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and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,book ,,of ,,nehemias1 ,,which   
,,is ,,called ,,the ,,second ,,of       
,,esdras    ,this ,book takes its name  
from the writer1 who was cupbearer to   
,artaxerxes 7surnamed ,longimanus7 king 
of ,persia1 and was sent by him  with a 

commission to rebuild the walls of      
,jerusalem4 ,it is also called  the     
second book of ,esdras2 because it is a 
continuation of the history1  begun by  
,esdras1 of the state of the people of  
,god after their return  from captivity4
      #b ,esdras ,chapter #a            
,nehemias hearing the miserable state of
 his countrymen in ,judea1  lamenteth1  
fasteth1 and prayeth to ,god for their  
relief4    #a3a4 ,the words of ,nehemias
 the son of ,helchias4 ,and it came to  
pass in  the month of ,casleu1 in the   
twentieth year1 as ,i was in the castle 
of  ,susa1    #a3b4 ,that ,hanani one of
 my brethren came1 he and some men of   
,juda2 and ,i  asked them concerning the
 ,jews1 that remained and were left of  
the  captivity1 and concerning          
,jerusalem4    #a3c4 ,and they said to  
me3 ,they that have remained1 and are   
left of the  captivity there in the     
province1 are in great affliction1 and  
reproach3  and the wall of ,jerusalem is
 broken down1 and the gates thereof are 

burnt with fire4    #a3d4 ,and when ,i  
had heard these words1 ,i sat down1 and 
wept1 and mourned  for many days3 and ,i
 fasted1 and prayed before the face of  
the ,god of  heaven4    #a3e4 ,and ,i   
said3 ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,lord ,god of 
heaven1 strong1 great1  and terrible1   
who keepest covenant and mercy with     
those that love thee1  and keep thy     
commandments3    #a3f4 ,let thy ears be 
attentive1 and thy eyes open1 to hear   
the prayer of  thy servant1 which ,i    
pray before thee now1 night and day1 for
 the  children of ,israel thy servants3 
and ,i confess the sins of the children 
of ,israel1 by which they have sinned   
against thee3 ,i and my father's  house 
have sinned4    #a3g4 ,we have been     
seduced by vanity1 and have not kept thy
 commandments1  and ceremonies and      
judgments1 which thou hast commanded thy
 servant  ,moses4    #a3h4 ,remember the
 word that thou commandedst to ,moses   
thy servant1  saying3 ,if you shall     
transgress1 ,i will scatter you abroad  

among the  nations3    #a3i4 ,but if you
 return to me1 and keep my commandments1
 and do them1  though you should be led 
away to the uttermost parts of the      
world1 ,i  will gather you from thence1 
and bring you back to the place which ,i
  have chosen for my name to dwell      
there4    #a3aj4 ,and these are thy     
servants1 and thy people3 whom thou hast
  redeemed by thy great strength1 and by
 thy mighty hand4    #a3aa4 ,i beseech  
thee1 ,o ,lord1 let thy ear be attentive
 to the prayer of  thy servant1 and to  
the prayer of thy servants who desire to
 fear thy  name3 and direct thy servant 
this day1 and give him mercy before this
  man4 ,for ,i was the king's cupbearer4
    #b ,esdras ,chapter #b    ,nehemias 
with commission from king ,artaxerxes   
cometh to ,jerusalem3 and  exhorteth the
 ,jews to rebuild the walls4    #b3a4   
,and it came to pass in the month of    
,nisan1 in the twentieth year of        
,artaxerxes the king3 that wine was     
before him1 and ,i took up the wine1    

and gave it to the king3 and ,i was as  
one languishing away before his  face4  
#b3b4 ,and the king said to me3 ,why is 
thy countenance sad1 seeing thou  dost  
not appear to be sick8 this is not      
without cause1 but some evil1 ,i  know  
not what1 is in thy heart4 ,and ,i was  
seized with an exceeding great  fear3   
#b3c4 ,and ,i said to the king3 ,o king1
 live for ever3 why should not my       
countenance be sorrowful1 seeing the    
city of the place of the sepulchres  of 
my fathers is desolate1 and the gates   
thereof are burnt with fire8    #b3d4   
,then the king said to me3 ,for what    
dost thou make request8  ,and ,i  prayed
 to the ,god of heaven1    #b3e4 ,and ,i
 said to the king3 ,if it seem good to  
the king1 and if thy  servant hath found
 favour in thy sight1 that thou wouldst 
send me into  ,judea to the city of the 
sepulchre of my father1 and ,i will     
build it4    #b3f4 ,and the king said to
 me1 and the queen that sat by him3 ,for
 how  long shall thy journey be1 and    

when wilt thou return8 ,and it pleased  
the  king1 and he sent me3 and ,i fixed 
him a time4    #b3g4 ,and ,i said to the
 king3 ,if it seem good to the king1 let
 him give  me letters to the governors  
of the country beyond the river1 that   
they  convey me over1 till ,i come into 
,judea3    #b3h4 ,and a letter to ,asaph
 the keeper of the king's forest1 to    
give me  timber that ,i may cover the   
gates of the tower of the house1 and the
  walls of the city1 and the house that 
,i shall enter into4 ,and the king  gave
 me according to the good hand of my    
,god with me4    #b3i4 ,and ,i came to  
the governors of the country beyond the 
river1 and  gave them the king's        
letters4 ,and the king had sent with me 
captains of  soldiers1 and horsemen4    
#b3aj4 ,and ,sanaballat the ,horonite1  
and ,tobias the servant1 the ,ammonite1 
heard it1 and it grieved them           
exceedingly1 that a man was come1 who   
sought the prosperity of the children of
 ,israel4    #b3aa4 ,and ,i came to     

,jerusalem1 and was there three days4   
#b3ab4 ,and ,i arose in the night1 ,i   
and some few men with me1 and ,i told   
not any man what ,god had put in my     
heart to do in ,jerusalem1 and there    
was no beast with me1 but the beast that
 ,i rode upon4    #b3ac4 ,and ,i went   
out by night by the gate of the valley1 
and before the  dragon fountain1 and to 
the dung gate1 and ,i viewed the wall of
  ,jerusalem which was broken down1 and 
the gates thereof which were  consumed  
with fire4    #b3ad4 ,and ,i passed to  
the gate of the fountain1 and to the    
king's  aqueduct1 and there was no place
 for the beast on which ,i rode to pass4
    #b3ae4 ,and ,i went up in the night 
by the torrent1 and viewed the wall1    
and going back ,i came to the gate of   
the valley1 and returned4    #b3af4 ,but
 the magistrates knew not whither ,i    
went1 or what ,i did3  neither had ,i as
 yet told any thing to the ,jews1 or to 
the priests1 or  to the nobles1 or to   
the magistrates1 or to the rest that did

 the work4    #b3ag4 ,then ,i said to   
them3 ,you know the affliction wherein  
we are1  because ,jerusalem is desolate1
 and the gates thereof are consumed with
  fire3 come1 and let us build up the   
walls of ,jerusalem1 and let us be no   
longer a reproach4    #b3ah4 ,and ,i    
shewed them how the hand of my ,god was 
good with me1 and the  king's words1    
which he had spoken to me1 and ,i said3 
,let us rise up1 and  build4 ,and their 
hands were strengthened in good4        
#b3ai4 ,but ,sanaballat the ,horonite1  
and ,tobias the servant1 the ,ammonite1 
and ,gossem the ,arabian heard of it1   
and they scoffed at us1 and despised    
us1 and said3 ,what is this thing that  
you do8 are you going to rebel  against 
the king8    #b3bj4 ,and ,i answered    
them1 and said to them3 ,the ,god of    
heaven he  helpeth us1 and we are his   
servants3 let us rise up and build3 but 
you  have no part1 nor justice1 nor     
remembrance in ,jerusalem4    #b ,esdras
 ,chapter #c    ,they begin to build the

 walls3 the names and order of the      
builders4    #c3a4 ,then ,eliasib the   
high priest arose1 and his brethren the 
priests1  and they built the flock gate3
 they sanctified it1 and set up the     
doors  thereof1 even unto the tower of a
 hundred cubits they sanctified it unto 
the tower of ,hananeel4    #c3b4 ,and   
next to him the men of ,jericho built3  
and next to them built  ,zachur the son 
of ,amri4    #c3c4 ,but the fish gate   
the sons of ,asnaa built3 they covered  
it1 and set  up the doors thereof1 and  
the locks1 and the bars4  ,and next to  
them  built ,marimuth the son of ,urias 
the son of ,accus4    #d4 ,and next to  
him built ,mosollam the son of          
,barachias1 the son of  ,merezebel1 and 
next to them built ,sadoc the son of    
,baana4    #e4 ,and next to them the    
,thecuites built3 but their great men   
did not put  their necks to the work of 
their ,lord4    #c3f4 ,and ,joiada the  
son of ,phasea1 and ,mosollam the son of
 ,besodia built  the old gate3 they     

