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1:1	Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that theYahwehs word of Jehovah by theJeremiahs mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, JehovahYahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
1:2	Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia says, AllYahweh, the kingdomsGod of theheaven, earthhas hathgiven Jehovah,me all the Godkingdoms of heaven,the given meearth; and he hathhas chargedcommanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
1:3	WhosoeverWhoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel he is God, which is in Jerusalem.
1:4	AndWhoever whosoever is left, in any place where he sojournethlives, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beastsanimals, besidesin addition to the freewillfree will offering for theGods house of God which is in Jerusalem.
1:5	Then rose up the heads of fathers houseshouseholds of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up, rose up to build theYahwehs house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem.
1:6	AndAll allthose theywho that were roundaround about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beastsanimals, and with precious things, besidesin addition to all that was willingly offered.
1:7	Also Cyrus the king brought forthout the vessels of theYahwehs house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;
1:8	even those, did Cyrus king of Persia bringbrought forthout by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numberedcounted them untoout to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
1:9	AndThis this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, aone thousand platters of silver, twenty nine and twenty knives,
1:10	thirty bowls of gold, four hundred ten silver bowls of a second sortkind, four hundred and ten,one andthousand other vessels a thousand.
1:11	All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. AllSheshbazzar thesebrought didall Sheshbazzarthese bring up, when they of the captivitycaptives were brought up from Babylon untoto Jerusalem.
2:1	Now these are the children of the province, thatwho went up out of the captivity of those thatwho had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away untoto Babylon, and thatwho returned untoto Jerusalem and Judah, everyeveryone oneto unto his city;
2:2	who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
2:3	The children of Parosh, two thousand aone hundred seventy and two.
2:4	The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
2:5	The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
2:6	The children of Pahath moabPahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
2:7	The children of Elam, aone thousand two hundred fifty and four.
2:8	The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
2:9	The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescoresixty.
2:10	The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
2:11	The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
2:12	The children of Azgad, aone thousand two hundred twenty and two.
2:13	The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
2:14	The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
2:15	The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
2:16	The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
2:17	The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
2:18	The children of Jorah, aone hundred and twelve.
2:19	The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
2:20	The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
2:21	The children of Beth lehemBethlehem, aone hundred twenty and three.
2:22	The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
2:23	The men of Anathoth, aone hundred twenty and eight.
2:24	The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
2:25	The children of Kiriath arimArim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
2:26	The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
2:27	The men of Michmas, aone hundred twenty and two.
2:28	The men of BethBethel el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
2:29	The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
2:30	The children of Magbish, aone hundred fifty and six.
2:31	The children of the other Elam, aone thousand two hundred fifty and four.
2:32	The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
2:33	The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
2:34	The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
2:35	The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
2:36	The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
2:37	The children of Immer, aone thousand fifty and two.
2:38	The children of Pashhur, aone thousand two hundred forty and seven.
2:39	The children of Harim, aone thousand and seventeen.
2:40	The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
2:41	The singers: the children of Asaph, aone hundred twenty and eight.
2:42	The children of the portersgatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all aone hundred thirty and nine.
2:43	The Nethinimtemple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
2:57	the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth hazzebaimHazzebaim, the children of Ami.
2:58	All the Nethinimtemple servants, and the children of Solomons servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
2:59	AndThese these were theythose thatwho went up from Tel melahMelah, Tel harshaHarsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers houses, and their seedoffspring, whether they were of Israel:
2:60	the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
2:61	AndOf of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, and the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
2:62	These sought their registerplace among those thatwho were reckonedregistered by genealogy, but they were not found:; therefore they were they deemed polluteddisqualified and putremoved from the priesthood.
2:63	AndThe the governor saidtold unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, tilluntil therea priest stood up ato priestserve with Urim and with Thummim.
2:64	The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescoresixty,
2:65	besidesin addition to their menmale servants and their maidfemale servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven:; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
2:66	Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
2:67	their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their assesdonkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
2:68	AndSome some of the heads of fathers houseshouseholds, when they came to theYahwehs house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for theGods house of God to set it up in its place:.
2:69	theyThey gave afteraccording to their ability into the treasury of the work threescoresixty and one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand poundsminas of silver, and one hundred priests garments.
2:70	So the priests, and the Levites, andwith some of the people, and the singers, and the portersgatekeepers, and the Nethinimtemple servants, dweltlived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
3:1	AndWhen when the seventh month washad come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
3:2	Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, andstood up with his brethrenbrothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethrenrelatives, and buildedbuilt the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereonon it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
3:3	AndIn theyspite setof thetheir altarfear uponbecause itsof base;the forpeoples fearof wasthe uponsurrounding themlands, becausethey ofset the peoplesaltar ofon theits countries:base; and they offered burnt offerings thereonon untoit Jehovahto Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
3:4	AndThey they kept the feast of tabernaclesbooths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
3:5	and afterward the continual burnt offering, and the offerings of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of JehovahYahweh that were consecrated, and of everyeveryone onewho that willingly offered a freewillfree will offering untoto JehovahYahweh.
3:6	From the first day of the seventh month, they began they to offer burnt offerings untoto Jehovah:Yahweh; but the foundation of theYahwehs temple of Jehovah was not yet laid.
3:7	They also gave money alsoto unto the masons, and to the carpenters;. andThey also gave food, and drink, and oil, untoto themthe people of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, untoto Joppa, according to the grant that they had offrom Cyrus kingKing of Persia.
3:8	Now in the second year of their coming untoto theGods house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethrenbrothers the priests and the Levites, and all theythose thatwho werehad come out of the captivity untoto Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of theYahwehs house of Jehovah.
3:9	Then Jeshua stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethrenbrothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in theGods house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethrenbrothers the Levites.
3:10	AndWhen when the builders laid the foundation of theYahwehs temple of Jehovah, they set the priests in their apparelvestments with trumpets, andwith the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise JehovahYahweh, afteraccording to the orderdirections of David king of Israel.
3:11	AndThey they sang to one to another in praising and giving thanks untoto JehovahYahweh, saying, For he is good, for his lovingkindnessloving endurethkindness forendures everforever toward Israel. AndAll all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised JehovahYahweh, because the foundation of theYahwehs house ofhad Jehovahbeen was laid.
3:12	But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers houseshouseholds, the old men thatwho had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice;. andMany manyalso shouted aloud for joy:,
3:13	so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afarfar offaway.
4:1	Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple untoto JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel;,
4:2	then they drewcame near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers houseshouseholds, and said untoto them, Let us build with you;, for we seek your God, as yeyou do; and we sacrificehave untobeen sacrificing to him since the days of Esar haddonHaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hitherhere.
4:3	But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers houseshouseholds of Israel, said untoto them, YeYou have nothing to do with us in building a house untoto our God; but we ourselves together will build untoto JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel, as kingKing Cyrus the king of Persia hathhas commanded us.
4:4	Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,.
4:5	andThey hired counsellorscounselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
4:6	AndIn in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
4:7	AndIn in the days of Artaxerxes, wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, untowrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian character, and setdelivered forth in the Syrian tonguelanguage.
4:8	Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king inas this sort:follows.
4:9	thenThen wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
4:10	and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and setsettled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so forth, wrote.
4:11	This is the copy of the letter that they sent: untoTo King Artaxerxes, thefrom king:your Thy servants, the menpeople beyond the River, and so forth.
4:12	Be it known untoto the king, that the Jews thatwho came up from theeyou arehave come to us untoto Jerusalem;. theyThey are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.
4:13	Be it known now untoto the king, that, if this city beis builded,built and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful untoto the kings.
4:14	Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meetappropriate for us to see the kings dishonor, therefore we have we sent and certifiedinformed the king;,
4:15	that search may be made in the book of the records of thyyour fathers:. soYou shaltwill thousee find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful untoto kings and provinces, and that they have movedstarted seditionrebellions within theit samein ofthe oldpast. time;That foris whichwhy cause was this city laidwas wastedestroyed.
4:16	We certifyinform the king that, if this city beis builded,built and the walls finished, bythen thisyou meanswill thou shalt have no portionpossession beyond the River.
4:17	Then sent the king sent an answer untoto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions thatwho dwelllive in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.
4:18	The letter which yeyou sent untoto us hathhas been plainly read before me.
4:19	And I decreed, and search hathhas been made, and it iswas found that this city ofhas old time hath made insurrection against kings in the past, and that rebellion and seditionrevolts have been made thereinin it.
4:20	There have also been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid untoto them.
4:21	Make ye now a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be notbuilt builded, until a decree shallis be made by me.
4:22	AndBe takecareful heed that yeyou not be not slack herein:doing whyso. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
4:23	Then when the copy of kingKing Artaxerxes letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem untoto the Jews, and made them to cease by force andof powerarms.
4:24	Then ceasedwork thestopped workon ofGods the house of God which is at Jerusalem;. andIt itstopped ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
5:1	Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied untoto the Jews thatwho were in Judah and Jerusalem;. They prophesied to them in the name of the God of Israel prophesied they unto them.
5:2	Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, rose up and began to build theGods house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
5:3	At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, andcame Shetharto bozenaithem, with Shetharbozenai and their companions, and saidasked thus unto them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
5:4	ThenThey wealso toldasked themfor after this manner, what the names of the men werewho that were making this building.
5:5	But the eye of their God was uponon the elders of the Jews, and they diddidnt not make them cease, tilluntil the matter should come to Darius, and thenan answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
5:6	The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar bozenaiShetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent untoto Darius the king; follows.
5:7	theyThey sent a letter untoto him, whereinin which was written thus: UntoTo Darius the king, all peace.
5:8	Be it known untoto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is buildedbeing built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls;. andThis this work goethgoes on with diligence and prosperethprospers in their hands.
5:9	Then we asked we those elders, and said untoto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
5:10	We asked them their names also, to certifyinform thee,you that we might write the names of the men thatwho were at thetheir head of them.
5:11	AndThus thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was buildedbuilt these many years ago, which a great king of Israel buildedbuilt and finished.
5:12	But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven untoto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
5:14	AndThe the gold and silver vessels also of theGods house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king takealso took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered untoto one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;.
5:15	andHe he said untoto him, Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let theGods house of God be buildedbuilt in its place.
5:16	Then came the same Sheshbazzar, came and laid the foundations of theGods house of God which is in Jerusalem:. andSince since that time even until now hath it has been inbeing buildingbuilt, and yet it is not completed.
5:17	Now therefore, if it seemseems good to the king, let therea search be search made in the kings treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it beis so, that a decree was made ofby Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
6:1	Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.
6:2	AndA therescroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, aand roll,in andit thereinthis was thus written for a record:
6:3	In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning theGods house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be buildedbuilt, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let theits foundations thereof be strongly laid;, thewith its height thereofsixty threescore cubits, and theits breadthwidth thereofsixty threescore cubits;
6:4	with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber:. andLet let the expenses be given out of the kings house.
6:5	AndAlso also let the gold and silver vessels of theGods house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought untoto Babylon, be restored, and brought again untoto the temple which is at Jerusalem, everyeverything one to its place;. andYou thoushall shalt put them in theGods house of God.
6:6	Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar bozenaiShetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, beyou yemust stay far from thence:there.
6:7	letLeave the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
6:8	Moreover I make a decree regarding what yeyou shall do tofor these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the kings goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses must be given with all diligence untoto these men, that they not be not hindered.
6:9	AndThat that which they have need of, bothincluding young bullocksbulls, and rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests thatwho are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;,
6:10	that they may offer sacrifices of sweetpleasant savoraroma untoto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
6:11	Also I have also made a decree, that whosoeverwhoever shallalters alter this wordmessage, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereonon it; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:.
6:12	andMay the God thatwho hathhas caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples thatwho shallstretch putout forth their hand to alter the samethis, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree;. letLet it be done with all diligence.
6:13	Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar bozenaiShetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because that Darius the king had sent, dida accordingly with all diligencedecree.
6:14	AndThe the elders of the Jews buildedbuilt and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. AndThey theybuilt builded and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
6:15	AndThis this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
6:16	AndThe the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
6:17	AndThey they offered at the dedication of this house of God aone hundred bullocksbulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve hemale goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
6:18	AndThey they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem;, as it is written in the book of Moses.
6:19	AndThe the children of the captivity kept the passoverPassover uponon the fourteenth day of the first month.
6:20	ForBecause the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together;, all of them were pure:. andThey they killed the passoverPassover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethrenbrothers the priests, and for themselves.
6:21	AndThe the children of Israel thatwho werehad comereturned again out of the captivity, and all suchwho as had separated themselves untoto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel, did eatate,
6:22	and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy:; forbecause JehovahYahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria untoto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of IsraelIsraels house.
7:6	this Ezra went up from Babylon. AndHe he was a readyskilled scribe in the law of Moses, which JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to theYahweh handhis ofGods Jehovahhand hison God upon him.
7:7	AndSome there went up some of the children of Israel, andincluding some of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the portersgatekeepers, and the Nethinim,temple untoservants went up to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
7:8	AndHe he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
7:9	For uponon the first day of the first month he began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month he came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God uponon him.
7:10	For Ezra had set his heart to seek theYahwehs law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances in Israel.
7:11	Now this is the copy of the letter that theKing king Artaxerxes gave untoto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of theYahwehs commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:
7:12	Artaxerxes, king of kings, untoTo Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven,. perfect and so forth.Now
7:13	I make a decree, that all theythose of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, thatwho areintend minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with theeyou.
7:14	ForasmuchBecause asyou thouare art sent ofby the king and his seven counsellors,counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thyyour God which is in thyyour hand,
7:15	and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellorscounselors have freely offered untoto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
7:16	and all the silver and gold that thouyou shaltwill find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewillfree will offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;.
7:17	thereforeTherefore thouyou shaltshall with all diligence buy with this money bullocksbulls, rams, and lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shaltshall offer them uponon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
7:18	AndWhatever whatsoeverseems shall seem good to theeyou and to thyyour brethrenbrothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that doaccording yeto after the will of your God.
7:19	AndThe the vessels that are given theeto you for the service of the house of thyyour God, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
7:20	AndWhatever whatsoever more shallwill be needfulneeded for the house of thyyour God, which thouyou shaltmay have occasion to bestowgive, bestowgive it out of the kings treasure house.
7:21	And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers thatwho are beyond the River, that whatsoeverwhatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shallrequires require of you, it shall be done with all diligence,
7:22	untoup ato one hundred talents of silver, and to aone hundred measurescors of wheat, and to aone hundred baths of wine, and to aone hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
7:23	WhatsoeverWhatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
7:24	Also we certifyinform you, that touchingit shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, and Levites, the singers, portersgatekeepers, Nethinimtemple servants, or servantslaborers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, upon them.
7:25	And thouYou, Ezra, afteraccording to the wisdom of thyyour God that is in thyyour hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people thatwho are beyond the River, who all such as know the laws of thyyour God; and teach ye him thatwho knowethdoesnt know them not.
7:26	AndWhoever whosoever will not do the law of thyyour God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed uponon him with all diligence, whether it beis untoto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
7:27	Blessed be JehovahYahweh, the God of our fathers, who hathhas put such a thing as this in the kings heart, to beautify theYahwehs house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;
7:28	and hathhas extended lovingkindnessloving untokindness to me before the king, and his counsellorscounselors, and before all the kings mighty princes. And I was strengthened according to theYahweh handmy ofGods Jehovahhand myon God upon me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
8:1	Now these are the heads of their fathers houseshouseholds, and this is the genealogy of themthose thatwho went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
8:3	Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were reckonedlisted by genealogy of the males aone hundred and fifty.
8:4	Of the sons of Pahath moabPahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.
8:6	AndOf of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
8:7	AndOf of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.
8:8	AndOf of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him fourscoreeighty males.
8:9	Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
8:10	AndOf of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him aone hundred andsixty threescore males.
8:11	AndOf of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty and eight males.
8:12	AndOf of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him aone hundred and ten males.
8:13	AndOf of the sons of Adonikam, thatwho were the last;, andtheir thesenames are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them threescoresixty males.
8:14	AndOf of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
8:15	And I gathered them together to the river that runnethruns to Ahava; and there we encamped three days:. andThen I viewedlooked around at the people, and the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi.
8:16	Then I sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, who were teachers.
8:17	And I sent them forthout untoto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should saytell unto Iddo, and his brethrenbrothers the Nethinim,temple servants at the place Casiphia, that they should bring untoto us ministers for the house of our God.
8:18	AndAccording according to the good hand of our God uponon us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel;, andnamely Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethrenbrothers, eighteen;
8:19	and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethrenbrothers and their sons, twenty;
8:20	and of the Nethinimtemple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim:temple allservants. All of them were mentioned by name.
8:21	Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek offrom him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substancepossessions.
8:22	For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy inon the way, because we had spoken untoto the king, saying, The hand of our God is uponon all themthose thatwho seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all themthose thatwho forsake him.
8:23	So we fasted and besoughtbegged our God for this:, and he wasgranted entreatedour of usrequest.
8:24	Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethrenbrothers with them,
8:25	and weighed untoto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellorscounselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:.
8:26	I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, andone hundred talents of silver vessels, aone hundred talents; of gold a hundred talents;,
8:27	and twenty bowls of gold, ofweighing aone thousand darics;, and two vessels of fine bright brassbronze, precious as gold.
8:28	And I said untoto them, YeYou are holy untoto JehovahYahweh, and the vessels are holy;. andThe the silver and the gold are a freewillfree will offering untoto JehovahYahweh, the God of your fathers.
8:29	Watch ye, and keep them, until yeyou weigh them before the chiefs of the priests, and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers houseshouseholds of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambersrooms of theYahwehs house of Jehovah.
8:30	So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem untoto the house of our God.
8:31	Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go untoto Jerusalem:. andThe the hand of our God was uponon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the lierbandits in wait by the way.
8:32	AndWe we came to Jerusalem, and abodestayed there three days.
8:33	AndOn on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas:; and with them waswere Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites—.
8:34	theEverything wholewas bycounted number and byweighed; weight: and all the weight was written at that time.
8:35	The children of the captivity, thatwho werehad come out of exile, offered burnt offerings untoto the God of Israel,: twelve bullocksbulls for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, and twelve hemale goats for a sin offering:. allAll this was a burnt offering untoto JehovahYahweh.
8:36	AndThey they delivered the kings commissions untoto the kings satraps,local governors and to the governors beyond the River:. andSo they furtheredsupported the people and theGods house of God.
9:1	Now when these things were done, the princes drewcame near untoto me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doingfollowing according to their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
9:2	For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seedoffspring have mingledmixed themselves with the peoples of the lands:. yeaYes, the hand of the princes and rulers hathhas been chief in this trespass.
9:3	AndWhen when I heard this thing, I renttore my garment and my robe, and pluckedpulled off the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
9:4	Then wereeveryone assembledwho unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, were assembled to me because of the trespass of them of the captivityexiles; and I sat confounded until the evening oblationoffering.
9:5	AndAt at the evening oblationoffering I aroserose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe renttorn; and I fell uponon my knees, and spread out my hands untoto JehovahYahweh my God;
9:6	and I said, OMy my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to theeyou, my God;, for our iniquities arehave increased over our head, and our guiltiness ishas grown up untoto the heavens.
9:7	Since the days of our fathers we have been exceedingexceedingly guilty untoto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
9:8	AndNow now for a little moment grace hathhas been showedshown from JehovahYahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nailstake in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and giverevive us a little reviving in our bondage.
9:9	For we are bondmenbondservants; yet our God hathhas not forsaken us in our bondage, but hathhas extended lovingkindnessloving untokindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to giverevive us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair theits ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
9:10	And nowNow, O our God, what shall we say after this? forFor we have forsaken thyyour commandments,
9:11	which thouyou hasthave commanded by thyyour servants the prophets, saying, The land, untoto which yeyou go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness:.
9:12	nowNow therefore dont give not your daughters untoto their sons,. neitherDont take their daughters untoto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forforever, ever; that yeyou may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for everforever.
9:13	AndAfter after all that ishas come uponon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeingsince thatyou, thou our God, hasthave punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hasthave given us such a remnant,
9:14	shall we again break thyyour commandments, and join inourselves affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldestWouldnt notyou thou be angry with us tilluntil thouyou hadsthad consumed us, so that there shouldwould be no remnant, nor any to escape?
9:15	O JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel, thouyou artare righteous; for we are left a remnant that ishas escaped, as it is thistoday. day: beholdBehold, we are before theeyou in our guiltiness; for noneno one can stand before theeyou because of this.
10:1	Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before theGods house of God, there was gathered together untoto him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sorebitterly.
10:2	And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land:. yetYet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
10:3	Now therefore letlets us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and suchthose aswho are born of them, according to the counsel of my Lord, and of those thatwho tremble at the commandment of our God;. andLet let it be done according to the law.
10:4	Arise;, for the matter belongethbelongs untoto thee,you and we are with thee:you. beBe of good couragecourageous, and do it.
10:5	Then Ezra arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swareswore.
10:6	Then Ezra rose up from before theGods house of God, and went into the chamberroom of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib:. andWhen when he came thitherthere, he diddidnt eat no bread, noror drink water;, for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivityexiles.
10:7	AndThey they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem untoto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together untoto Jerusalem;
10:8	and that whosoeverwhoever camedidnt notcome within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substancepossessions should be forfeited, and he himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.
10:9	Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together untoto Jerusalem within the three days. itIt was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the broadwide place beforein thefront house of GodGods house, trembling because of this matter, and forbecause of the great rain.
10:10	And Ezra the priest stood up, and said untoto them, YeYou have trespassed, and have married foreign women, toincreasing increase the guilt of Israel.
10:11	Now therefore make confession untoto JehovahYahweh, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure;. andSeparate separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.
10:12	Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, AsWe thoumust hastdo as you have said concerning us, so must we do.
10:13	But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without:outside. neitherThis is thisnot a work of one day or two;, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
10:14	LetNow nowlet our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all themthose thatwho are in our cities thatwho have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and theits judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God beis turned from us, until this matter beis despatchedresolved.
10:15	Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
10:16	AndThe the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers houseshouseholds, after their fathers houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
10:17	AndThey theyfinished made an end with all the men thatwho had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.
10:18	AndAmong among the sons of the priests there were found thatwho had married foreign women: namely, of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren,brothers: Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
10:19	AndThey they gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
10:20	AndOf of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
10:21	AndOf of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
10:22	AndOf of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
10:23	AndOf of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah thealso samecalled is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
10:24	AndOf of the singers: Eliashib. AndOf of the portersgatekeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
10:25	AndOf of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
10:26	AndOf of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.
10:27	AndOf of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
10:28	AndOf of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
10:29	AndOf of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Jeremoth.
10:30	AndOf of the sons of Pahath moabPahathmoab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
10:31	AndOf of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
10:32	Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
10:33	Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
10:34	Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
10:37	Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,
10:38	and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
10:39	and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
10:41	Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
10:42	Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
10:43	Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, and Benaiah.
10:44	All these had taken foreign wives;. andSome some of them had wives by whom they had children.