\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Nehemiah}
{\MTB The Book of
\par }{\MT Nehemiah

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
words
of
Nehemiah
the
son
of
Hacaliah.
\par }{\PP Now
in
the
month
Chislev,
in
the
twentieth
year,
as
I
was
in
Susa
the palace,
\VS{2}Hanani,
one
of
my
brothers,
came,
he
and
certain
men
out
of
Judah;
and
I
asked
them
about
the
Jews
who
had
escaped,
who
were
left
of
the
captivity,
and
concerning
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}They
said
to
me, “The
remnant
who
are
left
of
the
captivity
there
in
the
province
are
in
great affliction
and
reproach.
The
wall
of
Jerusalem
is
also
broken
down,
and
its
gates
are
burned
with
fire.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}When
I
heard
these
words,
I
sat
down
and
wept,
and
mourned several
days;
and
I
fasted
and
prayed
before
the
God\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:4 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}
of
heaven,
\VS{5}and
said, “I
beg
you,
Yahweh,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:5 }
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.}
the
God
of
heaven,
the
great
and
awesome
God
who
keeps
covenant
and
loving
kindness
with those
who
love
him
and
keep
his
commandments,
\VS{6}let
your
ear
now
be
attentive
and
your
eyes
open,
that
you
may
listen
to
the
prayer
of
your
servant
which
I
pray
before
you
at
this
time,
day
and
night,
for
the
children
of
Israel
your
servants,
while
I
confess
the
sins
of
the
children
of
Israel
which
we
have
sinned
against
you. Yes,
I
and
my
father’s
house
have
sinned.
\VS{7}We
have dealt very corruptly
against
you,
and
have
not
kept
the
commandments,
nor
the
statutes,
nor
the
ordinances,
which
you
commanded
your
servant
Moses.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}“Remember,
I
beg
you,
the
word
that
you
commanded
your
servant
Moses,
saying, ‘If
you trespass,
I
will
scatter
you among
the
peoples;
\VS{9}but
if
you
return
to
me,
and
keep
my
commandments
and
do
them,
though
your
outcasts
were
in
the uttermost part
of
the
heavens, yet
I
will
gather
them
from
there,
and
will
bring
them
to
the
place
that
I
have
chosen,
to
cause
my
name
to
dwell
there.’
\par }{\PP \VS{10}“Now
these
are
your
servants
and
your
people,
whom
you
have
redeemed
by
your
great
power
and
by
your
strong
hand.
\VS{11}Lord,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:11 }
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”}
I
beg
you,
let
your
ear
be
attentive
now
to
the
prayer
of
your
servant,
and
to
the
prayer
of
your
servants
who
delight
to
fear
your
name;
and
please
prosper
your
servant
today,
and
grant
him
mercy
in
the
sight
of
this
man.”
\par }{\PP Now
I
was cup bearer
to
the
king.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
month
Nisan,
in
the
twentieth
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king,
when
wine
was
before
him,
I
picked
up
the
wine,
and
gave
it
to
the
king.
Now
I
had
not
been sad
before
in
his
presence.
\VS{2}The
king
said
to
me, “Why
is
your
face
sad,
since
you
are
not
sick?
This
is
nothing else
but sorrow
of
heart.”
\par }{\PP Then
I
was
very
much
afraid.
\VS{3}I
said
to
the
king, “Let
the
king
live
forever!
Why shouldn’t
my
face
be sad,
when
the
city,
the
place
of
my
fathers’
tombs,
lies waste,
and
its
gates
have
been
consumed
with
fire?”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
the
king
said
to
me, “What
is
your
request?”
\par }{\PP So
I
prayed
to
the
God
of
heaven.
\VS{5}I
said
to
the
king, “If
it
pleases
the
king,
and
if
your
servant
has
found
favor
in
your
sight,
I
ask
that
you
would
send
me
to
Judah,
to
the
city
of
my
fathers’
tombs,
that
I
may
build
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
king
said
to
me (the
queen
was
also
sitting
by
him), “How
long
will
your
journey
be?
When
will
you
return?”
\par }{\PP So
it
pleased
the
king
to
send
me,
and
I
set
a
time
for
him.
\VS{7}Moreover
I
said
to
the
king, “If
it
pleases
the
king,
let
letters
be
given
me
to
the
governors
beyond
the
River,
that
they
may
let
me
pass
through
until
I
come
to
Judah;
\VS{8}and
a
letter
to
Asaph
the
keeper
of
the
king’s
forest,
that
he
may
give
me
timber
to
make
beams
for
the
gates
of
the
citadel
by
the
temple,
for
the
wall
of
the
city,
and
for
the
house
that
I
will occupy.”
\par }{\PP The
king
granted
my requests,
because
of
the
good
hand
of
my
God
on
me.
\VS{9}Then
I
came
to
the
governors
beyond
the
River,
and
gave
them
the
king’s
letters.
Now
the
king
had
sent
captains
of
the
army
and
horsemen
with
me.
\VS{10}When
Sanballat
the
Horonite
and
Tobiah
the
Ammonite
servant
heard
of
it,
it grieved
them
exceedingly,
because
a
man
had
come
to
seek
the welfare
of
the
children
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}So
I
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
was
there
three
days.
\VS{12}I
arose
in
the
night,
I
and
a
few
men
with
me.
I
didn’t
tell
anyone
what
my
God
put
into
my
heart
to
do
for
Jerusalem.
There wasn’t
any
animal
with
me
except
the
animal
that
I
rode
on.
\VS{13}I
went
out
by
night
by
the
valley
gate
toward
the jackal’s
well,
then
to
the dung
gate;
and
I inspected
the
walls
of
Jerusalem,
which
were
broken
down,
and
its
gates
were
consumed
with
fire.
\VS{14}Then
I
went
on
to
the
spring
gate
and
to
the
king’s
pool,
but
there
was
no
place
for
the
animal
that
was
under
me
to
pass.
\VS{15}Then
I
went
up
in
the
night
by
the
brook
and inspected
the
wall;
and
I
turned
back,
and
entered
by
the
valley
gate,
and
so
returned.
\VS{16}The
rulers
didn’t
know
where
I
went,
or
what
I
did.
I
had
not
as
yet
told
it
to
the
Jews,
nor
to
the
priests,
nor
to
the
nobles,
nor
to
the
rulers,
nor
to
the
rest
who
did
the
work.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
I
said
to
them, “You
see
the
bad situation
that
we
are
in,
how
Jerusalem
lies waste,
and
its
gates
are
burned
with
fire.
Come, let’s
build
up
the
wall
of
Jerusalem,
that
we
won’t
be disgraced.”
\VS{18}I
told
them
about
the
hand
of
my
God
which
was
good
on
me,
and
also
about
the
king’s
words
that
he
had
spoken
to
me.
\par }{\PP They
said, “Let’s
rise
up
and
build.”
So
they
strengthened
their
hands
for
the
good
work.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}But
when
Sanballat
the
Horonite,
Tobiah
the
Ammonite
servant,
and
Geshem
the Arabian,
heard
it,
they ridiculed
us
and
despised
us,
and
said, “What
is
this
thing
that
you
are
doing?
Will
you
rebel
against
the
king?”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
I
answered
them,
and
said
to
them, “The
God
of
heaven
will
prosper
us. Therefore
we,
his
servants,
will
arise
and
build;
but
you
have
no
portion,
nor
right,
nor
memorial
in
Jerusalem.”

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Eliashib
the
high
priest
rose
up
with
his
brothers
the
priests,
and
they
built
the
sheep
gate.
They
sanctified
it,
and
set
up
its
doors.
They
sanctified
it
even
to
the
tower
of Hammeah,
to
the
tower
of
Hananel.
\VS{2}Next
to
him
the
men
of
Jericho
built.
Next
to
them
Zaccur
the
son
of
Imri
built.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
sons
of
Hassenaah
built
the
fish
gate.
They laid
its beams,
and
set
up
its
doors,
its
bolts,
and
its
bars.
\VS{4}Next
to
them,
Meremoth
the
son
of
Uriah,
the
son
of
Hakkoz
made
repairs.
Next
to
them,
Meshullam
the
son
of
Berechiah,
the
son
of
Meshezabel
made
repairs.
Next
to
them,
Zadok
the
son
of
Baana
made
repairs.
\VS{5}Next
to
them,
the
Tekoites
made
repairs;
but
their
nobles
didn’t
put
their
necks
to
the
Lord’s
work.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Joiada
the
son
of
Paseah
and
Meshullam
the
son
of
Besodeiah
repaired
the
old
gate.
They
laid
its beams
and
set
up
its
doors,
its
bolts,
and
its
bars.
\VS{7}Next
to
them,
Melatiah
the
Gibeonite
and
Jadon
the
Meronothite,
the
men
of
Gibeon
and
of
Mizpah,
repaired
the residence
of
the
governor
beyond
the
River.
\VS{8}Next
to
him,
Uzziel
the
son
of Harhaiah,
goldsmiths,
made
repairs.
