A register of those that 29 The men of Kirjath-jearim, I Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. 30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. 31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two. 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. CHAPTER VII. B. C. cir. 536. || Or, Kirjath arim. 34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred See fifty and four. 35 The children of Harim,three hundred and twenty. 36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. 38 The children of Senaah,three thousand nine hundred and thirty. 39 The priests: the children ver. 12. of Jedaiah, of the house of Je-f1 Ch.24. shua, nine hundred seventy and 7. three. 40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 81Ch. 24. 14. b See 41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and 1Ch.9.12. seven. & 24. 9. 42 The children of i Harim, ai 1 Ch.24. thousand and seventeen. 43 T The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of || Hodevah, seventy and four. 8. Or, Hoda44 The singers: the children viah,Ezof Asaph, an hundred forty and ra 2. 40. eight. or, Ju45 T The porters: the children dah, Ezof Shallum, the children of Ater, ra 3 9. the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. 46 T The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Or, Padon, 48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, Siaha. | Or, 49 The children of Hanan, the Shamlai 50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, 52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, 53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the chil- Nephudren of Harhur, 54 The children of Or, sim. Bazlith, Or, Bazluth. the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha. 56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 57 T The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, 58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the chil dren of Pochereth of Zebaim. the children of Amon. 60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 61 And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. 62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. 63 T And of the priests: the childrenof Habaiah,the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillaithe Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. 64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. 66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore. 67 Beside their man-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing-men and singing-women. 68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:" 69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. 70 T And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the trea sure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. 71 And some of the chief of the fathersgave to the treasure of the m So Ez-work twenty thousand drams ra 2. 69. of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver 457 The law expounded by Ezra. NEHEMIAH. B. C. B. C. 1 Ezra 2. 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty cir. 536. cir. 445. thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. 73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; "and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. CHAPTER VIII. The religious manner of reading and hearing the law, 1 9 They comfort the people. 13 The forwardness of them to hear and be instructed. 16 They keep the feast of tabernacles. "Ezra 3. 1. cir. 445. bch.3.26. themselves together as one. man into the street that was b 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. 6. d De. 31. 63. ch. 7. govern m2Ch.35. 24.Nu.29. 1. De. 16. 3. 4. 10. 4 ver. 10. Tver.7,8. The feast of tabernaclcs kert gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. 9 T1 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. 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, P 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. 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had Funderstood the words that were declared unto them. 13 T And on the second day were gathered together the chief Heb. of the fathers of all the people, that un that they to Ezra the scribe, even to the priests, and the Levites, understood understand the words of the in hear law. 2 And Ezra the priest brought dthe law before the congrega- 11, 12. tion both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read therein before the ing. | Or, might instruct in the the law. from the street that was before the water-Le. 23. words of the law which the LORD had 14 And they found written in gate from the morning until 24. mid-day, before the men and the † Heb. women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 4 And Ezra the scribe stood up-† Heb. on a pulpit of wood, which they tower of 5 And Ezra opened the book in the fsight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people fstood up: † Heb. Ju.3.20. 16. b La.3.41. 1 Ti. 2. 8. by the Le. 23. Le.23.4. "De. 16. 16. commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in s booths in the feast of the seventh month: 15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their ciGo forth unto the mount, and ties, and "in Jerusalem, saying, fetch olive-branches, and pinebranches, and myrtle-branches, and palm-branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. 16 T So the people went forth, and brought them, and made YDe.22.8. themselves booths,everyone 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. 2 ch. 12. 37. a2 Ki. 14. 39. iEx.4. 31. b2 Ch. 30. 6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, 51Co. 14. with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, aud worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah.Jamin.Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, k Le. 10. Pelaiah, and the Levites, kcau- 11.De.33. † Heb. sed the people to understand 10. 2 Ch. a rethe law and the people stood 17.7, 8, 9. straint. in their place. Mal. 2. 7. d Le. 23. 36.Nu.29. 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and 35, The Levites confession of God's CHAPTER IX. A solemn fast, and repentance of the people, 1. 4 The Levites make a re ligious confession of God's goodness, and their wickedness. CHAPTER IX. B. C. 445. 21. ach. 8. 2. B. C. 445. Ex. 13. Ex. 19. 20. & 20.1. NOW in the twenty and fourth 3 And they stood up in their place, and dread 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. 11. ch.13. I Or, 11. 6. 31. Ex.17.6. Nu. 20.9, &c. fDe. 1. 8. † Heb. 4 T Then stood up upon the scaffold. 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. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for 13. ever and ever: and blessed be alted above all blessing and thy glorious name, which is ex-f2 Ki. 19. praise. 6f 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 1Ch. 29. 15,19. Ps. 17. 14. 37.16,20. Je. 19.15. Ex.20.11. 11, 42. 43. h De. 10.4. 14. 1Ki.8. † Heb. 27. iGe. 2. 1. pardons. Ex.34. 6. Nu.14.18. 15.Joel 2 13. Ps.36.6. Ge. 11. 31.&12.1. mGe. 17. Ps. 86. 5, 5. preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. 7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose 1 Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; 8 And foundest his heart "faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and 14. the Girgashites, to give it, I say, 9Ex.2.25. to his seed, and Phast performed & 3. 7. thy words; for thou art righte-rEx. 14. ous. m Ex. 32. "Ge.15.6. 4. 10. Ex. 13. 21,22.Nu. 14. 14. 1 Co.10.1. 11. 99 And didst see the affliction ters. 15. Jos.5. 12 goodness, and of the national sins. 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. 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them bright judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: 15 And dgavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thurst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land twhich thou hadst sworn to give them. 16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hhardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, 17 And refused to obey, i neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but their rebellion appointed ka caphardened their necks, and in tain to return to their bondage: slow to anger, and of great kindbut thou art ta God ready to pardon, Igracious and merciful, ness, and forsookest them not. them a molten calf, and said, 18 Yea, mwhen they had made This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; mercies forsookest them not in 19 Yet thou in thy " manifold 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. Spirit to instruct them, and with 20 Thou gavest also thy P good heldest not thy manna from water for their thirst.. their mouth, and gavest them 21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. 22 Moreover, thou gavest them divide them into corners: so they kingdoms and nations, and didst and the land of the king of Heshpossessed the land of "Sihon, $De. 2. 7. bon, and the land of Og king 12. tEx. 18. 11. people of his land: for thou Ex.9.16. knewest that they 'dealt proudly Is. 63. 12, against them. So didst thou "get 14. Je.32. thee a name, as it is this day. 20. Da. 9.) 11 And thou didst divide the 15. sea before them, so that they x Ex. 14. went through the midst of the 21,22,27, sea on the dry land; and their 28. Ps.78. persecutors thou threwest into 13. the deeps, as a stone into the YEx. 15.5, mighty waters. 10. 25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed bhouses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards and olive-Or, yards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and "became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great dgoodness. 47. cisterns. bver. 25. tHebtree ever. 25. of food. De 32.15 dHo. 3. 5. Ju. 2.11, 12. Ez. 20. 21. d De. 28. fiKL.14.9. 48. Ezra Ps.50. 17. 9. 9. 26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee. and fcast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against 51Ki.18.4 them to turn them to thee, and & 19.10.2 they wroughtgreatprovocations. Ch.24.20, 27 Therefore thon deliveredst 21. Mat. 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 kthou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. 23.37. Ac. 7.52. h.Ju.2.14. De. 28. 33, 51. &3.8, &c. Ps. 106. 48. 41, 42. iPs106.44 kJu. 2.18. & 3. 9. † Heb. they re De. 28. 52 Ki. 23. 3.2Ch.29. 10. & 34. 31. ch.10. 29. Ezra 10. 3. ver. 16. sealed. 1. 28 But after they had rest, t turnedto Ithey did evil again before thee: do evil. therefore leftest thou them in ISO Ju. 3. the hand of their enemies, so 11, 12, 30. that they had the dominion over &4.1.&5. Heb. them: yet when they returned 31.& 6. 1. are at and cried unto thee, thou heard-Ps. 106. the sealest them from heaven; and 43. ing or many times didst thou deliver Le.18.5. heh.10. them according to thy mercies; Ez. 20.11. 29 And testifiedst against them, Ro. 10. 5. † Heb. that thou mightest bring them Ga. 3. 12. at the again unto thy law: yet they Heb. sealings, "dealt proudly, and hearkened theygave ch. 9. 38. notunto thy commandments,but a with-cli. 8. 9. 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. 30 Yet many years didst thou tforbear them, and testifiedst Pagainst them by thy Spirit f in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. govern shoulder drawing Or, the Zec. 7.11.97 Heb. protract bch. 1. 1. See ch. 12.1,-21. over them. P2 Ki. 17. 13.2 Ch. 36.15 Je.7 25. &25.4. tHeb. in the hand of thy 31 Nevertheless, for thy great prophets. mercies' sake thou didst not ut-See Ac. d See terly consume them, nor forsake 7.51. 1Pe. Ezra 2.3, them; for thou art a gracious 11.2Pe. &c. ch.7. and merciful God. 8, &c. 1. 21. *Is.5.5.& 42. 24. Je.4. 27. 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the " mighty, and the terrible God,whokeepest covenant &5.10,18. and mercy, let not all the ftroub-tver. 17. le seem little before thee, that "Ex 31.6, hath come upon us, on our kings, 7. ch. 1.5. t Heb. on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, Heb. and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the *kings of Assyria unto this day. weariness thathath found us 2Ki.17.3 The sealing of the covenant. 33 Howbeit, thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law,nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. 35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in bthy 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. 36 Behold, d 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: 37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have f dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. 38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, thseal unto it. CHAPTER X. The names of them that sealed the covenant, 1. 29 The points of the covenant. NOW those that sealed were, aNehemiah | the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush,Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiali, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. these were the priests. 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. 14 The chief of the people: d Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, 18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21 Meshezabeel,Zadok,Jaddus, 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, 24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseliah, The obligations of the covenant. CHAPTER XI. 26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. 28 T And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had f Beparated 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; 29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath,hto 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; 30 And that we would not give iour daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: 31 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the Iseventh year, and the mexaction of levery debt. B. C. Ezra 2. 36-43. B. C. 445. Ezra 9. 26. 31. 11. De.12.6, 11. 2 Ch. 31.12. ch. 13. 12. The inhabitants of Jerusalem. Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites Nu. 18. when the Levites take tithes : and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house. 39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi "shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: "and we will not forsake the house of our God. CHAPTER XI. The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by lot, dwell at Jerusalem, 1. 3 A catalogue of their names. 20 The residue dwell in other cities. 8 De. 29. h2 Ki. 23. 3.2Ch.34. 31. † Heb. a ver. 18. 27. 53. C1Ch.9.2, 3. De. 5. 37 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekelm for the service of the house of our God; 33 For the shew-bread, and for the continual meat-offering, and for the continual burnt offering of the sabbaths, of the new-moons,for the set feasts, and De. 15. 1,2. ch. 5. 12. † Heb. every bund. "Le.24.5, d Ezra 2. e Ezra 2. AND the rulers of the people A dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of tento dwell in Jerusalem "the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. 2 And the people blessed all the menthatbwillingly offered them. selves to dwell at Jerusalem. 3 T Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt everyone in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and dthe Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants. 4 And fat Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, for the holy things, and for the c. 2Ch. 1Ch.9.3, and of the children of Benjamin. sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. 31 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: 2. 4. "See Nu. 28, & 29. P ch. 13. 31. Is. 40. 16. 9 Le.6.12. 35 And to bring the first-fruits r Ex. 23. of our ground, and the first-fruits 19. & 34. of all fruit of all trees, year by 26.Le.19. year, unto the house of the LORD: 23.Nu.18. 35 Also the first-born of our 12.De.26. sons, and of our cattle, as it is 2. written in the law, and the first- Ex.13.2, lings of our herds and of our 12,13.Le. flocks, to bring to the house of 27. 26, 27. our God, unto the priests that Nu.18.15, minister in the house of our God. h1 Ch. 9. 10, &c. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; 5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. 6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. 8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. 9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. 10 hOf the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. 11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the |