covered it and set up the doors thereof1
 and the  locks1 and the bars4    #c3g4 
,and next to them built ,meltias the    
,gabaonite1 and ,jadon the              
,meronathite1 the men of ,gabaon and    
,maspha1 for the governor that was in   
the country beyond the river4    #c3h4  
,and next to him built ,eziel the son of
 ,araia the goldsmith3 and  next to him 
built ,ananias the son of the perfumer3 
and they left  ,jerusalem unto the wall 
of the broad street4    #c3i4 ,and next 
to him built ,raphaia the son of ,hur1  
lord of the street of  ,jerusalem4      
#c3aj4 ,and next to him ,jedaia the son 
of ,haromaph over against his own       
house3 and next to him built ,hattus the
 son of ,hasebonia4    #c3aa4 ,melchias 
the son of ,herem1 and ,hasub the son of
 ,phahath ,moab1  built half the street1
 and the tower of the furnaces4         
#c3ab4 ,and next to him built ,sellum   
the son of ,alohes1 lord of half the    
street of ,jerusalem1 he and his        
daughters4    #c3ac4 ,and the gate of   

the valley ,hanun built1 and the        
inhabitants of  ,zanoe3 they built it1  
and set up the doors thereof1 and the   
locks1 and  the bars1 and a thousand    
cubits in the wall unto the gate of the 
dunghill4    #c3ad4 ,and the gate of the
 dunghill ,melchias the son of ,rechab  
built1  lord of the street of           
,bethacharam3 he built it1 and set up   
the doors  thereof1 and the locks1 and  
the bars4    #c3ae4 ,and the gate of the
 fountain1 ,sellum1 the son of          
,cholhoza1 built1  lord of the street of
 ,maspha3 he built it1 and covered it1  
and set up  the doors thereof1 and the  
locks1 and the bars1 and the walls of   
the  pool of ,siloe unto the king's     
guard1 and unto the steps that go down  
from the city of ,david4    #c3af4      
,after him built ,nehemias the son of   
,azboc1 lord of half the street  of     
,bethsur1 as far as over against the    
sepulchre of ,david1 and to the  pool1  
that was built with great labour1 and to
 the house of the mighty4    #c3ag4     

,after him built the ,levites1 ,rehum   
the son of ,benni4 ,after him  built    
,hasebias1 lord of half the street of   
,ceila in his own street4    #c3ah4     
,after him built their brethren ,bavai  
the son of ,enadad1 lord of  half       
,ceila4    #c3ai4 ,and next to him ,aser
 the son of ,josue1 lord of ,maspha1    
built  another measure1 over against the
 going up of the strong corner4         
#c3bj4 ,after him in the mount ,baruch  
the son of ,zachai built another        
measure1 from the corner to the door of 
the house of ,eliasib the high  priest4 
#c3ba4 ,after him ,merimuth the son of  
,urias the son of ,haccus1 built        
another measure1 from the door of the   
house of ,eliasib1 to the end of  the   
house of ,eliasib4    #c3bb4 ,and after 
him built the priests1 the men of the   
plains of the  ,jordan4    #c3bc4 ,after
 him built ,benjamin and ,hasub1 over   
against their own house3  and after him 
built ,azarias the son of ,maasias the  
son of ,ananias over  against his house4

    #c3bd4 ,after him built ,bennui the 
son of ,hanadad another measure1 from   
the house of ,azarias unto the bending1 
and unto the corner4    #c3be4 ,phalel1 
the son of ,ozi1 over against the       
bending and the tower1  which lieth out 
from the king's high house1 that is1 in 
the court of the  prison3 after him     
,phadaia the son of ,pharos4    #c3bf4  
,and the ,nathinites dwelt in ,ophel1 as
 far as over against the  water gate    
toward the east1 and the tower that     
stood out4    #c3bg4 ,after him the     
,thecuites built another measure over   
against1 from  the great tower that     
standeth out unto the wall of the       
temple4    #c3bh4 ,and upward from the  
horse gate the priests built1 every man 
over  against his house4    #c3bi4      
,after them built ,sadoc the son of     
,emmer over against his house4  ,and    
after him built ,semaia the son of      
,sechenias1 keeper of the east  gate4   
#c3cj4 ,after him built ,hanania the son
 of ,selemia1 and ,hanun the sixth  son 

of ,seleph1 another measure3 after him  
built ,mosollam the son of  ,barachias  
over against his treasury4 ,after him   
,melcias the goldsmith's  son built unto
 the house of the ,nathinites1 and of   
the sellers of small  wares1 over       
against the judgment gate1 and unto the 
chamber of the  corner4    #c3ca4 ,and  
within the chamber of the corner of the 
flock gate1 the  goldsmiths and the     
merchants built4    #b ,esdras ,chapter 
#d    ,the building is carried on       
notwithstanding the opposition of their 
enemies4    #d3a4 ,and it came to pass1 
that when ,sanaballat heard that we were
  building the wall he was angry3 and   
being moved exceedingly he scoffed  at  
the ,jews4    #d3b4 ,and said before his
 brethren1 and the multitude of the     
,samaritans3  ,what are the silly ,jews 
doing8 ,will the ,gentiles let them     
alone8 will  they sacrifice and make an 
end in a day8 are they able to raise    
stones  out of the heaps of the rubbish1
 which are burnt8    #d3c4 ,tobias also 

the ,ammonite who was by him said3 ,let 
them build3 if a  fox go up1 he will    
leap over their stone wall4    #d3d4    
,hear thou our ,god1 for we are         
despised3 turn their reproach upon      
their own head1 and give them to be     
despised in a land of captivity4        
#d3e4 ,cover not their iniquity1 and let
 not their sin be blotted out from      
before thy face1 because they have      
mocked thy builders4    #d3f4 ,so we    
built the wall1 and joined it all       
together unto the half  thereof3 and the
 heart of the people was excited to     
work4    #d3g4 ,and it came to pass1    
when ,sanaballat1 and ,tobias1 and the  
,arabians1  and the ,ammonites1 and the 
,azotians heard that the walls of       
,jerusalem  were made up1 and the       
breaches began to be closed1 that they  
were  exceedingly angry4    #d3h4 ,and  
they all assembled themselves together1 
to come1 and to fight  against          
,jerusalem1 and to prepare ambushes4    
#d3i4 ,and we prayed to our ,god1 and   

set watchmen upon the wall day and      
night against them4    #d3aj4 ,and ,juda
 said3 ,the strength of the bearer of   
burdens is decayed1  and the rubbish is 
very much1 and we shall not be able to  
build the  wall4    #d3aa4 ,and our     
enemies said3 ,let them not know1 nor   
understand1 till we  come in the midst  
of them1 and kill them1 and cause the   
work to cease4    #d3ab4 ,and it came to
 pass1 that when the ,jews that dwelt by
 them came  and told us ten times1 out  
of all the places from whence they came 
to  us1    #d3ac4 ,i set the people in  
the place behind the wall round about in
  order1 with their swords1 and spears1 
and bows4    #d3ad4 ,and ,i looked and  
rose up3 and ,i said to the chief men   
and the  magistrates1 and to the rest of
 the common people3 be not afraid of    
them4 ,remember the ,lord who is great  
and terrible1 and fight for your        
brethren1 your sons1 and your daughters1
 and your wives1 and your  houses4      
#d3ae4 ,and it came to pass1 when our   

enemies heard that the thing had  been  
told us1 that ,god defeated their       
counsel4 ,and we returned all of us  to 
the walls1 every man to his work4       
#d3af4 ,and it came to pass from that   
day forward1 that half of their  young  
men did the work1 and half were ready   
for to fight1 with spears1  and shields1
 and bows1 and coats of mail1 and the   
rulers were behind  them in all the     
house of ,juda4    #d3ag4 ,of them that 
built on the wall and that carried      
burdens1 and that  laded3 with one of   
his hands he did the work1 and with the 
other he held  a sword4    #d3ah4 ,for  
every one of the builders was girded    
with a sword about his  reins4 ,and they
 built1 and sounded with a trumpet by   
me4    #d3ai4 ,and ,i said to the       
nobles1 and to the magistrates1 and to  
the rest  of the common people3 ,the    
work is great and wide1 and we are      
separated  on the wall one far from     
another3    #d3bj4 ,in what place soever
 you shall hear the sound of the        

trumpet1 run  all thither unto us3 our  
,god will fight for us4    #d3ba4 ,and  
let us do the work3 and let one half of 
us hold our spears  from the rising of  
the morning1 till the stars appear4     
#d3bb4 ,at that time also ,i said to the
 people3 ,let every one with his        
servant stay in the midst of ,jerusalem1
 and let us take our turns in the       
night1 and by day1 to work4    #d3bc4   
,now ,i and my brethren1 and my         
servants1 and the watchmen that         
followed me1 did not put off our        
clothes3 only every man stripped        
himself when he was to be washed4    #b 
,esdras ,chapter #e    ,nehemias blameth
 the rich1 for their oppressing the     
poor4 ,his  exhortation1 and bounty to  
his countrymen4    #e3a4 ,now there was 
a great cry of the people1 and of their 
wives against  their brethren the ,jews4
    #e3b4 ,and there were some that     
said3 ,our sons and our daughters are   
very  many3 let us take up corn for the 
price of them1 and let us eat and  live4

    #e3c4 ,and there were some that     
said3 ,let us mortgage our lands1 and   
our  vineyards1 and our houses1 and let 
us take corn because of the famine4     
#e3d4 ,and others said3 ,let us borrow  
money for the king's tribute1 and  let  
us give up our fields and vineyards3    
#e3e4 ,and now our flesh is as the flesh
 of our brethren3 and our children  as  
their children4 ,behold we bring into   
bondage our sons and our  daughters1 and
 some of our daughters are bondwomen    
already1 neither have  we wherewith to  
redeem them1 and our fields and our     
vineyards other men  possess4    #e3f4  
,and ,i was exceedingly angry when ,i   
heard their cry according to  these     
words4    #e3g4 ,and my heart thought   
with myself3 and ,i rebuked the nobles  
and  magistrates1 and said to them3 ,do 
you every one exact usury of your       
brethren8 ,and ,i gathered together a   
great assembly against them1    #e3h4   
,and ,i said to them3 ,we1 as you know1 
have redeemed according to our  ability 

our brethren the ,jews1 that were sold  
to the ,gentiles3 and will  you then    
sell your brethren1 for us to redeem    
them8 ,and they held their  peace1 and  
found not what to answer4    #e3i4 ,and 
,i said to them3 ,the thing you do is   
not good3 why walk you not  in the fear 
of our ,god1 that we be not exposed to  
the reproaches of the  ,gentiles our    
enemies8    #e3aj4 ,both ,i and my      
brethren1 and my servants1 have lent    
money and corn  to many3 let us all     
agree not to call for it again2 let us  
forgive the  debt that is owing to us4  
#e3aa4 ,restore ye to them this day     
their fields1 and their vineyards1 and  
their oliveyards1 and their houses3 and 
the hundredth part of the money1  and of
 the corn1 the wine1 and the oil1 which 
you were wont to exact of  them1 give it
 rather for them4    #e3ab4 ,and they   
said3 ,we will restore1 and we will     
require nothing of  them3 and we will do
 as thou sayest4 ,and ,i called the     
priests and took  an oath of them1 to do

 according to what ,i had said4         
#e3ac4 ,moreover ,i shook my lap1 and   
said3 ,so may ,god shake every man that 
shall not accomplish this word1 out of  
his house1 and out of his  labours1 thus
 may he be shaken out1 and become empty4
  ,and all the  multitude said3 ,amen4  
,and they praised ,god4 ,and the people 
did according  to what was said4        
#e3ad4 ,and from the day1 in which the  
king commanded me to be governor in  the
 land of ,juda1 from the twentieth year 
even to the two and thirtieth  year of  
,artaxerxes the king1 for twelve years1 
,i and my brethren did not  eat the     
yearly allowance that was due to the    
governors4    #e3ae4 ,but the former    
governors that had been before me1 were 
chargeable  to the people1 and took of  
them in bread1 and wine1 and in money   
every  day forty sicles3 and their      
officers also oppressed the people4 ,but
 ,i  did not so for the fear of ,god4   
#e3af4 ,moreover ,i built in the work of
 the wall1 and ,i bought no land1  and  

all my servants were gathered together  
to the work4    #e3ag4 ,the ,jews also  
and the magistrates to the number of one
 hundred and  fifty men1 were at my     
table1 besides them that came to us from
 among the  nations that were round     
about us4    #e3ah4 ,and there was      
prepared for me day be day one ox1 and  
six choice  rams1 besides fowls1 and    
once in ten days ,i gave store of divers
 wines1  and many other things3 yet ,i  
did not require my yearly allowance as  
governor3 for the people were very much 
impoverished4    #e3ai4 ,remember me1 ,o
 my ,god1 for good according to all that
 ,i have done  for this people4    #b   
,esdras ,chapter #f    ,the enemies seek
 to terrify ,nehemias4 ,he proceedeth   
and finisheth the  wall4    #f3a4 ,and  
it came to pass1 when ,sanaballat1 and  
,tobias1 and ,gossem the  ,arabian1 and 
the rest of our enemies1 heard that ,i  
had built the wall1  and that there was 
no breach left in it1 7though at that   
time ,i had not  set up the doors in the

 gates17    #f3b4 ,sanaballat and       
,gossem sent to me1 saying3 ,come1 and  
let us make a  league together in the   
villages1 in the plain of ,ono4  ,but   
they thought  to do me mischief4        
#f3c4 ,and ,i sent messengers to them1  
saying3 ,i am doing a great work1 and   
,i cannot come down1 lest it be         
neglected whilst ,i come1 and go down to
  you4    #f3d4 ,and they sent to me    
according to this word1 four times3 and 
,i  answered them after the same manner4
    #f3e4 ,and ,sanaballat sent his     
servant to me the fifth time according  
to  the former word1 and he had a letter
 in his hand written in this manner3    
#f3f4 ,it is reported amongst the       
,gentiles1 and ,gossem hath said it1    
that  thou and the ,jews think to rebel1
 and therefore thou buildest the wall1  
and hast a mind to set thyself king over
 them3 for which end    #f3g4 ,thou hast
 also set up prophets1 to preach of thee
 at ,jerusalem1  saying3 ,there is a    
king in ,judea4 ,the king will hear of  

these things3  therefore come now1 that 
we may take counsel together4    #f3h4  
,and ,i sent to them1 saying3 ,there is 
no such thing done as thou  sayest3 but 
thou feignest these things out of thy   
own heart4    #f3i4 ,for all these men  
thought to frighten us1 thinking that   
our hands  would cease from the work1   
and that we would leave off4  ,wherefore
 ,i  strengthened my hands the more3    
#f3aj4 ,and ,i went into the house of   
,samaia the son of ,delaia1 the son of  
,metabeel privately4 ,and he said3 ,let 
us consult together in the house of     
,god in the midst of the temple3 and let
 us shut the doors of the temple1  for  
they will come to kill thee1 and in the 
night they will come to slay  thee4     
#f3aa4 ,and ,i said3 ,should such a man 
as ,i flee8 and who is there that  being
 as ,i am1 would go into the temple1 to 
save his life8  ,i will not  go in4     
#f3ab4 ,and ,i understood that ,god had 
not sent him1 but that he had spoken  to
 me as if he had been prophesying1 and  

,tobias1 and ,sanaballat had  hired him4
    #f3ac4 ,for he had taken money1 that
 ,i being afraid should do this thing1  
and sin1 and they might have some evil  
to upbraid me withal4    #f3ad4         
,remember me1 ,o ,lord1 for ,tobias and 
,sanaballat1 according to their  works  
of this kind3 and ,noadias the prophet1 
and the rest of the  prophets that would
 have put me in fear4    #f3ae4 ,but the
 wall was finished the five and         
twentieth day of the month  of ,elul1 in
 two and fifty days4    #f3af4 ,and it  
came to pass when all our enemies heard 
of it1 that all  nations which were     
round about us1 were afraid1 and were   
cast down  within themselves1 for they  
perceived that this work was the work of
  ,god4    #f3ag4 ,moreover in those    
days many letters were sent by the      
principal men  of the ,jews to ,tobias1 
and from ,tobias there came letters to  
them4    #f3ah4 ,for there were many in 
,judea sworn to him1 because he was the 
son  in law of ,sechenias the son of    

,area1 and ,johanan his son had taken to
  wife the daughter of ,mosollam the son
 of ,barachias4    #f3ai4 ,and they     
praised him also before me1 and they    
related my words to  him3 ,and ,tobias  
sent letters to put me in fear4    #b   
,esdras ,chapter #g    ,nehemias        
appointeth watchmen in ,jerusalem4 ,the 
list of those who came  first from      
,babylon4    #g3a4 ,now after the wall  
was built1 and ,i had set up the doors1 
and  numbered the porters and singing   
men1 and ,levites3    #g3b4 ,i commanded
 ,hanani my brother1 and ,hananias ruler
 of the house of  ,jerusalem1 7for he   
seemed as a sincere man1 and one that   
feared ,god  above the rest17    #g3c4  
,and ,i said to them3 ,let not the gates
 of ,jerusalem be opened till  the sun  
be hot4 ,and while they were yet        
standing by the gates were shut1  and   
barred3 and ,i set watchmen of the      
inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 every  one by
 their courses1 and every man over      
against his house4    #g3d4 ,and the    

city was very wide and great1 and the   
people few in the  midst thereof1 and   
the houses were not built4    #g3e4 ,but
 ,god had put in my heart1 and ,i       
assembled the princes and  magistrates1 
and common people1 to number them3 and  
,i found a book of  the number of them  
who came up at first and therein it was 
found  written3    #g3f4 ,these are the 
children of the province1 who came up   
from the  captivity of them that had    
been carried away1 whom ,nabuchodonosor 
the  king of ,babylon had carried away1 
and who returned into ,judea1 every one 
into his own city4    #g3g4 ,who came   
with ,zorobabel1 ,josue1 ,nehemias1     
,azarias1 ,raamias1  ,nahamani1         
,mardochai1 ,belsam1 ,mespharath1       
,begoia1 ,nahum1 ,baana4  ,the  number  
of the men of the people of ,israel3    
#g3h4 ,the children of ,pharos1 two     
thousand one hundred seventy-two4       
#g3i4 ,the children of ,sephatia1 three 
hundred seventy-two4    #g3aj4 ,the     
children of ,area1 six hundred          

fifty-two4    #g3aa4 ,the children of   
,phahath ,moab of the children of ,josue
 and ,joab1  two thousand eight hundred 
eighteen4    #g3ab4 ,the children of    
,elam1 one thousand two hundred         
fifty-four4    #g3ac4 ,the children of  
,zethua1 eight hundred forty-five4      
#g3ad4 ,the children of ,zachai1 seven  
hundred sixty4    #g3ae4 ,the children  
of ,bannui1 six hundred forty-eight4    
#g3af4 ,the children of ,bebai1 six     
hundred twenty-eight4    #g3ag4 ,the    
children of ,azgad1 two thousand three  
hundred twenty-two4    #g3ah4 ,the      
children of ,adonicam1 six hundred      
sixty-seven4    #g3ai4 ,the children of 
,beguai1 two thousand sixty-seven4      
#g3bj4 ,the children of ,adin1 six      
hundred fifty-five4    #g3ba4 ,the      
children of ,ater1 children of          
,hezechias1 ninety-eight4    #g3bb4 ,the
 children of ,hasem1 three hundred      
twenty-eight4    #g3bc4 ,the children of
 ,besai1 three hundred twenty-four4     
#g3bd4 ,the children of ,hareph1 a      

hundred and twelve4    #g3be4 ,the      
children of ,gabaon1 ninety-five4       
#g3bf4 ,the children of ,bethlehem1 and 
,netupha1 a hundred eighty-eight4       
#g3bg4 ,the men of ,anathoth1 a hundred 
twenty-eight4    #g3bh4 ,the men of     
,bethazmoth1 forty-two4    #g3bi4 ,the  
men of ,cariathiarim1 ,cephira1 and     
,beroth1 seven hundred forty-  three4   
#g3cj4 ,the men of ,rama and ,geba1 six 
hundred twenty-one4    #g3ca4 ,the men  
of ,machmas1 a hundred twenty-two4      
#g3cb4 ,the men of ,bethel and ,hai1 a  
hundred twenty-three4    #g3cc4 ,the men
 of the other ,nebo1 fifty-two4         
#g3cd4 ,the men of the other ,elam1 one 
thousand two hundred fifty-four4        
#g3ce4 ,the children of ,harem1 three   
hundred and twenty4    #g3cf4 ,the      
children of ,jericho1 three hundred     
forty-five4    #g3cg4 ,the children of  
,lod1 of ,hadid and ,ono1 seven hundred 
twenty-one4    #g3ch4 ,the children of  
,senaa1  three thousand nine hundred    
thirty4    #g3ci4 ,the priests3 the     

children of ,idaia in the house of      
,josue1 nine  hundred and seventy-three4
    #g3dj4 ,the children of ,emmer1 one 
thousand fifty-two4    #g3da4 ,the      
children of ,phashur1 one thousand two  
hundred forty-seven4    #g3db4 ,the     
children of ,arem1 one thousand and     
seventeen4 ,the ,levites3    #g3dc4 ,the
 children of ,josue and ,cedmihel1 the  
sons    #g3dd4 ,of ,oduia1 seventy-four4
 ,the singing men3    #g3de4 ,the       
children of ,asaph1 a hundred           
forty-eight4    #g3df4 ,the porters3 the
 children of ,sellum1 the children of   
,ater1 the  children of ,telmon1 the    
children of ,accub1 the children of     
,hatita1 the  children of ,sobai3 a     
hundred thirty-eight4    #g3dg4 ,the    
,nathinites3 the children of ,soha1 the 
children of ,hasupha1 the  children of  
,tebbaoth1    #g3dh4 ,the children of   
,ceros1 the children os ,siaa1 the      
children of  ,phadon1 the children of   
,lebana1 the children of ,hagaba1 the   
children of  ,selmai1    #g3di4 ,the    

children of ,hanan1 the children of     
,geddel1 the children of  ,gaher1       
#g3ej4 ,the children of ,raaia1 the     
children of ,rasin1 the children of     
,necoda1    #g3ea4 ,the children of     
,gezem1 the children of ,asa1 the       
children of  ,phasea1    #g3eb4 ,the    
children of ,besai1 the children of     
,munim1 the children of  ,nephussim1    
#g3ec4 ,the children of ,bacbuc1 the    
children of ,hacupha1 the children of   
,harhur1    #g3ed4 ,the children of     
,besloth1 the children of ,mahida1 the  
children of  ,harsa1    #g3ee4 ,the     
children of ,bercos1 the children of    
,sisara1 the children of  ,thema1       
#g3ef4 ,the children of ,nasia1 the     
children of ,hatipha1    #g3eg4 ,the    
children of the servants of ,solomon1   
the children of ,sothai1  the children  
of ,sophereth1 the children of ,pharida1
    #g3eh4 ,the children of ,jahala1 the
 children of ,darcon1 the children of   
,jeddel1    #g3ei4 ,the children of     
,saphatia1 the children of ,hatil1 the  

children of  ,phochereth1 who was born  
of ,sabaim1 the son of ,amon4    #g3fj4 
,all the ,nathinites1 and the children  
of the servants of ,solomon1  three     
hundred ninety-two4    #g3fa4 ,and these
 are they that came up from ,telmela1   
,thelharsa1 ,cherub1  ,addon1 and       
,emmer3 and could not shew the house of 
their fathers1 nor  their seed1 whether 
they were of ,israel4    #g3fb4 ,the    
children of ,dalaia1 the children of    
,tobia1 the children of  ,necoda1 six   
hundred forty-two4    #g3fc4 ,and of the
 priests1 the children of ,habia1 the   
children of ,accos1  the children of    
,berzellai1 who took a wife of the      
daughters of ,berzellai  the ,galaadite1
 and he was called by their name4       
#g3fd4 ,these sought their writing in   
the record1 and found it not3 and  they 
were cast out of the priesthood4        
#g3fe4 ,and ,athersatha said to them1   
that they should not eat of the  holies 
of holies1 until there stood up a priest
 learned and skilful4    #g3ff4 ,all the

 multitude as it were one man1 forty-two
 thousand three  hundred sixty1         
#g3fg4 ,beside their menservants and    
womenservants1 who were seven  thousand 
three hundred thirty-seven3 and among   
them singing men1 and  singing women1   
two hundred forty-five4    #g3fh4 ,their
 horses1 seven hundred thirty-six3 their
 mules two hundred  forty-five4         
#g3fi4 ,their camels1 four hundred      
thirty-five1 their asses1 six thousand  
seven hundred and twenty4    7,hitherto 
is related what was written in the      
record4 ,from this place  forward goeth 
on the history of ,nehemias47    #g3gj4 
,and some of the heads of the families  
gave unto the work4  ,athersatha gave   
into the treasure a thousand drams of   
gold1 fifty bowls1  and five hundred and
 thirty garments for priests4           
,athersatha444 ,that is1 ,nehemias2 as  
appears from chap4 #ab4 ,either that  he
 was so called at the court of the king 
of ,persia1 where he was  cupbearer3 or 
that1 as some think1 this name signifies

 governor2 and he  was at that time     
governor of ,judea4    #g3ga4 ,and some 
of the heads of families gave to the    
treasure of the  work1 twenty thousand  
drams of gold1 and two thousand two     
hundred pounds  of silver4    #g3gb4    
,and that which the rest of the people  
gave1 was twenty thousand  drams of     
gold1 and two thousand pounds of silver1
 and sixty-seven  garments for priests4 
#g3gc4 ,and the priests1 and the        
,levites1 and the porters1 and the      
singing  men1 and the rest of the common
 people1 and the ,nathinites1 and all   
,israel dwelt in their cities4    #b    
,esdras ,chapter #h    ,esdras readeth  
the law before the people4 ,nehemias    
comforteth them4 ,they  celebrate the   
feast of tabernacles4    #h3a4 ,and the 
seventh month came3 and the children of 
,israel were in  their cities4 ,and all 
the people were gathered together as one
 man to  the street which is before the 
water gate1 and they spoke to ,esdras   
the  scribe1 to bring the book of the   

law of ,moses1 which the ,lord had      
commanded to ,israel4    #h3b4 ,then    
,esdras the priest brought the law      
before the multitude of men  and women1 
and all those that could understand1 in 
the first day of the  seventh month4    
#h3c4 ,and he read it plainly in the    
street that was before the water  gate1 
from the morning until midday1 before   
the men1 and the women1 and  all those  
that could understand3 and the ears of  
all the people were  attentive to the   
book4    #h3d4 ,and ,esdras the scribe  
stood upon a step of wood1 which he had 
made  to speak upon1 and there stood by 
him ,mathathias1 and ,semeia1 and ,ania1
  and ,uria1 and ,helcia1 and ,maasia1  
on his right hand3 and on the left1     
,phadaia1 ,misael1 and ,melchia1 and    
,hasum1 and ,hasbadana1 ,zacharia and   
,mosollam4    #h3e4 ,and ,esdras opened 
the book before all the people3 for he  
was above  all the people3 and when he  
had opened it1 all the people stood4    
#h3f4 ,and ,esdras blessed the ,lord the

 great ,god3 and all the people         
answered1 ,amen1 amen3 lifting up their 
hands3 and they bowed down1 and  adored 
,god with their faces to the ground4    
#h3g4 ,now ,josue1 and ,bani1 and       
,serebia1 ,jamin1 ,accub1 ,sephtai1     
,odia1  ,maasia1 ,celtia1 ,azarias1     
,jozabed1 ,hanan1 ,phalaia1 the         
,levites1 made  silence among the people
 to hear the law3 and the people stood  
in their  place4    #h3h4 ,and they read
 in the book of the law of ,god         
distinctly and plainly  to be           
understood3 and they understood when it 
was read4    #h3i4 ,and ,nehemias 7he is
 ,athersatha7 and ,esdras the priest and
 scribe1  and the ,levites who          
interpreted to all the people1 said3    
,this is a holy  day to the ,lord our   
,god3 do not mourn1 nor weep3 for all   
the people  wept1 when they heard the   
words of the law4    #h3aj4 ,and he said
 to them3 ,go1 eat fat meats1 and drink 
sweet wine1 and  send portions to them  
that have not prepared for themselves3  

