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Nehemiah |
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1:1: The words of Nehemiah the son of
Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the
month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, |
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1:2: That Hanani, one of my brethren, came,
he and certain men of |
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1:3: And they said unto me, The remnant that
are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and
reproach: the wall of |
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1:4: And it came to pass, when I heard these
words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and
prayed before the God of heaven, |
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1:5: And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of
heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them
that love him and observe his commandments: |
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1:6: Let thine ear now be attentive, and
thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I
pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants,
and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against
thee: both I and my father's house have sinned. |
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1:7: We have dealt very corruptly against
thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the
judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. |
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1:8: Remember, I beseech thee, the word that
thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter
you abroad among the nations: |
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1:9: But if ye turn unto me, and keep my
commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the
uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will
bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. |
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2:1: And it came to pass in the month Nisan,
in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I
took up the wine, and gave it unto the king.
Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. |
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2:2: Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is
thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of
heart. Then I was very sore afraid, |
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2:3: And said unto the king, Let the king
live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place
of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed
with fire? |
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2:4: Then the king said unto me, For what
dost thou make request? So I prayed to
the God of heaven. |
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2:5: And I said unto the king, If it please
the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou
wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I
may build it. |
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2:6: And the king said unto me, (the queen
also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I
set him a time. |
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2:7: Moreover I said unto the king, If it
please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river,
that they may convey me over till I come into Judah; |
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2:8: And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of
the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of
the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and
for the house that I shall enter into.
And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
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2:9: Then I came to the governors beyond the
river, and gave them the king's letters.
Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. |
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2:10: When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah
the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that
there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. |
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2:11: So I came to Jerusalem, and was there
three days. |
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2:12: And I arose in the night, I and some
few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do
at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode
upon. |
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2:13: And I went out by night by the gate of
the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the
walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were
consumed with fire. |
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2:14: Then I went on to the gate of the
fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that
was under me to pass. |
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2:15: Then went I up in the night by the
brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the
valley, and so returned. |
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2:16: And the rulers knew not whither I went,
or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests,
nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. |
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2:17: Then said I unto them, Ye see the
distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are
burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be
no more a reproach. |
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2:18: Then I told them of the hand of my God
which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto
me. And they said, Let us rise up and
build. So they strengthened their
hands for this good work. |
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2:19: But when Sanballat the Horonite, and
Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they
laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye
do? will ye rebel against the king? |
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2:20: Then answered I them, and said unto
them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will
arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in
Jerusalem. |
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3:1: Then Eliashib the high priest rose up
with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they
sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they
sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. |
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3:2: And next unto him builded the men of
Jericho. And next to them builded
Zaccur the son of Imri. |
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3:3: But the fish gate did the sons of
Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors
thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. |
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3:4: And next unto them repaired Meremoth the
son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And
next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of
Meshezabeel. And next unto them
repaired Zadok the son of Baana. |
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3:5: And next unto them the Tekoites
repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. |
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3:6: Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the
son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams
thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof. |
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3:7: And next unto them repaired Melatiah the
Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto
the throne of the governor on this side the river. |
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3:8: Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of
Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto
him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they
fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. |
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3:9: And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the
son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. |
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3:10: And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the
son of Harumaph, even over against his house.
And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah. |
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3:11: Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub
the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the
furnaces. |
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3:12: And next unto him repaired Shallum the
son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his
daughters. |
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3:13: The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the
inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks
thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the
dung gate. |
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3:14: But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the
son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up
the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. |
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3:15: But the gate of the fountain repaired
Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and
covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto
the stairs that go down from the city of David. |
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3:16: After him repaired Nehemiah the son of
Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against
the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of
the mighty. |
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3:17: After him repaired the Levites, Rehum
the son of Bani. Next unto him
repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part. |
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3:18: After him repaired their brethren,
Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah. |
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3:19: And next to him repaired Ezer the son
of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to
the armoury at the turning of the wall. |
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3:20: After him Baruch the son of Zabbai
earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the
door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. |
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3:21: After him repaired Meremoth the son of
Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib
even to the end of the house of Eliashib. |
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3:22: And after him repaired the priests, the
men of the plain. |
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3:23: After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub
over against their house. After him
repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house. |
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3:24: After him repaired Binnui the son of
Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the
wall, even unto the corner. |
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3:25: Palal the son of Uzai, over against the
turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high
house, that was by the court of the prison.
