
my
realm,
who intend
of
their own free
will
to go
to
Jerusalem, go
with
you.
\VS{14}Because
you
are
sent
by
the
king
and
his
seven counselors
to
inquire
concerning
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
according
to
the
law
of
your
God
which
is
in
your
hand,
\VS{15}and
to carry
the
silver
and
gold,
which
the
king
and
his counselors
have
freely
offered
to
the
God
of
Israel,
whose habitation
is
in
Jerusalem,
\VS{16}and
all
the
silver
and
gold
that
you
will
find
in
all
the
province
of
Babylon,
with
the free
will
offering
of
the
people
and
of
the
priests,
offering
willingly
for
the
house
of
their
God
which
is
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{17}Therefore
you shall
with
all
diligence
buy
with
this
money
bulls,
rams,
and
lambs
with
their meal
offerings
and
their
drink
offerings,
and shall
offer
them
on
the
altar
of
the
house
of
your
God
which
is
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{18}Whatever seems
good
to
you
and
to
your
brothers
to
do
with
the
rest
of
the
silver
and
the
gold,
do
that
according
to
the
will
of
your
God.
\VS{19}The
vessels
that
are
given
to
you
for
the
service
of
the
house
of
your
God,
deliver
before
the
God
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{20}Whatever
more
will
be needed
for
the
house
of your
God,
which
you may
have
occasion
to
give,
give it out
of
the
king’s
treasure
house.
\par }{\PI \VS{21}I,
even
I,
Artaxerxes
the
king,
make
a
decree
to
all
the
treasurers
who
are
beyond
the
River,
that
whatever
Ezra
the
priest,
the
scribe
of
the
law
of
the
God
of
heaven, requires
of
you, it shall
be
done
with
all
diligence,
\VS{22}up
to one
hundred
talents\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:22 }
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces}
of
silver,
and
to one
hundred
cors\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7:22 }
1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels.}
of wheat,
and
to one
hundred
baths\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 7:22 }
1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters or 2.4 pecks. 100 baths would be about 2,100 liters.}
of
wine,
and
to one
hundred
baths
of
oil,
and
salt
without prescribing how much.
\VS{23}Whatever
is commanded
by
the
God
of
heaven, let
it
be
done exactly
for
the
house
of
the
God
of
heaven;
for
why
should
there
be
wrath
against
the
realm
of
the
king
and
his
sons?
\par }{\PI \VS{24}Also
we
inform
you
that
it shall
not
be lawful
to
impose
tribute,
custom,
or
toll
on
any
of
the
priests,
Levites,
singers, gatekeepers,
temple
servants,
or laborers
of
this
house
of
God.
\par }{\PI \VS{25}You,
Ezra, according
to
the
wisdom
of
your
God
that
is
in
your
hand,
appoint
magistrates
and
judges
who may judge
all
the
people
who
are
beyond
the
River,
who
all
know
the
laws
of
your
God;
and
teach him
who doesn’t
know them.
\VS{26}Whoever
will
not
do
the
law
of your
God
and
the
law
of
the
king, let
judgment
be
executed on
him
with
all
diligence,
whether
it
is
to
death,
or
to
banishment,
or
to
confiscation
of
goods,
or
to
imprisonment.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{27}Blessed
be
Yahweh,
the
God
of
our
fathers,
who
has
put
such
a
thing
as
this
in
the
king’s
heart,
to
beautify
Yahweh’s
house
which
is
in
Jerusalem;
\VS{28}and
has
extended loving
kindness
to
me
before
the
king
and
his
counselors,
and
before
all
the
king’s
mighty
princes.
I
was
strengthened
according
to
Yahweh
my
God’s
hand
on
me,
and
I
gathered
together
chief
men
out
of
Israel
to
go
up
with
me.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
these
are
the
heads
of
their
fathers’
households,
and
this
is
the
genealogy
of
those
who
went
up
with
me
from
Babylon,
in
the
reign
of
Artaxerxes
the
king:
\par }{\LI \VS{2}Of
the
sons
of
Phinehas,
Gershom.
\par }{\LI Of
the
sons
of
Ithamar,
Daniel.
\par }{\LI Of
the
sons
of
David,
Hattush.
\par }{\LI \VS{3}Of
the
sons
of
Shecaniah,
of
the
sons
of
Parosh,
Zechariah;
and
with
him
were
listed
by
genealogy
of
the
males
one
hundred
fifty.
\par }{\LI \VS{4}Of
the
sons
of Pahathmoab,
Eliehoenai
the
son
of
Zerahiah;
and
with
him
two
hundred
males.
\par }{\LI \VS{5}Of
the
sons
of
Shecaniah,
the
son
of
Jahaziel;
and
with
him
three
hundred
males.
\par }{\LI \VS{6}Of
the
sons
of
Adin,
Ebed
the
son
of
Jonathan;
and
with
him
fifty
males.
\par }{\LI \VS{7}Of
the
sons
of
Elam,
Jeshaiah
the
son
of
Athaliah;
and
with
him
seventy
males.
\par }{\LI \VS{8}Of
the
sons
of
Shephatiah,
Zebadiah
the
son
of
Michael;
and
with
him
eighty
males.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}Of
the
sons
of
Joab,
Obadiah
the
son
of
Jehiel;
and
with
him
two
hundred
eighteen
males.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}Of
the
sons
of
Shelomith,
the
son
of
Josiphiah;
and
with
him
one
hundred
sixty
males.
\par }{\LI \VS{11}Of
the
sons
of
Bebai,
Zechariah
the
son
of
Bebai;
and
with
him
twenty-eight
males.
\par }{\LI \VS{12}Of
the
sons
of
Azgad,
Johanan
the
son
of
Hakkatan;
and
with
him
one
hundred
ten
males.
\par }{\LI \VS{13}Of
the
sons
of
Adonikam,
who
were
the
last,
their
names
are:
Eliphelet,
Jeuel,
and
Shemaiah;
and
with
them
sixty
males.
\par }{\LI \VS{14}Of
the
sons
of
Bigvai,
Uthai
and
Zabbud;
and
with
them
seventy
males.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}I
gathered
them
together
to
the
river
that
runs
to
Ahava;
and
there
we
encamped
three
days.
Then
I
looked around
at
the
people
and
the
priests,
and
found
there
were
none
of
the
sons
of
Levi.
\VS{16}Then
I
sent
for
Eliezer,
for
Ariel,
for
Shemaiah,
for
Elnathan,
for
Jarib,
for
Elnathan,
for
Nathan,
for
Zechariah,
and
for
Meshullam,
chief
men; also
for
Joiarib
and
for
Elnathan,
who
were
teachers.
\VS{17}I
sent
them
out
to
Iddo
the
chief
at
the
place
Casiphia;
and
I
told
them
what
they
should
tell
Iddo
and
his
brothers
the
temple
servants
at
the
place
Casiphia,
that
they
should
bring
to
us
ministers
for
the
house
of
our
God.
\VS{18}According
to
the
good
hand
of
our
God
on
us
they
brought
us
a
man
of
discretion,
of
the
sons
of
Mahli,
the
son
of
Levi,
the
son
of
Israel, namely
Sherebiah,
with
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
eighteen;
\VS{19}and
Hashabiah,
and
with
him
Jeshaiah
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
his
brothers
and
their
sons,
twenty;
\VS{20}and
of
the
temple
servants, whom
David
and
the
princes
had
given
for
the
service
of
the
Levites,
two
hundred
twenty
temple
servants.
All
of
them
were mentioned
by
name.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Then
I
proclaimed
a
fast
there
at
the
river
Ahava,
that
we might humble
ourselves
before
our
God,
to
seek
from
him
a
straight
way
for
us,
for
our
little
ones,
and
for
all
our
possessions.
\VS{22}For
I
was
ashamed
to
ask
of
the
king
a band
of
soldiers
and
horsemen
to
help
us
against
the
enemy
on
the
way,
because
we
had
spoken
to
the
king,
saying, “The
hand
of
our
God
is
on
all
those
who
seek
him,
for
good;
but
his
power
and
his
wrath
is
against
all
those
who
forsake
him.”
\VS{23}So we
fasted
and begged
our
God
for
this,
and
he granted
our
request.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Then
I
set
apart
twelve
of
the
chiefs
of
the
priests, even
Sherebiah,
Hashabiah,
and
ten
of
their
brothers
with
them,
\VS{25}and
weighed
to
them
the
silver,
the
gold,
and
the
vessels,
even
the
offering
for
the
house
of
our
God,
which
the
king,
his
counselors,
his
princes,
and
all
Israel
there
present,
had
offered.
