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1:1	The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it camehappened to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, aswhile I was in ShushanSusa the palacecapitol,
1:2	that Hanani, one of my brethrenbrothers, came, he and certainsome men outfrom ofJudah Judahcame; and I asked them concerning the Jews thatwho had escaped, thatand werehad leftsurvived of the captivity, and concerningabout Jerusalem.
1:3	And they said untoto me, The remnant thatthere arein left of the captivityprovince therewho insurvived the provincecaptivity are in great afflictiondistress and reproach:, and the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and theits gates thereof are burned with fire.
1:4	AndNow it came toabout pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certainfor days; and I fastedwas fasting and prayedpraying before the God of heaven,.
1:5	andAnd I said, I beseech theeThee, O Jehovah,Lord the God of heaven, the great and terribleawesome God, thatwho keepethpreserves the covenant and lovingkindness withfor themthose thatwho love himHim and keep hisHis commandments:,
1:6	Letlet thineThine ear now be attentive, and thineThine eyes open, thatto thouhear mayest hearken unto the prayer of thyThy servant, which I prayam praying before theeThee at this timenow, day and night, foron behalf of the childrensons of Israel thyThy servants, whileconfessing I confess the sins of the childrensons of Israel, which we have sinned against thee.Thee; Yea, I and my fathers house have sinned:.
1:7	weWe have dealtacted very corruptly against thee,Thee and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thouThou commandedstdidst thycommand Thy servant Moses.
1:8	Remember, I beseech thee, the word thatwhich thouThou commandedstdidst thycommand Thy servant Moses, saying, If yeyou trespass,are unfaithful I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:;
1:9	but if yeyou return untoto me,Me and keep myMy commandments and do them, though yourthose outcastsof you who have been scattered were in the uttermostmost remote part of the heavens, yetI will I gather them from thence,there and will bring them untoto the place thatwhere I have chosen, to cause myMy name to dwell there.
1:10	NowAnd thesethey are thyThy servants and thyThy people, whom thouThou hastdidst redeemedredeem by thyThy great power, and by thyThy strong hand.
1:11	O Lord, I beseech theeThee, letmay nowThine thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thyThy servant, and to the prayer of thyThy servants, who delight to fearrevere thyThy name;, and prosper,make IThy pray thee, thy servant thissuccessful daytoday, and grant him mercycompassion inbefore the sight of this man. Now I was the cupbearer to the king.
2:1	And it came toabout pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes the king, whenthat wine was before him, thatand I took up the wine, and gave it untoto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
2:2	AndSo the king said untoto me, Why is thyyour countenanceface sad, seeingthough thouyou artare not sick? thisThis is nothing else but sorrowsadness of heart. Then I was very soremuch afraid.
2:3	And I said untoto the king, Let the king live forforever. ever:Why why should not my countenanceface not be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers sepulchrestombs, liethlies waste,desolate and theits gates thereofhave arebeen consumed withby fire?
2:4	Then the king said untoto me, ForWhat whatwould dostyou thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
2:5	And I said untoto the king, If it please the king, and if thyyour servant havehas found favor inbefore thy sightyou, that thou wouldest send me untoto Judah, untoto the city of my fathers sepulchrestombs, that I may buildrebuild it.
2:6	AndThen the king said untoto me, the queen also sitting bybeside him, ForHow how long shallwill thyyour journey be?, and when wiltwill thouyou return? So it pleased the king to send me;, and I setgave him a definite time.
2:7	MoreoverAnd I said untoto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me tofor the governors of the provinces beyond the River, that they may letallow me to pass through tilluntil I come untoto Judah;,
2:8	and a letter untoto Asaph the keeper of the kings forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castlefortress which appertainethis toby the housetemple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house thatto which I shallwill enter intogo. And the king granted them to me, accordingbecause to the good hand of my God uponwas on me.
2:9	Then I came to the governors of the provinces beyond the River, and gave them the kings letters. Now the king had sent with me captainsofficers of the army and horsemen.
2:10	And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant,Ammonite theofficial Ammonite, heard ofabout it, it grievedwas themvery exceedingly,displeasing forto them that theresomeone washad come a man to seek the welfare of the childrensons of Israel.
2:11	So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
2:12	And I arose in the night, I and somea few men with me;. neitherI tolddid Inot anytell mananyone what my God putwas putting into my heartmind to do for Jerusalem; neitherand there was thereno anyanimal beast with me, saveexcept the beastanimal thaton which I rodewas uponriding.
2:13	AndSo I went out byat night by the valleyValley gate,Gate evenin towardthe direction of the jackalsDragons well,Well and on to the dungRefuse gateGate, andinspecting viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and theits gates thereofwhich were consumed withby fire.
2:14	Then I wentpassed on to the fountainFountain gateGate and to the kingsKings pool:Pool, but there was no place for themy beastmount that was under me to pass.
2:15	ThenSo I went I up inat the night by the brook,ravine and viewedinspected the wall;. andThen I turned back, and entered by the valleyValley gate,Gate again and so returned.
2:16	And the rulersofficials knewdid not whitherknow where I went,had gone or what I didhad done; neithernor had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulersofficials, noror to the rest thatwho did the work.
2:17	Then I said Ito unto them, YeYou see the evilbad casesituation that we are in, howthat Jerusalem liethis waste,desolate and theits gates thereof are burned withby fire:. comeCome, and let us buildrebuild up the wall of Jerusalem, that we bemay no morelonger be a reproach.
2:18	And I told them ofhow the hand of my God whichhad wasbeen goodfavorable uponto me, asand also ofabout the kings words thatwhich he had spoken untoto me. AndThen they said, Let us risearise up and build. So they strengthenedput their hands forto the good work.
2:19	But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant,Ammonite the Ammoniteofficial, and Geshem the Arabian,Arab heard it, they laughedmocked us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing thatyou yeare dodoing? willAre yeyou rebelrebelling against the king?
2:20	ThenSo I answered I them, and said untoto them, The God of heaven, he will prospergive us success; therefore we hisHis servants will arise and build:, but yeyou have no portion, nor right, noror memorial, in Jerusalem.
3:1	Then Eliashib the high priest rosearose up with his brethrenbrothers the priests, and theybuilt builded the sheepSheep gateGate; they sanctifiedconsecrated it, and sethung upits the doors. ofThey it;consecrated eventhe untowall to the towerTower of Hammeahthe theyHundred sanctifiedand it, unto the towerTower of Hananel.
3:2	And next untoto him builded the men of Jericho. Andbuilt, and next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri built.
3:3	AndNow the fishsons gateof didHassenaah built the sonsFish of Hassenaah buildGate; they laid theits beams thereof, and sethung upits the doors thereof,with theits bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.
3:4	And next untoto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz made repairs. And next untoto themhim repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel made repairs. And next untoto themhim repaired Zadok the son of Baana also made repairs.
3:5	AndMoreover, next untoto themhim the Tekoites repaired;made repairs, but their nobles putdid not theirsupport necks to the work of their Lordmasters.
3:6	And the old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid theits beams thereof, and sethung upits the doors thereof, andwith theits bolts thereof, and theits bars thereof.
3:7	AndNext nextto unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, thatalso appertainedmade torepairs for the throneofficial seat of the governor of the province beyond the River.
3:8	Next untoto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths made repairs. And next untoto him repaired Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they fortifiedrestored Jerusalem evenas untofar as the broadBroad wallWall.
3:9	And next untoto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the rulerofficial of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
3:10	AndNext nextto unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, overmade againstrepairs opposite his house. And next untoto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.
3:11	Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahath moab, repaired another portion,section and the towerTower of the furnacesFurnaces.
3:12	And next untoto him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the rulerofficial of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.
3:13	The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; theyrepaired the Valley Gate. They built it, and sethung upits the doors thereof,with theits bolts thereof, and theits bars thereof, and a thousand cubits of the wall untoto the dungRefuse gateGate.
3:14	And the dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the rulerofficial of the district of Beth haccherem; herepaired the Refuse Gate. He built it, and sethung upits the doors thereof,with theits bolts thereof, and theits bars thereof.
3:15	AndShallum the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Col hozeh, the rulerofficial of the district of Mizpah;, herepaired the Fountain Gate. He built it, and covered it, and sethung upits the doors thereof,with theits bolts thereof, and theits bars thereof, and the wall of the poolPool of Shelah byat the kings garden, evenas untofar as the stairssteps that godescend down from the city of David.
3:16	After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, theofficial ruler of half the district of Beth zur, untomade therepairs placeas overfar againstas a point opposite the sepulchrestombs of David, and untoas thefar poolas thatthe wasartificial made,pool and unto the house of the mighty men.
3:17	After him repaired the Levites, carried out repairs under Rehum the son of Bani. Next untoto him repaired Hashabiah, the rulerofficial of half the district of Keilah, carried out repairs for his district.
3:18	After him repaired their brethren,brothers carried out repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, official of the rulerother half of half the district of Keilah.
3:19	And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the rulerofficial of Mizpah, repaired another portionsection, overin againstfront of the ascent toof the armory at the turning of the wallAngle.
3:20	After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestlyzealously repaired another portionsection, from the turningAngle ofto the walldoorway unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
3:21	After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz repaired another portionsection, from the doordoorway of theEliashibs house ofeven Eliashibas evenfar toas the end of thehis house of Eliashib.
3:22	And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plainvalley, carried out repairs.
3:23	After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub overcarried againstout repairs in front of their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah carried out repairs beside his own house.
3:24	After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another portionsection, from the house of Azariah untoas thefar turningas of the wall,Angle and untoas far as the corner.
3:25	Palal the son of Uzai repairedmade overrepairs againstin thefront turning of the wall,Angle and the tower thatprojecting standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repairedmade repairs.
3:26	NowAnd the Nethinimtemple dweltservants living in Ophel, untomade therepairs placeas overfar againstas the waterfront gateof the Water Gate toward the east, and the projecting tower that standeth out.
3:27	After him the Tekoites repaired another portion,section overin againstfront of the great projecting tower thatand standethas out,far andas unto the wall of Ophel.
3:28	Above the horseHorse gateGate repaired the priests carried out repairs, everyeach onein overfront againstof his own house.
3:29	After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer overcarried againstout repairs in front of his own house. And after him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the eastEast gateGate, carried out repairs.
3:30	After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another portionsection. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah overcarried againstout repairs in front of his chamberown quarters.
3:31	After him repaired Malchijah one of the goldsmiths, untocarried out repairs as far as the house of the Nethinim,temple servants and of the merchants, overin againstfront of the gateInspection ofGate Hammiphkad, and toas far as the ascentupper room of the corner.
3:32	And between the ascentupper room of the corner and the sheepSheep gateGate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants carried out repairs.
4:1	ButNow it came toabout pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were buildingrebuilding the wall, he wasbecame wroth,furious and tookvery greatangry indignation, and mocked the Jews.
4:2	And he spakespoke beforein the presence of his brethrenbrothers and the armywealthy men of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? willAre they fortifygoing to restore it for themselves? willCan they sacrificeoffer sacrifices? willCan they makefinish an end in a day? willCan they revive the stones outfrom of the heapsdusty ofrubble rubbish,even seeingthe theyburned are burnedones?
4:3	Now Tobiah the Ammonite was bynear him, and he said, Even thatwhat which they are building, if a fox goshould upjump on it, he shallwould break down their stone wall. down!
4:4	Hear, O our God;, forhow we are despised:! andReturn turn back their reproach uponon their own head,heads and give them up for aplunder spoil in a land of captivity;.
4:5	andDo cover not forgive their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee;Thee, for they have provokeddemoralized thee to anger before the builders.
4:6	So we built the wall; and all the whole wall was joined together untoto half theits height, thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
4:7	ButNow it came toabout pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the ArabiansArabs, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairingrepair of the walls of Jerusalem went forwardon, and that the breaches began to be stoppedclosed, then they were very wroth;angry.
4:8	andAnd they conspired all of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusiona thereindisturbance in it.
4:9	But we madeprayed ourto prayer unto our God, and because of them we set up a watchguard against them day and night, because of them.
4:10	AndThus in Judah it was said, The strength of the burden bearers of burdens is decayedfailing, andYet there is much rubbish; soAnd that we ourselves are notunable ableTo torebuild build the wall.
4:11	And our adversariesenemies said, They shallwill not know, neitheror see, tilluntil we come intoamong thethem, midstkill of them, and slayput them,a andstop causeto the work to cease.
4:12	And it came toabout pass that, when the Jews thatwho dweltlived bynear them came, theyand saidtold unto us ten times, They will come up against us from allevery places,place Yewhere mustyou returnmay unto us.turn,
4:13	Thereforethen set I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the openexposed places, and I setstationed there the people afterin their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
4:14	AndWhen I lookedsaw their fear, andI rose up, and saidspoke untoto the nobles, and to the rulersofficials, and to the rest of the people,: BeDo not yebe afraid of them:; remember the Lord, who is great and terribleawesome, and fight for your brethrenbrothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
4:15	And it camehappened to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known untoto us, and that God had broughtfrustrated their counsel to noughtplan, thatthen we returned all of us returned to the wall, everyeach one untoto his work.
4:16	And it came toabout pass from that timeday forthon, that half of my servants wroughtcarried inon the work, andwhile half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mailbreastplates; and the rulerscaptains were behind all the whole house of Judah.
4:17	TheyThose thatwho buildedwere rebuilding the wall and theythose thatwho barecarried burdens ladedtook themselves;their everyload one with one ofhand hisdoing hands wrought in the work, and with the other heldholding hisa weapon;.
4:18	andAs for the builders, everyeach onewore had his sword girded byat his side, andas so builded. And he thatbuilt, soundedwhile the trumpettrumpeter wasstood bynear me.
4:19	And I said untoto the nobles, and to the rulersofficials, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and largeextensive, and we are separated uponon the wall, one far from one another:.