because it  is the holy day of the      
,lord1 and be not sad3 for the joy of   
the ,lord is  our strength4    #h3aa4   
,and the ,levites stilled all the       
people1 saying3 ,hold your peace1  for  
the day is holy1 and be not sorrowful4  
#h3ab4 ,so all the people went to eat   
and drink1 and to send portions1 and  to
 make great mirth3 because they         
understood the words that he had  taught
 them4    #h3ac4 ,and on the second day 
the chiefs of the families of all the   
people1 the priests1 and the ,levites   
were gathered together to ,esdras  the  
scribe1 that he should interpret to them
 the words of the law4    #h3ad4 ,and   
they found written in the law1 that the 
,lord had commanded by  the hand of     
,moses1 that the children of ,israel    
should dwell in  tabernacles1 on the    
feast1 in the seventh month3    #h3ae4  
,and that they should proclaim and      
publish the word in all their  cities1  
and in ,jerusalem1 saying3 ,go forth to 
the mount1 and fetch  branches of olive1

 and branches of beautiful wood1        
branches of myrtle1  and branches of    
palm1 and branches of thick trees1 to   
make tabernacles1  as it is written4    
#h3af4 ,and the people went forth1 and  
brought4 ,and they made themselves      
tabernacles every man on the top of his 
house1 and in their courts1 and  in the 
courts of the house of ,god1 and in the 
street of the water gate1  and in the   
street of the gate of ,ephraim4         
#h3ag4 ,and all the assembly of them    
that were returned from the  captivity1 
made tabernacles1 and dwelt in          
tabernacles3 for since the  days of     
,josue the son of ,nun the children of  
,israel had not done so1  until that    
day3 and there was exceeding great joy4 
#h3ah4 ,and he read in the book of the  
law of ,god day by day1 from the  first 
day till the last1 and they kept the    
solemnity seven days1 and in  the eighth
 day a solemn assembly according to the 
manner4    #b ,esdras ,chapter #i       
,the people repent with fasting and     

sackcloth4 ,the ,levites confess ,god's 
benefits1 and the people's ingratitude3 
they pray for them1 and make a  covenant
 with ,god4    #i3a4 ,and in the four   
and twentieth day of the month the      
children of  ,israel came together with 
fasting and with sackcloth1 and earth   
upon  them4    #i3b4 ,and the seed of   
the children of ,israel separated       
themselves from  every stranger3 and    
they stood1 and confessed their sins1   
and the  iniquities of their fathers4   
#i3c4 ,and they rose up to stand3 and   
they read in the book of the law of  the
 ,lord their ,god1 four times in the    
day1 and four times they  confessed1 and
 adored the ,lord their ,god4    #i3d4  
,and there stood up upon the step of the
 ,levites1 ,josue1 and ,bani1  and      
,cedmihel1 ,sabania1 ,bonni1 ,sarebias1 
,bani1 and ,chanani3 and they  cried    
with a loud voice to the ,lord their    
,god4    #i3e4 ,and the ,levites ,josue 
and ,cedmihel1 ,bonni1 ,hasebnia1       
,serebia1  ,oduia1 ,sebnia1 and         

,phathahia1 said3 ,arise1 bless the     
,lord your ,god from  eternity to       
eternity3 and blessed be the high name  
of thy glory with all  blessing and     
praise4    #i3f4 ,thou thyself1 ,o ,lord
 alone1 thou hast made heaven1 and the  
heaven  of heavens1 and all the host    
thereof3 the earth and all things that  
are  in it3 the seas and all that are   
therein3 and thou givest life to all    
these things1 and the host of heaven    
adoreth thee4    #i3g4 ,thou ,o ,lord   
,god1 art he who chosest ,abram1 and    
broughtest him forth  out of the fire of
 the ,chaldeans1 and gavest him the name
 of ,abraham4    ,the fire of the       
,chaldeans444 ,the city of ,ur in       
,chaldea1 the name of  which signifies  
fire4 ,or out of the fire of the        
tribulations and  temptations1 to which 
he was there exposed4-,the ancient      
,rabbins  understood this literally1    
affirming that ,abram was cast into the 
fire  by the idolaters1 and brought out 
by a miracle without any hurt4    #i3h4 

,and thou didst find his heart faithful 
before thee3 and thou madest  a covenant
 with him1 to give him the land of the  
,chanaanite1 of the  ,hethite1 and of   
the ,amorrhite1 and of the ,pherezite1  
and of the  ,jebusite1 and of the       
,gergezite1 to give it to his seed3 and 
thou hast  fulfilled thy words1 because 
thou art just4    #i3i4 ,and thou sawest
 the affliction of our fathers in       
,egypt3 and thou  didst hear their cry  
by the ,red ,sea4    #i3aj4 ,and thou   
shewedst signs and wonders upon ,pharao1
 and upon all his  servants1 and upon   
the people of his land3 for thou knewest
 that they  dealt proudly against them3 
and thou madest thyself a name1 as it is
 at  this day4    #i3aa4 ,and thou didst
 divide the sea before them1 and they   
passed through  the midst of the sea on 
dry land3 but their persecutors thou    
threwest  into the depth1 as a stone    
into mighty waters4    #i3ab4 ,and in a 
pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader
 by day1 and in a  pillar of fire by    

night1 that they might see the way by   
which they went4    #i3ac4 ,thou camest 
down also to mount ,sinai1 and didst    
speak with them  from heaven1 and thou  
gavest them right judgments1 and the law
 of truth1  ceremonies1 and good        
precepts4    #i3ad4 ,thou madest known  
to them thy holy sabbath1 and didst     
prescribe to  them commandments1 and    
ceremonies1 and the law by the hand of  
,moses thy  servant4    #i3ae4 ,and thou
 gavest them bread from heaven in their 
hunger1 and  broughtest forth water for 
them out of the rock in their thirst1   
and  thou saidst to them that they      
should go in1 and possess the land1 upon
  which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to
 give it them4    #i3af4 ,but they and  
our fathers dealt proudly1 and hardened 
their necks  and hearkened not to thy   
commandments4    #i3ag4 ,and they would 
not hear1 and they remembered not thy   
wonders which  thou hadst done for them4
 ,and they hardened their necks1 and    
gave the  head to return to their       

bondage1 as it were by contention4 ,but 
thou1 a  forgiving ,god1 gracious1 and  
merciful1 longsuffering1 and full of    
compassion1 didst not forsake them4     
,and gave the head444 ,that is1 they set
 their head1 or were bent to  return to 
,egypt4    #i3ah4 ,yea when they had    
made also to themselves a molten calf1  
and had  said3 ,this is thy ,god1 that  
brought thee out of ,egypt3 and had     
committed  great blasphemies3    #i3ai4 
,yet thou1 in thy many mercies1 didst   
not leave them in the desert3  the      
pillar of the cloud departed not from   
them by day to lead them in  the way1   
and the pillar of fire by night to shew 
them the way by which  they should go4  
#i3bj4 ,and thou gavest them thy good   
,spirit to teach them1 and thy manna    
thou didst not withhold from their      
mouth1 and thou gavest them water for   
their thirst4    #i3ba4 ,forty years    
didst thou feed them in the desert1 and 
nothing was  wanting to them3 their     
garments did not grow old1 and their    

feet were  not worn4    #i3bb4 ,and thou
 gavest them kingdoms1 and nations1 and 
didst divide lots  for them3 and they   
possessed the land of ,sehon1 and the   
land of the king  of ,hesebon1 and the  
land of ,og king of ,basan4    #i3bc4   
,and thou didst multiply their children 
as the stars of heaven1 and  broughtest 
them to the land concerning which thou  
hadst said to their  fathers1 that they 
should go in and possess it4    #i3bd4  
,and the children came and possessed the
 land1 and thou didst  humble before    
them the inhabitants of the land1 the   
,chanaanites1 and  gavest them into     
their hands1 with their kings1 and the  
people of the  land1 that they might do 
with them as it pleased them4    #i3be4 
,and they took strong cities and a fat  
land1 and possessed houses  full of all 
goods3 cisterns made by others1         
vineyards1 and oliveyards1  and fruit   
trees in abundance3 and they ate1 and   
were filled1 and became  fat1 and       
abounded with delight in thy great      

goodness4    #i3bf4 ,but they provoked  
thee to wrath1 and departed from thee1  
and threw  thy law behind their backs3  
and they killed thy prophets1 who       
admonished  them earnestly to return to 
thee3 and they were guilty of great     
blasphemies4    #i3bg4 ,and thou gavest 
them into the hands of their enemies1   
and they  afflicted them4 ,and in the   
time of their tribulation they cried to 
thee1  and thou heardest from heaven1   
and according to the multitude of thy   
tender mercies thou gavest them         
saviours1 to save them from the hands of
  their enemies4    #i3bh4 ,but after   
they had rest1 they returned to do evil 
in thy sight3  and thou leftest them in 
the hand of their enemies1 and they had 
dominion over them4 ,then they returned1
 and cried to thee3 and thou  heardest  
from heaven1 and deliveredst them many  
times in thy mercies4    #i3bi4 ,and    
thou didst admonish them to return to   
thy law4 ,but they dealt  proudly1 and  
hearkened not to thy commandments1 but  

sinned against thy  judgments1 which if 
a man do1 he shall live in them3 and    
they withdrew  the shoulder1 and        
hardened their neck1 and would not hear4
    #i3cj4 ,and thou didst forbear with 
them for many years1 and didst testify  
against them by thy spirit by the hand  
of thy prophets3 and they heard  not1   
and thou didst deliver them into the    
hand of the people of the  lands4       
#i3ca4 ,yet in thy very many mercies    
thou didst not utterly consume them1    
nor forsake them3 because thou art a    
merciful and gracious ,god4    #i3cb4   
,now therefore our ,god1 great1 strong1 
and terrible1 who keepest  covenant and 
mercy1 turn not away from thy face all  
the labour which  hath come upon us1    
upon our kings1 and our princes1 and our
 priests1 and  our prophets1 and our    
fathers1 and all the people from the    
days of the  king of ,assur1 until this 
day4    #i3cc4 ,and thou art just in all
 things that have come upon us3 because 
thou hast done truth1 but we have done  

wickedly4    #i3cd4 ,our kings1 our     
princes1 our priests1 and our fathers   
have not kept  thy law1 and have not    
minded thy commandments1 and thy        
testimonies which  thou hast testified  
among them4    #i3ce4 ,and they have not
 served thee in their kingdoms1 and in  
thy  manifold goodness1 which thou      
gavest them1 and in the large and fat   
land1 which thou deliveredst before     
them1 nor did they return from their    
most wicked devices4    #i3cf4 ,behold  
we ourselves this day are bondmen3 and  
the land1 which thou  gavest our        
fathers1 to eat the bread thereof1 and  
the good things  thereof1 and we        
ourselves are servants in it4    #i3cg4 
,and the fruits thereof grow up for the 
kings1 whom thou hast set  over us for  
our sins1 and they have dominion over   
our bodies1 and over  our beasts1       
according to their will1 and we are in  
great tribulation4    #i3ch4 ,and       
because of all this we ourselves make a 
covenant1 and write  it1 and our        

princes1 our ,levites1 and our priests  
sign it4    #b ,esdras ,chapter #aj     
,the names of the subscribers to the    
covenant1 and the contents of it4       
#aj3a4 ,and the subscribers were        
,nehemias1 ,athersatha the son of       
,hachelai1  and ,sedecias1    #aj3b4    
,saraias1 ,azarias1 ,jeremias1    #aj3c4
 ,pheshur1 ,amarias1 ,melchias1         
#aj3d4 ,hattus1 ,sebenia1 ,melluch1     
#aj3e4 ,harem1 ,merimuth1 ,obdias1      
#aj3f4 ,daniel1 ,genthon1 ,baruch1      
#aj3g4 ,mosollam1 ,abia1 ,miamin1       
#aj3h4 ,maazia1 ,belgia1 ,semeia3 these 
were priests4    #aj3i4 ,and the        
,levites1 ,josue the son of ,azanias1   
,bennui of the sons of  ,henadad1       
,cedmihel1    #aj3aj4 ,and their        
brethren1 ,sebenia1 ,oduia1 ,celita1    
,phalaia1 ,hanan1    #aj3aa4 ,micha1    
,rohob1 ,hasebia1    #aj3ab4 ,zachur1   
,serebia1 ,sabania1    #aj3ac4 ,odaia1  
,bani1 ,baninu4    #aj3ad4 ,the heads of
 the people1 ,pharos1 ,phahath ,moab1   
,elam1 ,zethu1 ,bani1    #aj3ae4 ,bonni1

 ,azgad1 ,bebai1    #aj3af4 ,adonia1    
,begoai1 ,adin1    #aj3ag4 ,ater1       
,hezecia1 ,azur1    #aj3ah4 ,odaia1     
,hasum1 ,besai1    #aj3ai4 ,hareph1     
,anathoth1 ,nebai1    #aj3bj4 ,megphias1
 ,mosollam1 ,hazir1    #aj3ba4          
,mesizabel1 ,sadoc1 ,jeddua1    #aj3bb4 
,pheltia1 ,hanan1 ,anaia1    #aj3bc4    
,osee1 ,hanania1 ,hasub1    #aj3bd4     
,alohes1 ,phalea1 ,sobec1    #aj3be4    
,rehum1 ,hasebna1 ,maasia1    #aj3bf4   
,echaia1 ,hanan1 ,anan1    #aj3bg4      
,melluch1 ,haran1 ,baana3    #aj3bh4    
,and the rest of the people1 priests1   
,levites1 porters1 and  singing men1    
,nathinites1 and all that had separated 
themselves from the  people of the lands
 to the law of ,god1 their wives1 their 
sons1 and  their daughters4    #aj3bi4  
,all that could understand1 promising   
for their brethren1 with  their chief   
men1 and they came to promise1 and swear
 that they would  walk in the law of    
,god1 which he gave in the hand of      
,moses the servant  of ,god1 that they  

would do and keep all the commandments  
of the ,lord our  ,god1 and his         
judgments and his ceremonies4    #aj3cj4
 ,and that we would not give our        
daughters to the people of the  land1   
nor take their daughters for our sons4  
#aj3ca4 ,and if the people of the land  
bring in things to sell1 or any  things 
for use1 to sell them on the sabbath    
day1 that we would not buy  them on the 
sabbath1 or on the holy day4 ,and that  
we would leave the  seventh year1 and   
the exaction of every hand4    #aj3cb4  
,and we made ordinances for ourselves1  
to give the third part of a  sicle every
 year for the work of the house of our  
,god1    #aj3cc4 ,for the loaves of     
proposition1 and for the continual      
sacrifice1  and for a continual         
holocaust on the sabbaths1 on the new   
moons1 on the  set feasts1 and for the  
holy things1 and for the sin offering3  
that  atonement might be made for       
,israel1 and for every use of the house 
of  our ,god4    #aj3cd4 ,and we cast   

lots among the priests1 and the         
,levites1 and the  people for the       
offering of wood1 that it might be      
brought into the house  of our ,god by  
the houses of our fathers at set times1 
from year to year3  to burn upon the    
altar of the ,lord our ,god1 as it is   
written in the law  of ,moses3          
#aj3ce4 ,and that we would bring the    
firstfruits of our land1 and the        
firstfruits of all fruit of every tree1 
from year to year1 in the house  of our 
,lord4    #aj3cf4 ,and the firstborn of 
our sons1 and of our cattle1 as it is   
written in the law1 and the firstlings  
of our oxen1 and of our sheep1 to  be   
offered in the house of our ,god1 to the
 priests who minister in the  house of  
our ,god4    #aj3cg4 ,and that we would 
bring the firstfruits of our meats1 and 
of our  libations1 and the fruit of     
every tree1 of the vintage also and of  
oil  to the priests1 to the storehouse  
of our ,god1 and the tithes of our      
ground to the ,levites4 ,the ,levites   

also shall receive the tithes of our    
works out of all the cities4    #aj3ch4 
,and the priest the son of ,aaron shall 
be with the ,levites in the  tithes of  
the ,levites1 and the ,levites shall    
offer the tithe of their  tithes in the 
house of our ,god1 to the storeroom into
 the treasure  house4    #aj3ci4 ,for   
the children of ,israel and the children
 of ,levi shall carry  to the treasury  
the firstfruits of corn1 of wine1 and of
 oil3 and the  sanctified vessels shall 
be there1 and the priests1 and the      
singing men1  and the porters1 and      
ministers1 and we will not forsake the  
house of our  ,god4    #b ,esdras       
,chapter #aa    ,who were the           
inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 and the other
 cities4    #aa3a4 ,and the princes of  
the people dwelt at ,jerusalem3 but the 
rest of  the people cast lots1 to take  
one part in ten to dwell in ,jerusalem  
the  holy city1 and nine parts in the   
other cities4    #aa3b4 ,and the people 
blessed all the men that willingly      

offered  themselves to dwell in         
,jerusalem4    #aa3c4 ,these therefore  
are the chief men of the province1 who  
dwelt in  ,jerusalem1 and in the cities 
of ,juda4 ,and every one dwelt in his   
possession1 in their cities3 ,israel1   
the priests1 the ,levites1 the          
,nathinites1 and the children of the    
servants of ,solomon4    #aa3d4 ,and in 
,jerusalem there dwelt some of the      
children of ,juda1 and  some of the     
children of ,benjamin3 of the children  
of ,juda1 ,athaias the  son of ,aziam1  
the son of ,zacharias1 the son of       
,amarias1 the son of  ,saphatias1 the   
son of ,malaleel3 of the sons of        
,phares1    #aa3e4 ,maasia the son of   
,baruch1 the son of ,cholhoza1 the son  
of ,hazia1  the son of ,adaia1 the son  
of ,joiarib1 the son of ,zacharias1 the 
son of  the ,silonite3    #aa3f4 ,all   
these the sons of ,phares1 who dwelt in 
,jerusalem1 were four  hundred          
sixty-eight valiant men4    #aa3g4 ,and 
these are the children of ,benjamin3    

,sellum the son of  ,mosollam1 the son  
of ,joed1 the son of ,phadaia1 the son  
of ,colaia1 the  son of ,masia1 the son 
of ,etheel1 the son of ,isaia4    #aa3h4
 ,and after him ,gebbai1 ,sellai1 nine  
hundred twenty-eight4    #aa3i4 ,and    
,joel the son of ,zechri their ruler1   
and ,judas the son of ,senua  was second
 over the city4    #aa3aj4 ,and of the  
priests ,idaia the son of ,joarib1      
,jachin1    #aa3aa4 ,saraia the son of  
,helcias1 the son of ,mosollam1 the son 
of ,sadoc1  the son of ,meraioth1 the   
son of ,achitob the prince of the house 
of ,god1    #aa3ab4 ,and their brethren 
that do the works of the temple3 eight  
hundred  twenty-two4 ,and ,adaia the son
 of ,jeroham1 the son of ,phelelia1 the 
son  of ,amsi1 the son of ,zacharias1   
the son of ,pheshur1 the son of         
,melchias1    #aa3ac4 ,and his brethren 
the chiefs of the fathers3 two hundred  
forty-  two4 ,and ,amassai the son of   
,azreel1 the son of ,ahazi1 the son of  
,mosollamoth1 the son of ,emmer1        

#aa3ad4 ,and their brethren who were    
very mighty1 a hundred twenty-eight3    
and their ruler ,zabdiel son of the     
mighty4    #aa3ae4 ,and of the ,levites 
,semeia the son of ,hasub1 the son of   
,azaricam1  the son of ,hasabia1 the son
 of ,boni1    #aa3af4 ,and ,sabathai and
 ,jozabed1 who were over all the outward
 business  of the house of ,god1 of the 
princes of the ,levites1    #aa3ag4 ,and
 ,mathania the son of ,micha1 the son of
 ,zebedei1 the son of  ,asaph1 was the  
principal man to praise1 and to give    
glory in prayer1 and  ,becbecia1 the    
second1 one of his brethren1 and ,abda  
the son of ,samua1  the son of ,galal1  
the son of ,idithun4    #aa3ah4 ,all the
 ,levites in the holy city were two     
hundred eighty-four4    #aa3ai4 ,and the
 porters1 ,accub1 ,telmon1 and their    
brethren1 who kept the  doors3 a hundred
 seventy-two4    #aa3bj4 ,and the rest  
of ,israel1 the priests and the ,levites
 were in all  the cities of ,juda1 every
 man in his possession4    #aa3ba4 ,and 

the ,nathinites1 that dwelt in ,ophel1  
and ,siaha1 and ,gaspha of  the         
,nathinites4    #aa3bb4 ,and the        
overseer of the ,levites in ,jerusalem1 
was ,azzi the son of  ,bani1 the son of 
,hasabia1 the son of ,mathania1 the son 
of ,micha4 ,of the  sons of ,asaph1 were
 the singing men in the ministry of the 
house of ,god4    #aa3bc4 ,for the      
king's commandment was concerning them1 
and an order  among the singing men day 
by day4    #aa3bd4 ,and ,phathahia the  
son of ,mesezebel of the children of    
,zara the  son of ,juda was at the hand 
of the king1 in all matters concerning  
the  people1    #aa3be4 ,and in the     
houses through all their countries4 ,of 
the children of  ,juda some dwelt at    
,cariath-,arbe1 and in the villages     
thereof3 and at  ,dibon1 and in the     
villages thereof3 and at ,cabseel1 and  
in the villages  thereof4    #aa3bf4    
,and at ,jesue1 and at ,molada1 and at  
,bethphaleth1    #aa3bg4 ,and at        
,hasersuel1 and at ,bersabee1 and in the

 villages thereof1    #aa3bh4 ,and at   
,siceleg1 and at ,mochona1 and in the   
villages thereof1    #aa3bi4 ,and at    
,remmon1 and at ,saraa1 and at          
,jerimuth1    #aa3cj4 ,zanoa1 ,odollam1 
and in their villages1 at ,lachis and   
its  dependencies1 and at ,azeca and the
 villages thereof4 ,and they dwelt from 
,bersabee unto the valley of ,ennom4    
#aa3ca4 ,and the children of ,benjamin1 
from ,geba1 at ,mechmas1 and at ,hai1   
and at ,bethel1 and in the villages     
thereof1    #aa3cb4 ,at ,anathoth1 ,nob1
 ,anania1    #aa3cc4 ,asor1 ,rama1      
,gethaim1    #aa3cd4 ,hadid1 ,seboim1   
and ,neballat1 ,lod1    #aa3ce4 ,and    
,ono the valley of craftsmen4    #aa3cf4
 ,and of the ,levites were portions of  
,juda and ,benjamin4    #b ,esdras      
,chapter #ab    ,the priests1 and       
,levites that came up with ,zorobabel4  
,the succession of  high priests3 the   
solemnity of the dedication of the wall4
    #ab3a4 ,now these are the priests   
and the ,levites1 that went up with     

,zorobabel the son of ,salathiel1 and   
,josue3 ,saraia1 ,jeremias1 ,esdras1    
#ab3b4 ,amaria1 ,melluch1 ,hattus1      
#ab3c4 ,sebenias1 ,rheum1 ,merimuth1    
#ab3d4 ,addo1 ,genthon1 ,abia1    #ab3e4
 ,miamin1 ,madia1 ,belga1    #ab3f4     
,semeia1 and ,joiarib1 ,idaia1 ,sellum  
,amoc1 ,helcias1    #ab3g4 ,idaia4      
,these were the chief of the priests1   
and of their brethren  in the days of   
,josue4    #ab3h4 ,and the ,levites1    
,jesua1 ,bennui1 ,cedmihel1 ,sarebia1   
,juda1  ,mathanias1 they and their      
brethren were over the hymns3    #ab3i4 
,and ,becbecia1 and ,hanni1 and their   
brethren every one in his  office4      
#ab3aj4 ,and ,josue begot ,joacim1 and  
,joacim begot ,eliasib1 and ,eliasib    
begot ,joiada1    #ab3aa4 ,and ,joiada  
begot ,jonathan and ,jonathan begot     
,jeddoa4    #ab3ab4 ,and in the days of 
,joacim the priests and heads of the    
families  were3 ,of ,saraia1 ,maraia3 of
 ,jeremias1 ,hanania3    #ab3ac4 ,of    
,esdras1 ,mosollam3 and of ,amaria1     

,johanan3    #ab3ad4 ,of ,milicho1      
,jonathan3 of ,sebenia1 ,joseph3        
#ab3ae4 ,of ,haram1 ,edna3 of ,maraioth1
 ,helci3    #ab3af4 ,of ,adaia1         
,zacharia3 of ,genthon1 ,mosollam3      
#ab3ag4 ,of ,abia1 ,zechri3 of ,miamin  
and ,moadia1 ,phelti3    #ab3ah4 ,of    
,belga1 ,sammua of ,semaia1 ,jonathan3  
#ab3ai4 ,of ,joiarib1 ,mathanai3 of     
,jodaia1 ,azzi3    #ab3bj4 ,of ,sellai1 
,celai3 of ,amoc1 ,heber3    #ab3ba4 ,of
 ,helcias1 ,hasebia3 of ,idaia1         
,nathanael4    #ab3bb4 ,the ,levites the
 chiefs of the families in the days of  
,eliasib1  and ,joiada1 and ,johanan1   
and ,jeddoa1 were recorded1 and the     
priests in  the reign of ,darius the    
,persian4    #ab3bc4 ,the sons of ,levi1
 heads of the families were written in  
the book  of ,chronicles1 even unto the 
days of ,jonathan the son of ,eliasib4  
#ab3bd4 ,now the chief of the ,levites  
were ,hasebia1 ,serebia1 and ,josue the 
son of ,cedmihel3 and their brethren by 
their courses1 to praise and to  give   

thanks according to the commandment of  
,david the man of ,god1 and to  wait    
equally in order4    #ab3be4 ,mathania1 
and ,becbecia1 ,obedia1 and ,mosollam1  
,telmon1 ,accub1 were  keepers of the   
gates and of the entrances before the   
gates4    #ab3bf4 ,these were in the    
days of ,joacim the son of ,josue1 the  
son of  ,josedec1 and in the days of    
,nehemias the governor1 and of ,esdras  
the  priest and scribe4    #ab3bg4 ,and 
at the dedication of the wall of        
,jerusalem they sought the  ,levites out
 of all their places1 to bring them to  
,jerusalem1 and to keep  the dedication1
 and to rejoice with thanksgiving1 and  
with singing1 and  with cymbals1 and    
psalteries and harps4    #ab3bh4 ,and   
the sons of the singing men were        
gathered together out of the  plain     
country about ,jerusalem1 and out of the
 villages of ,nethuphati1    #ab3bi4    
,and from the house of ,galgal1 and from
 the countries of ,geba and  ,azmaveth3 
for the singing men had built themselves

 villages round about  ,jerusalem4      
#ab3cj4 ,and the priests and the        
,levites were purified1 and they        
purified  the people1 and the gates1 and
 the wall4    #ab3ca4 ,and ,i made the  
princes of ,juda go up upon the wall1   
and ,i  appointed two great choirs to   
give praise4 ,and they went on the right
  hand upon the wall toward the dung    
gate4    #ab3cb4 ,and after them went   
,osaias1 and half of the princes of     
,juda1    #ab3cc4 ,and ,azarias1        
,esdras1 and ,mosollam1 ,judas1 and     
,benjamin1 and  ,semeia1 and ,jeremias4 
#ab3cd4 ,and of the sons of the priests 
with trumpets1 ,zacharias the son  of   
,jonathan1 the son of ,semeia1 the son  
of ,mathania1 the son of ,michaia1  the 
son of ,zechur1 the son of ,asaph1      
#ab3ce4 ,and his brethren ,semeia1 and  
,azareel1 ,malalai1 ,galalai1 ,maai1    
,nathanael1 and ,judas1 and ,hanani1    
with the musical instruments of ,david  
the man of ,god3 and ,esdras the scribe 
before them at the fountain gate4       

#ab3cf4 ,and they went up over against  
them by the stairs of the city of       
,david1 at the going up of the wall of  
the house of ,david1 and to the  water  
gate eastward3    #ab3cg4 ,and the      
second choir of them that gave thanks   
went on the  opposite side1 and ,i after
 them1 and the half of the people upon  
the  wall1 and upon the tower of the    
furnaces1 even to the broad wall1       
#ab3ch4 ,and above the gate of ,ephraim1
 and above the old gate1 and above  the 
fish gate and the tower of ,hananeel1   
and the tower of ,emath1 and  even to   
the flock gate3 and they stood still in 
the watch gate4    #ab3ci4 ,and the two 
choirs of them that gave praise stood   
still at the  house of ,god1 and ,i and 
the half of the magistrates with me4    
#ab3dj4 ,and the priests1 ,eliachim1    
,maasia1 ,miamin1 ,michea1 ,elioenai1   
,zacharia1 ,hanania with trumpets1      
#ab3da4 ,and ,maasia1 and ,semeia1 and  
,eleazar1 and ,azzi1 and ,johanan1 and  
,melchia1 and ,elam1 and ,ezer4 ,and the

 singers sung loud1 and ,jezraia was    
their overseer3    #ab3db4 ,and they    
sacrificed on that day great sacrifices1
 and they  rejoiced3 for ,god had made  
them joyful with great joy3 their wives 
also  and their children rejoiced1 and  
the joy of ,jerusalem was heard afar    
off4    #ab3dc4 ,they appointed also in 
that day men over the storehouses of the
  treasure1 for the libations1 and for  
the firstfruits1 and for the  tithes1   
that the rulers of the city might bring 
them in by them in  honour of           
thanksgiving1 for the priests and       
,levites3 for ,juda was joyful  in the  
priests and ,levites that assisted4     
#ab3dd4 ,and they kept the watch of     
their ,god1 and the observance of       
expiation1 and the singing men1 and the 
porters1 according to the  commandment  
of ,david1 and of ,solomon his son4     
#ab3de4 ,for in the days of ,david and  
,asaph from the beginning there were    
chief singers appointed1 to praise with 
canticles1 and give thanks to  ,god4    

#ab3df4 ,and all ,israel1 in the days of
 ,zorobabel1 and in the days of         
,nehemias gave portions to the singing  
men1 and to the porters1 day by  day1   
and they sanctified the ,levites1 and   
the ,levites sanctified the  sons of    
,aaron4    ,sanctified444 ,that is1 they
 gave them that which by the law was set
  aside1 and sanctified for their use4  
#b ,esdras ,chapter #ac    ,divers      
abuses are reformed4    #ac3a4 ,and on  
that day they read in the book of ,moses
 in the hearing of  the people3 and     
therein was found written1 that the     
,ammonites and the  ,moabites should not
 come in to the church of ,god for ever3
    #ac3b4 ,because they met not the    
children of ,israel with bread and      
water3  and they hired against them     
,balaam1 to curse them1 and our ,god    
turned  the curse into blessing4        
#ac3c4 ,and it came to pass1 when they  
had heard the law1 that they  separated 
every stranger from ,israel4    #ac3d4  
,and over this thing was ,eliasib the   

priest1 who was set over the  treasury  
of the house of our ,god1 and was near  
akin to ,tobias4    ,over this thing1   
etc444 ,or1 he was faulty in this thing1
 or in this  kind4    #ac3e4 ,and he    
made him a great storeroom1 where before
 him they laid up  gifts1 and           
frankincense1 and vessels1 and the      
tithes of the corn1 of the  wine1 and of
 the oil1 the portions of the ,levites1 
and of the singing  men1 and of the     
porters1 and the firstfruits of the     
priests4    #ac3f4 ,but in all this time
 ,i was not in ,jerusalem1 because in   
the two  and thirtieth year of          
,artaxerxes king of ,babylon1 ,i went to
 the king1  and after certain days ,i   
asked the king3    #ac3g4 ,and ,i came  
to ,jerusalem1 and ,i understood the    
evil that ,eliasib  had done for        
,tobias1 to make him a storehouse in the
 courts of the house  of ,god4    #ac3h4
 ,and it seemed to me exceeding evil4   
,and ,i cast forth the vessels  of the  
house of ,tobias out of the storehouse4 

#ac3i4 ,and ,i commanded and they       
cleansed again the vessels of the house 
of ,god1 the sacrifice1 and the         
frankincense4    #ac3aj4 ,and ,i        
perceived that the portions of the      
,levites had not been  given them3 and  
that the ,levites1 and the singing men1 
and they that  ministered were fled away
 every man to his own country3          
#ac3aa4 ,and ,i pleaded the matter      
against the magistrates1 and said3 ,why 
have we forsaken the house of ,god8 ,and
 ,i gathered them together1 and ,i  made
 them to stand in their places4         
#ac3ab4 ,and all ,juda brought the tithe
 of the corn1 and the wine1 and the  oil
 into the storehouses4    #ac3ac4 ,and  
we set over the storehouses ,selemias   
the priest1 and ,sadoc  the scribe1 and 
of the ,levites ,phadaia1 and next to   
them ,hanan the son  of ,zachur1 the son
 of ,mathania3 for they were approved as
 faithful1 and  to them were committed  
the portions of their brethren4         
#ac3ad4 ,remember me1 ,o my ,god1 for   

this thing1 and wipe not out my         
kindnesses1 which ,i have done relating 
to the house of my ,god and his         
ceremonies4    #ac3ae4 ,in those days ,i
 saw in ,juda some treading the presses 
on the  sabbath1 and carrying sheaves1  
and lading asses with wine1 and grapes1 
and figs1 and all manner of burthens1   
and bringing them into ,jerusalem  on   
the sabbath day4 ,and ,i charged them   
that they should sell on a day on  which
 it was lawful to sell4    #ac3af4 ,some
 ,tyrians also dwelt there1 who brought 
fish1 and all manner  of wares3 and they
 sold them on the sabbaths to the       
children of ,juda in  ,jerusalem4       
#ac3ag4 ,and ,i rebuked the chief men of
 ,juda1 and said to them3 ,what is  this
 evil thing that you are doing1         
profaning the sabbath day3    #ac3ah4   
,did not our fathers do these things1   
and our ,god brought all this  evil upon
 us1 and upon this city8 ,and you bring 
more wrath upon ,israel  by violating   
the sabbath4    #ac3ai4 ,and it came to 

pass1 that when the gates of ,jerusalem 
were at  rest on the sabbath day1 ,i    
spoke3 and they shut the gates1 and ,i  
commanded that they should not open them
 till after the sabbath3 and ,i  set    
some of my servants at the gates1 that  
none should bring in burthens  on the   
sabbath day4    #ac3bj4 ,so the         
merchants1 and they that sold all kinds 
of wares1 stayed  without ,jerusalem1   
once or twice4    #ac3ba4 ,and ,i       
charged them1 and ,i said to them3 ,why 
stay you before the  wall8 if you do so 
another time1 ,i will lay hands on you4 
,and from that  time they came no more  
on the sabbath4    #ac3bb4 ,i spoke also
 to the ,levites that they should be    
purified1 and  should come to keep the  
gates1 and to sanctify the sabbath day3 
for this  also remember me1 ,o my ,god1 
and spare me according to the multitude 
of  thy tender mercies4    #ac3bc4 ,in  
those days also ,i saw ,jews that       
married wives1 women of  ,azotus1 and of
 ,ammon1 and of ,moab4    #ac3bd4 ,and  

their children spoke half in the speech 
of ,azotus1 and could  not speak the    
,jews' language1 but they spoke         
according to the language  of this and  
that people4    #ac3be4 ,and ,i chid    
them1 and laid my curse upon them4 ,and 
,i beat some of  them1 and shaved off   
their hair1 and made them swear by ,god 
that they  would not give their         
daughters to their sons1 nor take their 
daughters  for their sons1 nor for      
themselves1 saying3    #ac3bf4 ,did not 
,solomon king of ,israel sin in this    
kind of thing3 and  surely among many   
nations1 there was not a king like him1 
and he was  beloved of his ,god1 and    
,god made him king over all ,israel3 and
 yet women  of other countries brought  
even him to sin4    #ac3bg4 ,and shall  
we also be disobedient and do all this  
great evil to  transgress against our   
,god1 and marry strange women3          
#ac3bh4 ,and one of the sons of ,joiada 
the son of ,eliasib the high priest1    
was son in law to ,sanaballat the       

,horonite1 and ,i drove him from me4    
#ac3bi4 ,remember them1 ,o ,lord my     
,god1 that defile the priesthood1 and   
the  law of priests and ,levites4       
#ac3cj4 ,so ,i separated from them all  
strangers1 and ,i appointed the  courses
 of the priests and the ,levites1 every 
man in his ministry3    #ac3ca4 ,and for
 the offering of wood at times          
appointed1 and for the  firstfruits3    
remember me1 ,o my ,god1 unto good4     
,amen4