Next
to
him,
Hananiah,
one
of
the
perfumers,
made
repairs,
and
they
fortified
Jerusalem
even
to
the
wide
wall.
\VS{9}Next
to
them,
Rephaiah
the
son
of
Hur,
the
ruler
of
half
the
district
of
Jerusalem,
made
repairs.
\VS{10}Next
to
them,
Jedaiah
the
son
of
Harumaph
made
repairs
across
from
his
house.
Next
to
him,
Hattush
the
son
of
Hashabneiah
made
repairs.
\VS{11}Malchijah
the
son
of
Harim
and
Hasshub
the
son
of Pahathmoab
repaired
another portion
and
the
tower
of
the
furnaces.
\VS{12}Next
to
him,
Shallum
the
son
of
Hallohesh,
the
ruler
of
half
the
district
of
Jerusalem,
he
and
his
daughters
made
repairs.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Hanun
and
the
inhabitants
of
Zanoah
repaired
the
valley
gate.
They
built
it,
and
set
up
its
doors,
its
bolts,
and
its
bars,
and one
thousand
cubits\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:13 }
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.}
of
the
wall
to
the dung
gate.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Malchijah
the
son
of
Rechab,
the
ruler
of
the
district
of Beth Haccherem,
repaired
the dung
gate.
He
built
it,
and
set
up
its
doors,
its
bolts,
and
its
bars.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Shallun
the
son
of Colhozeh,
the
ruler
of
the
district
of
Mizpah,
repaired
the
spring
gate.
He
built
it,
covered
it,
and
set
up
its
doors,
its
bolts,
and
its
bars;
and
he
repaired
the
wall
of
the
pool
of Shelah
by
the
king’s
garden,
even
to
the stairs
that
go
down
from
David’s
city.
\VS{16}After
him,
Nehemiah
the
son
of
Azbuk,
the
ruler
of
half
the
district
of
Beth Zur,
made
repairs
to
the
place
opposite
the
tombs
of
David,
and
to
the
pool
that
was
made,
and
to
the
house
of
the
mighty
men.
\VS{17}After
him,
the
Levites—Rehum
the
son
of
Bani
made
repairs.
Next
to
him,
Hashabiah,
the
ruler
of
half
the
district
of
Keilah,
made
repairs
for
his
district.
\VS{18}After
him,
their
brothers,
Bavvai
the
son
of
Henadad,
the
ruler
of
half
the
district
of
Keilah
made
repairs.
\VS{19}Next
to
him,
Ezer
the
son
of
Jeshua,
the
ruler
of
Mizpah,
repaired
another portion
across
from
the
ascent
to
the
armory
at
the turning
of
the wall.
\VS{20}After
him,
Baruch
the
son
of
Zabbai earnestly
repaired
another
portion,
from
the turning
of
the wall
to
the
door
of
the
house
of
Eliashib
the
high
priest.
\VS{21}After
him,
Meremoth
the
son
of
Uriah
the
son
of
Hakkoz
repaired
another portion,
from
the
door
of
the
house
of
Eliashib
even
to
the
end
of
the
house
of
Eliashib.
\VS{22}After
him,
the
priests,
the
men
of
the surrounding area
made
repairs.
\VS{23}After
them,
Benjamin
and
Hasshub
made
repairs across
from
their
house.
After
them,
Azariah
the
son
of
Maaseiah
the
son
of
Ananiah
made
repairs
beside
his
own
house.
\VS{24}After
him,
Binnui
the
son
of
Henadad
repaired
another portion,
from
the
house
of
Azariah
to
the turning
of
the wall,
and
to
the
corner.
\VS{25}Palal
the
son
of
Uzai
made repairs
opposite
the turning
of
the wall,
and
the
tower
that stands
out
from
the
upper
house
of
the
king,
which
is
by
the
court
of
the
guard.
After
him
Pedaiah
the
son
of
Parosh
made repairs.
\VS{26}(Now
the
temple
servants
lived
in
Ophel,
to
the
place
opposite
the
water
gate
toward
the
east,
and
the
tower
that stands
out.)
\VS{27}After
him
the
Tekoites
repaired
another portion,
opposite
the
great
tower
that
stands
out,
and
to
the
wall
of
Ophel.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Above
the
horse
gate,
the
priests
made
repairs,
everyone
across
from
his
own
house.
\VS{29}After
them,
Zadok
the
son
of
Immer
made
repairs across
from
his
own
house.
After
him,
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Shecaniah,
the
keeper
of
the
east
gate,
made
repairs.
\VS{30}After
him,
Hananiah
the
son
of
Shelemiah,
and
Hanun,
the
sixth
son
of
Zalaph,
repaired
another portion.
After
him,
Meshullam
the
son
of
Berechiah
made
repairs across
from
his
room.
\VS{31}After
him,
Malchijah,
one
of
the
goldsmiths
to
the
house
of
the
temple
servants,
and
of
the
merchants,
made
repairs
opposite
the
gate
of Hammiphkad
and
to
the ascent
of
the
corner.
\VS{32}Between
the ascent
of
the
corner
and
the
sheep
gate,
the
goldsmiths
and
the
merchants
made
repairs.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
when
Sanballat
heard
that
we
were building
the
wall,
he
was
angry,
and
was
very indignant,
and mocked
the Jews.
\VS{2}He spoke before
his brothers
and
the
army
of Samaria,
and said, “What
are
these feeble Jews
doing?
Will
they fortify themselves?
Will
they sacrifice?
Will
they finish
in
a day?
Will
they revive
the stones
out
of
the heaps
of rubbish, since
they
are burned?”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Now Tobiah
the Ammonite
was
by
him,
and
he
said, “What
they
are building, if
a fox climbed
up
it,
he would break
down
their stone wall.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}“Hear,
our
God,
for
we
are despised. Turn back
their reproach
on
their own head. Give
them
up
for
a plunder
in
a land
of captivity.
\VS{5}Don’t cover
their iniquity.
Don’t
let
their sin
be blotted
out
from
before
you;
for
they
have insulted
the builders.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}So
we built
the wall;
and
all
the wall
was
joined
together
to half
its height,
for
the
people
had
a mind
to work.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}But
when Sanballat, Tobiah,
the Arabians,
the Ammonites,
and
the Ashdodites heard
that
the repairing
of
the
walls
of Jerusalem went forward,
and
that
the breaches began
to
be filled,
they
were very angry;
\VS{8}and
they
all conspired
together
to
come
and
fight
against Jerusalem,
and
to cause confusion
among
us.
\VS{9}But
we
made
our prayer
to
our
God,
and
set
a
watch
against
them day
and night
because
of
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Judah said, “The
strength
of
the bearers
of burdens
is fading
and
there
is
much rubble,
so
that
we
are
not able
to build
the wall.”
\VS{11}Our adversaries said, “They
will not know
or see, until
we come
in among
them
and kill
them,
and cause
the
work
to cease.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}When
the Jews
who lived
by
them
came,
they said
to
us ten times
from
all places, “Wherever
you turn,
they
will attack
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Therefore
I set guards
in
the lowest
parts
of
the space behind
the
wall,
in
the open
places.
I set
the
people
by family groups
with
their swords,
their spears,
and
their bows.
\VS{14}I looked,
and rose
up,
and
said
to
the nobles,
to
the
rulers,
and
to
the rest
of
the
people, “Don’t
be afraid
of
them! Remember
the Lord,
who
is
great
and awesome,
and
fight
for
your brothers,
your sons,
your daughters,
your wives,
and
your houses.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}When
our enemies heard
that
it
was
known
to
us,
and God
had
brought
their counsel
to nothing,
all
of
us
returned
to
the wall, everyone
to
his
work.
\VS{16}From
that
time forth, half
of
my
servants
did
the
work,
and half
of
them
held
the spears,
the shields,
the bows,
and
the coats
of mail;
and
the rulers
were behind
all
the house
of Judah.
\VS{17}Those
who built
the wall,
and
those
who bore burdens loaded
themselves;
everyone
with
one
of
his hands
did
the work,
and
with
the
other held
his
weapon.
\VS{18}Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
\VS{19}I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
\VS{20}Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
\VS{22}Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”
\VS{23}So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
there
arose
a
great
cry
of
the
people
and
of
their
wives
against
their
brothers
the
Jews.
\VS{2}For
there
were
some
who
said, “We,
our
sons
and
our
daughters,
are
many. Let
us
get
grain,
that
we
may
eat
and
live.”
\VS{3}There
were
also some
who
said, “We
are
mortgaging
our
fields,
our
vineyards,
and
our
houses. Let
us
get
grain,
because
of
the
famine.”
\VS{4}There
were
also some
who
said, “We
have borrowed
money
for
the
king’s tribute using
our
fields
and
our
vineyards
as collateral.
\VS{5}Yet
now
our
flesh
is
as
the
flesh
of
our
brothers,
our
children
as
their
children.