4:20	inAt whatwhatever place soeveryou ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resortrally yeto thitherus untothere. us;Our our God will fight for us.
4:21	So we wroughtcarried inon the work: andwith half of them heldholding the spears from thedawn risinguntil of the morning till the stars appeared.
4:22	LikewiseAt atthat thetime sameI timealso said Ito unto the people, Let everyeach oneman with his servant lodgespend the night within Jerusalem, so that in the night they may be a guard tofor us, by night and maya laborlaborer inby the day.
4:23	So neither I, nor my brethrenbrothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard thatwho followed me, none of us putremoved off our clothes, everyeach onetook went with his weapon even to the water.
5:1	ThenNow there arosewas a great cryoutcry of the people and of their wives against their brethrenJewish the Jewsbrothers.
5:2	For there were thatthose who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many:; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
5:3	SomeAnd also there were thatothers who said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: letthat uswe might get grain, because of the dearthfamine.
5:4	ThereAlso there were alsothose thatwho said, We have borrowed money for the kings tributetax uponon our fields and our vineyards.
5:5	YetAnd now our flesh is aslike the flesh of our brethrenbrothers, our children aslike their children:. and,Yet lobehold, we bringare intoforcing bondage our sons and our daughters to be servantsslaves, and some of our daughters are broughtforced into bondage already:, neitherand iswe itare inhelpless ourbecause power to help it; for other men have our fields and ourvineyards vineyardsbelong to others.
5:6	AndThen I was very angry when I had heard their cryoutcry and these words.
5:7	ThenAnd I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said untoto them, YeYou exactare exacting usury, everyeach onefrom of his brother.! AndTherefore, I held a great assembly against them.
5:8	And I said untoto them, We afteraccording to our ability have redeemed our brethrenJewish thebrothers Jews,who that were sold untoto the nations; andnow would yeyou even sell your brethren,brothers andthat should they may be sold untoto us? Then held they theirwere peace,silent and foundcould nevernot find a word to say.
5:9	AlsoAgain I said, The thing thatwhich yeyou doare doing is not good:; oughtshould yeyou not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
5:10	And likewise I likewise, my brethrenbrothers and my servants, doare lendlending them money and grain. I pray youPlease, let us leave off this usury.
5:11	RestorePlease, Igive prayback you, to them, even this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyardsolive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that yeyou exactare ofexacting from them.
5:12	Then they said they, We will restoregive them,it back and will require nothing offrom them; sowe will we do, evenexactly as thouyou sayestsay. ThenSo I called the priests, and took an oath offrom them, that they would do according to this promise.
5:13	Also I also shook out the front of my lap,garment and said, SoThus may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor,possessions thatwho performethdoes not fulfill this promise; even thus bemay he be shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen,! andAnd they praised Jehovahthe Lord. AndThen the people did according to this promise.
5:14	Moreover, from the timeday that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year evento unto the twothirty andsecond thirtieth year of King Artaxerxes the king, thatfor is, twelve years, neither I andnor my brethrenkinsmen have not eaten the breadgovernors offood the governorallowance.
5:15	But the former governors thatwho were before me werelaid chargeableburdens untoon the people, and took offrom them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants baredomineered rule over the people:. butBut soI did not I,do so because of the fear of God.
5:16	Yea,And I also Iapplied continuedmyself into the work ofon this wall,; neitherwe boughtdid wenot buy any land:, and all my servants were gathered thitherthere untofor the work.
5:17	Moreover, there were at my table, ofone thehundred Jews and thefifty rulers,Jews a hundred and fifty menofficials, besides those thatwho came untoto us from among the nations that were roundaround about us.
5:18	Now that which was prepared for oneeach day was one ox and six choice sheep;, also fowlsbirds were prepared for me,; and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yetwere furnished in abundance. Yet for all this I demandeddid not demand the breadgovernors offood the governorallowance, because the bondageservitude was heavy uponon this people.
5:19	Remember unto me, O my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
6:1	Now it came toabout pass, when it was reported to Sanballat, and Tobiah, and to Geshem the ArabianArab, and untoto the rest of our enemies, that I had buildedrebuilt the wall, and that there was no breach leftremained thereinin thoughit, evenalthough untoat that time I had not set up the doors in the gates,
6:2	that Sanballat and Geshem sent untoa message to me, saying, Come, let us meet together inat oneChephirim of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thoughtwere planning to doharm me mischief.
6:3	AndSo I sent messengers untoto them, saying, I am doing a great work, soand that I cannot come down:. whyWhy should the work cease,stop whilstwhile I leave it, and come down to you?
6:4	And they sent untomessages to me four times afterin this sort;manner, and I answered them afterin the same mannerway.
6:5	Then Sanballat sent Sanballat his servant untoto me in likethe same manner thea fifth time with an open letter in his hand,.
6:6	whereinIn it was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu saith itsays, that thouyou and the Jews thinkare planning to rebel; fortherefore whichyou causeare thourebuilding art building the wall:. andAnd thouyou wouldestare to be their king, according to these wordsreports.
6:7	And thouyou hasthave also appointed prophets to preachproclaim ofin theeJerusalem atconcerning Jerusalemyou, saying,A Thereking is a king in Judah:! andAnd now shall it will be reported to the king according to these wordsreports. ComeSo come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
6:8	Then I sent untoa message to him, saying, ThereSuch arethings noas suchyou thingsare donesaying ashave thounot sayestbeen done, but thouyou feignestare inventing them outin ofyour thine own heartmind.
6:9	For they all wouldof havethem madewere trying to frighten us afraid, sayingthinking, TheirThey handswill shallbecome bediscouraged weakenedwith from the work, thatand it bewill not be done. But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands.
6:10	And when I wententered unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shutconfined up;at andhome, he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shutclose the doors of the temple:, for they willare comecoming to slaykill thee; yeayou, inand thethey nightare willcoming theyto comekill toyou slayat theenight.
6:11	AndBut I said, Should such a man aslike Ime flee? andAnd whocould isone there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
6:12	AndThen I discerned,perceived and,that lo,surely God had not sent him;, but he pronounceduttered thishis prophecy against me: andbecause Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
6:13	ForHe thiswas causehired wasfor hethis hiredreason, that I shouldmight bebecome afraid,frightened and doact so,accordingly and sin, andso that they might have matter for an evil report, in order that they mightcould reproach me.
6:14	Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these theirworks worksof theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, thatwho wouldwere havetrying putto frighten me in fear.
6:15	So the wall was finishedcompleted inon the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
6:16	And it came toabout pass, when all our enemies heard thereofof it, thatand all the nations thatsurrounding wereus aboutsaw us fearedit, andthey werelost much cast down in their own eyesconfidence; for they perceivedrecognized that this work washad wroughtbeen accomplished with the help of our God.
6:17	MoreoverAlso in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah sentto many letters unto Tobiah, and theTobiahs letters of Tobiah came untoto them.
6:18	For there were many in Judah swornwere untobound by oath to him, because he was the son in law of Shecaniah the son of Arah;, and his son Jehohanan had takenmarried the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah to wife.
6:19	AlsoMoreover, they spakewere ofspeaking about his good deeds beforein me,my presence and reported my words to him. AndThen Tobiah sent letters to putfrighten me in fear.
7:1	Now it came toabout pass, when the wall was built,rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the portersgatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
7:2	that I gaveput Hanani my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governorcommander of the castlefortress, in charge overof Jerusalem;, for he was a faithful man, and feared God abovemore than many.
7:3	AndThen I said untoto them, LetDo not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun beis hot;, and while they standare onstanding guard, let them shut the doors, and barbolt yethe them:doors. andAlso appoint watchesguards offrom the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyeach oneat in his watchpost, and everyeach onein tofront beof overhis againstown his house.
7:4	Now the city was widelarge and large;spacious, but the people in it were few therein, and the houses were not buildedbuilt.
7:5	AndThen my God put it into my heart to gatherassemble together the nobles, and the rulersofficials, and the people, thatto they might be reckonedenrolled by genealogygenealogies. AndThen I found the book of the genealogy of themthose thatwho came up atfirst thein first,which and I found writtenthe thereinfollowing record:
7:6	These are the childrenpeople of the province, thatwho wentcame up outfrom of the captivity of thosethe thatexiles had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and thatwho returned untoto Jerusalem and to Judah, everyeach oneto unto his city;,
7:7	who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
7:8	Thethe childrensons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.2,172;
7:9	Thethe childrensons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.372;
7:10	Thethe childrensons of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.652;
7:11	Thethe childrensons of Pahath moab, of the childrensons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.2,818;
7:12	Thethe childrensons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.1,254;
7:13	Thethe childrensons of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.845;
7:14	Thethe childrensons of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.760;
7:15	Thethe childrensons of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.648;
7:16	Thethe childrensons of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.628;
7:17	Thethe childrensons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.2,322;
7:18	Thethe childrensons of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.667;
7:19	Thethe childrensons of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.2,067;
7:20	Thethe childrensons of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.655;
7:21	Thethe childrensons of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.98;
7:22	Thethe childrensons of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.328;
7:23	Thethe childrensons of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.324;
7:24	Thethe childrensons of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.112;
7:25	Thethe childrensons of Gibeon, ninety and five.95;
7:26	Thethe men of BethBethlehem lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight.188;
7:27	Thethe men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight.128;
7:28	Thethe men of Beth azmaveth, forty and two.42;
7:29	Thethe men of Kiriath jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.743;
7:30	Thethe men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.621;
7:31	Thethe men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two.122;
7:32	Thethe men of BethBethel el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three.123;
7:33	Thethe men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.52;
7:34	Thethe childrensons of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.1,254;
7:35	Thethe childrensons of Harim, three hundred and twenty.320;
7:36	Thethe childrenmen of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.345;
7:37	Thethe childrensons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.721;
7:38	Thethe childrensons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty3,930.
7:39	The priests: Thethe childrensons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.973;
7:40	Thethe childrensons of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.1,052;
7:41	Thethe childrensons of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.1,247;
7:42	Thethe childrensons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen1,017.
7:43	The Levites: the childrensons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the childrensons of Hodevah, seventy and four74.
7:44	The singers: the childrensons of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight148.
7:45	The portersgatekeepers: the childrensons of Shallum, the childrensons of Ater, the childrensons of Talmon, the childrensons of Akkub, the childrensons of Hatita, the childrensons of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight138.
7:46	The Nethinimtemple servants: the childrensons of Ziha, the childrensons of Hasupha, the childrensons of Tabbaoth,
7:47	the childrensons of Keros, the childrensons of Sia, the childrensons of Padon,
7:48	the childrensons of Lebana, the childrensons of Hagaba, the childrensons of SalmaiShalmai,
7:49	the childrensons of Hanan, the childrensons of Giddel, the childrensons of Gahar,
7:50	the childrensons of Reaiah, the childrensons of Rezin, the childrensons of Nekoda,
7:51	the childrensons of Gazzam, the childrensons of Uzza, the childrensons of Paseah.,
7:52	Thethe childrensons of Besai, the childrensons of Meunim, the childrensons of Nephushesim,
7:53	the childrensons of Bakbuk, the childrensons of Hakupha, the childrensons of Harhur,
7:54	the childrensons of Bazlith, the childrensons of Mehida, the childrensons of Harsha,
7:55	the childrensons of Barkos, the childrensons of Sisera, the childrensons of Temah,
7:56	the childrensons of Neziah, the childrensons of Hatipha.
7:57	The childrensons of Solomons servants: the childrensons of Sotai, the childrensons of Sophereth, the childrensons of Perida,
7:58	the childrensons of Jaala, the childrensons of Darkon, the childrensons of Giddel,
7:59	the childrensons of Shephatiah, the childrensons of Hattil, the childrensons of Pochereth hazzebaim, the childrensons of Amon.
7:60	All the Nethinim,temple servants and the childrensons of Solomons servants, were three hundred ninety and two392.
7:61	And these were they thatwho wentcame up from Tel melah, Tel harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers houses, noror their seeddescendants, whether they were of Israel:
7:62	Thethe childrensons of Delaiah, the childrensons of Tobiah, the childrensons of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two642.
7:63	And of the priests: the childrensons of Hobaiah, the childrensons of Hakkoz, the childrensons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and was callednamed after their namethem.
7:64	These soughtsearched their register among thosetheir thatancestral were reckoned by genealogyregistration, but it wascould not found:be located; therefore they were theyconsidered deemedunclean polluted and putexcluded from the priesthood.
7:65	And the governor said untoto them, that they should not eat offrom the most holy things, tilluntil there stood up a priest arose with Urim and Thummim.
7:66	The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore42,360,
7:67	besides their menmale servants and their maidfemale servants, of whom there were seven7,337; thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two245 hundredmale forty and fivefemale singing men and singing womensingers.
7:68	Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six736; their mules, two hundred forty and five245;
7:69	their camels, four hundred thirty and five435; their assesdonkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty6,720.
7:70	And some from among the heads of fathers houseshouseholds gave untoto the work. The governor gave to the treasury a1,000 thousandgold darics of golddrachmas, fifty50 basins, five530 hundred and thirty priests garments.
7:71	And some of the heads of fathers houseshouseholds gave into the treasury of the work twenty20,000 thousandgold darics of golddrachmas, and two2,200 thousandsilver and two hundred pounds of silverminas.
7:72	And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty20,000 thousandgold daricsdrachmas ofand gold2,000 andsilver two thousand pounds of silverminas, and threescore67 and seven priests garments.
7:73	SoNow the priests, and the Levites, and the portersgatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinimtemple servants, and all Israel, dweltlived in their cities. And when the seventh month was comecame, the childrensons of Israel were in their cities.
8:1	And all the people gathered themselves together as one man intoat the broadsquare placewhich that was beforein front of the waterWater gate;Gate, and they spakeasked unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovahthe Lord had commandedgiven to Israel.