After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. |
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3:26: Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel,
unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower
that lieth out. |
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3:27: After them the Tekoites repaired
another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the
wall of Ophel. |
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3:28: From above the horse gate repaired the
priests, every one over against his house. |
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3:29: After them repaired Zadok the son of
Immer over against his house. After
him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east
gate. |
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3:30: After him repaired Hananiah the son of
Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of
Berechiah over against his chamber. |
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3:31: After him repaired Malchiah the
goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over
against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner. |
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3:32: And between the going up of the corner
unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. |
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4:1: But it came to pass, that when Sanballat
heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and
mocked the Jews. |
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4:2: And he spake before his brethren and the
army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the
heaps of the rubbish which are burned? |
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4:3: Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and
he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down
their stone wall. |
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4:4: Hear, O our God; for we are despised:
and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the
land of captivity: |
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4:5: And cover not their iniquity, and let
not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to
anger before the builders. |
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4:6: So built we the wall; and all the wall
was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. |
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4:7: But it came to pass, that when
Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the
Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the
breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, |
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4:8: And conspired all of them together to
come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. |
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4:9: Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our
God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. |
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4:10: And Judah said, The strength of the
bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not
able to build the wall. |
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4:11: And our adversaries said, They shall
not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them,
and cause the work to cease. |
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4:12: And it came to pass, that when the Jews
which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence
ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. |
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4:13: Therefore set I in the lower places
behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their
families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. |
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4:14: And I looked, and rose up, and said
unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye
afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for
your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. |
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4:15: And it came to pass, when our enemies
heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought,
that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. |
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4:16: And it came to pass from that time
forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half
of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons;
and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. |
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4:17: They which builded on the wall, and
they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his
hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. |
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4:18: For the builders, every one had his
sword girded by his side, and so builded.
And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. |
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4:19: And I said unto the nobles, and to the
rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we
are separated upon the wall, one far from another. |
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4:20: In what place therefore ye hear the
sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. |
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4:21: So we laboured in the work: and half of
them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. |
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4:22: Likewise at the same time said I unto
the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in
the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. |
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4:23: So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my
servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our
clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. |
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5:1: And there was a great cry of the people
and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. |
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5:2: For there were that said, We, our sons,
and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may
eat, and live. |
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5:3: Some also there were that said, We have
mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because
of the dearth. |
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5:4: There were also that said, We have
borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. |
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5:5: Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our
brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our
sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought
unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other
men have our lands and vineyards. |
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5:6: And I was very angry when I heard their
cry and these words. |
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5:7: Then I consulted with myself, and I
rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every
one of his brother. And I set a great
assembly against them. |
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5:8: And I said unto them, We after our
ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the
heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren?
or shall they be sold unto us?
Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. |
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5:9: Also I said, It is not good that ye do:
ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the
heathen our enemies? |
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5:10: I likewise, and my
brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you,
let us leave off this usury. |
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5:11: Restore, I pray you, to
them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and
their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine,
and the oil, that ye exact of them. |
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5:12: Then said they, We will
restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou
sayest. Then I called the priests, and
took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. |
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5:13: Also I shook my lap, and
said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that
performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and
praised the LORD. And the people did according
to this promise. |
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5:14: Moreover from the time
that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the
twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king,
that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the
governor. |
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5:15: But the former governors
that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of
them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants
bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. |
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5:16: Yea, also I continued in
the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were
gathered thither unto the work. |
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5:17: Moreover there were at my
table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came
unto us from among the heathen that are about us. |
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5:18: Now that which was
prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were
prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all
this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy
upon this people. |
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5:19: Think upon me, my God,
for good, according to all that I have done for this people. |
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6:1: Now it came to pass, when
Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies,
heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein;
(though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) |
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6:2: That Sanballat and Geshem
sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages
in the plain of Ono. But they thought
to do me mischief. |
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6:3: And I sent messengers unto
them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should
the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? |
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6:4: Yet they sent unto me four
times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. |
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6:5: Then sent Sanballat his
servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his
hand; |
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6:6: Wherein was written, It is
reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think
to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their
king, according to these words. |
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6:7: And thou hast also
appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in
Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these
words. Come now therefore, and let us
take counsel together. |
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6:8: Then I sent unto him,
saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them
out of thine own heart. |
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6:9: For they all made us
afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not
done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen
my hands. |
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6:10: Afterward I came unto the
house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up;
and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and
let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in
the night will they come to slay thee. |
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6:11: And I said, Should such a
man as I flee? and who is there, that,
being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. |
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6:12: And, lo, I perceived that
God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for
Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. |
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6:13: Therefore was he hired,
that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter
for an evil report, that they might reproach me. |
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6:14: My God, think thou upon
Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess
Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. |
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6:15: So the wall was finished
in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. |
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6:16: And it came to pass, that
when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us
saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they
perceived that this work was wrought of our God. |
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6:17: Moreover in those days
the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah
came unto them. |
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6:18: For there were many in
Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of
Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of
Berechiah. |
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6:19: Also they reported his
good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. |
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7:1: Now it came to pass, when
the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the
singers and the Levites were appointed, |
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7:2: That I gave my brother
Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he
was a faithful man, and feared God above many. |
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7:3: And I said unto them, Let
not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they
stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against
his house. |
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7:4: Now the city was large and
great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. |
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7:5: And my God put into mine
heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that
they might be reckoned by genealogy.
And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the
first, and found written therein, |
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7:6: These are the children of
the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been
carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and
came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; |
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7:7: Who came with Zerubbabel,
Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth,
Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I
say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; |
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7:8: The children of Parosh,
two thousand an hundred seventy and two. |
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7:9: The children of
Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. |
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7:10: The children of Arah, six
hundred fifty and two. |
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7:11: The children of Pahath-moab,
of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and
eighteen. |
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7:12: The children of Elam, a
thousand two hundred fifty and four. |
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7:13: The children of Zattu,
eight hundred forty and five. |
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7:14: The children of Zaccai,
seven hundred and threescore. |
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7:15: The children of Binnui,
six hundred forty and eight. |
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7:16: The children of Bebai,
six hundred twenty and eight. |
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7:17: The children of Azgad,
two thousand three hundred twenty and two. |
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7:18: The children of Adonikam,
six hundred threescore and seven. |
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7:19: The children of Bigvai,
two thousand threescore and seven. |
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7:20: The children of Adin, six
hundred fifty and five. |
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7:21: The children of Ater of
Hezekiah, ninety and eight. |
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7:22: The children of Hashum,
three hundred twenty and eight. |
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7:23: The children of Bezai,
three hundred twenty and four. |
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7:24: The children of Hariph,
an hundred and twelve. |
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7:25: The children of Gibeon,
ninety and five. |
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7:26: The men of Bethlehem and
Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight. |
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7:27: The men of Anathoth, an
hundred twenty and eight. |
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7:28: The men of Beth-azmaveth,
forty and two. |
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7:29: The men of
Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. |
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7:30: The men of Ramah and
Geba, six hundred twenty and one. |
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7:31: The men of Michmas, an
hundred and twenty and two. |
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7:32: The men of Bethel and Ai,
an hundred twenty and three. |
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7:33: The men of the other
Nebo, fifty and two. |
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7:34: The children of the other
Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. |
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7:35: The children of Harim,
three hundred and twenty. |
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7:36: The children of Jericho,
three hundred forty and five. |
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7:37: The children of Lod,
Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. |
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7:38: The children of Senaah,
three thousand nine hundred and thirty. |
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7:39: The priests: the children
of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. |
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7:40: The children of Immer, a
thousand fifty and two. |
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7:41: The children of Pashur, a
thousand two hundred forty and seven. |
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7:42: The children of Harim, a
thousand and seventeen. |
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7:43: The Levites: the children
of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four. |
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7:44: The singers: the children
of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. |
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7:45: The porters: the children
of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of
Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and
eight. |
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7:46: The Nethinims: the
children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, |
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7:47: The children of Keros,
the children of Sia, the children of Padon, |
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7:48: The children of Lebana,
the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, |
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7:49: The children of Hanan,
the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, |
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7:50: The children of Reaiah,
the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, |
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7:51: The children of Gazzam,
the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, |
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7:52: The children of Besai,
the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, |
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7:53: The children of Bakbuk,
the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, |
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7:54: The children of Bazlith,
the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, |
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7:55: The children of Barkos,
the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, |
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7:56: The children of Neziah,
the children of Hatipha. |
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7:57: The children of Solomon's
servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of
Perida, |
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7:58: The children of Jaala,
the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, |
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7:59: The children of
Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children
of Amon. |
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7:60: All the Nethinims, and
the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. |
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7:61: And these were they which
went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they
could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of
Israel. |
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7:62: The children of Delaiah,
the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. |
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7:63: And of the priests: the
children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which
took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called
after their name. |
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7:64: These sought their
register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found:
therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. |
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7:65: And the Tirshatha said
unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood
up a priest with Urim and Thummim. |
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7:66: The whole congregation
together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, |
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7:67: Beside their manservants
and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred
thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and
singing women. |
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7:68: Their horses, seven
hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five: |
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7:69: Their camels, four
hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. |
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7:70: And some of the chief of
the fathers gave unto the work. The
Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five
hundred and thirty priests' garments. |
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7:71: And some of the chief of
the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold,
and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. |
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7:72: And that which the rest
of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound
of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. |
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7:73: So the priests, and the
Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the
Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month
came, the children of Israel were in their cities. |
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8:1: And all the people
gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the
water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law
of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. |
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8:2: And Ezra the priest
brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that
could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. |
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8:3: And he read therein before
the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday,
before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears
of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. |
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8:4: And Ezra the scribe stood
upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him
stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and
Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and
Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. |
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8:5: 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 up: |
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8:6: And Ezra blessed the LORD,
the great God. And all the people
answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their
heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. |
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8:7: Also Jeshua, and Bani, and
Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah,
Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the
law: and the people stood in their place. |
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8:8: So they read in the book
in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to
understand the reading. |
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8:9: And Nehemiah, which is the
Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the
people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God;
mourn not, nor weep. For all the
people wept, when they heard the words of the law. |
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8:10: Then he said unto them,
Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them
for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be
ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. |
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8:11: So the Levites stilled
all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye
grieved. |
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8:12: And all the people went
their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great
mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. |
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8:13: And on the second day
were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the
priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words
of the law. |
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8:14: And they found written in
the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel
should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: |
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8:15: And that they should
publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth
unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle
branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as
it is written. |
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8:16: So the people went forth,
and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his
house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the
street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. |
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8:17: And all the congregation
of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under
the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not
the children of Israel done so. And
there was very great gladness. |
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8:18: Also day by day, from the
first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on
the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. |
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9:1: Now in the twenty and
fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting,
and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. |
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9:2: And the seed of Israel
separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins,
and the iniquities of their fathers. |
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9:3: And they stood up in their
place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part
of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD
their God. |
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9:4: Then stood up upon the
stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni,
Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their
God. |
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9:5: Then the Levites, Jeshua,
and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah,
said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be
thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. |
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9:6: Thou, even thou, art LORD
alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the
earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein,
and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. |
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9:7: Thou art the LORD the God,
who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees,
and gavest him the name of Abraham; |
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9:8: And foundest his heart
faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the
Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast
performed thy words; for thou art righteous: |
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9:9: And didst see the
affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; |
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9:10: And shewedst signs and
wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his
land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is
this day. |
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9:11: And thou didst divide the
sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry
land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the
mighty waters. |
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9:12: Moreover thou leddest
them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to
give them light in the way wherein they should go. |
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9:13: Thou camest down also
upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right
judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: |
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9:14: And madest known unto
them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by
the hand of Moses thy servant: |
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9:15: And gavest them bread from
heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock
for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the
land which thou hadst sworn to give them. |
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9:16: But they and our fathers
dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy
commandments, |
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9:17: And refused to obey,
neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened
their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their
bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to
anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. |
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9:18: Yea, when they had made
them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of
Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; |
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9:19: Yet thou in thy manifold
mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud
departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of
fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. |
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9:20: Thou gavest also thy good
spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and
gavest them water for their thirst. |
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9:21: Yea, forty years didst
thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their
clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. |
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9:22: Moreover thou gavest them
kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed
the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og
king of Bashan. |
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9:23: Their children also
multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land,
concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in
to possess it. |
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9:24: So the children went in
and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the
land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and
the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. |
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9:25: And they took strong
cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged,
vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and
were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. |
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9:26: Nevertheless they were
disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs,
and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and
they wrought great provocations. |
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9:27: Therefore thou
deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the
time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from
heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who
saved them out of the hand of their enemies. |
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9:28: But after they had rest,
they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of
their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they
returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times
didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; |
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9:29: And testifiedst against
them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt
proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy
judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the
shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. |
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9:30: Yet many years didst thou
forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet
would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the
people of the lands. |
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9:31: Nevertheless for thy
great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them;
for thou art a gracious and merciful God. |
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9:32: Now therefore, our God,
the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy,
let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on
our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on
our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria
unto this day. |
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9:33: Howbeit thou art just in
all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done
wickedly: |
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9:34: Neither have our kings,
our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto
thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against
them. |
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9:35: For they have not served
thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and
in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they
from their wicked works. |
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9:36: Behold, we are servants
this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit
thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: |
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9:37: And it yieldeth much
increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also
they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure,
and we are in great distress. |
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9:38: And because of all this
we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests,
seal unto it. |
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10:1: Now those that sealed
were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, |
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10:2: Seraiah, Azariah,
Jeremiah, |
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10:3: Pashur, Amariah,
Malchijah, |
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10:4: Hattush, Shebaniah,
Malluch, |
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10:5: Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, |
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10:6: Daniel, Ginnethon,
Baruch, |
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10:7: Meshullam, Abijah,
Mijamin, |
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10:8: Maaziah, Bilgai,
Shemaiah: these were the priests. |
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10:9: And the Levites: both
Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; |
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10:10: And their brethren,
Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, |
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10:11: Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, |
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10:12: Zaccur, Sherebiah,
Shebaniah, |
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10:13: Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. |
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10:14: The chief of the people;
Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, |
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10:15: Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, |
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10:16: Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, |
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10:17: Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, |
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10:18: Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, |
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10:19: Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, |
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10:20: Magpiash, Meshullam,
Hezir, |
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10:21: Meshezabeel, Zadok,
Jaddua, |
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10:22: Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, |
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10:23: Hoshea, Hananiah,
Hashub, |
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10:24: Hallohesh, Pileha,
Shobek, |
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10:25: Rehum, Hashabnah,
Maaseiah, |
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10:26: And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, |
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10:27: Malluch, Harim, Baanah. |
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10:28: And the rest of the
people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims,
and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto
the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one
having knowledge, and having understanding; |
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10:29: They clave to their
brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk
in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and
do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his
statutes; |
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10:30: And that we would not
give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for
our sons: |
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10:31: And if the people of the
land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not
buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave
the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. |
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10:32: Also we made ordinances
for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the
service of the house of our God; |
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10:33: For the shewbread, and
for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the
sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and
for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work
of the house of our God. |
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10:34: And we cast the lots
among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to
bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times
appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is
written in the law: |
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10:35: And to bring the
firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees,
year by year, unto the house of the LORD: |
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10:36: Also the firstborn of
our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings
of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the
priests that minister in the house of our God: |
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10:37: And that we should bring
the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner
of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house
of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same
Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. |
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10:38: And the priest the son
of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the
Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to
the chambers, into the treasure house. |
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10:39: For the children of
Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the
new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the
sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers:
and we will not forsake the house of our God. |
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11:1: And the rulers of the
people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring
one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in
other cities. |
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11:2: And the people blessed
all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. |
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11:3: Now these are the chief
of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt
every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and
the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants. |
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11:4: And at Jerusalem dwelt
certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son
of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah,
the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; |
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11:5: And Maaseiah the son of
Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son
of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. |
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11:6: All the sons of Perez
that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. |
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11:7: And 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
Jesaiah. |
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11:8: And after him Gabbai,
Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. |
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11:9: And Joel the son of
Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the
city. |
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11:10: Of the priests: Jedaiah
the son of Joiarib, Jachin. |
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11:11: Seraiah the son of
Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son
of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God. |
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11:12: And their brethren that
did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the
son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah,
the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah, |
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11:13: And his brethren, chief
of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel,
the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, |
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11:14: And their brethren,
mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was
Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. |
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11:15: Also of the Levites:
Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son
of Bunni; |
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11:16: And Shabbethai and
Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward
business of the house of God. |
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11:17: And Mattaniah the son of
Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the
thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda
the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. |
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11:18: All the Levites in the
holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. |
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11:19: Moreover the porters,
Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred
seventy and two. |
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11:20: And the residue of
Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah,
every one in his inheritance. |
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11:21: But the Nethinims dwelt
in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. |
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11:22: The overseer also of the
Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son
of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the
sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. |
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11:23: For it was the king's
commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the
singers, due for every day. |
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11:24: And Pethahiah the son of
Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's
hand in all matters concerning the people. |
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11:25: And for the villages,
with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and
in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at
Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, |
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11:26: And at Jeshua, and at
Moladah, and at Beth-phelet, |
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11:27: And at Hazar-shual, and
at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof, |
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11:28: And at Ziklag, and at
Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, |
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11:29: And at En-rimmon, and at
Zareah, and at Jarmuth, |
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11:30: Zanoah, Adullam, and in
their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the
villages thereof. And they dwelt from
Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. |
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11:31: The children also of
Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their
villages, |
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11:32: And at Anathoth, Nob,
Ananiah, |
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11:33: Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, |
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11:34: Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, |
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11:35: Lod, and Ono, the valley
of craftsmen. |
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11:36: And of the Levites were
divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. |
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12:1: Now these are the priests
and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, |
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12:2: Amariah, Malluch,
Hattush, |
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12:3: Shechaniah, Rehum,
Meremoth, |
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12:4: Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, |
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12:5: Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, |
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12:6: Shemaiah, and Joiarib,
Jediah, |
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12:7: Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah,
Jedaiah. These were the chief of the
priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. |
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12:8: Moreover the Levites:
Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the
thanksgiving, he and his brethren. |
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12:9: Also Bakbukiah and Unni,
their brethren, were over against them in the watches. |
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12:10: And Jeshua begat
Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, |
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12:11: And Joiada begat
Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. |
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12:12: And in the days of
Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of
Jeremiah, Hananiah; |
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12:13: Of Ezra, Meshullam; of
Amariah, Jehohanan; |
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12:14: Of Melicu, Jonathan; of
Shebaniah, Joseph; |
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12:15: Of Harim, Adna; of
Meraioth, Helkai; |
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12:16: Of Iddo, Zechariah; of
Ginnethon, Meshullam; |