Behold,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:5 }
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
we
bring
our
sons
and
our
daughters
into
bondage
to
be
servants,
and
some
of
our
daughters
have
been
brought
into
bondage.
It
is
also
not
in
our
power
to
help
it,
because
other
men
have
our
fields
and
our
vineyards.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}I
was
very
angry
when
I
heard
their
cry
and
these
words.
\VS{7}Then
I consulted
with
myself,
and
contended
with
the
nobles
and
the
rulers,
and
said
to
them, “You exact
usury,
everyone
of
his
brother.”
I
held
a
great
assembly
against
them.
\VS{8}I
said
to
them, “We,
after
our
ability,
have
redeemed
our
brothers
the
Jews
that
were
sold
to
the
nations;
and
would
you
even
sell
your
brothers,
and
should
they
be
sold
to
us?”
Then
they held
their peace,
and
found
not
a
word
to
say.
\VS{9}Also
I
said, “The
thing
that
you
do
is
not
good. Shouldn’t
you walk
in
the
fear
of
our
God
because
of
the
reproach
of
the
nations,
our
enemies?
\VS{10}I
likewise,
my
brothers
and
my
servants, lend
them
money
and
grain.
Please
let
us stop
this
usury.
\VS{11}Please
restore
to
them, even
today,
their
fields,
their
vineyards,
their
olive
groves,
and
their
houses,
also
the
hundredth
part
of
the
money,
and
of
the
grain,
the
new
wine,
and
the
oil,
that
you
are charging
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
they
said, “We
will
restore
them,
and
will
require
nothing
of
them.
We
will
do
so,
even
as
you
say.”
\par }{\PP Then
I
called
the
priests,
and
took
an
oath
of
them,
that
they
would
do according
to
this
promise.
\VS{13}Also
I
shook
out
my lap,
and
said, “So
may
God
shake
out
every
man
from
his
house,
and
from
his
labor,
that
doesn’t
perform
this
promise;
even
may
he
be
shaken
out
and
emptied
like
this.”
\par }{\PP All
the
assembly
said, “Amen,”
and
praised
Yahweh.
The
people
did
according
to
this
promise.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Moreover
from
the
time
that
I
was
appointed
to
be
their
governor
in
the
land
of
Judah,
from
the
twentieth
year
even
to
the thirty-second
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king,
that
is,
twelve
years,
I
and
my
brothers
have
not
eaten
the
bread
of
the
governor.
\VS{15}But
the
former
governors
who
were
before
me
were
supported
by
the
people,
and
took
bread
and
wine
from
them, plus
forty
shekels\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5:15 }
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.}
of
silver;
yes,
even
their
servants ruled
over
the
people,
but
I
didn’t
do
so,
because
of
the
fear
of
God.
\VS{16}Yes,
I
also continued
in
the
work
of
this
wall.
We
didn’t
buy
any
land.
All
my
servants
were
gathered
there
to
the
work.
\VS{17}Moreover
there
were
at
my
table,
of
the
Jews
and
the
rulers,
one
hundred
fifty
men,
in
addition
to
those
who
came
to
us
from
among
the
nations
that
were
around
us.
\VS{18}Now
that
which
was
prepared
for
one
day
was
one
ox
and
six
choice
sheep.
Also fowls
were
prepared
for
me,
and
once
in
ten
days
a store
of
all sorts
of
wine.
Yet
for
all
this,
I
didn’t
demand
the
governor’s pay,
because
the
bondage
was
heavy
on
this
people.
\VS{19}Remember
me,
my
God,
for
all
the
good
that
I
have
done
for
this
people.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
it
was
reported
to
Sanballat,
Tobiah,
Geshem
the Arabian,
and
to
the
rest
of
our
enemies
that
I
had
built
the
wall,
and
that
there
was
no
breach
left
in
it (though
even
to
that
time
I
had
not
set
up
the
doors
in
the
gates),
\VS{2}Sanballat
and
Geshem
sent
to
me,
saying, “Come! Let’s
meet
together
in
the villages
in
the
plain
of
Ono.”
But
they
intended
to
harm
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}I
sent
messengers
to
them,
saying, “I
am
doing
a
great
work,
so
that
I
can’t
come
down.
Why
should
the
work
cease
while
I
leave
it
and
come
down
to
you?”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}They
sent
to
me
four
times
like
this;
and
I
answered
them
the
same
way.
\VS{5}Then
Sanballat
sent
his
servant
to
me
the
same
way
the
fifth
time
with
an
open
letter
in
his
hand,
\VS{6}in
which
was
written, “It
is
reported
among
the
nations,
and
Gashmu
says
it,
that
you
and
the
Jews
intend
to
rebel.
Because
of
that,
you
are
building
the
wall.
You
would
be
their
king,
according
to
these
words.
\VS{7}You
have
also
appointed
prophets
to
proclaim
of
you
at
Jerusalem,
saying, ‘There
is
a
king
in
Judah!’
Now
it
will
be
reported
to
the
king
according
to
these
words. Come
now
therefore,
and let’s
take
counsel
together.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
I
sent
to
him,
saying, “There
are
no
such
things
done
as
you
say,
but
you imagine
them
out
of
your
own
heart.”
\VS{9}For
they
all
would
have
made
us
afraid,
saying, “Their
hands
will
be weakened
from
the
work,
that
it
not
be
done.”
But
now,
strengthen
my
hands.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}I
went
to
the
house
of
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Delaiah
the
son
of
Mehetabel,
who
was
shut
in
at
his
home;
and
he
said, “Let
us
meet
together
in
God’s
house,
within
the
temple,
and let’s
shut
the
doors
of
the
temple;
for
they
will
come
to
kill
you.
Yes,
in
the
night
they
will
come
to
kill
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}I
said, “Should
a
man
like
me
flee?
Who
is
there
that, being
such
as
I,
would
go
into
the
temple
to save
his life?
I
will
not
go
in.”
\VS{12}I discerned,
and
behold,
God
had
not
sent
him,
but
he
pronounced
this
prophecy
against
me.
Tobiah
and
Sanballat
had
hired
him.
\VS{13}He
was
hired
so
that
I
would
be
afraid,
do
so,
and
sin,
and
that
they
might
have material
for
an
evil
report,
that
they
might
reproach
me.
\VS{14}“Remember,
my
God,
Tobiah
and
Sanballat according
to
these
their
works,
and
also
the
prophetess
Noadiah
and
the
rest
of
the
prophets
that
would
have
put
me
in
fear.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}So
the
wall
was
finished
in
the twenty-fifth
day
of
Elul,
in
fifty-two
days.
\VS{16}When
all
our
enemies
heard
of
it,
all
the
nations
that
were
around
us
were afraid,
and
they
lost
their
confidence;
for
they
perceived
that
this
work
was
done
by
our
God.
\VS{17}Moreover
in
those
days
the
nobles
of
Judah sent
many
letters
to
Tobiah,
and
Tobiah’s
letters
came
to
them.
\VS{18}For there
were
many
in
Judah
sworn
to
him
because
he
was
the
son-in-law
of
Shecaniah
the
son
of
Arah;
and
his
son
Jehohanan
had
taken
the
daughter
of
Meshullam
the
son
of
Berechiah
as wife.
\VS{19}Also
they
spoke
of
his
good
deeds
before
me,
and
reported
my
words
to
him.
Tobiah
sent
letters
to
put
me
in
fear.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
the
wall
was
built
and
I
had
set
up
the
doors,
and
the
gatekeepers
and
the
singers
and
the
Levites
were
appointed,
\VS{2}I
put
my
brother
Hanani,
and
Hananiah
the
governor
of
the
fortress,
in
charge
of
Jerusalem;
for
he
was
a
faithful
man
and
feared
God
above
many.
\VS{3}I
said
to
them, “Don’t
let
the
gates
of
Jerusalem
be
opened
until
the
sun
is
hot;
and
while
they
stand
guard,
let
them
shut
the
doors,
and
you bar
them;
and
appoint watches
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
everyone
in
his
watch,
with
everyone
near
his
house.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Now
the
city
was
wide
and
large;
but
the
people
were
few therein,
and
the
houses
were
not
built.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}My
God
put
into
my
heart
to
gather
together
the
nobles,
and
the
rulers,
and
the
people,
that
they might
be
listed
by
genealogy.
I
found
the
book
of
the
genealogy
of
those
who
came
up
at
the
first,
and
I
found
this
written
in
it:
\par }{\PP \VS{6}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,
and
who
returned
to
Jerusalem
and
to
Judah,
everyone
to
his
city,
\VS{7}who
came
with
Zerubbabel,
Jeshua,
Nehemiah,
Azariah,
Raamiah,
Nahamani,
Mordecai,
Bilshan,
Mispereth,
Bigvai,
Nehum,
and
Baanah.
\par }{\PP The
number
of
the
men
of
the
people
of
Israel:
\par }{\LI \VS{8}The
children
of
Parosh:
two
thousand
one
hundred seventy-two.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}The
children
of
Shephatiah:
three
hundred seventy-two.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}The
children
of
Arah:
six
hundred
fifty-two.