8:2	AndThen Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, bothof men, and women, and all thatwho could hearlisten with understanding, uponon the first day of the seventh month.
8:3	And he read thereinfrom it before the broadsquare placewhich that was beforein front of the waterWater gateGate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those thatwho could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive untoto the book of the law.
8:4	And Ezra the scribe stood uponat a pulpitwooden ofpodium wood, which they had made for the purpose;. andAnd beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand.
8:5	And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
8:6	AndThen Ezra blessed Jehovah,the Lord the great God;. andAnd all the people answered, Amen, Amen,! withwhile the lifting up of their hands:; andthen they bowed theirlow heads, and worshippedworshiped Jehovahthe Lord with their faces to the ground.
8:7	Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, causedexplained the peoplelaw to understand the law:people andwhile the people stoodremained in their place.
8:8	And they read infrom the book, infrom the law of God, distinctly;translating andto theygive gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
8:9	AndThen Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest theand scribe, and the Levites thatwho taught the people, said untoto all the people, This day is holy untoto Jehovahthe Lord your God; mourndo not, normourn or weep. For all the people wept,were weeping when they heard the words of the law.
8:10	Then he said untoto them, Go your way, eat of the fat, and drink of the sweet, and send portions untoto him forwho whomhas nothing is prepared; for this day is holy untoto our Lord:. neitherDo not be ye grieved;, for the joy of Jehovahthe Lord is your strength.
8:11	So the Levites stilledcalmed all the people, saying, HoldBe your peacestill, for the day is holy; neitherdo not be ye grieved.
8:12	And all the people went theiraway way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to makecelebrate a great mirthfestival, because they had understood the words thatwhich werehad declaredbeen untomade known to them.
8:13	AndThen on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers houseshouseholds of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, untowere gathered to Ezra the scribe, eventhat tothey givemight attentiongain toinsight into the words of the law.
8:14	And they found written in the law, how thatthe JehovahLord had commanded bythrough Moses, that the childrensons of Israel should dwelllive in booths induring the feast of the seventh month;.
8:15	andSo that they shouldproclaimed publish and proclaimcirculated a proclamation in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forthout untoto the mounthills, and fetchbring olive branches, and branches of wild olive branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thickother leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.
8:16	So the people went forth,out and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyfor onethemselves, uponeach theon roof of his houseroof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broadsquare placeat of the waterWater gateGate, and in the broadsquare placeat of the gateGate of Ephraim.
8:17	And all the entire assembly of themthose thatwho werehad comereturned againfrom out of the captivity made booths, and dweltlived in thethem. booths:The forsons sinceof Israel had indeed not done so from the days of JeshuaJoshua the son of Nun untoto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladnessrejoicing.
8:18	AlsoAnd dayhe byread day, from the firstbook dayof unto the lastlaw day,of heGod readdaily, infrom the bookfirst ofday to the lawlast of Godday. And they keptcelebrated the feast seven days;, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according untoto the ordinance.
9:1	Now inon the twenty and fourth day of this month the childrensons of Israel were assembled with fasting, andin with sackcloth, and earthwith dirt upon them.
9:2	And the seeddescendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
9:3	AndWhile they stood up in their place, andthey read infrom the book of the law of Jehovahthe Lord their God for a fourth part of the day; and for another fourth part they confessed, and worshippedworshiped Jehovahthe Lord their God.
9:4	ThenNow stoodon up upon the stairsLevites ofplatform thestood Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried with a loud voice untoto Jehovahthe Lord their God.
9:5	Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, StandArise, upbless andthe blessLord Jehovah your God fromforever everlastingand toever! everlasting;O andmay blessedThy be thy glorious name, whichbe isblessed And exalted above all blessing and praise.!
9:6	Thou alone art Jehovah,the evenLord. thouThou alone; thou hast made heaventhe heavens, theThe heaven of heavens, with all their host, theThe earth and all things that areis thereonon it, theThe seas and all that is in them,. andThou thoudost preservestgive themlife to all; andof them And the heavenly host ofbows heavendown worshippethbefore theeThee.
9:7	Thou art Jehovah the Lord God, whoWho didstchose choose Abram, andAnd broughtestbrought him forth out offrom Ur of the Chaldees, andAnd gavestgave him the name of Abraham,.
9:8	andAnd foundestThou didst find his heart faithful before theeThee, andAnd madestdidst make a covenant with him toTo give him the land of the Canaanite, Of the Hittite, and the Amorite, andOf the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, toTo give it untoto his seed,descendants. andAnd Thou hast performedfulfilled thyThy words;promise, forFor thouThou art righteous.
9:9	AndThou thoudidst sawestsee the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, andAnd heardestdidst hear their cry by the Red Sea,.
9:10	andThen showedstThou didst perform signs and wonders uponagainst Pharaoh, andAgainst on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; forFor thouThou knewestdidst know that they dealtacted proudlyarrogantly againsttoward them, andAnd didst getmake thee a name, for Thyself as it is this day.
9:11	And thouThou didst divide the sea before them, soSo that they wentpassed through the midst of the sea on the dry landground; andAnd their pursuers thouThou didst casthurl into the depths, asLike a stone into theraging mighty waters.
9:12	MoreoverAnd inwith a pillar of cloud thouThou leddestdidst lead them by day;, andAnd inwith a pillar of fire by night, toTo givelight for them light in the way whereinIn which they shouldwere to go.
9:13	Then Thou camestdidst come down alsoon uponMount mount Sinai, andAnd spakestdidst speak with them from heaven,; andThou gavestdidst give to them rightjust ordinances and true laws, goodGood statutes and commandments,.
9:14	andSo madestThou didst make known untoto them thyThy holy sabbath, andAnd commandedstdidst lay down for them commandments, and statutes, and a law, byThrough MosesThy thyservant servant,Moses.
9:15	andThou gavestdidst themprovide bread from heaven for them for their hunger, andThou broughtestdidst bring forth water forfrom thema outrock offor thethem rock for their thirst, andAnd commandedstThou themdidst thattell theythem shouldto goenter in order to possess theThe land which thouThou hadstdidst swornswear to give them.
9:16	But they, and our fathers, dealtacted proudly,arrogantly; andThey hardenedbecame theirstubborn neck, and hearkenedwould not listen to thyThy commandments,.
9:17	andAnd they refused to obeylisten, neitherAnd weredid mindfulnot ofremember thyThy wonderswondrous thatdeeds thouwhich didstThou hadst performed among them,; butSo hardenedthey theirbecame neck,stubborn and in their rebellion appointed a captainleader to return to their bondageslavery in Egypt. But thouThou art a God readyof to pardonforgiveness, graciousGracious and mercifulcompassionate, slowSlow to anger, and abundantabounding in lovingkindness,; andAnd forsookestThou themdidst not forsake them.