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12:17: Of Abijah, Zichri; of
Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; |
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12:18: Of Bilgah, Shammua; of
Shemaiah, Jehonathan; |
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12:19: And of Joiarib,
Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; |
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12:20: Of Sallai, Kallai; of
Amok, Eber; |
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12:21: Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah;
of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. |
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12:22: The Levites in the days
of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the
fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. |
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12:23: The sons of Levi, the
chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until
the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. |
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12:24: And the chief of the
Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their
brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the
commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. |
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12:25: Mattaniah, and
Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward
at the thresholds of the gates. |
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12:26: These were in the days
of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah
the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. |
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12:27: And at the dedication of
the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to
bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with
thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. |
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12:28: And the sons of the
singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round
about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; |
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12:29: Also from the house of
Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had
builded them villages round about Jerusalem. |
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12:30: And the priests and the
Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the
wall. |
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12:31: Then I brought up the
princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them
that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the
dung gate: |
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12:32: And after them went
Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, |
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12:33: And Azariah, Ezra, and
Meshullam, |
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12:34: Judah, and Benjamin, and
Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, |
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12:35: And certain of the
priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son
of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur,
the son of Asaph: |
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12:36: And his brethren,
Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani,
with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe
before them. |
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12:37: And at the fountain
gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of
David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the
water gate eastward. |
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12:38: And the other company of
them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half
of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto
the broad wall; |
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12:39: And from above the gate
of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of
Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood
still in the prison gate. |
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12:40: So stood the two
companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half
of the rulers with me: |
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12:41: And the priests;
Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah,
with trumpets; |
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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. |
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12:43: Also that day they
offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with
great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of
Jerusalem was heard even afar off. |
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12:44: And at that time were
some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for
the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of
the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah
rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. |
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12:45: And both the singers and
the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification,
according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. |
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12:46: For in the days of David
and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and
thanksgiving unto God. |
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12:47: And all Israel in the
days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the
singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy
things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of
Aaron. |
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13:1: On that day they read in
the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found
written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the
congregation of God for ever; |
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13:2: Because they met not the
children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them,
that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. |
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13:3: Now it came to pass, when
they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed
multitude. |
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13:4: And before this, Eliashib
the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was
allied unto Tobiah: |
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13:5: And he had prepared for
him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the
frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and
the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and
the porters; and the offerings of the priests. |
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13:6: But in all this time was
not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of
Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the
king: |
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13:7: And I came to Jerusalem,
and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a
chamber in the courts of the house of God. |
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13:8: And it grieved me sore:
therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. |
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13:9: Then I commanded, and
they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the
house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense. |
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13:10: And I perceived that the
portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the
singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. |
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13:11: Then contended I with
the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them
in their place. |
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13:12: Then brought all Judah
the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. |
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13:13: And I made treasurers
over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the
Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of
Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute
unto their brethren. |
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13:14: Remember me, O my God,
concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the
house of my God, and for the offices thereof. |
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13:15: In those days saw I in Judah some
treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading
asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they
brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in
the day wherein they sold victuals. |
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13:16: There dwelt men of Tyre also therein,
which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the
children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. |
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13:17: Then I contended with the nobles of
Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane
the sabbath day? |
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13:18: Did not your fathers thus, and did not
our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by
profaning the sabbath. |
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13:19: And it came to pass, that when the
gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the
gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after
the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no
burden be brought in on the sabbath day. |
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13:20: So the merchants and sellers of all
kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. |
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13:21: Then I testified against them, and
said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall?
if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on
the sabbath. |
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13:27: Shall we then hearken unto you to do
all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? |
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13:28: And one of the sons of Joiada, the son
of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite:
therefore I chased him from me. |
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13:29: Remember them, O my God, because they
have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the
Levites. |
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13:30: Thus cleansed I them from all
strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one
in his business; |
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13:31: And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. |