\par }{\LI \VS{11}The
children
of Pahathmoab,
of
the
children
of
Jeshua
and
Joab:
two
thousand
eight
hundred
eighteen.
\par }{\LI \VS{12}The
children
of
Elam:
one
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
\par }{\LI \VS{13}The
children
of
Zattu:
eight
hundred
forty-five.
\par }{\LI \VS{14}The
children
of
Zaccai:
seven
hundred
sixty.
\par }{\LI \VS{15}The
children
of
Binnui:
six
hundred
forty-eight.
\par }{\LI \VS{16}The
children
of
Bebai:
six
hundred
twenty-eight.
\par }{\LI \VS{17}The
children
of
Azgad:
two
thousand
three
hundred
twenty-two.
\par }{\LI \VS{18}The
children
of
Adonikam:
six
hundred sixty-seven.
\par }{\LI \VS{19}The
children
of
Bigvai: two
thousand sixty-seven.
\par }{\LI \VS{20}The
children
of
Adin:
six
hundred
fifty-five.
\par }{\LI \VS{21}The
children
of
Ater:
of
Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
\par }{\LI \VS{22}The
children
of
Hashum:
three
hundred
twenty-eight.
\par }{\LI \VS{23}The
children
of
Bezai:
three
hundred
twenty-four.
\par }{\LI \VS{24}The
children
of
Hariph:
one
hundred
twelve.
\par }{\LI \VS{25}The
children
of
Gibeon: ninety-five.
\par }{\LI \VS{26}The
men
of
Bethlehem
and
Netophah:
one
hundred
eighty-eight.
\par }{\LI \VS{27}The
men
of
Anathoth:
one
hundred
twenty-eight.
\par }{\LI \VS{28}The
men
of Beth Azmaveth:
forty-two.
\par }{\LI \VS{29}The
men
of
Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah,
and
Beeroth:
seven
hundred forty-three.
\par }{\LI \VS{30}The
men
of
Ramah
and
Geba:
six
hundred twenty-one.
\par }{\LI \VS{31}The
men
of
Michmas:
one
hundred
twenty-two.
\par }{\LI \VS{32}The
men
of
Bethel
and
Ai:
one
hundred twenty-three.
\par }{\LI \VS{33}The
men
of
the
other
Nebo:
fifty-two.
\par }{\LI \VS{34}The
children
of
the
other
Elam:
one
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
\par }{\LI \VS{35}The
children
of
Harim:
three
hundred
twenty.
\par }{\LI \VS{36}The
children
of
Jericho:
three
hundred
forty-five.
\par }{\LI \VS{37}The
children
of Lod,
Hadid,
and
Ono:
seven
hundred twenty-one.
\par }{\LI \VS{38}The
children
of
Senaah:
three
thousand
nine
hundred
thirty.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{39}The
priests:
The
children
of
Jedaiah,
of
the
house
of
Jeshua:
nine
hundred seventy-three.
\par }{\LI \VS{40}The
children
of
Immer:
one
thousand
fifty-two.
\par }{\LI \VS{41}The
children
of
Pashhur:
one
thousand
two
hundred forty-seven.
\par }{\LI \VS{42}The
children
of
Harim:
one
thousand
seventeen.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{43}The
Levites:
the
children
of
Jeshua,
of
Kadmiel,
of
the
children
of
Hodevah: seventy-four.
\par }{\LI \VS{44}The
singers:
the
children
of
Asaph:
one
hundred
forty-eight.
\par }{\LI \VS{45}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:
one
hundred thirty-eight.
\par }{\PP \VS{46}The
temple
servants:
the
children
of
Ziha,
the
children
of
Hasupha,
the
children
of
Tabbaoth,
\VS{47}the
children
of
Keros,
the
children
of
Sia,
the
children
of
Padon,
\VS{48}the
children
of
Lebana,
the
children
of Hagaba,
the
children
of Salmai,
\VS{49}the
children
of
Hanan,
the
children
of
Giddel,
the
children
of
Gahar,
\VS{50}the
children
of
Reaiah,
the
children
of
Rezin,
the
children
of
Nekoda,
\VS{51}the
children
of
Gazzam,
the
children
of
Uzza,
the
children
of
Paseah,
\VS{52}the
children
of
Besai,
the
children
of
Meunim,
the
children
of Nephushesim,
\VS{53}the
children
of
Bakbuk,
the
children
of
Hakupha,
the
children
of Harhur,
\VS{54}the
children
of
Bazlith,
the
children
of
Mehida,
the
children
of
Harsha,
\VS{55}the
children
of
Barkos,
the
children
of
Sisera,
the
children
of
Temah,
\VS{56}the
children
of
Neziah,
and
the
children
of
Hatipha.
\par }{\PP \VS{57}The
children
of
Solomon’s
servants:
the
children
of
Sotai,
the
children
of
Sophereth,
the
children
of
Perida,
\VS{58}the
children
of
Jaala,
the
children
of
Darkon,
the
children
of
Giddel,
\VS{59}the
children
of
Shephatiah,
the
children
of
Hattil,
the
children
of Pochereth Hazzebaim,
and
the
children
of
Amon.
\VS{60}All
the
temple
servants
and
the
children
of
Solomon’s
servants
were
three
hundred ninety-two.
\par }{\PP \VS{61}These
were
those
who
went
up
from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha,
Cherub,
Addon,
and
Immer;
but
they
could
not
show
their
fathers’
houses,
nor
their
offspring,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:61 }
or, seed}
whether
they
were
of
Israel:
\par }{\LI \VS{62}The
children
of
Delaiah,
the
children
of
Tobiah,
the
children
of
Nekoda:
six
hundred
forty-two.
\par }{\LI \VS{63}Of
the
priests:
the
children
of
Hobaiah,
the
children
of
Hakkoz,
the
children
of
Barzillai,
who
took
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Barzillai
the
Gileadite,
and
was
called
after
their
name.
\par }{\PP \VS{64}These
searched
for
their
genealogical records,
but
couldn’t
find
them. Therefore
they
were deemed disqualified
and
removed
from
the
priesthood.
\VS{65}The
governor
told
them
not
to
eat
of
the
most
holy
things
until
a
priest
stood
up
to minister
with
Urim
and
Thummim.
\par }{\PP \VS{66}The
whole
assembly
together
was forty-two
thousand
three
hundred
sixty,
\VS{67}in addition
to their
male
servants
and their
female
servants,
of
whom there
were
seven
thousand
three
hundred thirty-seven.
They
had
two
hundred
forty-five
singing
men
and
singing women.
\VS{68}Their horses
were
seven
hundred thirty-six; their mules,
two
hundred forty-five;
\VS{69}their camels, four
hundred thirty-five;
their donkeys, six
thousand seven
hundred twenty.
\par }{\PP \VS{70}Some
from among
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
gave
to
the
work.
The governor
gave
to
the
treasury
one
thousand darics
of
gold,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7:70 }
a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.} fifty basins,
and five
hundred thirty priests’ garments.
\VS{71}Some
of
the heads
of fathers’ households
gave
into
the treasury
of
the
work twenty
thousand darics
of
gold,
and
two
thousand
two hundred
minas\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 7:71 }
A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds, so 2,200 minas is about 1.3 metric tons.}
of
silver.
\VS{72}That which
the rest
of
the
people gave
was twenty thousand darics
of gold, plus
two thousand minas
of silver,
and sixty-seven
priests’ garments.
\par }{\PP \VS{73}So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities.
\par }{\PP When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}All
the
people
gathered
themselves
together
as
one
man
into
the wide
place
that
was
in
front
of
the
water
gate;
and
they
spoke
to
Ezra
the
scribe
to
bring
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses,
which
Yahweh
had
commanded
to
Israel.
\VS{2}Ezra
the
priest
brought
the
law
before
the
assembly,
both
men
and
women,
and
all
who
could
hear
with
understanding,
on
the
first
day
of
the
seventh
month.
\VS{3}He
read
from
it
before
the wide
place
that
was
in
front
of
the
water
gate
from
early
morning
until midday,
in
the
presence
of
the
men
and
the
women,
and
of
those
who
could
understand.
The
ears
of
all
the
people
were
attentive
to
the
book
of
the
law.
\VS{4}Ezra
the
scribe
stood
on
a pulpit
of
wood,
which
they
had
made
for
the
purpose;
and
beside
him
stood
Mattithiah,
Shema,
Anaiah,
Uriah,
Hilkiah,
and
Maaseiah,
on
his
right
hand;
and
on
his
left
hand,
Pedaiah,
Mishael,
Malchijah,
Hashum,
Hashbaddanah,
Zechariah,
and
Meshullam.
\VS{5}Ezra
opened
the
book
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people (for
he
was
above
all
the
people),
and
when
he
opened
it,
all
the
people
stood
up.
\VS{6}Then
Ezra
blessed
Yahweh,
the
great
God.
\par }{\PP All
the
people
answered, “Amen,
Amen,”
with
the
lifting
up
of
their
hands.
They
bowed
their heads,
and
worshiped
Yahweh
with
their
faces
to
the
ground.
\VS{7}Also
Jeshua,
Bani,
Sherebiah,
Jamin,
Akkub,
Shabbethai,
Hodiah,
Maaseiah,
Kelita,
Azariah,
Jozabad,
Hanan,
Pelaiah,
and
the
Levites, caused
the
people
to
understand
the
law;
and
the
people stayed
in
their
place.
\VS{8}They
read
in
the
book,
in
the
law
of
God, distinctly;
and
they
gave
the
sense,
so
that
they
understood
the
reading.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Nehemiah,
who
was
the
governor,
Ezra
the
priest
and
scribe,
and
the
Levites
who
taught
the
people
said
to
all
the
people, “Today
is
holy
to
Yahweh
your
God.
Don’t
mourn,
nor
weep.”
For
all
the
people
wept
when
they
heard
the
words
of
the
law.
\VS{10}Then
he
said
to
them, “Go
your
way.
Eat
the fat,
drink
the
sweet,
and
send
portions
to
him
for whom
nothing
is
prepared,
for
today
is
holy
to
our
Lord.
Don’t
be
grieved,
for
the
joy
of
Yahweh
is
your
strength.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}So
the
Levites
calmed
all
the
people,
saying, “Hold
your peace,
for
the
day
is
holy.
Don’t
be
grieved.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}All
the
people went
their
way
to
eat,
to
drink,
to
send
portions,
and
to celebrate,
because
they
had
understood
the
words
that
were declared
to
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}On
the
second
day,
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
all
the
people,
the
priests,
and
the
Levites
were
gathered
together
to
Ezra
the
scribe,
to study
the
words
of
the
law.
\VS{14}They
found
written
in
the
law
how
Yahweh
had
commanded
by
Moses
that
the
children
of
Israel
should
dwell
in
booths
in
the
feast
of
the
seventh
month;
\VS{15}and
that
they
should publish
and
proclaim
in
all
their
cities
and
in
Jerusalem,
saying, “Go
out
to
the
mountain,
and
get
olive
branches,
branches
of wild
olive,
myrtle
branches,
palm
branches,
and
branches
of thick
trees,
to
make
temporary
shelters,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:15 }
or, booths}
as
it
is
written.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}So
the
people
went
out
and
brought
them,
and
made
themselves
temporary
shelters,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8:16 }
or, booths}
everyone
on
the
roof
of
his
house,
in
their
courts,
in
the
courts
of
God’s
house,
in
the wide
place
of
the
water
gate,
and
in
the wide
place
of
Ephraim’s
gate.
\VS{17}All
the
assembly
of
those
who
had
come
back
out
of
the
captivity
made
temporary
shelters\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 8:17 }
or, booths}
and
lived
in
the
temporary
shelters,
for
since
the
days
of Joshua
the
son
of
Nun
to
that
day
the
children
of
Israel
had
not
done
so.
There
was
very
great
gladness.
\VS{18}Also
day
by
day,
from
the
first
day
to
the
last
day,
he
read
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
God.
They
kept
the
feast
seven
days;
and
on
the
eighth
day
was
a
solemn
assembly,
according
to
the
ordinance.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
in
the twenty-fourth
day
of
this
month
the
children
of
Israel
were
assembled
with
fasting,
with
sackcloth,
and
dirt
on
them.
\VS{2}The
offspring
of
Israel
separated
themselves
from
all
foreigners
and
stood
and
confessed
their
sins
and
the
iniquities
of
their
fathers.
\VS{3}They
stood
up
in
their
place,
and
read
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
Yahweh
their
God
a
fourth
part
of
the
day;
and
a
fourth
part
they
confessed
and
worshiped
Yahweh
their
God.
\VS{4}Then
Jeshua,
Bani,
Kadmiel,
Shebaniah,
Bunni,
Sherebiah,
Bani,
and
Chenani
of
the
Levites
stood
up
on
the stairs,
and
cried
with
a
loud
voice
to
Yahweh
their
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
the
Levites,
Jeshua,
and
Kadmiel,
Bani,
Hashabneiah,
Sherebiah,
Hodiah,
Shebaniah,
and
Pethahiah,
said, “Stand
up
and
bless
Yahweh
your
God
from
everlasting
to
everlasting!
Blessed
be
your glorious
name, which
is
exalted
above
all
blessing
and
praise!
\VS{6}You
are
Yahweh,
even
you
alone.
You
have
made
heaven,
the
heaven
of
heavens,
with
all
their
army,
the
earth
and
all
things
that
are
on
it,
the
seas
and
all
that
is
in
them,
and
you
preserve
them
all.
The
army
of
heaven
worships
you.
\VS{7}You
are
Yahweh,
the
God
who
chose
Abram,
brought
him
out
of Ur
of
the
Chaldees,
gave
him
the
name
of
Abraham,
\VS{8}found
his
heart
faithful
before
you,
and
made
a
covenant
with
him
to
give
the
land
of
the
Canaanite,
the
Hittite,
the
Amorite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Jebusite,
and
the
Girgashite,
to
give
it
to
his
offspring,
and
have
performed
your
words,
for
you
are
righteous.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}“You
saw
the affliction
of
our
fathers
in
Egypt,
and
heard
their
cry
by
the Red
Sea,
\VS{10}and
showed
signs
and
wonders
against
Pharaoh,
against
all
his
servants,
and
against
all
the
people
of
his
land,
for
you
knew
that
they
dealt
proudly
against
them,
and
made
a
name
for
yourself,
as
it
is
today.
\VS{11}You
divided
the
sea
before
them,
so
that
they
went
through
the
middle
of
the
sea
on
the
dry
land;
and
you
cast
their
pursuers
into
the
depths,
as
a
stone
into
the
mighty
waters.
\VS{12}Moreover,
in
a
pillar
of
cloud
you
led
them
by
day;
and
in
a
pillar
of
fire
by
night,
to
give
them
light
in
the
way
in
which
they should go.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}“You also
came
down
on
Mount
Sinai,
and
spoke
with
them
from
heaven,
and
gave
them
right
ordinances
and
true
laws,
good
statutes
and
commandments,
\VS{14}and
made
known
to
them
your
holy
Sabbath,
and
commanded
them
commandments,
statutes,
and
a
law,
by
Moses
your
servant,
\VS{15}and
gave
them
bread
from
the
sky
for
their
hunger,
and
brought
water
out
of
the
rock
for
them
for
their
thirst,
and
commanded
them
that
they
should
go
in
to
possess
the
land
which
you
had
sworn
to
give
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}“But
they
and
our
fathers behaved
proudly,
hardened
their
neck,
didn’t
listen
to
your
commandments,
\VS{17}and
refused
to
obey.
They weren’t
mindful
of
your
wonders
that
you
did
among
them,
but
hardened
their
neck,
and
in
their
rebellion
appointed
a
captain
to
return
to
their
bondage.
But
you
are
a
God ready
to pardon,
gracious
and
merciful,
slow
to
anger,
and
abundant
in loving
kindness,
and
didn’t
forsake
them.
\VS{18}Yes,
when
they
had
made themselves
a molded
calf,
and
said, ‘This
is
your
God
who
brought
you
up
out
of
Egypt,’
and
had
committed awful
blasphemies,
\VS{19}yet
you
in
your manifold
mercies
didn’t
forsake
them
in
the
wilderness.
The
pillar
of
cloud
didn’t
depart
from
over
them
by
day,
to
lead
them
in
the
way;
neither
did
the
pillar
of
fire
by
night,
to
show
them
light,
and
the
way
in
which
they should
go.
\VS{20}You
gave also
your
good
Spirit
to instruct
them,
and
didn’t
withhold
your
manna
from
their
mouth,
and
gave
them
water
for
their
thirst.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}“Yes,
forty
years
you
sustained
them
in
the
wilderness.
They
lacked
nothing.
Their
clothes
didn’t grow
old,
and
their
feet
didn’t
swell.
\VS{22}Moreover
you
gave
them
kingdoms
and
peoples, which
you allotted according
to
their portions.
So
they
possessed
the
land
of
Sihon,
even
the
land
of
the
king
of
Heshbon,
and
the
land
of
Og
king
of
Bashan.
\VS{23}You
also
multiplied
their
children
as
the
stars
of
the
sky,
and
brought
them
into
the
land
concerning
which
you
said
to
their
fathers
that
they
should
go
in
to
possess
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}“So
the
children
went
in
and
possessed
the
land;
and
you
subdued
before
them
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
the
Canaanites,
and
gave
them
into
their
hands,
with
their
kings
and
the
peoples
of
the
land,
that
they
might
do
with
them
as
they
pleased.
\VS{25}They
took
fortified
cities
and
a
rich
land,
and
possessed
houses
full
of
all
good
things,
cisterns dug
out,
vineyards,
olive
groves,
and
fruit
trees
in
abundance.
So
they
ate,
were
filled,
became
fat,
and delighted themselves
in
your
great
goodness.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}“Nevertheless
they
were
disobedient
and
rebelled
against
you,
cast
your
law
behind
their
back,
killed
your
prophets
that
testified
against
them
to
turn
them
again
to
you,
and
they
committed awful
blasphemies.
\VS{27}Therefore
you
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
their adversaries,
who distressed
them.
In
the
time
of
their
trouble,
when
they
cried
to
you,
you
heard
from
heaven;
and
according
to
your manifold
mercies
you
gave
them saviors
who
saved
them
out
of
the
hands
of
their adversaries.
\VS{28}But after
they
had
rest,
they
did
evil
again
before
you;
therefore
you
left
them
in
the
hands
of
their
enemies,
so
that
they
had
the
dominion
over
them;
yet
when
they
returned
and
cried
to
you,
you
heard
from
heaven;
and
many
times
you
delivered
them
according
to
your
mercies,
\VS{29}and
testified
against
them,
that
you
might
bring
them
again
to
your
law.
Yet
they
were
arrogant,
and
didn’t
listen
to
your
commandments,
but
sinned
against
your
ordinances (which
if
a
man
does,
he
shall
live
in
them),
turned
their
backs,
stiffened
their
neck,
and
would
not
hear.
\VS{30}Yet
many
years
you
put
up
with
them,
and
testified
against
them
by
your
Spirit
through
your
prophets.
Yet
they
would
not
listen.
Therefore
you
gave
them
into
the
hand
of
the
peoples
of
the
lands.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}“Nevertheless
in
your manifold
mercies
you
didn’t
make
a
full
end
of
them,
nor
forsake
them;
for
you
are
a
gracious
and
merciful
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Now
therefore,
our
God,
the
great,
the
mighty,
and
the
awesome
God,
who
keeps
covenant
and loving
kindness,
don’t
let
all
the travail
seem
little
before
you
that
has
come
on
us,
on
our
kings,
on
our
princes,
on
our
priests,
on
our
prophets,
on
our
fathers,
and
on
all
your
people,
since
the
time
of
the
kings
of
Assyria
to
this
day.
\VS{33}However
you
are
just
in
all
that
has
come
on
us;
for
you
have dealt
truly,
but
we
have
done
wickedly.
\VS{34}Also
our
kings,
our
princes,
our
priests,
and
our
fathers
have
not
kept
your
law,
nor
listened
to
your
commandments
and
your
testimonies
with
which
you
testified
against
them.
\VS{35}For
they
have
not
served
you
in
their
kingdom,
and
in
your
great
goodness
that
you
gave
them,
and
in
the
large
and rich
land
which
you
gave
before
them.
They
didn’t
turn
from
their
wicked
works.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}“Behold,
we
are
servants
today,
and
as
for
the
land
that
you
gave
to
our
fathers
to
eat
its
fruit
and
its
good,
behold,
we
are
servants
in
it.
\VS{37}It
yields
much
increase
to
the
kings
whom
you
have
set
over
us
because
of
our
sins.
Also
they
have power
over
our
bodies
and
over
our
livestock,
at
their
pleasure,
and
we
are
in
great
distress.
\VS{38}Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
those
who
sealed
were: Nehemiah
the
governor,
the son
of Hacaliah,
and Zedekiah,
\VS{2}Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
\VS{3}Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
\VS{4}Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
\VS{5}Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
\VS{6}Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
\VS{7}Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
\VS{8}Maaziah, Bilgai,
and Shemaiah. These were
the priests.
\VS{9}The Levites: Jeshua
the son
of Azaniah, Binnui
of
the sons
of Henadad, Kadmiel;
\VS{10}and
their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
\VS{11}Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
\VS{12}Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
\VS{13}Hodiah, Bani,
and Beninu.
\VS{14}The chiefs of
the people: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu,
Bani,
\VS{15}Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
\VS{16}Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
\VS{17}Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
\VS{18}Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
\VS{19}Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai,
\VS{20}Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
\VS{21}Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
\VS{22}Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
\VS{23}Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
\VS{24}Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
\VS{25}Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
\VS{26}Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
\VS{27}Malluch, Harim,
and Baanah.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}The rest of
the people,
the priests,
the Levites,
the gatekeepers,
the singers,
the temple servants,
and all those who had separated themselves from
the peoples of
the lands to
the law of God, their wives, their sons,
and their daughters—everyone who had knowledge
and understanding—
\VS{29}joined
with
their brothers,
their nobles,
and
entered
into
a curse
and
into
an oath,
to walk
in
God’s
law,
which
was given
by Moses
the servant
of
God,
and
to
observe
and
do
all
the commandments
of Yahweh
our Lord,
and
his ordinances
and
his statutes;
\VS{30}and
that
we
would not
give
our daughters
to
the peoples
of
the land, nor
take
their daughters
for
our sons;
\VS{31}and
if
the
peoples
of
the
land
bring wares
or
any grain
on
the Sabbath day
to
sell,
that
we
would
not
buy
from
them
on
the Sabbath,
or
on
a holy day;
and
that
we
would forego
the seventh year crops
and
the exaction
of every debt.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Also
we
made ordinances
for ourselves,
to
charge ourselves
yearly
with
the third
part
of
a shekel\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10:32 }
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.}
for
the
service
of
the house
of
our
God:
\VS{33}for
the
show bread,
for
the continual meal offering,
for
the continual burnt offering,
for
the Sabbaths,
for
the new moons,
for
the
set feasts,
for
the holy
things,
for
the sin offerings
to
make atonement
for Israel,
and
for all
the
work
of
the
house
of
our
God.
\VS{34}We,
the priests,
the Levites,
and
the people, cast lots
for
the wood
offering,
to bring
it
into
the
house
of
our
God,
according
to
our fathers’
houses,
at
times
appointed year
by year,
to burn
on Yahweh
our
God’s altar,
as
it
is written
in
the law;
\VS{35}and
to
bring
the first fruits
of
our ground
and
the first fruits
of all
fruit
of all kinds
of
trees,
year
by
year,
to
Yahweh’s
house;
\VS{36}also
the firstborn
of
our sons
and
of
our livestock,
as
it
is written
in
the law,
and
the firstborn
of
our herds
and
of
our flocks,
to
bring
to
the
house
of
our
God,
to
the priests
who minister
in
the
house
of
our
God;
\VS{37}and
that we
should
bring
the first fruits
of
our dough,
our wave offerings,
the fruit
of all
kinds
of trees,
and
the new wine
and
the oil,
to
the
priests,
to
the
rooms
of
the
house
of
our
God;
and
the tithes
of
our ground
to
the Levites;
for
they,
the Levites,
take
the tithes
in all
our farming villages.
\VS{38}The
priest,
the descendent
of Aaron,
shall
be
with
the
Levites
when
the
Levites
take
tithes.
The
Levites
shall
bring
up
the
tithe
of
the
tithes
to
the
house
of
our
God,
to
the
rooms,
into
the treasure
house.
\VS{39}For
the
children
of Israel
and
the
children
of
Levi
shall
bring
the wave
offering
of
the grain,
of
the new wine,
and
of
the oil,
to
the
rooms
where
the vessels
of
the
sanctuary
are,
and
the
priests
who minister,
with
the gatekeepers
and
the singers. We
will
not forsake
the
house
of
our
God.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
princes
of
the
people
lived
in
Jerusalem.
The
rest
of
the
people
also
cast
lots
to
bring
one
of
ten
to
dwell
in
Jerusalem,
the
holy
city,
and
nine
parts
in
the
other
cities.
\VS{2}The
people
blessed
all
the
men
who
willingly
offered themselves
to
dwell
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Now
these
are
the
chiefs
of
the
province
who
lived
in
Jerusalem;
but
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
everyone
lived
in
his
possession
in
their
cities—Israel,
the
priests,
the
Levites,
the
temple
servants,
and
the
children
of
Solomon’s
servants.
\VS{4}Some
of
the
children
of
Judah
and
of
the
children
of
Benjamin
lived
in
Jerusalem.
Of
the
children
of
Judah:
Athaiah
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;
\VS{5}and
Maaseiah
the
son
of
Baruch,
the
son
of Colhozeh,
the
son
of
Hazaiah,
the
son
of
Adaiah,
the
son
of
Joiarib,
the
son
of
Zechariah,
the
son
of
the Shilonite.
\VS{6}All
the
sons
of
Perez
who
lived
in
Jerusalem
were
four
hundred sixty-eight
valiant
men.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}These
are
the
sons
of
Benjamin:
Sallu
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
son
of
Joed,
the
son
of
Pedaiah,
the
son
of
Kolaiah,
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
the
son
of
Ithiel,
the
son
of
Jeshaiah.
\VS{8}After
him
Gabbai
and Sallai,
nine
hundred
twenty-eight.
\VS{9}Joel
the
son
of
Zichri
was
their
overseer;
and
Judah
the
son
of
Hassenuah
was
second
over
the
city.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Of
the
priests:
Jedaiah
the
son
of
Joiarib,
Jachin,
\VS{11}Seraiah
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
son
of
Zadok,
the
son
of
Meraioth,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
the
ruler
of
God’s
house,
\VS{12}and
their
brothers
who
did
the
work
of
the
house,
eight
hundred
twenty-two;
and
Adaiah
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of
Pelaliah,
the
son
of
Amzi,
the
son
of
Zechariah,
the
son
of
Pashhur,
the
son
of
Malchijah,
\VS{13}and
his
brothers,
chiefs
of
fathers’
households,
two
hundred
forty-two;
and
Amashsai
the
son
of
Azarel,
the
son
of
Ahzai,
the
son
of
Meshillemoth,
the
son
of
Immer,
\VS{14}and
their
brothers,
mighty
men
of
valor,
one
hundred
twenty-eight;
and
their
overseer
was
Zabdiel,
the
son
of Haggedolim.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Of
the
Levites:
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Hasshub,
the
son
of
Azrikam,
the
son
of
Hashabiah,
the
son
of
Bunni;
\VS{16}and
Shabbethai
and
Jozabad,
of
the
chiefs
of
the
Levites,
who
had
the oversight
of
the outward
business
of
God’s
house;
\VS{17}and
Mattaniah
the
son
of Mica,
the
son
of
Zabdi,
the
son
of
Asaph,
who
was
the
chief
to begin
the
thanksgiving
in
prayer,
and
Bakbukiah,
the
second
among
his
brothers;
and
Abda
the
son
of
Shammua,
the
son
of
Galal,
the
son
of
Jeduthun.
\VS{18}All
the
Levites
in
the
holy
city
were
two
hundred eighty-four.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Moreover
the
gatekeepers,
Akkub,
Talmon,
and
their
brothers,
who
kept
watch
at
the
gates,
were
one
hundred seventy-two.
\VS{20}The residue
of
Israel,
of
the
priests,
and
the
Levites
were
in
all
the
cities
of
Judah,
everyone
in
his
inheritance.
\VS{21}But
the
temple
servants
lived
in
Ophel;
and
Ziha
and
Gishpa
were
over
the
temple
servants.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}The
overseer
also
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,
was
over
the
business
of
God’s
house.
\VS{23}For there
was
a
commandment
from
the
king
concerning
them,
and
a settled provision
for
the
singers,
as
every
day
required.
\VS{24}Pethahiah
the
son
of
Meshezabel,
of
the
children
of
Zerah
the
son
of
Judah,
was
at
the
king’s
hand
in
all
matters
concerning
the
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}As
for
the
villages
with
their
fields, some
of
the
children
of
Judah
lived
in Kiriath Arba
and its
towns,
in
Dibon
and its
towns,
in Jekabzeel
and its
villages,
\VS{26}in
Jeshua, in
Moladah, Beth Pelet,
\VS{27}in Hazar Shual,
in
Beersheba
and its
towns,
\VS{28}in
Ziklag,
in
Meconah
and
in its
towns,
\VS{29}in En Rimmon, in
Zorah, in
Jarmuth,
\VS{30}Zanoah,
Adullam,
and
their
villages,
Lachish
and
its
fields,
and
Azekah
and
its
towns.
So
they
encamped
from
Beersheba
to
the
valley
of
Hinnom.
\VS{31}The
children
of
Benjamin
also lived
from
Geba onward,
at
Michmash
and
Aija,
and
at
Bethel
and its
towns,
\VS{32}at
Anathoth,
Nob,
Ananiah,
\VS{33}Hazor,
Ramah,
Gittaim,
\VS{34}Hadid,
Zeboim,
Neballat,
\VS{35}Lod,
and
Ono, the
valley
of craftsmen.
\VS{36}Of
the
Levites, certain
divisions
in
Judah settled
in
Benjamin’s territory.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
these
are
the
priests
and
the
Levites
who
went
up
with
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
and
Jeshua:
Seraiah,
Jeremiah,
Ezra,
\VS{2}Amariah,
Malluch,
Hattush,
\VS{3}Shecaniah,
Rehum,
Meremoth,
\VS{4}Iddo,
Ginnethoi,
Abijah,
\VS{5}Mijamin,
Maadiah,
Bilgah,
\VS{6}Shemaiah,
Joiarib,
Jedaiah,
\VS{7}Sallu,
Amok,
Hilkiah,
and
Jedaiah.
These
were
the
chiefs
of
the
priests
and
of
their
brothers
in
the
days
of
Jeshua.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Moreover
the
Levites
were
Jeshua,
Binnui,
Kadmiel,
Sherebiah,
Judah,
and
Mattaniah,
who
was
over
the
thanksgiving
songs,
he
and
his
brothers.
\VS{9}Also
Bakbukiah
and Unno,
their
brothers,
were close
to
them according
to
their
offices.
\VS{10}Jeshua
became
the
father
of
Joiakim,
and
Joiakim
became
the
father
of
Eliashib,
and
Eliashib
became
the
father
of
Joiada,
\VS{11}and
Joiada
became
the
father
of
Jonathan,
and
Jonathan
became
the
father
of
Jaddua.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}In
the
days
of
Joiakim
were
priests,
heads
of
fathers’
households:
of
Seraiah,
Meraiah;
of
Jeremiah,
Hananiah;
\VS{13}of
Ezra,
Meshullam; of
Amariah,
Jehohanan;
\VS{14}of Malluchi,
Jonathan;
of
Shebaniah,
Joseph;
\VS{15}of
Harim,
Adna; of
Meraioth,
Helkai;
\VS{16}of
Iddo,
Zechariah;
of
Ginnethon,
Meshullam;
\VS{17}of
Abijah,
Zichri; of
Miniamin, of Moadiah,
Piltai;
\VS{18}of
Bilgah,
Shammua; of
Shemaiah,
Jehonathan;
\VS{19}of
Joiarib,
Mattenai; of
Jedaiah,
Uzzi;
\VS{20}of Sallai,
Kallai; of
Amok,
Eber;
\VS{21}of
Hilkiah,
Hashabiah; of
Jedaiah,
Nethanel.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}As
for
the
Levites,
in
the
days
of
Eliashib,
Joiada,
Johanan,
and
Jaddua, there
were
recorded
the
heads
of
fathers’
households;
also
the
priests,
in
the
reign
of
Darius
the
Persian.
\VS{23}The
sons
of
Levi,
heads
of
fathers’
households,
were
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles,
even
until
the
days
of
Johanan
the
son
of
Eliashib.
\VS{24}The
chiefs
of
the
Levites:
Hashabiah,
Sherebiah,
and
Jeshua
the
son
of
Kadmiel,
with
their
brothers
close
to
them,
to
praise
and
give
thanks
according
to
the
commandment
of
David
the
man
of
God, section next
to section.
\VS{25}Mattaniah,
Bakbukiah,
Obadiah,
Meshullam,
Talmon,
and
Akkub
were
gatekeepers
keeping
the
watch
at
the
storehouses
of
the
gates.
\VS{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.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}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
gladness,
both
with giving
thanks
and
with
singing,
with
cymbals, stringed
instruments,
and
with
harps.
\VS{28}The
sons
of
the
singers
gathered
themselves
together,
both
out
of
the
plain
around
Jerusalem
and
from
the villages
of
the
Netophathites;
\VS{29}also
from
Beth
Gilgal
and out
of
the
fields
of
Geba
and
Azmaveth,
for
the
singers
had
built
themselves villages
around
Jerusalem.
\VS{30}The
priests
and
the
Levites
purified
themselves;
and
they
purified
the
people,
the
gates,
and
the
wall.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Then
I
brought
the
princes
of
Judah
up
on
the
wall,
and
appointed
two
great companies
who gave
thanks
and
went
in procession.
One
went
on
the
right
hand
on
the
wall
toward
the dung
gate;
\VS{32}and
after
them went
Hoshaiah,
with
half
of
the
princes
of
Judah,
\VS{33}and
Azariah,
Ezra,
and
Meshullam,
\VS{34}Judah,
Benjamin,
Shemaiah,
Jeremiah,
\VS{35}and some
of
the
priests’
sons
with
trumpets:
Zechariah
the
son
of
Jonathan,
the
son
of
Shemaiah,
the
son
of
Mattaniah,
the
son
of
Micaiah,
the
son
of
Zaccur,
the
son
of
Asaph;
\VS{36}and
his
brothers,
Shemaiah,
Azarel,
Milalai,
Gilalai,
Maai,
Nethanel,
Judah,
and
Hanani,
with
the
musical
instruments
of
David
the
man
of
God;
and
Ezra
the
scribe
was
before
them.
\VS{37}By
the
spring
gate,
and
straight
before
them,
they
went
up
by
the stairs
of
David’s
city,
at
the
ascent
of
the
wall,
above
David’s
house,
even
to
the
water
gate
eastward.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}The
other company
of
those
who gave
thanks
went
to
meet
them,
and
I
after
them,
with
the
half
of
the
people
on
the
wall
above
the
tower
of
the
furnaces,
even
to
the
wide
wall,
\VS{39}and
above
the
gate
of
Ephraim,
and
by
the
old
gate,
and
by
the
fish
gate,
the
tower
of
Hananel,
and
the
tower
of Hammeah,
even
to
the
sheep
gate;
and
they
stood
still
in
the
gate
of
the
guard.
\VS{40}So
the
two companies
of
those
who gave
thanks
in
God’s
house
stood,
and
I
and
the
half
of
the
rulers
with
me;
\VS{41}and
the
priests,
Eliakim,
Maaseiah,
Miniamin,
Micaiah,
Elioenai,
Zechariah,
and
Hananiah,
with
trumpets;
\VS{42}and
Maaseiah,
Shemaiah,
Eleazar,
Uzzi,
Jehohanan,
Malchijah,
Elam,
and
Ezer.
The
singers
sang loud,
with
Jezrahiah
their
overseer.
\VS{43}They
offered
great
sacrifices
that
day,
and
rejoiced,
for
God
had
made
them
rejoice
with
great
joy;
and
the
women
and
the
children
also
rejoiced,
so
that
the
joy
of
Jerusalem
was
heard
even
far
away.
\par }{\PP \VS{44}On
that
day,
men
were
appointed
over
the rooms
for
the
treasures,
for
the wave
offerings,
for
the
first
fruits,
and
for
the
tithes,
to
gather
into
them
according
to
the
fields
of
the
cities
the
portions
appointed
by
the
law
for
the
priests
and
Levites;
for
Judah
rejoiced
for
the
priests
and
for
the
Levites
who
served.
\VS{45}They
performed
the
duty
of
their
God
and
the
duty
of
the
purification,
and so
did
the
singers
and
the
gatekeepers, according
to
the
commandment
of
David
and
of
Solomon
his
son.
\VS{46}For
in
the
days
of
David
and
Asaph
of old
there
was
a
chief
of
the
singers,
and
songs
of
praise
and
thanksgiving
to
God.
\VS{47}All
Israel
in
the
days
of
Zerubbabel
and
in
the
days
of
Nehemiah
gave
the
portions
of
the
singers
and
the
gatekeepers,
as
every
day
required;
and
they
set
apart
that
which
was
for
the
Levites;
and
the
Levites
set
apart
that
which
was
for
the
sons
of
Aaron.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}On
that
day
they
read
in
the
book
of
Moses
in
the
hearing
of
the
people;
and
it
was
found
written
in
it
that
an
Ammonite
and
a
Moabite
should
not
enter
into
the
assembly
of
God
forever,
\VS{2}because
they
didn’t
meet
the
children
of
Israel
with
bread
and
with
water,
but
hired
Balaam
against
them
to
curse
them; however,
our
God
turned
the
curse
into
a
blessing.
\VS{3}It
came
to
pass,
when
they
had
heard
the
law,
that
they
separated
all
the mixed multitude
from
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Now
before
this,
Eliashib
the
priest,
who
was
appointed
over
the
rooms
of
the
house
of
our
God,
being allied
to
Tobiah,
\VS{5}had
prepared
for
him
a
great
room,
where
before
they
laid
the
meal
offerings,
the
frankincense,
the
vessels,
and
the
tithes
of
the
grain,
the
new
wine,
and
the
oil,
which
were
given
by
commandment
to
the
Levites,
the
singers,
and
the
gatekeepers;
and
the wave
offerings
for
the
priests.
\VS{6}But
in
all
this,
I
was
not
at
Jerusalem;
for
in
the thirty-second
year
of
Artaxerxes
king
of
Babylon
I
went
to
the
king;
and
after
some
days
I
asked
leave
of
the
king,
\VS{7}and
I
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
understood
the
evil
that
Eliashib
had
done
for
Tobiah,
in
preparing
him
a
room
in
the courts
of
God’s
house.
\VS{8}It grieved
me
severely. Therefore
I
threw
all
Tobiah’s
household stuff
out
of
the
room.
\VS{9}Then
I
commanded,
and
they
cleansed
the
rooms.
I
brought
into
them
the
vessels
of
God’s
house,
with
the
meal
offerings
and
the
frankincense
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}I
perceived
that
the
portions
of
the
Levites
had
not
been
given
them,
so
that
the
Levites
and
the
singers,
who
did
the
work,
had
each
fled
to
his
field.
\VS{11}Then
I
contended
with
the
rulers,
and
said, “Why
is
God’s
house forsaken?”
I
gathered
them
together,
and
set
them
in
their
place.
\VS{12}Then
all
Judah
brought
the
tithe
of
the
grain,
the
new
wine,
and
the
oil
to
the
treasuries.
\VS{13}I made treasurers
over
the
treasuries,
Shelemiah
the
priest,
and
Zadok
the
scribe,
and
of
the
Levites,
Pedaiah:
and
next
to
them
was
Hanan
the
son
of
Zaccur,
the
son
of
Mattaniah;
for
they
were
counted
faithful,
and
their business
was
to distribute
to
their
brothers.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Remember
me,
my
God,
concerning
this,
and
don’t
wipe
out
my good deeds
that
I
have
done
for
the
house
of
my
God,
and
for
its observances.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}In
those
days
I
saw
some
men
treading
wine
presses
on
the
Sabbath
in
Judah,
bringing
in sheaves,
and
loading
donkeys
with
wine,
grapes,
figs,
and
all
kinds
of burdens
which
they
brought
into
Jerusalem
on
the
Sabbath
day;
and
I
testified
against
them
in
the
day
in
which
they
sold food.
\VS{16}Some
men
of
Tyre
also
lived
there,
who
brought
in
fish
and
all
kinds
of wares,
and
sold
on
the
Sabbath
to
the
children
of
Judah,
and
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{17}Then
I
contended
with
the
nobles
of
Judah,
and
said
to
them, “What
evil
thing
is
this
that
you
do,
and
profane
the
Sabbath
day?
\VS{18}Didn’t
your
fathers
do
this,
and
didn’t
our
God
bring
all
this
evil
on
us
and
on
this
city?
Yet
you
bring
more
wrath
on
Israel
by
profaning
the
Sabbath.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}It
came
to
pass
that
when
the
gates
of
Jerusalem
began
to
be
dark
before
the
Sabbath,
I
commanded
that
the
doors
should
be
shut,
and
commanded
that
they
should
not
be
opened
until
after
the
Sabbath.
I
set
some
of
my
servants
over
the
gates,
so
that
no
burden
should
be
brought
in
on
the
Sabbath
day.
\VS{20}So
the
merchants
and sellers
of
all
kinds
of wares camped
outside
of
Jerusalem
once
or
twice.
\VS{21}Then
I
testified
against
them,
and
said
to
them, “Why
do
you
stay
around
the
wall?
If
you
do
so
again,
I
will
lay
hands
on
you.”
From
that
time
on,
they
didn’t
come
on
the
Sabbath.
\VS{22}I
commanded
the
Levites
that
they
should
purify
themselves,
and
that
they
should
come
and
keep
the
gates,
to
sanctify
the
Sabbath
day.
Remember
me
for
this
also,
my
God,
and
spare
me
according
to
the
greatness
of
your loving
kindness.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}In
those
days
I
also
saw
the
Jews
who
had
married
women
of
Ashdod,
of
Ammon,
and
of
Moab;
\VS{24}and
their
children
spoke
half
in
the
speech
of
Ashdod,
and
could
not
speak
in
the Jews’
language,
but according
to
the
language
of
each
people.
\VS{25}I
contended
with
them,
cursed
them,
struck
certain
of
them, plucked
off
their
hair,
and
made
them
swear
by
God, “You
shall
not
give
your
daughters
to
their
sons,
nor
take
their
daughters
for
your
sons,
or
for
yourselves.
\VS{26}Didn’t
Solomon
king
of
Israel
sin
by
these
things?
Yet
among
many
nations
there
was
no
king
like
him,
and
he
was
loved
by
his
God,
and
God
made
him
king
over
all
Israel.
Nevertheless
foreign
women
caused
even
him
to
sin.
\VS{27}Shall
we
then
listen
to
you
to
do
all
this
great
evil,
to trespass
against
our
God
in
marrying
foreign
women?”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}One
of
the
sons
of
Joiada,
the
son
of
Eliashib
the
high
priest,
was
son-in-law
to
Sanballat
the
Horonite; therefore
I chased
him
from
me.
\VS{29}Remember
them,
my
God,
because
they
have
defiled
the
priesthood
and
the
covenant
of
the
priesthood
and
of
the
Levites.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Thus I
cleansed
them
from
all
foreigners
and
appointed
duties
for
the
priests
and
for
the
Levites,
everyone
in
his
work;
\VS{31}and
for
the
wood
offering,
at
appointed
times,
and
for
the
first
fruits.
Remember
me,
my
God,
for
good.
\par }