\VS{26}I
weighed
into
their
hand
six
hundred
fifty
talents
of
silver,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:26 }
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces}
one
hundred
talents
of
silver
vessels,
one
hundred
talents
of
gold,
\VS{27}twenty
bowls
of
gold weighing
one
thousand
darics,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8:27 }
a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.}
and
two
vessels
of fine bright
bronze,
precious
as
gold.
\VS{28}I
said
to
them, “You
are
holy
to
Yahweh,
and
the
vessels
are
holy.
The
silver
and
the
gold
are
a free
will
offering
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers.
\VS{29}Watch
and
keep
them
until
you
weigh
them
before
the
chiefs
of
the
priests,
the
Levites,
and
the
princes
of
the
fathers’
households
of
Israel
at
Jerusalem,
in
the
rooms
of
Yahweh’s
house.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}So
the
priests
and
the
Levites
received
the
weight
of
the
silver,
the
gold,
and
the
vessels,
to
bring
them
to
Jerusalem
to
the
house
of
our
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Then we
departed
from
the
river
Ahava
on
the twelfth
day
of
the
first
month,
to
go
to
Jerusalem.
The
hand
of
our
God
was
on
us,
and
he
delivered
us
from
the
hand
of
the
enemy
and
the
bandits
by
the
way.
\VS{32}We
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
stayed
there
three
days.
\VS{33}On
the
fourth
day
the
silver
and
the
gold
and
the
vessels
were
weighed
in
the
house
of
our
God
into
the
hand
of
Meremoth
the
son
of
Uriah
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,
the
Levites.
\VS{34}Everything
was
counted
and
weighed;
and
all
the
weight
was
written
at
that
time.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}The
children
of
the
captivity,
who
had
come
out
of
exile,
offered
burnt
offerings
to
the
God
of
Israel:
twelve
bulls
for
all
Israel,
ninety-six
rams,
seventy-seven
lambs,
and
twelve
male
goats
for
a
sin
offering.
All
this
was
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh.
\VS{36}They
delivered
the
king’s
commissions
to
the
king’s local
governors
and
to
the
governors
beyond
the
River.
So
they
supported
the
people
and
God’s
house.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
these
things
were done,
the
princes
came
near
to
me,
saying, “The
people
of
Israel,
the
priests,
and
the
Levites
have
not
separated
themselves
from
the
peoples
of
the
lands, following
their
abominations,
even
those
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,
so
that
the
holy
offspring
have mixed
themselves
with
the
peoples
of
the
lands.
Yes,
the
hand
of
the
princes
and
rulers
has
been
chief
in
this
trespass.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}When
I
heard
this
thing,
I
tore
my
garment
and
my
robe,
and
pulled
the
hair
out
of
my
head
and
of
my
beard,
and
sat
down confounded.
\VS{4}Then
everyone
who trembled
at
the
words
of
the
God
of
Israel
were
assembled
to
me
because
of
the
trespass
of
the
exiles;
and
I
sat confounded
until
the
evening
offering.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}At
the
evening
offering
I
rose
up
from
my
humiliation,
even
with
my
garment
and
my
robe
torn;
and
I
fell
on
my
knees,
and
spread
out
my
hands
to
Yahweh
my
God;
\VS{6}and
I
said, “My
God,
I
am
ashamed
and
blush
to
lift
up
my
face
to
you,
my
God,
for
our
iniquities
have
increased
over
our
head,
and
our guiltiness
has
grown
up
to
the
heavens.
\VS{7}Since
the
days
of
our
fathers
we
have
been
exceedingly
guilty
to
this
day;
and
for
our
iniquities
we,
our
kings,
and
our
priests
have
been
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
kings
of
the
lands,
to
the
sword,
to
captivity,
to
plunder,
and
to confusion
of
face,
as
it
is
this
day.
\VS{8}Now
for
a
little
moment
grace
has
been shown
from
Yahweh
our
God,
to
leave
us
a
remnant
to
escape,
and
to
give
us
a stake
in
his
holy
place,
that
our
God
may lighten
our
eyes,
and
revive
us
a
little
in
our
bondage.
\VS{9}For
we
are bondservants;
yet
our
God
has
not forsaken
us
in
our
bondage,
but
has
extended loving
kindness
to
us
in
the
sight
of
the
kings
of
Persia,
to revive
us,
to
set
up
the
house
of
our
God,
and
to repair
its
ruins,
and
to
give
us
a
wall
in
Judah
and
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}“Now,
our
God,
what
shall
we
say
after
this?
For
we
have forsaken
your
commandments,
\VS{11}which
you
have
commanded
by
your
servants
the
prophets,
saying, ‘The
land
to
which
you
go
to
possess
is
an
unclean
land
through
the
uncleanness
of
the
peoples
of
the
lands,
through
their
abominations,
which
have
filled
it
from
one
end
to
another
with
their filthiness.
\VS{12}Now
therefore
don’t
give
your
daughters
to
their
sons.
Don’t
take
their
daughters
to
your
sons,
nor
seek
their
peace
or
their
prosperity
forever,
that
you
may
be
strong
and
eat
the
good
of
the
land,
and
leave
it
for
an
inheritance
to
your
children
forever.’
\par }{\PP \VS{13}“After
all
that
has
come
on
us
for
our
evil
deeds
and
for
our
great
guilt,
since
you,
our
God,
have punished
us
less
than
our
iniquities deserve,
and
have
given
us
such
a
remnant,
\VS{14}shall
we
again
break
your
commandments,
and join ourselves
with
the
peoples
that
do
these
abominations? Wouldn’t
you
be
angry
with
us
until
you
had
consumed
us,
so
that
there
would
be
no
remnant,
nor
any
to
escape?
\VS{15}Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
you
are
righteous;
for
we
are
left
a
remnant
that
has
escaped,
as
it
is
today.
Behold,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:15 }
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
we
are
before
you
in
our guiltiness;
for
no
one
can
stand
before
you
because
of
this.”

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
while
Ezra
prayed
and
made
confession,
weeping
and casting
himself
down
before
God’s
house, there
was
gathered
together
to
him
out
of
Israel
a
very
great
assembly
of
men
and
women
and
children;
for
the
people
wept
very
bitterly.
\VS{2}Shecaniah
the
son
of
Jehiel,
one
of
the
sons
of
Elam,
answered
Ezra, “We
have trespassed
against
our
God,
and
have
married
foreign
women
of
the
peoples
of
the
land.
Yet
now
there
is hope
for
Israel
concerning
this
thing.
\VS{3}Now
therefore let’s
make
a
covenant
with
our
God
to
put
away
all
the
wives
and
those
who
are
born
of
them, according
to
the
counsel
of
my
lord
and
of
those
who tremble
at
the
commandment
of
our
God.
Let
it
be
done according
to
the
law.
\VS{4}Arise,
for
the
matter belongs
to
you
and
we
are
with
you.
Be
courageous,
and
do
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
Ezra
arose,
and
made
the
chiefs
of
the
priests,
the
Levites,
and
all
Israel
to
swear
that
they
would
do according
to
this
word.
So
they
swore.
\VS{6}Then
Ezra
rose
up
from
before
God’s
house,
and
went
into
the
room
of
Jehohanan
the
son
of
Eliashib.
When
he
came
there,
he
didn’t
eat
bread
or
drank
water,
for
he
mourned
because
of
the
trespass
of
the
exiles.
\VS{7}They
made
a
proclamation
throughout
Judah
and
Jerusalem
to
all
the
children
of
the captivity,
that
they should
gather
themselves
together
to
Jerusalem;
\VS{8}and
that
whoever
didn’t
come
within
three
days, according
to
the
counsel
of
the
princes
and
the
elders,
all
his
possessions
should
be forfeited,
and
he
himself
separated
from
the
assembly
of
the captivity.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
all
the
men
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
gathered
themselves
together
to
Jerusalem
within
the
three
days.
It
was
the
ninth
month,
on
the
twentieth
day
of
the
month;
and
all
the
people
sat
in
the wide
place
in front
of
God’s
house,
trembling
because
of
this
matter,
and
because
of
the
great
rain.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Ezra
the
priest
stood
up
and
said
to
them, “You
have trespassed,
and
have
married
foreign
women,
increasing
the
guilt
of
Israel.
\VS{11}Now
therefore
make
confession
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers
and
do
his
pleasure.
Separate
yourselves
from
the
peoples
of
the
land
and
from
the
foreign
women.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
all
the
assembly
answered
with
a
loud
voice, “We must
do
as
you
have
said
concerning
us.
\VS{13}But
the
people
are
many,
and
it
is
a
time
of
much
rain,
and
we
are
not able
to
stand
outside.
This
is
not
a
work
of
one
day
or
two,
for
we
have
greatly
transgressed
in
this
matter.
