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16:006:019 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my
words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
16:007:001 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,
16:007:002 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.
16:007:003 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.
16:007:004 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few
therein, and the houses were not builded.
16:007:005 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,
16:007:006 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;
16:007:007 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;
16:007:008 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and
two.
16:007:009 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
16:007:010 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
16:007:011 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and
Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
16:007:012 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
16:007:013 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
16:007:014 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
16:007:015 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
16:007:016 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
16:007:017 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and
two.
16:007:018 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
16:007:019 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
16:007:020 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
16:007:021 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
16:007:022 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
16:007:023 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
16:007:024 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
16:007:025 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
16:007:026 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and
eight.
16:007:027 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
16:007:028 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.
16:007:029 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven
hundred forty and three.
16:007:030 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
16:007:031 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
16:007:032 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
16:007:033 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
16:007:034 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty
and four.
16:007:035 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
16:007:036 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
16:007:037 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and
one.
16:007:038 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and
thirty.
16:007:039 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,
nine hundred seventy and three.
16:007:040 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
16:007:041 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and
seven.
16:007:042 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
16:007:043 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the
children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
16:007:044 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and
eight.
16:007:045 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.
16:007:046 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha,
the children of Tabbaoth,
16:007:047 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of
Padon,
16:007:048 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children
of Shalmai,
16:007:049 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of
Gahar,
16:007:050 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of
Nekoda,
16:007:051 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of
Phaseah,
16:007:052 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of
Nephishesim,
16:007:053 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children
of Harhur,
16:007:054 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children
of Harsha,
16:007:055 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children
of Tamah,
16:007:056 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
16:007:057 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
16:007:058 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of
Giddel,
16:007:059 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the
children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
16:007:060 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants,
were three hundred ninety and two.
16:007:061 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.
16:007:062 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children
of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
16:007:063 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.
16:007:064 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.
16:007:065 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.
16:007:066 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand
three hundred and threescore,
16:007:067 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.
16:007:068 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two
hundred forty and five:
16:007:069 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven
hundred and twenty asses.
16:007:070 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.
16:007:071 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.
16:007:072 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.
16:007:073 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.
16:008:001 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.
16:008:002 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.
16:008:003 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.
16:008:004 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.
16:008:005 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:
16:008:006 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.
16:008:007 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.
16:008:008 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and
gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
16:008:009 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.
16:008:010 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.
16:008:011 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your
peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
16:008:012 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.
16:008:013 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.
16:008:014 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:
16:008:015 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.
16:008:016 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.
16:008:017 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.
16:008:018 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.
16:009:001 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.
16:009:002 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all
strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the
iniquities of their fathers.
16:009:003 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.
16:009:004 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.
16:009:005 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.
16:009:006 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.
16:009:007 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;
16:009:008 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:
16:009:009 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and
heardest their cry by the Red sea;
16:009:010 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.
16:009:011 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.
16:009:012 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.
16:009:013 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:
16:009:014 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst
them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy
servant:
16:009:015 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.
16:009:016 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their
necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
16:009:017 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.
16:009:018 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;
16:009:019 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.
16:009:020 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and
withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them
water for their thirst.
16:009:021 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.
16:009:022 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.
16:009:023 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.
16:009:024 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.
16:009:025 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.
16:009:026 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.
16:009:027 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.
16:009:028 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee:
therefore leftest thou them in the land 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;
16:009:029 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.
16:009:030 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.
16:009:031 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not
utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a
gracious and merciful God.
16:009:032 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.
16:009:033 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou
hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
16:009:034 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.
16:009:035 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.
16:009:036 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:
16:009:037 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.
16:009:038 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it;
and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
16:010:001 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son
of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
16:010:002 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
16:010:003 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
16:010:004 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
16:010:005 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
16:010:006 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
16:010:007 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
16:010:008 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
16:010:009 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the
sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
16:010:010 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah,
Hanan,
16:010:011 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
16:010:012 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
16:010:013 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
16:010:014 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu,
Bani,
16:010:015 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16:010:016 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
16:010:017 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,
16:010:018 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
16:010:019 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
16:010:020 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
16:010:021 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
16:010:022 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
16:010:023 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
16:010:024 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
16:010:025 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
16:010:026 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
16:010:027 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
16:010:028 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;
16:010:029 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;
16:010:030 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of
the land, not take their daughters for our sons:
16:010:031 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.
16:010:032 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;
16:010:033 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.
16:010:034 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: