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Then Darius the king made a decree ,
and search was made in Babylonia ,
in the house of the archives where the documents were stored .
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And in Ecbat '
ana ,
the capital which is in the province of Media ,
a scroll was found on which this was written : "
A record .
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In the first year of Cyrus the king ,
Cyrus the king issued a decree :
Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem ,
let the house be rebuilt ,
the place where sacrifices are offered and burnt offerings are brought ;
its height shall be sixty cubits and its breadth sixty cubits ,
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with three courses of great stones and one course of timber ;
let the cost be paid from the royal treasury .
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And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God ,
which Nebuchadnez '
zar took out of the temple that is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon ,
be restored and brought back to the temple which is in Jerusalem ,
each to its place ;
you shall put them in the house of God ."
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Now therefore ,
Tat '
tenai ,
governor of the province Beyond the River ,
She '
thar-boz '
enai ,
and your associates the governors who are in the province Beyond the River ,
keep away ;
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let the work on this house of God alone ;
let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site .
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Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God ;
the cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue ,
the tribute of the province from Beyond the River .
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And whatever is needed --
young bulls ,
rams ,
or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven ,
wheat ,
salt ,
wine ,
or oil ,
as the priests at Jerusalem require --
let that be given to them day by day without fail ,
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that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven ,
and pray for the life of the king and his sons .
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Also I make a decree that if any one alters this edict ,
a beam shall be pulled out of his house ,
and he shall be impaled upon it ,
and his house shall be made a dunghill .
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May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people that shall put forth a hand to alter this ,
or to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem .
I Darius make a decree ;
let it be done with all diligence ."
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Then ,
according to the word sent by Darius the king ,
Tat '
tenai ,
the governor of the province Beyond the River ,
She '
thar-boz '
enai ,
and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered .
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And the elders of the Jews built and prospered ,
through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechari '
ah the son of Iddo .
They finished their building by command of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Ar-ta-xerx '
es king of Persia ;
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and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar ,
in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king .
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And the people of Israel ,
the priests and the Levites ,
and the rest of the returned exiles ,
celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy .
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They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls ,
two hundred rams ,
four hundred lambs ,
and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve he-goats ,
according to the number of the tribes of Israel .
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And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses ,
for the service of God at Jerusalem ,
as it is written in the book of Moses .
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On the fourteenth day of the first month the returned exiles kept the passover .
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For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together ;
all of them were clean .
So they killed the passover lamb for all the returned exiles ,
for their fellow priests ,
and for themselves ;
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it was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile ,
and also by every one who had joined them and separated himself from the pollutions of the peoples of the land to worship the LORD ,
the God of Israel .
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And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy ;
for the LORD had made them joyful ,
and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them ,
so that he aided them in the work of the house of God ,
the God of Israel .
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Now after this ,
in the reign of Ar-ta-xerx '
es king of Persia ,
Ezra the son of Serai '
ah ,
son of Azari '
ah ,
son of Hilki '
ah ,
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son of Shallum ,
son of Zadok ,
son of Ahi '
tub ,
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son of Amari '
ah ,
son of Azari '
ah ,
son of Merai '
oth ,
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son of Zerahi '
ah ,
son of Uzzi ,
son of Bukki ,
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son of Abi '
shu-a ,
son of Phin '
ehas ,
son of Elea '
zar ,
son of Aaron the chief priest --
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this Ezra went up from Babylonia .
He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses which the LORD the God of Israel had given ;
and the king granted him all that he asked ,
for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him .
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And there went up also to Jerusalem ,
in the seventh year of Ar-ta-xerx '
es the king ,
some of the people of Israel ,
and some of the priests and Levites ,
the singers and gatekeepers ,
and the temple servants .
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And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month ,
which was in the seventh year of the king ;
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for on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylonia ,
and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem ,
for the good hand of his God was upon him .
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For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD ,
and to do it ,
and to teach his statutes and ordinances in Israel .
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This is a copy of the letter which King Ar-ta-xerx '
es gave to Ezra the priest ,
the scribe ,
learned in matters of the commandments of the LORD and his statutes for Israel :
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Ar-ta-xerx '
es ,
king of kings ,
to Ezra the priest ,
the scribe of the law of the God of heaven .
And now
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I make a decree that any one of the people of Israel or their priests or Levites in my kingdom ,
who freely offers to go to Jerusalem ,
may go with you .
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For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God ,
which is in your hand ,
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and also to convey the silver and gold which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel ,
whose dwelling is in Jerusalem ,
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with all the silver and gold which you shall find in the whole province of Babylonia ,
and with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests ,
vowed willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem .
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With this money ,
then ,
you shall with all diligence buy bulls ,
rams ,
and lambs ,
with their cereal offerings and their drink offerings ,
and you shall offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem .
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Whatever seems good to you and your brethren to do with the rest of the silver and gold ,
you may do ,
according to the will of your God .
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The vessels that have been given you for the service of the house of your God ,
you shall deliver before the God of Jerusalem .
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And whatever else is required for the house of your God ,
which you have occasion to provide ,
you may provide it out of the king '
s treasury .
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And I ,
Ar-ta-xerx '
es the king ,
make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River :
Whatever Ezra the priest ,
the scribe of the law of the God of heaven ,
requires of you ,
be it done with all diligence ,
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up to a hundred talents of silver ,
a hundred cors of wheat ,
a hundred baths of wine ,
a hundred baths of oil ,
and salt without prescribing how much .
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Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven ,
let it be done in full for the house of the God of heaven ,
lest his wrath be against the realm of the king and his sons .
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We also notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute ,
custom ,
or toll upon any one of the priests ,
the Levites ,
the singers ,
the doorkeepers ,
the temple servants ,
or other servants of this house of God .
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And you ,
Ezra ,
according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand ,
appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River ,
all such as know the laws of your God ;
and those who do not know them ,
you shall teach .
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Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king ,
let judgment be strictly executed upon him ,
whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment ."
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Blessed be the LORD ,
the God of our fathers ,
who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king ,
to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem ,
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and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors ,
and before all the king '
s mighty officers .
I took courage ,
for the hand of the LORD my God was upon me ,
and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me .
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These are the heads of their fathers '
houses ,
and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia ,
in the reign of Ar-ta-xerx '
es the king :
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Of the sons of Phin '
ehas ,
Gershom .
Of the sons of Ith '
amar ,
Daniel .
Of the sons of David ,
Hattush ,
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of the sons of Shecani '
ah .
Of the sons of Parosh ,
Zechari '
ah ,
with whom were registered one hundred and fifty men .
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Of the sons of Pa '
hath-mo '
ab ,
Eli-e-ho-e '
nai the son of Zerahi '
ah ,
and with him two hundred men .
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Of the sons of Zattu ,
Shecani '
ah the son of Jaha '
ziel ,
and with him three hundred men .
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Of the sons of Adin ,
Ebed the son of Jonathan ,
and with him fifty men .
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Of the sons of Elam ,
Jeshai '
ah the son of Athali '
ah ,
and with him seventy men .
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Of the sons of Shephati '
ah ,
Zebadi '
ah the son of Michael ,
and with him eighty men .
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Of the sons of Jo '
ab ,
Obadi '
ah the son of Jehi '
el ,
and with him two hundred and eighteen men .
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Of the sons of Bani ,
Shelo '
mith the son of Josiphi '
ah ,
and with him a hundred and sixty men .
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Of the sons of Be '
bai ,
Zechari '
ah ,
the son of Be '
bai ,
and with him twenty-eight men .
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Of the sons of Azgad ,
Joha '
nan the son of Hak '
katan ,
and with him a hundred and ten men .
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Of the sons of Adoni '
kam ,
those who came later ,
their names being Eliph '
elet ,
Jeu '
el ,
and Shemai '
ah ,
and with them sixty men .
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Of the sons of Bigva '
i ,
Uthai and Zaccur ,
and with them seventy men .
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I gathered them to the river that runs to Aha '
va ,
and there we encamped three days .
As I reviewed the people and the priests ,
I found there none of the sons of Levi .
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Then I sent for Elie '
zer ,
Ar '
i-el ,
Shemai '
ah ,
Elna '
than ,
Jarib ,
Elna '
than ,
Nathan ,
Zechari '
ah ,
and Meshul '
lam ,
leading men ,
and for Joi '
arib and Elna '
than ,
who were men of insight ,
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and sent them to Iddo ,
the leading man at the place Casiphi '
a ,
telling them what to say to Iddo and his brethren the temple servants at the place Casiphi '
a ,
namely ,
to send us ministers for the house of our God .
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And by the good hand of our God upon us ,
they brought us a man of discretion ,
of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi ,
son of Israel ,
namely Sherebi '
ah with his sons and kinsmen ,
eighteen ;
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also Hashabi '
ah and with him Jeshai '
ah of the sons of Merar '
i ,
with his kinsmen and their sons ,
twenty ;
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besides two hundred and twenty of the temple servants ,
whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites .
These were all mentioned by name .
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Then I proclaimed a fast there ,
at the river Aha '
va ,
that we might humble ourselves before our God ,
to seek from him a straight way for ourselves ,
our children ,
and all our goods .
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For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way ;
since we had told the king , "
The hand of our God is for good upon all that seek him ,
and the power of his wrath is against all that forsake him ."
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So we fasted and besought our God for this ,
and he listened to our entreaty .
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Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests :
Sherebi '
ah ,
Hashabi '
ah ,
and ten of their kinsmen with them .
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And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels ,
the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered ;
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I weighed out into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver ,
and silver vessels worth a hundred talents ,
and a hundred talents of gold ,
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twenty bowls of gold worth a thousand darics ,
and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold .
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And I said to them , "
You are holy to the LORD ,
and the vessels are holy ;
and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD ,
the God of your fathers .
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Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers '
houses in Israel at Jerusalem ,
within the chambers of the house of the LORD ."
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So the priests and the Levites took over the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels ,
to bring them to Jerusalem ,
to the house of our God .
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Then we departed from the river Aha '
va on the twelfth day of the first month ,
to go to Jerusalem ;
the hand of our God was upon us ,
and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way .
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We came to Jerusalem ,
and there we remained three days .
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On the fourth day ,
within the house of our God ,
the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed into the hands of Mer '
emoth the priest ,
son of Uri '
ah ,
and with him was Elea '
zar the son of Phin '
ehas ,
and with them were the Levites ,
Jo '
zabad the son of Jeshua and No-adi '
ah the son of Bin '
nui .
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The whole was counted and weighed ,
and the weight of everything was recorded .
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At that time those who had come from captivity ,
the returned exiles ,
offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel ,
twelve bulls for all Israel ,
ninety-six rams ,
seventy-seven lambs ,
and as a sin offering twelve he-goats ;
all this was a burnt offering to the LORD .
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They also delivered the king '
s commissions to the king '
s satraps and to the governors of the province Beyond the River ;
and they aided the people and the house of God .
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After these things had been done ,
the officials approached me and said , "
The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations ,
from the Canaanites ,
the Hittites ,
the Per '
izzites ,
the Jeb '
usites ,
the Ammonites ,
the Moabites ,
the Egyptians ,
and the Amorites .
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For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons ;
so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands .
And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost ."
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When I heard this ,
I rent my garments and my mantle ,
and pulled hair from my head and beard ,
and sat appalled .
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Then all who trembled at the words of the God of Israel ,
because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles ,
gathered round me while I sat appalled until the evening sacrifice .
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And at the evening sacrifice I rose from my fasting ,
with my garments and my mantle rent ,
and fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God ,
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saying : "
O my God ,
I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to thee ,
my God ,
for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads ,
and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens .
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From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt ;
and for our iniquities we ,
our kings ,
and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands ,
to the sword ,
to captivity ,
to plundering ,
and to utter shame ,
as at this day .
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But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the LORD our God ,
to leave us a remnant ,
and to give us a secure hold within his holy place ,
that our God may brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage .
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For we are bondmen ;
yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage ,
but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia ,
to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God ,
to repair its ruins ,
and to give us protection in Judea and Jerusalem .
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And now ,
O our God ,
what shall we say after this ?
For we have forsaken thy commandments ,
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which thou didst command by thy servants the prophets ,
saying , `
The land which you are entering ,
to take possession of it ,
is a land unclean with the pollutions of the peoples of the lands ,
with their abominations which have filled it from end to end with their uncleanness .
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Therefore give not your daughters to their sons ,
neither take their daughters for your sons ,
and never seek their peace or prosperity ,
that you may be strong ,
and eat the good of the land ,
and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever .'
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And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt ,
seeing that thou ,
our God ,
hast punished us less than our iniquities deserved and hast given us such a remnant as this ,
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shall we break thy commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations ?
Wouldst thou not be angry with us till thou wouldst consume us ,
so that there should be no remnant ,
nor any to escape ?
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O LORD the God of Israel ,
thou art just ,
for we are left a remnant that has escaped ,
as at this day .
Behold ,
we are before thee in our guilt ,
for none can stand before thee because of this ."
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While Ezra prayed and made confession ,
weeping and casting himself down before the house of God ,
a very great assembly of men ,
women ,
and children ,
gathered to him out of Israel ;
for the people wept bitterly .
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And Shecani '
ah the son of Jehi '
el ,
of the sons of Elam ,
addressed Ezra : "
We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land ,
but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this .
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Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children ,
according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God ;
and let it be done according to the law .
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Arise ,
for it is your task ,
and we are with you ;
be strong and do it ."
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Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take oath that they would do as had been said .
So they took the oath .
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Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God ,
and went to the chamber of Jehoha '
nan the son of Eli '
ashib ,
where he spent the night ,
neither eating bread nor drinking water ;
for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles .
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And a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles that they should assemble at Jerusalem ,
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and that if any one did not come within three days ,
by order of the officials and the elders all his property should be forfeited ,
and he himself banned from the congregation of the exiles .
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Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days ;
it was the ninth month ,
on the twentieth day of the month .
And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God ,
trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain .
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And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them , "
You have trespassed and married foreign women ,
and so increased the guilt of Israel .
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Now then make confession to the LORD the God of your fathers ,
and do his will ;
separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives ."
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Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice , "
It is so ;
we must do as you have said .
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But the people are many ,
and it is a time of heavy rain ;
we cannot stand in the open .
Nor is this a work for one day or for two ;
for we have greatly transgressed in this matter .
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Let our officials stand for the whole assembly ;
let all in our cities who have taken foreign wives come at appointed times ,
and with them the elders and judges of every city ,
till the fierce wrath of our God over this matter be averted from us ."
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Only Jonathan the son of As '
ahel and Jahzei '
ah the son of Tikvah opposed this ,
and Meshul '
lum and Shab '
bethai the Levite supported them .
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Then the returned exiles did so .
Ezra the priest selected men ,
heads of fathers '
houses ,
according to their fathers '
houses ,
each of them designated by name .
On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter ;
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and by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women .
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Of the sons of the priests who had married foreign women were found Ma-asei '
ah ,
Elie '
zer ,
Jarib ,
and Gedali '
ah ,
of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jo '
zadak and his brethren .
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They pledged themselves to put away their wives ,
and their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt .
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Of the sons of Immer :
Hana '
ni and Zebadi '
ah .
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Of the sons of Harim :
Ma-asei '
ah ,
Eli '
jah ,
Shemai '
ah ,
Jehi '
el ,
and Uzzi '
ah .
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Of the sons of Pashhur :
Eli-o-e '
nai ,
Ma-asei '
ah ,
Ish '
mael ,
Nethan '
el ,
Jo '
zabad ,
and Ela '
sah .
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Of the Levites :
Jo '
zabad ,
Shim '
e-i ,
Kelai '
ah (
that is ,
Keli '
ta ),
Petha-hi '
ah ,
Judah ,
and Elie '
zer .
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Of the singers :
Eli '
ashib .
Of the gatekeepers :
Shallum ,
Telem ,
and Uri .
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And of Israel :
of the sons of Parosh :
Rami '
ah ,
Izzi '
ah ,
Malchi '
jah ,
Mi '
jamin ,
Elea '
zar ,
Hashabi '
ah ,
and Benai '
ah .
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Of the sons of Elam :
Mattani '
ah ,
Zechari '
ah ,
Jehi '
el ,
Abdi ,
Jer '
emoth ,
and Eli '
jah .
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Of the sons of Zattu :
Eli-o-e '
nai ,
Eli '
ashib ,
Mattani '
ah ,
Jer '
emoth ,
Zabad ,
and Azi '
za .
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Of the sons of Be '
bai were Jehoha '
nan ,
Hanani '
ah ,
Zab '
bai ,
and Ath '
lai .
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Of the sons of Bani were Meshul '
lum ,
Malluch ,
Adai '
ah ,
Jashub ,
She '
al ,
and Jer '
emoth .
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Of the sons of Pa '
hath-mo '
ab :
Adna ,
Chelal ,
Benai '
ah ,
Ma-asei '
ah ,
Mattani '
ah ,
Bez '
alel ,
Bin '
nui ,
and Manas '
seh .
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Of the sons of Harim :
Elie '
zer ,
Isshi '
jah ,
Malchi '
jah ,
Shemai '
ah ,
Shim '
e-on ,
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Benjamin ,
Malluch ,
and Shemari '
ah .
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Of the sons of Hashum :
Matte '
nai ,
Mat '
tattah ,
Zabad ,
Eliph '
elet ,
Jer '
emai ,
Manas '
seh ,
and Shim '
e-i .
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Of the sons of Bani :
Ma-ada '
i ,
Amram ,
Uel ,
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Benai '
ah ,
Bedei '
ah ,
Chel '
uhi ,
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Vani '
ah ,
Mer '
emoth ,
Eli '
ashib ,
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Mattani '
ah ,
Matte '
nai ,
Ja '
asu .
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Of the sons of Bin '
nui :
Shim '
e-i ,
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Shelemi '
ah ,
Nathan ,
Adai '
ah ,
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Machnad '
ebai ,
Shashai ,
Sha '
rai ,
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Az '
arel ,
Shelemi '
ah ,
Shemari '
ah ,
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Shallum ,
Amari '
ah ,
and Joseph .
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Of the sons of Nebo :
Je-i '
el ,
Mattithi '
ah ,
Zabad ,
Zebi '
na ,
Jaddai ,
Jo '
el ,
and Benai '
ah .
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All these had married foreign women ,
and they put them away with their children .
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And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate ;
and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had given to Israel .
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And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly ,
both men and women and all who could hear with understanding ,
on the first day of the seventh month .
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And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden pulpit which they had made for the purpose ;
and beside him stood Mattithi '
ah ,
Shema ,
Anai '
ah ,
Uri '
ah ,
Hilki '
ah ,
and Ma-asei '
ah on his right hand ;
and Pedai '
ah ,
Mish '
a-el ,
Malchi '
jah ,
Hashum ,
Hash-bad '
danah ,
Zechari '
ah ,
and Meshul '
lam on his left hand .
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And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people ,
for he was above all the people ;
and when he opened it all the people stood .
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And Ezra blessed the LORD ,
the great God ;
and all the people answered , "
Amen ,
Amen ,"
lifting up their hands ;
and they bowed their heads and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground .
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And Nehemi '
ah ,
who was the governor ,
and Ezra the priest and scribe ,
and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people , "
This day is holy to the LORD your God ;
do not mourn or weep ."
For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law .
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On the second day the heads of fathers '
houses of all the people ,
with the priests and the Levites ,
came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the law .
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And Ezra said : "
Thou art the LORD ,
thou alone ;
thou hast made heaven ,
the heaven of heavens ,
with all their host ,
the earth and all that is on it ,
the seas and all that is in them ;
and thou preservest all of them ;
and the host of heaven worships thee .
*
These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerub '
babel the son of She-al '
ti-el ,
and Jeshua :
Serai '
ah ,
Jeremiah ,
Ezra ,
*
of Ezra ,
Meshul '
lam ;
of Amari '
ah ,
Jehoha '
nan ;
*
These were in the days of Joi '
akim the son of Jeshua son of Jo '
zadak ,
and in the days of Nehemi '
ah the governor and of Ezra the priest the scribe .
*
and Azari '
ah ,
Ezra ,
Meshul '
lam ,
*
and his kinsmen ,
Shemai '
ah ,
Az '
arel ,
Mil '
alai ,
Gil '
alai ,
Ma '
ai ,
Nethan '
el ,
Judah ,
and Hana '
ni ,
with the musical instruments of David the man of God ;
and Ezra the scribe went before them .
*
A Songs .
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah .
To the choirmaster :
according to Mahalath Leannoth .
A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite .
*
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite .