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{\MT Ezra



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now in the
first
year of
Cyrus
king of
Persia, that the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}} by the
mouth of
Jeremiah might be
fulfilled, the
{\ND{LORD}} stirred
up the
spirit of
Cyrus
king of
Persia, that he made a
proclamation throughout all his
kingdom, and
{\ADD{put it}} also in
writing,
saying,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1.1 }{\FT{made…: Heb. caused a voice to pass}}}

\VS{2}Thus
saith
Cyrus
king of
Persia, The
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
heaven hath
given me all the
kingdoms of the
earth; and he hath
charged me to
build him an
house at
Jerusalem, which
{\ADD{is}} in
Judah.

\VS{3}Who
{\ADD{is there}} among you of all his
people? his
God be with him, and let him go
up to
Jerusalem, which
{\ADD{is}} in
Judah, and
build the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel, (he
{\ADD{is}} the
God,) which
{\ADD{is}} in
Jerusalem.

\VS{4}And whosoever
remaineth in any
place where he
sojourneth, let the
men of his
place
help him with
silver, and with
gold, and with
goods, and with
beasts, beside the freewill
offering for the
house of
God that
{\ADD{is}} in
Jerusalem.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1.4 }{\FT{help…: Heb. lift him up}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ Then rose
up the
chief of the
fathers of
Judah and
Benjamin, and the
priests, and the
Levites, with all
{\ADD{them}} whose
spirit
God had
raised, to go
up to
build the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}} which
{\ADD{is}} in
Jerusalem.

\VS{6}And all they that
{\ADD{were}}
about them
strengthened their
hands with
vessels of
silver, with
gold, with
goods, and with
beasts, and with precious
things, beside all
{\ADD{that}} was willingly
offered.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1.6 }{\FT{strengthened…: that is, helped them}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{7}¶ Also
Cyrus the
king brought
forth the
vessels of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, which
Nebuchadnezzar had brought
forth out of
Jerusalem, and had
put them in the
house of his
gods;

\VS{8}Even those did
Cyrus
king of
Persia bring
forth by the
hand of
Mithredath the
treasurer, and
numbered them unto
Sheshbazzar, the
prince of
Judah.

\VS{9}And this
{\ADD{is}} the
number of them:
thirty
chargers of
gold, a
thousand
chargers of
silver,
nine and
twenty
knives,

\VS{10}Thirty
basons of
gold,
silver
basons of a
second
{\ADD{sort}}
four
hundred and
ten,
{\ADD{and}}
other
vessels a
thousand.

\VS{11}All the
vessels of
gold and of
silver
{\ADD{were}}
five
thousand and
four
hundred. All
{\ADD{these}} did
Sheshbazzar bring
up with
{\ADD{them of}} the
captivity that were brought
up from
Babylon unto
Jerusalem.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1.11 }{\FT{the captivity: Heb. the transportation}}}




\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now these
{\ADD{are}} the
children of the
province that went
up out of the
captivity, of those which had been carried
away, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the
king of
Babylon had carried
away unto
Babylon, and came
again unto
Jerusalem and
Judah, every
one unto his
city;

\VS{2}Which
came with
Zerubbabel:
Jeshua,
Nehemiah,
Seraiah,
Reelaiah,
Mordecai,
Bilshan,
Mispar,
Bigvai,
Rehum,
Baanah. The
number of the
men of the
people of
Israel:\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2.2 }{\FT{Seraiah: also called, Azariah}}}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2.2 }{\FT{Reelaiah: or, Raamiah}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2.2 }{\FT{Mispar: or, Mispereth}}}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2.2 }{\FT{Rehum: or, Nehum}}}

\VS{3}The
children of
Parosh, two
thousand an
hundred
seventy and
two.

\VS{4}The
children of
Shephatiah,
three
hundred
seventy and
two.

\VS{5}The
children of
Arah,
seven
hundred
seventy and
five.

\VS{6}The
children of
Pahath-moab, of the
children of
Jeshua
{\ADD{and}}
Joab, two
thousand
eight
hundred and
twelve.

\VS{7}The
children of
Elam, a
thousand two
hundred
fifty and
four.

\VS{8}The
children of
Zattu,
nine
hundred
forty and
five.

\VS{9}The
children of
Zaccai,
seven
hundred and
threescore.

\VS{10}The
children of
Bani,
six
hundred
forty and
two.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 2.10 }{\FT{Bani: also called, Binnui}}}

\VS{11}The
children of
Bebai,
six
hundred
twenty and
three.

\VS{12}The
children of
Azgad, a
thousand
two
hundred
twenty and
two.

\VS{13}The
children of
Adonikam,
six
hundred
sixty and
six.

\VS{14}The
children of
Bigvai, two
thousand
fifty and
six.

\VS{15}The
children of
Adin,
four
hundred
fifty and
four.

\VS{16}The
children of
Ater of
Hezekiah,
ninety and
eight.

\VS{17}The
children of
Bezai,
three
hundred
twenty and
three.

\VS{18}The
children of
Jorah, an
hundred and
twelve.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 2.18 }{\FT{Jorah: also called, Hariph}}}

\VS{19}The
children of
Hashum, two
hundred
twenty and
three.

\VS{20}The
children of
Gibbar,
ninety and
five.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 2.20 }{\FT{Gibbar: also called, Gibeon}}}

\VS{21}The
children of
Beth-lehem, an
hundred
twenty and
three.

\VS{22}The
men of
Netophah,
fifty and
six.

\VS{23}The
men of
Anathoth, an
hundred
twenty and
eight.

\VS{24}The
children of
Azmaveth,
forty and
two.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 2.24 }{\FT{Azmaveth: also called, Beth-azmaveth}}}

\VS{25}The
children of
Kirjath-arim,
Chephirah, and
Beeroth,
seven
hundred and
forty and
three.

\VS{26}The
children of
Ramah and
Gaba,
six
hundred
twenty and
one.

\VS{27}The
men of
Michmas, an
hundred
twenty and
two.

\VS{28}The
men of
Beth-el and
Ai, two
hundred
twenty and
three.

\VS{29}The
children of
Nebo,
fifty and
two.

\VS{30}The
children of
Magbish, an
hundred
fifty and
six.

\VS{31}The
children of the
other
Elam, a
thousand two
hundred
fifty and
four.

\VS{32}The
children of
Harim,
three
hundred and
twenty.

\VS{33}The
children of
Lod,
Hadid, and
Ono,
seven
hundred
twenty and
five.\FTNT{***}{{\FR 2.33 }{\FT{Hadid: or, Harid, as it is in some copies}}}

\VS{34}The
children of
Jericho,
three
hundred
forty and
five.

\VS{35}The
children of
Senaah,
three
thousand and
six
hundred and
thirty.


\par }{\PP \VS{36}¶ The
priests: the
children of
Jedaiah, of the
house of
Jeshua,
nine
hundred
seventy and
three.

\VS{37}The
children of
Immer, a
thousand
fifty and
two.

\VS{38}The
children of
Pashur, a
thousand two
hundred
forty and
seven.

\VS{39}The
children of
Harim, a
thousand and
seventeen.


\par }{\PP \VS{40}¶ The
Levites: the
children of
Jeshua and
Kadmiel, of the
children of
Hodaviah,
seventy and
four.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 2.40 }{\FT{Hodaviah: also called, Judah or Hodevah}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{41}¶ The
singers: the
children of
Asaph, an
hundred
twenty and
eight.


\par }{\PP \VS{42}¶ The
children of the
porters: the
children of
Shallum, the
children of
Ater, the
children of
Talmon, the
children of
Akkub, the
children of
Hatita, the
children of
Shobai,
{\ADD{in}} all an
hundred
thirty and
nine.


\par }{\PP \VS{43}¶ The
Nethinims: the
children of
Ziha, the
children of
Hasupha, the
children of
Tabbaoth,

\VS{44}The
children of
Keros, the
children of
Siaha, the
children of
Padon,\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 2.44 }{\FT{Siaha: also called, Sia}}}

\VS{45}The
children of
Lebanah, the
children of
Hagabah, the
children of
Akkub,

\VS{46}The
children of
Hagab, the
children of
Shalmai, the
children of
Hanan,\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 2.46 }{\FT{Shalmai: also called, Shamlai}}}

\VS{47}The
children of
Giddel, the
children of
Gahar, the
children of
Reaiah,

\VS{48}The
children of
Rezin, the
children of
Nekoda, the
children of
Gazzam,

\VS{49}The
children of
Uzza, the
children of
Paseah, the
children of
Besai,

\VS{50}The
children of
Asnah, the
children of
Mehunim, the
children of
Nephusim,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2.50 }{\FT{Nephusim: also called, Nephishesim}}}

\VS{51}The
children of
Bakbuk, the
children of
Hakupha, the
children of
Harhur,

\VS{52}The
children of
Bazluth, the
children of
Mehida, the
children of
Harsha,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2.52 }{\FT{Bazluth: also called, Bazlith}}}

\VS{53}The
children of
Barkos, the
children of
Sisera, the
children of
Thamah,

\VS{54}The
children of
Neziah, the
children of
Hatipha.


\par }{\PP \VS{55}¶ The
children of
Solomon’s
servants: the
children of
Sotai, the
children of
Sophereth, the
children of
Peruda,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2.55 }{\FT{Peruda: also called, Perida}}}

\VS{56}The
children of
Jaalah, the
children of
Darkon, the
children of
Giddel,

\VS{57}The
children of
Shephatiah, the
children of
Hattil, the
children of Pochereth of
Zebaim, the
children of
Ami.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2.57 }{\FT{Ami: also called, Amon}}}

\VS{58}All the
Nethinims, and the
children of
Solomon’s
servants,
{\ADD{were}}
three
hundred
ninety and
two.

\VS{59}And these
{\ADD{were}} they which went
up from
Tel-melah,
Tel-harsa,
Cherub,
Addan,
{\ADD{and}}
Immer: but they
could not
shew their
father’s
house, and their
seed, whether they
{\ADD{were}} of
Israel:\FTNT{**}{{\FR 2.59 }{\FT{Addan: also called, Addon}}}\FTNT{††}{{\FR 2.59 }{\FT{seed: or, pedigree}}}

\VS{60}The
children of
Delaiah, the
children of
Tobiah, the
children of
Nekoda,
six
hundred
fifty and
two.


\par }{\PP \VS{61}¶ And of the
children of the
priests: the
children of
Habaiah, the
children of
Koz, the
children of
Barzillai; which
took a
wife of the
daughters of
Barzillai the
Gileadite, and was
called after their
name:

\VS{62}These
sought their
register
{\ADD{among}} those that were reckoned by
genealogy, but they were not
found: therefore were they, as
polluted, put from the
priesthood.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 2.62 }{\FT{were they…: Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood}}}

\VS{63}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 with
Thummim.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 2.63 }{\FT{Tirshatha: or, governor}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{64}¶ The whole
congregation
together
{\ADD{was}}
forty and two
thousand
three
hundred
{\ADD{and}}
threescore,

\VS{65}Beside their
servants and their
maids, of whom
{\ADD{there were}}
seven
thousand
three
hundred
thirty and
seven: and
{\ADD{
there were}} among them two
hundred singing
men and singing
women.

\VS{66}Their
horses
{\ADD{were}}
seven
hundred
thirty and
six; their
mules, two
hundred
forty and
five;

\VS{67}Their
camels,
four
hundred
thirty and
five;
{\ADD{their}}
asses,
six
thousand
seven
hundred and
twenty.


\par }{\PP \VS{68}¶ And
{\ADD{some}} of the
chief of the
fathers, when they
came to the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}} which
{\ADD{is}} at
Jerusalem, offered
freely for the
house of
God to set it
up in his
place:

\VS{69}They
gave after their
ability unto the
treasure of the
work
threescore and one
thousand
drams of
gold, and
five
thousand
pound of
silver, and one
hundred
priests’
garments.

\VS{70}So the
priests, and the
Levites, and
{\ADD{some}} of the
people, and the
singers, and the
porters, and the
Nethinims,
dwelt in their
cities, and all
Israel in their
cities.




\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And when the
seventh
month was
come, and the
children of
Israel
{\ADD{were}} in the
cities, the
people gathered themselves
together as
one
man to
Jerusalem.

\VS{2}Then stood
up
Jeshua the
son of
Jozadak, and his
brethren the
priests, and
Zerubbabel the
son of
Shealtiel, and his
brethren, and
builded the
altar of the
God of
Israel, to
offer burnt
offerings thereon, as
{\ADD{it is}}
written in the
law of
Moses the
man of
God.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3.2 }{\FT{Jeshua: also called, Joshua}}}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3.2 }{\FT{Zerubbabel: Gr. Zorobabel}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3.2 }{\FT{Shealtiel: Gr. Salathiel}}}

\VS{3}And they
set the
altar upon his
bases; for
fear
{\ADD{was}} upon them because of the
people of those
countries: and they
offered burnt
offerings thereon unto the
{\ND{LORD}},
{\ADD{even}} burnt
offerings
morning and
evening.

\VS{4}They
kept also the
feast of
tabernacles, as
{\ADD{it is}}
written, and
{\ADD{offered}} the
daily burnt
offerings by
number, according to the
custom, as the
duty of every
day
required;\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3.4 }{\FT{as the duty…: Heb. the matter of the day in his day}}}

\VS{5}And
afterward
{\ADD{offered}} the
continual burnt
offering, both of the new
moons, and of all the set
feasts of the
{\ND{LORD}} that were
consecrated, and of every one that willingly
offered a freewill
offering unto the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{6}From the
first
day of the
seventh
month
began they to
offer burnt
offerings unto the
{\ND{LORD}}. But the
foundation of the
temple of the
{\ND{LORD}} was not
{\ADD{yet}}
laid.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 3.6 }{\FT{the foundation…: Heb. the temple of the
{\ND{LORD}} was not yet founded}}}

\VS{7}They
gave
money also unto the
masons, and to the
carpenters; and
meat, and
drink, and
oil, unto them of
Zidon, and to them of
Tyre, to
bring
cedar
trees from
Lebanon to the
sea of
Joppa, according to the
grant that they had of
Cyrus
king of
Persia.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 3.7 }{\FT{carpenters: or, workmen}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ Now in the
second
year of their
coming unto the
house of
God at
Jerusalem, in the
second
month,
began
Zerubbabel the
son of
Shealtiel, and
Jeshua the
son of
Jozadak, and the
remnant of their
brethren the
priests and the
Levites, and all they that were come
out of the
captivity unto
Jerusalem; and
appointed the
Levites, from
twenty
years
old and
upward, to set
forward the
work of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{9}Then
stood
Jeshua
{\ADD{with}} his
sons and his
brethren,
Kadmiel and his
sons, the
sons of
Judah,
together, to set
forward the
workmen in the
house of
God: the
sons of
Henadad,
{\ADD{with}} their
sons and their
brethren the
Levites.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 3.9 }{\FT{Judah: also called, Hodaviah}}}\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 3.9 }{\FT{together: Heb. as one}}}

\VS{10}And when the
builders laid the
foundation of the
temple of the
{\ND{LORD}}, they
set the
priests in their
apparel with
trumpets, and the
Levites the
sons of
Asaph with
cymbals, to
praise the
{\ND{LORD}}, after the
ordinance of
David
king of
Israel.

\VS{11}And they sang together by
course in
praising and giving
thanks unto the
{\ND{LORD}}; because
{\ADD{he is}}
good, for his
mercy
{\ADD{endureth}} for
ever toward
Israel. And all the
people
shouted with a
great
shout, when they
praised the
{\ND{LORD}}, because the
foundation of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}} was
laid.

\VS{12}But
many of the
priests and
Levites and
chief of the
fathers,
{\ADD{who were}} ancient
men, that had
seen the
first
house, when the
foundation of this
house was
laid before their
eyes,
wept with a
loud
voice; and
many
shouted
aloud for
joy:

\VS{13}So that the
people could not
discern the
noise of the
shout of
joy from the
noise of the
weeping of the
people: for the
people
shouted with a
loud
shout, and the
noise was
heard afar
off.




\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now when the
adversaries of
Judah and
Benjamin
heard that the
children of the
captivity
builded the
temple unto the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel;\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4.1 }{\FT{the children…: Heb. the sons of the transportation}}}

\VS{2}Then they
came to
Zerubbabel, and to the
chief of the
fathers, and
said unto them, Let us
build with you: for we
seek your
God, as ye
{\ADD{do;}} and we do
sacrifice unto him since the
days of
Esar-haddon
king of
Assur, which brought us up
hither.

\VS{3}But
Zerubbabel, and
Jeshua, and the
rest of the
chief of the
fathers of
Israel,
said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to
build an
house unto our
God; but we ourselves
together will
build unto the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel, as
king
Cyrus the
king of
Persia hath
commanded us.

\VS{4}Then the
people of the
land
weakened the
hands of the
people of
Judah, and
troubled them in
building,

\VS{5}And
hired
counsellors against them, to
frustrate their
purpose, all the
days of
Cyrus
king of
Persia, even until the
reign of
Darius
king of
Persia.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}And in the
reign of
Ahasuerus, in the
beginning of his
reign,
wrote they
{\ADD{unto him}} an
accusation against the
inhabitants of
Judah and
Jerusalem.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4.6 }{\FT{Ahasuerus: Heb. Ahashverosh}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{7}¶ And in the
days of
Artaxerxes
wrote
Bishlam,
Mithredath,
Tabeel, and the
rest of their
companions, unto
Artaxerxes
king of
Persia; and the
writing of the
letter
{\ADD{was}}
written in the Syrian
tongue, and
interpreted in the Syrian
tongue.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4.7 }{\FT{Bishlam: or, in peace}}}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 4.7 }{\FT{companions: Heb. societies}}}

\VS{8}Rehum the
chancellor and
Shimshai the
scribe
wrote
a
letter
against
Jerusalem to
Artaxerxes the
king in this
sort:\FTNT{**}{{\FR 4.8 }{\FT{scribe: or, secretary}}}

\VS{9}Then
{\ADD{wrote}}
Rehum the
chancellor, and
Shimshai the
scribe, and the
rest of their
companions; the
Dinaites, the
Apharsathchites, the
Tarpelites, the
Apharsites, the
Archevites, the
Babylonians, the
Susanchites, the
Dehavites,
{\ADD{and}} the
Elamites,\FTNT{††}{{\FR 4.9 }{\FT{companions: Chaldee, societies}}}

\VS{10}And the
rest of the
nations
whom the
great and
noble
Asnappar brought
over, and
set in the
cities of
Samaria, and the
rest
{\ADD{that are}} on this
side the
river, and at such a
time.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 4.10 }{\FT{at such…: Chaldee, Cheeneth}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{11}¶
This
{\ADD{is}} the
copy of the
letter
that they
sent unto
him,
{\ADD{even}} unto
Artaxerxes the
king; Thy
servants the
men on this
side the
river, and at such a
time.

\VS{12}Be
it
known unto the
king, that the
Jews
which came
up
from
thee to
us are
come unto
Jerusalem,
building the
rebellious and the
bad
city, and have set
up the
walls
{\ADD{thereof}}, and
joined the
foundations.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 4.12 }{\FT{set up: or, finished}}}\FTNT{***}{{\FR 4.12 }{\FT{joined: Chaldee, sewed together}}}

\VS{13}Be it
known
now unto the
king, that,
if
this
city be
builded, and the
walls set
up
{\ADD{again, then}} will they
not
pay
toll,
tribute, and
custom, and
{\ADD{so}} thou shalt
endamage the
revenue of the
kings.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 4.13 }{\FT{pay: Chaldee, give}}}\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 4.13 }{\FT{revenue: or, strength}}}

\VS{14}Now
because we
have
maintenance from
{\ADD{the king’s}}
palace, and it was
not
meet for us to
see the
king’s
dishonour,
therefore have we
sent and
certified the
king;\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 4.14 }{\FT{we have…: Chaldee, we are salted with the salt of the palace}}}

\VS{15}That
search may be made in the
book of the
records of thy
fathers: so shalt thou
find in the
book of the
records, and
know that
this
city
{\ADD{is}} a
rebellious
city, and
hurtful unto
kings and
provinces, and that they have
moved
sedition within the
same
of
old
time:
for
which cause was
this
city
destroyed.
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4.15 }{\FT{moved: Chaldee, made}}}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4.15 }{\FT{within…: Chaldee, in the midst thereof}}}

\VS{16}We
certify the
king that,
if
this
city be
builded
{\ADD{again}}, and the
walls thereof set
up, by
this
means thou shalt
have
no
portion on this
side the
river.


\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶
{\ADD{Then}}
sent the
king an
answer
unto
Rehum the
chancellor, and
{\ADD{to}}
Shimshai the
scribe, and
{\ADD{to}} the
rest of their
companions that
dwell in
Samaria, and
{\ADD{unto}} the
rest
beyond the
river,
Peace, and at such a
time.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4.17 }{\FT{companions: Chaldee, societies}}}

\VS{18}The
letter which ye
sent unto
us hath been
plainly
read
before me.

\VS{19}And
I
commanded, and
search hath been made, and it is
found that
this
city
of
old
time hath made
insurrection
against
kings, and
{\ADD{that}}
rebellion and
sedition have been
made therein.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 4.19 }{\FT{I commanded: Chaldee, by me a decree is set}}}\FTNT{**}{{\FR 4.19 }{\FT{made insurrection: Chaldee, lifted up itself}}}

\VS{20}There have
been
mighty
kings also
over
Jerusalem, which have
ruled over
all
{\ADD{countries}}
beyond the
river; and
toll,
tribute, and
custom, was
paid unto them.

\VS{21}Give ye
now
commandment to
cause
these
men to
cease, and that
this
city be
not
builded,
until
{\ADD{another}}
commandment shall be
given from
me.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 4.21 }{\FT{Give…: Chaldee, Make a decree}}}

\VS{22}Take
heed now that ye
fail not to
do
this:
why should
damage
grow to the
hurt of the
kings?


\par }{\PP \VS{23}¶
Now
when the
copy of
king
Artaxerxes’
letter
{\ADD{was}}
read
before
Rehum, and
Shimshai the
scribe, and their
companions, they went
up in
haste to
Jerusalem
unto the
Jews, and made
them to
cease by
force and
power.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 4.23 }{\FT{by force…: Chaldee, by arm and power}}}

\VS{24}Then
ceased the
work of the
house of
God which
{\ADD{is}} at
Jerusalem. So it
ceased
unto the
second
year of the
reign of
Darius
king of
Persia.




\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then the
prophets,
Haggai the
prophet, and
Zechariah the
son of
Iddo,
prophesied
unto the
Jews that
{\ADD{were}} in
Judah and
Jerusalem in the
name of the
God of
Israel,
{\ADD{even}}
unto them.

\VS{2}Then rose
up
Zerubbabel the
son of
Shealtiel, and
Jeshua the
son of
Jozadak, and
began to
build the
house of
God which
{\ADD{is}} at
Jerusalem: and with
them
{\ADD{were}} the
prophets of
God
helping them.


\par }{\PP \VS{3}¶ At the same
time
came to them
Tatnai,
governor on this
side the
river, and
Shethar-boznai, and their
companions, and
said
thus unto
them,
Who hath
commanded you to
build
this
house, and to make
up
this
wall?

\VS{4}Then
said we unto them after this
manner,
What
are the
names of the
men that
make
this
building?\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5.4 }{\FT{make: Chaldee, build}}}

\VS{5}But the
eye of their
God
was
upon the
elders of the
Jews, that they could
not
cause
them to
cease,
till the
matter
came to
Darius: and
then they returned
answer by
letter
concerning
this
{\ADD{matter}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}¶ The
copy of the
letter that
Tatnai,
governor on this
side the
river, and
Shethar-boznai, and his
companions the
Apharsachites, which
{\ADD{were}} on this
side the
river,
sent
unto
Darius the
king:

\VS{7}They
sent a
letter
unto him,
wherein was
written
thus; Unto
Darius the
king,
all
peace.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5.7 }{\FT{wherein: Chaldee, in the midst whereof}}}

\VS{8}Be it
known unto the
king, that we
went into the
province of
Judea, to the
house of the
great
God, which is
builded with
great
stones, and
timber is
laid in the
walls, and
this
work
goeth
fast on, and
prospereth in their
hands.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 5.8 }{\FT{great…: Chaldee, stones of rolling}}}

\VS{9}Then
asked we
those
elders,
{\ADD{and}}
said unto them
thus,
Who
commanded you to
build
this
house, and to make
up
these
walls?

\VS{10}We
asked their
names
also, to
certify thee, that we might
write the
names of the
men that
{\ADD{were}} the
chief of them.

\VS{11}And
thus they
returned us
answer,
saying,
We
are the
servants of the
God of
heaven and
earth, and
build the
house that
was
builded
these
many
years
ago, which a
great
king of
Israel
builded and set
up.

\VS{12}But
after that our
fathers had
provoked the
God of
heaven unto
wrath, he
gave
them into the
hand of
Nebuchadnezzar the
king of
Babylon, the
Chaldean, who
destroyed
this
house, and
carried the
people
away into
Babylon.

\VS{13}But in the
first
year of
Cyrus the
king of
Babylon
{\ADD{the same}}
king
Cyrus
made a
decree to
build
this
house of
God.

\VS{14}And the
vessels
also
of
gold and
silver of the
house of
God, which
Nebuchadnezzar
took out
of the
temple that
{\ADD{was}} in
Jerusalem, and
brought them into the
temple of
Babylon,
those did
Cyrus the
king
take out
of the
temple of
Babylon, and they were
delivered unto
{\ADD{one}}, whose
name
{\ADD{was}}
Sheshbazzar, whom he had
made
governor;\FTNT{§}{{\FR 5.14 }{\FT{governor: or, deputy}}}

\VS{15}And
said unto him,
Take
these
vessels,
go,
carry
them into the
temple that
{\ADD{is}} in
Jerusalem, and let the
house of
God be
builded
in his
place.