9:18	Yea,Even when they had made themfor athemselves moltenA calf, andof molten metal And said, This is thyyour God thatWho brought theeyou up outfrom of Egypt, andAnd hadcommitted wrought great provocations;blasphemies,
9:19	yetThou, thou in thyThy manifoldgreat merciescompassion, forsookestDidst not forsake them not in the wilderness:; theThe pillar of cloud departeddid not fromleave over them by day, toTo leadguide them inon thetheir way;, neitherNor the pillar of fire by night, to showlight for them light, and the way whereinin which they shouldwere to go.
9:20	And Thou gavestdidst alsogive thyThy good Spirit to instruct them, andThy withheldestmanna Thou didst not thywithhold manna from their mouth, andAnd gavestThou didst give them water for their thirst.
9:21	YeaIndeed, forty years Thou didst thouprovide sustainfor them in the wilderness, and they lackedwere nothingnot in want; theirTheir clothes waxeddid not oldwear out, andnor did their feet swelled notswell.
9:22	MoreoverThou thoudidst gavestalso give them kingdoms and peoples, whichAnd thouThou didst allot afterthem theirto portions:them soas theya possessedboundary. theAnd landthey oftook Sihon,possession evenof the land of Sihon the king of Heshbon, andAnd the land of Og the king of Bashan.
9:23	TheirAnd childrenThou alsodidst multipliedstmake thoutheir sons numerous as the stars of heaven, andAnd broughtestThou didst bring them into the land concerningWhich whichThou thouhadst didsttold say to their fathers, thatto theyenter shouldand go in to possess it.
9:24	So thetheir childrensons wententered in and possessed the land,. andAnd thouThou subduedstdidst subdue before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, andAnd gavestThou didst give them into their handshand, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, thatTo they might do with them as they woulddesired.
9:25	And they tookcaptured fortified cities, and a fatfertile land,. andThey possessedtook possession of houses full of allevery good thingsthing, Hewn cisterns hewn out, vineyards, andolive oliveyardsgroves, andFruit fruit trees in abundance:. soSo they did eatate, and were filled, and becamegrew fat, andAnd delightedreveled themselves in thyThy great goodness.
9:26	NeverthelessBut they werebecame disobedient, and rebelled against theeThee, andAnd cast thyThy law behind their back,backs andAnd slewkilled thyThy prophets thatwho testifiedhad againstadmonished them toSo turnthat themthey againmight untoreturn theeto Thee, andAnd they wroughtcommitted great provocationsblasphemies.
9:27	Therefore thouThou deliveredstdidst deliver them into the hand of their adversaries,oppressors who distressedoppressed them:, andBut when they cried to Thee in the time of their troubledistress, whenThou theydidst criedhear unto thee, thou heardest from heaven;, and according to thyThy manifoldgreat merciescompassion thouThou gavestdidst give them savioursdeliverers who saveddelivered them outfrom of the hand of their adversariesoppressors.
9:28	But afteras soon as they had rest, they did evil again before theeThee; thereforeTherefore leftestThou thoudidst abandon them into the hand of their enemies, so that they hadruled the dominion over them:. yetWhen when they returned,cried andagain criedto unto theeThee, thouThou heardestdidst hear from heaven;, andAnd many times Thou didst thourescue deliver them according to thyThy merciescompassion,
9:29	andAnd testifiedstadmonished against them, thatin thouorder mightestto bringturn them againback untoto thyThy law. Yet they dealtacted proudly,arrogantly and hearkeneddid not untolisten thyto Thy commandments, but sinned against thineThine ordinances, By which if a man do,observes them he shall live. inAnd them,they andturned withdrewa thestubborn shoulder, and hardenedstiffened their neck, and would not hearlisten.
9:30	YetHowever, manyThou years didst thou bear with them for many years, andAnd testifiedstadmonished against them by thyThy Spirit through thyThy prophets:, yetYet they would they not give ear:. thereforeTherefore gavestThou thoudidst give them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
9:31	Nevertheless, in thyThy manifoldgreat merciescompassion thouThou didst not make aan full end of them, noror forsake them;, forFor thouThou art a gracious and mercifulcompassionate God.
9:32	Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terribleawesome God, who keepestdost keep covenant and lovingkindness, letDo not let all the travailhardship seem littleinsignificant before theeThee, thatWhich hathhas come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thyThy people, sinceFrom the timedays of the kings of Assyria untoto this day.
9:33	HowbeitHowever, thouThou art just in all that ishas come upon us; forFor thouThou hast dealt trulyfaithfully, but we have doneacted wickedly;.
9:34	neitherFor have our kings, our princesleaders, our priests, norand our fathers, have not kept thyThy law, norOr hearkenedpaid untoattention thyto Thy commandments and thyThine testimoniesadmonitions wherewithwith thouwhich didstThou testifyhast againstadmonished them.
9:35	ForBut they, have not served thee in their own kingdom, andWith inThy thy great goodness thatwhich thouThou gavestdidst give them, andWith in the largebroad and fatrich land which thouThou gavestdidst set before them, neitherDid turnednot theyserve Thee or turn from their wickedevil worksdeeds.
9:36	Behold, we are servantsslaves this daytoday, andAnd as forto the land thatwhich thouThou gavestdidst untogive to our fathers to eat theof its fruit thereof and theits good thereofbounty, beholdBehold, we are servantsslaves inon it.
9:37	And itits yieldethabundant muchproduce increaseis untofor the kings whomWhom thouThou hast set over us because of our sins:; They also theyrule have power over our bodies, andAnd over our cattle, atas theirthey pleasureplease, andSo we are in great distress.
9:38	AndNow yetbecause forof all this weWe makeare amaking surean covenant,agreement andin write itwriting; andAnd on the sealed document are the names of our princesleaders, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.
10:1	Now thoseon thatthe sealed document were the names of: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
10:8	Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah;. theseThese were the priests.
10:9	And the Levites: namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
10:10	andalso their brethren,brothers Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
10:14	The chiefsleaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
10:19	Hariph, Anathoth, NobaiNebai,
10:26	and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
10:28	AndNow the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the portersgatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinimtemple servants, and all theythose thatwho had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands untoto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyall onethose thatwho had knowledge, and understanding;,
10:29	theyare clavejoining towith their brethrenkinsmen, their nobles, and enteredare intotaking on themselves a curse, and into an oath, to walk in Gods law, which was given bythrough Moses, theGods servant of God, and to observekeep and doto observe all the commandments of JehovahGod our Lord, and hisHis ordinances and hisHis statutes;
10:30	and that we wouldwill not give our daughters untoto the peoples of the land, noror take their daughters for our sons;.
10:31	andAs iffor the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we wouldwill not buy offrom them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we wouldwill forego the crops the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
10:32	AlsoWe wealso madeplaced ordinancesourselves forunder us,obligation to chargecontribute ourselves yearly withone the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;:
10:33	for the showbread, and for the continual mealgrain offering, and for the continual burnt offering, for the sabbaths, for the new moonsmoon, for the setappointed feaststimes, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
10:34	AndLikewise we cast lots, for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people, forin theorder woodthat offering,they tomight bring it intoto the house of our God, according to our fathers houseshouseholds, at fixed times appointedannually, year by year, to burn uponon the altar of Jehovahthe Lord our God, as it is written in the law;
10:35	and toin order that they might bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all the fruit of allevery mannertree ofto trees,the yearhouse byof year, unto the houseLord of Jehovah;annually,
10:36	alsoand bring to the house of our God the first born of our sons, and of our cattle, asand it is written in the law,first andborn the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, toas bringit tois thewritten housein ofthe our Godlaw, untofor the priests thatwho ministerare ministering in the house of our God;.