\VS{14}Now
let
our
princes
be
appointed
for
all
the
assembly,
and
let
all
those
who
are
in
our
cities
who
have
married
foreign
women
come
at
appointed
times,
and
with
them
the
elders
of
every
city
and
its
judges,
until
the
fierce
wrath
of
our
God
is
turned
from
us,
until
this
matter
is resolved.”
\par }{\PP \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.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
children
of
the captivity
did
so.
Ezra
the
priest,
with
certain
heads
of
fathers’
households,
after
their
fathers’
houses,
and
all
of
them
by
their
names,
were
set
apart;
and
they
sat
down
in
the
first
day
of
the
tenth
month
to examine
the
matter.
\VS{17}They
finished
with
all
the
men
who
had
married
foreign
women
by
the
first
day
of
the
first
month.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Among
the
sons
of
the
priests
there
were
found
who
had
married
foreign
women:
\par }{\LI of
the
sons
of
Jeshua,
the
son
of Jozadak,
and
his
brothers:
Maaseiah,
Eliezer,
Jarib,
and
Gedaliah.
\VS{19}They
gave
their
hand
that
they would
put
away
their
wives;
and being
guilty,
they
offered
a
ram
of
the
flock
for
their
guilt.
\par }{\LI \VS{20}Of
the
sons
of
Immer:
Hanani
and
Zebadiah.
\par }{\LI \VS{21}Of
the
sons
of
Harim:
Maaseiah,
Elijah,
Shemaiah,
Jehiel,
and
Uzziah.
\par }{\LI \VS{22}Of
the
sons
of
Pashhur:
Elioenai,
Maaseiah,
Ishmael,
Nethanel,
Jozabad,
and
Elasah.
\par }{\LI \VS{23}Of
the
Levites:
Jozabad,
Shimei,
Kelaiah (also called
Kelita),
Pethahiah,
Judah,
and
Eliezer.
\par }{\LI \VS{24}Of
the
singers:
Eliashib.
\par }{\LI Of
the
gatekeepers:
Shallum,
Telem,
and
Uri.
\par }{\LI \VS{25}Of
Israel:
Of
the
sons
of
Parosh:
Ramiah,
Izziah,
Malchijah,
Mijamin,
Eleazar,
Malchijah,
and
Benaiah.
\par }{\LI \VS{26}Of
the
sons
of
Elam:
Mattaniah,
Zechariah,
Jehiel,
Abdi,
Jeremoth,
and
Elijah.
\par }{\LI \VS{27}Of
the
sons
of
Zattu:
Elioenai,
Eliashib,
Mattaniah,
Jeremoth,
Zabad,
and
Aziza.
\par }{\LI \VS{28}Of
the
sons
of
Bebai:
Jehohanan,
Hananiah,
Zabbai,
and Athlai.
\par }{\LI \VS{29}Of
the
sons
of
Bani:
Meshullam,
Malluch,
Adaiah,
Jashub,
Sheal,
and
Jeremoth.
\par }{\LI \VS{30}Of
the
sons
of Pahathmoab:
Adna,
Chelal,
Benaiah,
Maaseiah,
Mattaniah,
Bezalel,
Binnui,
and
Manasseh.
\par }{\LI \VS{31}Of
the
sons
of
Harim:
Eliezer,
Isshijah,
Malchijah,
Shemaiah,
Shimeon,
\VS{32}Benjamin,
Malluch,
and
Shemariah.
\par }{\LI \VS{33}Of
the
sons
of
Hashum:
Mattenai,
Mattattah,
Zabad,
Eliphelet,
Jeremai,
Manasseh,
and
Shimei.
\par }{\LI \VS{34}Of
the
sons
of
Bani:
Maadai,
Amram,
Uel,
\VS{35}Benaiah,
Bedeiah,
Cheluhi,
\VS{36}Vaniah,
Meremoth,
Eliashib,
\VS{37}Mattaniah,
Mattenai,
Jaasu,
\VS{38}Bani,
Binnui,
Shimei,
\VS{39}Shelemiah,
Nathan,
Adaiah,
\VS{40}Machnadebai,
Shashai,
Sharai,
\VS{41}Azarel,
Shelemiah,
Shemariah,
\VS{42}Shallum,
Amariah,
and
Joseph.
\par }{\LI \VS{43}Of
the
sons
of
Nebo:
Jeiel,
Mattithiah,
Zabad,
Zebina,
Iddo,
Joel,
and
Benaiah.
\par }{\PP \VS{44}All
these
had
taken
foreign
wives.
Some
of
them
had
wives
by
whom
they
had
children.
\par }