10:37	andWe thatwill wealso should bring the first fruits of our dough, and our heave offeringscontributions, and the fruit of allevery manner of treestree, the new wine and the oil, untoto the priests, toat the chambers of the house of our God;, and the tithestithe of our ground untoto the Levites;, for they, the Levites, takeare they who receive the tithes in all the citiesrural of our tillagetowns.
10:38	And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites, when the Levites takereceive tithes:, and the Levites shall bring up the tithetenth of the tithes untoto the house of our God, to the chambers, intoof the treasure housestorehouse.
10:39	For the childrensons of Israel and the childrensons of Levi shall bring the heavecontribution offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, untoto the chambers,; wherethere are the vesselsutensils of the sanctuary, and the priests thatwho ministerare ministering, and the portersgatekeepers, and the singers:. andThus we will not forsakeneglect the house of our God.
11:1	AndNow the princesleaders of the people dweltlived in Jerusalem:, but the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one out of ten to dwelllive in Jerusalem, the holy city, andwhile nine partstenths remained in the other cities.
11:2	And the people blessed all the men thatwho willinglyvolunteered offered themselves to dwelllive in Jerusalem.
11:3	Now these are the chiefsheads of the provinceprovinces thatwho dweltlived in Jerusalem:, but in the cities of Judah dwelteach everylived oneon in his possessionown property in their cities, tothe witIsraelites, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim,temple servants and the childrendescendants of Solomons servants.
11:4	And insome Jerusalem dwelt certain of the childrensons of Judah, and some of the childrensons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. OfFrom the childrensons 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 childrensons of Perez;
11:6	All the sons of Perez thatwho dweltlived in Jerusalem were four468 hundredable threescore and eight valiant men.
11:7	AndNow 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.;
11:8	Andand after him Gabbai, and Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight928.
11:9	And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer;, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second overin command of the city.
11:10	OfFrom the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
11:11	Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the rulerleader of the house of God,
11:12	and their brethrenkinsmen thatwho didperformed the work of the housetemple, eight hundred twenty and two822; 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,
11:13	and his brethrenkinsmen, chiefsheads of fathers houseshouseholds, two hundred forty and two242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
11:14	and their brethrenbrothers, mightyvaliant men of valorwarriors, a128. hundredAnd twenty and eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
11:15	AndNow offrom the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
11:16	and Shabbethai and Jozabad, offrom the chiefsleaders of the Levites, who hadwere thein oversightcharge of the outwardoutside businesswork of the house of God;
11:17	and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chiefleader toin beginbeginning the thanksgiving inat prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
11:18	All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four284.
11:19	MoreoverAlso the portersgatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, thatwho kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two172.
11:20	And the residuerest of Israel, of the priests, and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyeach oneon in his own inheritance.
11:21	But the Nethinimtemple dweltservants were living in Ophel:, and Ziha and Gishpa were overin charge of the Nethinimtemple servants.
11:22	TheNow the overseer also of the Levites atin Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, offrom the sons of Asaph, who were the singers, overfor the businessservice of the house of God.
11:23	For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settledfirm provisionregulation for the singers,song asleaders everyday by day required.
11:24	And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the childrensons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the kings handrepresentative in all matters concerning the people.
11:25	AndNow as for the villages, with their fields, some of the childrensons of Judah dweltlived in Kiriath arba and theits towns thereof, and in Dibon and theits towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and theits villages thereof,
11:26	and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth pelet,
11:27	and in Hazar shual, and in BeerBeersheba sheba and theits towns thereof,
11:28	and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in theits towns thereof,
11:29	and in En rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,
11:30	Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and theits fields thereof, Azekah and theits towns thereof. So they encamped from BeerBeersheba shebaas untofar as the valley of Hinnom.
11:31	The childrensons of Benjamin also dweltlived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at BethBethel el and theits towns thereof,
11:35	Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
11:36	And offrom the Levites, certainsome coursesdivisions in Judah werebelonged joined to Benjamin.
12:1	Now these are the priests and the Levites thatwho wentcame up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
12:6	Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.,
12:7	Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefsheads of the priests and of their brethrenkinsmen in the days of Jeshua.
12:8	MoreoverAnd the Levites: were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was overin charge of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brethrenbrothers.
12:9	Also Bakbukiah and UnnoUnni, their brethrenbrothers, werestood overopposite against them accordingin to their officesservice divisions.
12:10	And Jeshua begatbecame the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim begatbecame the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib begatbecame the father of Joiada,
12:11	and Joiada begatbecame the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan begatbecame the father of Jaddua.
12:12	AndNow in the days of Joiakim werethe priests, the heads of fathers houseshouseholds were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
12:19	and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
12:22	As for the Levites, the heads of fathers households were registered in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua,; thereso were recorded the heads of fathers houses; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
12:23	The sons of Levi, the heads of fathers houseshouseholds, were writtenregistered in the bookBook of the chronicles,Chronicles evenup untilto the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
12:24	And the chiefsheads of the Levites: were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethrenbrothers overopposite against them, to praise and give thanks, accordingas toprescribed theby commandment of David the man of God, watchdivision nextcorresponding to watchdivision.
12:25	Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub, were portersgatekeepers keeping the watch at the storestorehouses houses of the gates.
12:26	These wereserved 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 theand scribe.
12:27	AndNow at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites outfrom of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, toso keepthat they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings,hymns of thanksgiving and with singing,songs withto the accompaniment of cymbals, psalteriesharps, and with harpslyres.
12:28	AndSo the sons of the singers gatheredwere themselvesassembled together,from both out of the plaindistrict roundaround about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;,
12:29	also from Beth gilgal, and outfrom oftheir the fields ofin Geba and Azmaveth:, for the singers had buildedbuilt themthemselves villages roundaround about Jerusalem.
12:30	And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they also purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
12:31	Then I broughthad up the princesleaders of Judah uponcome up on top of the wall, and I appointed two great companieschoirs, thatthe gavefirst thanksproceeding andto wentthe inright procession; whereof one went on thetop rightof hand upon the wall toward the dungRefuse gate:Gate.
12:32	and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princesleaders of Judah followed them,
12:33	andwith Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
12:34	Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
12:35	and certainsome of the sons of the priests sons with trumpets:; and 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;,
12:36	and his brethrenkinsmen, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God;. andAnd Ezra the scribe waswent before them.
12:37	And byat the fountainFountain gate,Gate and straight before them, they went directly up by the stairssteps of the city of David, atby the ascentstairway of the wall, above the house of David, evento unto the waterWater gateGate eastwardon the east.
12:38	AndThe thesecond otherchoir companyproceeded of them that gave thanks went to meetthe themleft, andwhile I afterfollowed them, with the half of the people, uponon the wall, above the towerTower of the furnacesFurnaces, evento unto the broadBroad wallWall,
12:39	and above the gateGate of Ephraim, and by the oldOld gateGate, and by the fishFish gateGate, and the towerTower of Hananel, and the towerTower of Hammeahthe Hundred, evenas untofar as the sheepSheep gate:Gate, and they stoodstopped stillat in the gateGate of the guardGuard.
12:40	SoThen stood the two companieschoirs oftook themtheir thatstand gave thanks in the house of God,. andSo did I, and the half of the rulersofficials with me;
12:41	and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with the trumpets;
12:42	and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.leader,
12:43	Andand on that day they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; forbecause God had madegiven them rejoice with great joy;, andeven the women also and the children rejoiced:, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard evenfrom afar off.
12:44	AndOn on that day men were menalso appointed over the chambers for the treasuresstores, for the heave offeringscontributions, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, accordingfrom to the fields of the cities, the portions appointedrequired by the law for the priests and Levites:; for Judah rejoiced forover the priests and for the Levites thatwho waitedserved.
12:45	AndFor they keptperformed the chargeworship of their God, and the chargeservice of the purification, andtogether sowith did the singers and the porters,gatekeepers accordingin toaccordance with the commandmentcommand of David, and of Solomon his son Solomon.
12:46	For in the days of David and Asaph, ofin oldancient times, there waswere aleaders chief of the singers, and songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving untoto God.
12:47	And so all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions ofdue the singers and the porters,gatekeepers as everyeach day required:, and they set apart thatthe whichconsecrated wasportion for the Levites;, and the Levites set apart thatthe whichconsecrated wasportion for the sons of Aaron.
13:1	On that day they read inaloud from the book of Moses in the audiencehearing of the people; and thereinthere was found written, in it that anno Ammonite andor a Moabite should notever enter into the assembly of God for ever,
13:2	because they metdid not meet the childrensons of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them:. howbeitHowever, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
13:3	AndSo it came to passabout, that when they had heard the law, that they separatedexcluded from Israel all theforeigners mixedfrom multitudeIsrael.
13:4	Now beforeprior to this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being alliedrelated untoto Tobiah,
13:5	had prepared fora himlarge aroom greatfor chamberhim, where aforetimeformerly they laidput the mealgrain offerings, the frankincense, and the vesselsutensils, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, whichprescribed werefor given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters;gatekeepers, and the heavecontributions offerings for the priests.
13:6	But induring all this time I was not atin Jerusalem;, for in the twothirty andsecond thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I wenthad untogone to the king:. andAfter aftersome certaintime, dayshowever, I asked I leave offrom the king,
13:7	and I came to Jerusalem, and understoodlearned about the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, inby preparing him a chamberroom for him in the courts of the house of God.
13:8	And it grievedwas very displeasing to me, sore:so therefore I castthrew forth all theof Tobiahs household stuffgoods of Tobiah out of the chamberroom.
13:9	Then I commanded,gave an order and they cleansed the chambers:rooms; and thitherI broughtreturned Ithere again the vesselsutensils of the house of God, with the mealgrain offerings and the frankincense.
13:10	And I perceivedalso discovered that the portions of the Levites had not been given them;, so that the Levites and the singers, thatwho didperformed the work,service werehad fledgone everyaway, oneeach to his own field.
13:11	ThenSo contended I withreprimanded the rulers,officials and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? AndThen I gathered them together, and setrestored them into their placeposts.
13:12	ThenAll broughtJudah allthen Judahbrought the tithe of the grain, and the new wine, and the oil untointo the treasuriesstorehouses.
13:13	And Iin madecharge treasurersof over the treasuries,storehouses I appointed Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, Pedaiah: and nextin addition to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were countedconsidered faithfulreliable, and it was their businesstask was to distribute untoto their brethrenkinsmen.
13:14	Remember me for this, O my God, concerning this, and wipedo not blot out my goodloyal deeds thatwhich I have doneperformed for the house of my God, and forits the observances thereofservices.
13:15	In those days I saw I in Judah some menwho were treading winepresseswine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves,sacks of grain and ladingloading assesthem therewith;on donkeys, as alsowell as wine, grapes, and figs, and all mannerkinds of burdensloads, whichand they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day:. andSo I testifiedadmonished against them inon the day wherein they sold victualsfood.
13:16	ThereAlso dwelt men of Tyre alsowere therein,living there who broughtimported in fish, and all mannerkinds of waresmerchandise, and sold onthem to the sabbathsons untoof theJudah childrenon ofthe Judahsabbath, andeven in Jerusalem.
13:17	Then I contendedreprimanded with the nobles of Judah, and said untoto them, What is this evil thing isyou thisare that ye dodoing, andby profaneprofaning the sabbath day?
13:18	Did not your fathers thus,do andthe didsame notso that our God bringbrought allon this evil upon us, and uponon this city, all this trouble? yetYet yeyou bringare moreadding to the wrath uponon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
13:19	And it came toabout pass that, whenjust as it grew dark at 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 beopen openedthem tilluntil after the sabbath:. andThen I stationed some of my servants setat I over the gates, that there should no burdenload beshould broughtenter in on the sabbath day.
13:20	SoOnce or twice the merchantstraders and sellersmerchants of allevery kind of waresmerchandise lodgedspent withoutthe Jerusalemnight onceoutside or twiceJerusalem.
13:21	Then I testifiedwarned against them, and said untoto them, Why lodgedo yeyou aboutspend the night in front of the wall? ifIf yeyou do so again, I will layuse handsforce onagainst you. From that time forthon came they nodid morenot come on the sabbath.
13:22	And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come andas keepgatekeepers the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. RememberFor untothis also remember me, O my God, thisand also,have andcompassion spareon me according to the greatness of thyThy lovingkindness.
13:23	In those days I also saw Ithat the Jews that had married women offrom Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:.
13:24	andAs for their children, spake half spoke in the speechlanguage of Ashdod, and couldnone notof them was able to speak in the Jewslanguage languageof Judah, but according to the language of eachhis own people.
13:25	AndSo I contended with them, and cursed them, and smotestruck certainsome of them, and pluckedpulled offout their hair, and made them swear by God, saying,You Ye shall not give your daughters untoto their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
13:26	Did not Solomon king of Israel sin byregarding these things? yetYet among the many nations there was there no king like him, and he was belovedloved ofby his God, and God made him king over all Israel:; nevertheless eventhe him did foreign women causecaused even him to sin.
13:27	ShallDo we then hearkenhear untoabout you tothat doyou have committed all this great evil, toby trespassacting unfaithfully against our God inby marrying foreign women?
13:28	AndEven one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son in law toof Sanballat the Horonite:, thereforeso I chaseddrove him away from me.
13:29	Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
13:30	Thus cleansed I purified them from alleverything foreigners,foreign and appointed chargesduties for the priests and for the Levites, everyeach one in his work;task,
13:31	and I arranged for the supply of wood offering, at appointed times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.