\VS{16}Then
came the
same
Sheshbazzar,
{\ADD{and}}
laid the
foundation of the
house of
God which
{\ADD{is}} in
Jerusalem: and
since that
time even
until
now hath it been in
building, and
{\ADD{yet}} it is
not
finished.

\VS{17}Now therefore,
if
{\ADD{it seem}}
good
to the
king, let there be
search made in the
king’s
treasure
house, which
{\ADD{is}}
there at
Babylon,
whether it
be
{\ADD{so}}, that a
decree was
made
of
Cyrus the
king to
build
this
house of
God at
Jerusalem, and let the
king
send his
pleasure to us
concerning this
matter.




\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Darius the
king
made a
decree, and
search was made in the
house of the
rolls,
where the
treasures were laid
up in
Babylon.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6.1 }{\FT{rolls: Chaldee, books}}}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6.1 }{\FT{laid up: Chaldee, made to descend}}}

\VS{2}And there was
found at
Achmetha, in the
palace that
{\ADD{is}} in the
province of the
Medes,
a
roll, and
therein
{\ADD{was}} a
record
thus
written:
\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 6.2 }{\FT{Achmetha: or, Ecbatana, or, in a coffer}}}

\VS{3}In the
first
year of
Cyrus the
king
{\ADD{the same}}
Cyrus the
king
made a
decree
{\ADD{concerning}} the
house of
God at
Jerusalem, Let the
house be
builded, the
place where they
offered
sacrifices, and let the
foundations thereof be strongly
laid; the
height thereof
threescore
cubits,
{\ADD{and}} the
breadth thereof
threescore
cubits;

\VS{4}{\ADD{With}}
three
rows of
great
stones, and a
row of
new
timber: and let the
expenses be
given out
of the
king’s
house:

\VS{5}And
also let the
golden and
silver
vessels of the
house of
God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took
forth out
of the
temple which
{\ADD{is}} at
Jerusalem, and
brought unto
Babylon, be
restored, and brought
again unto the
temple which
{\ADD{is}} at
Jerusalem,
{\ADD{every one}} to his
place, and
place
{\ADD{them}} in the
house of
God.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 6.5 }{\FT{brought again: Chaldee, go}}}

\VS{6}Now
{\ADD{therefore}},
Tatnai,
governor
beyond the
river,
Shethar-boznai, and your
companions the
Apharsachites, which
{\ADD{are}}
beyond the
river, be
ye
far
from
thence:\FTNT{**}{{\FR 6.6 }{\FT{your…: Chaldee, their societies}}}

\VS{7}Let the
work of
this
house of
God
alone; let the
governor of the
Jews and the
elders of the
Jews
build
this
house of
God
in his
place.

\VS{8}Moreover
I
make a
decree
what ye shall
do
to the
elders of
these
Jews for the
building of
this
house of
God: that of the
king’s
goods,
{\ADD{even}}
of the
tribute
beyond the
river,
forthwith
expenses
be
given unto
these
men, that they be
not
hindered.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 6.8 }{\FT{I make…: Chaldee, by me a decree is made}}}\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 6.8 }{\FT{hindered: Chaldee, made to cease}}}

\VS{9}And that
which they have need
of, both
young
bullocks, and
rams, and
lambs, for the burnt
offerings of the
God of
heaven,
wheat,
salt,
wine, and
oil, according to the
appointment of the
priests which
{\ADD{are}} at
Jerusalem, let it
be
given them
day by
day
without
fail:

\VS{10}That they may
offer sacrifices of sweet
savours unto the
God of
heaven, and
pray for the
life of the
king, and of his
sons.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 6.10 }{\FT{of sweet…: Chaldee, of rest}}}

\VS{11}Also I have
made a
decree, that
whosoever shall
alter
this
word, let
timber be pulled
down
from his
house, and being set
up, let him be
hanged
thereon; and let his
house be
made a
dunghill
for
this.\FTNT{***}{{\FR 6.11 }{\FT{let him…: Chaldee, let him be destroyed}}}

\VS{12}And the
God that hath caused his
name to
dwell
there
destroy
all
kings and
people, that shall
put to their
hand to
alter
{\ADD{and}} to
destroy
this
house of
God which
{\ADD{is}} at
Jerusalem.
I
Darius have
made a
decree; let it be
done with
speed.


\par }{\PP \VS{13}¶
Then
Tatnai,
governor on this
side the
river,
Shethar-boznai, and their
companions,
according to that which
Darius the
king had
sent,
so they
did
speedily.

\VS{14}And the
elders of the
Jews
builded, and they
prospered through the
prophesying of
Haggai the
prophet and
Zechariah the
son of
Iddo. And they
builded, and
finished
{\ADD{it}},
according to the
commandment of the
God of
Israel, and according to the
commandment of
Cyrus, and
Darius, and
Artaxerxes
king of
Persia.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 6.14 }{\FT{commandment: Chaldee, decree}}}

\VS{15}And
this
house was
finished
on the
third
day of the
month
Adar, which
was in the
sixth
year of the
reign of
Darius the
king.


\par }{\PP \VS{16}¶ And the
children of
Israel, the
priests, and the
Levites, and the
rest of the
children of the
captivity,
kept the
dedication of
this
house of
God with
joy,\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 6.16 }{\FT{the children of the captivity: Chaldee, the sons of the transportation}}}

\VS{17}And
offered at the
dedication of
this
house of
God an
hundred
bullocks, two
hundred
rams,
four
hundred
lambs; and for a sin
offering
for
all
Israel,
twelve
he
goats, according to the
number of the
tribes of
Israel.

\VS{18}And they
set the
priests in their
divisions, and the
Levites in their
courses,
for the
service of
God, which
{\ADD{is}} at
Jerusalem; as it is
written in the
book of
Moses.\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 6.18 }{\FT{as it is…: Chaldee, according to the writing}}}

\VS{19}And the
children of the
captivity
kept the
passover upon the
fourteenth
{\ADD{day}} of the
first
month.

\VS{20}For the
priests and the
Levites were
purified
together, all of them
{\ADD{were}}
pure, and
killed the
passover for all the
children of the
captivity, and for their
brethren the
priests, and for themselves.

\VS{21}And the
children of
Israel, which were come
again out of
captivity, and all such as had
separated themselves unto them from the
filthiness of the
heathen of the
land, to
seek the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel, did
eat,

\VS{22}And
kept the
feast of unleavened
bread
seven
days with
joy: for the
{\ND{LORD}} had made them
joyful, and
turned the
heart of the
king of
Assyria unto them, to
strengthen their
hands in the
work of the
house of
God, the
God of
Israel.




\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
after these
things, in the
reign of
Artaxerxes
king of
Persia,
Ezra the
son of
Seraiah, the
son of
Azariah, the
son of
Hilkiah,

\VS{2}The
son of
Shallum, the
son of
Zadok, the
son of
Ahitub,

\VS{3}The
son of
Amariah, the
son of
Azariah, the
son of
Meraioth,

\VS{4}The
son of
Zerahiah, the
son of
Uzzi, the
son of
Bukki,

\VS{5}The
son of
Abishua, the
son of
Phinehas, the
son of
Eleazar, the
son of
Aaron the
chief
priest:

\VS{6}This
Ezra went
up from
Babylon; and he
{\ADD{was}} a
ready
scribe in the
law of
Moses, which the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel had
given: and the
king
granted him all his
request, according to the
hand of the
{\ND{LORD}} his
God upon him.

\VS{7}And there went
up
{\ADD{some}} of the
children of
Israel, and of the
priests, and the
Levites, and the
singers, and the
porters, and the
Nethinims, unto
Jerusalem, in the
seventh
year of
Artaxerxes the
king.

\VS{8}And he
came to
Jerusalem in the
fifth
month, which
{\ADD{was}} in the
seventh
year of the
king.

\VS{9}For upon the
first
{\ADD{day}} of the
first
month
began he to go
up from
Babylon, and on the
first
{\ADD{day}} of the
fifth
month
came he to
Jerusalem, according to the
good
hand of his
God upon him.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7.9 }{\FT{began…: Heb. was the foundation of the going up}}}

\VS{10}For
Ezra had
prepared his
heart to
seek the
law of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and to
do
{\ADD{it}}, and to
teach in
Israel
statutes and
judgments.


\par }{\PP \VS{11}¶ Now this
{\ADD{is}} the
copy of the
letter that the
king
Artaxerxes
gave unto
Ezra the
priest, the
scribe,
{\ADD{even}} a
scribe of the
words of the
commandments of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and of his
statutes to
Israel.

\VS{12}Artaxerxes,
king of
kings, unto
Ezra the
priest, a
scribe of the
law of the
God of
heaven,
perfect
{\ADD{peace}}, and at such a
time.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7.12 }{\FT{unto…: or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc}}}

\VS{13}I
make a
decree, that
all they
of the
people of
Israel, and
{\ADD{of}} his
priests and
Levites, in my
realm, which are minded of their own
freewill to go
up to
Jerusalem,
go with
thee.

\VS{14}Forasmuch
as thou art
sent
of the
king, and of his
seven
counsellors, to
enquire
concerning
Judah and
Jerusalem, according to the
law of thy
God which
{\ADD{is}} in thine
hand;\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 7.14 }{\FT{of the king: Chaldee, from before the king}}}

\VS{15}And to
carry the
silver and
gold, which the
king and his
counsellors have freely
offered unto the
God of
Israel,
whose
habitation
{\ADD{is}} in
Jerusalem,

\VS{16}And
all the
silver and
gold that thou canst
find in
all the
province of
Babylon,
with the freewill
offering of the
people, and of the
priests, offering
willingly for the
house of their
God which
{\ADD{is}} in
Jerusalem:

\VS{17}That thou mayest
buy
speedily with
this
money
bullocks,
rams,
lambs, with their meat
offerings and their drink
offerings, and
offer
them
upon the
altar of the
house of your
God which
{\ADD{is}} in
Jerusalem.

\VS{18}And
whatsoever shall seem
good to thee, and
to thy
brethren, to
do with the
rest of the
silver and the
gold, that
do after the
will of your
God.

\VS{19}The
vessels also that are
given thee for the
service of the
house of thy
God,
{\ADD{those}}
deliver thou
before the
God of
Jerusalem.

\VS{20}And whatsoever
more shall be
needful for the
house of thy
God, which thou shalt have
occasion to
bestow,
bestow
{\ADD{it}} out
of the
king’s
treasure
house.

\VS{21}And
I,
{\ADD{even}}
I
Artaxerxes the
king, do
make a
decree to
all the
treasurers which
{\ADD{are}}
beyond the
river, that whatsoever
Ezra the
priest, the
scribe of the
law of the
God of
heaven, shall
require of you, it be
done
speedily,

\VS{22}Unto an
hundred
talents of
silver, and to an
hundred
measures of
wheat, and to an
hundred
baths of
wine, and to an
hundred
baths of
oil, and
salt
without
prescribing
{\ADD{how much}}.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 7.22 }{\FT{measures: Chaldee, cors}}}

\VS{23}Whatsoever is commanded
by the
God of
heaven, let it be
diligently
done for the
house of the
God of
heaven:
for
why should there
be
wrath
against the
realm of the
king and his
sons?\FTNT{**}{{\FR 7.23 }{\FT{Whatsoever…: Chaldee, Whatsoever is of the decree}}}

\VS{24}Also we
certify you, that touching
any of the
priests and
Levites,
singers,
porters,
Nethinims, or
ministers of
this
house of
God, it shall
not be
lawful to
impose
toll,
tribute, or
custom,
upon them.

\VS{25}And
thou,
Ezra, after the
wisdom of thy
God, that
{\ADD{is}} in thine
hand,
set
magistrates and
judges, which may
judge
all the
people that
{\ADD{are}}
beyond the
river,
all such as
know the
laws of thy
God; and
teach ye them that
know
{\ADD{them}}
not.

\VS{26}And
whosoever will
not
do the
law of thy
God, and the
law of the
king, let
judgment
be
executed
speedily upon
him,
whether
{\ADD{it be}} unto
death,
or to
banishment,
or to
confiscation of
goods, or to
imprisonment.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 7.26 }{\FT{to banishment: Chaldee, to rooting out}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{27}¶
Blessed
{\ADD{be}} the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of our
fathers, which hath
put
{\ADD{such a thing}} as this in the
king’s
heart, to
beautify the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}} which
{\ADD{is}} in
Jerusalem:

\VS{28}And hath
extended
mercy unto me
before the
king, and his
counsellors, and before all the
king’s
mighty
princes. And I was
strengthened as the
hand of the
{\ND{LORD}} my
God
{\ADD{was}} upon me, and I gathered
together out of
Israel chief
men to go
up with me.




\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}These
{\ADD{are}} now the
chief of their
fathers, and
{\ADD{this is}} the
genealogy of them that went
up with me from
Babylon, in the
reign of
Artaxerxes the
king.

\VS{2}Of the
sons of
Phinehas;
Gershom: of the
sons of
Ithamar;
Daniel: of the
sons of
David;
Hattush.

\VS{3}Of the
sons of
Shechaniah, of the
sons of
Pharosh;
Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by
genealogy of the
males an
hundred and
fifty.

\VS{4}Of the
sons of
Pahath-moab;
Elihoenai the
son of
Zerahiah, and with him two
hundred
males.

\VS{5}Of the
sons of
Shechaniah; the
son of
Jahaziel, and with him
three
hundred
males.

\VS{6}Of the
sons also of
Adin;
Ebed the
son of
Jonathan, and with him
fifty
males.

\VS{7}And of the
sons of
Elam;
Jeshaiah the
son of
Athaliah, and with him
seventy
males.

\VS{8}And of the
sons of
Shephatiah;
Zebadiah the
son of
Michael, and with him
fourscore
males.

\VS{9}Of the
sons of
Joab;
Obadiah the
son of
Jehiel, and with him two
hundred and
eighteen
males.

\VS{10}And of the
sons of
Shelomith; the
son of
Josiphiah, and with him an
hundred and
threescore
males.

\VS{11}And of the
sons of
Bebai;
Zechariah the
son of
Bebai, and with him
twenty and
eight
males.

\VS{12}And of the
sons of
Azgad;
Johanan the
son of
Hakkatan, and with him an
hundred and
ten
males.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8.12 }{\FT{the son…: or, the youngest son}}}

\VS{13}And of the
last
sons of
Adonikam, whose
names
{\ADD{are}} these,
Eliphelet,
Jeiel, and
Shemaiah, and with them
threescore
males.

\VS{14}Of the
sons also of
Bigvai;
Uthai, and
Zabbud, and with them
seventy
males.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8.14 }{\FT{Zabbud: or, Zaccur, as some read}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{15}¶ And I gathered them
together to the
river that
runneth to
Ahava; and there abode we in
tents
three
days: and I
viewed the
people, and the
priests, and
found there none of the
sons of
Levi.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 8.15 }{\FT{abode: or, pitched}}}

\VS{16}Then
sent I for
Eliezer, for
Ariel, for
Shemaiah, and for
Elnathan, and for
Jarib, and for
Elnathan, and for
Nathan, and for
Zechariah, and for
Meshullam, chief
men; also for
Joiarib, and for
Elnathan, men of
understanding.

\VS{17}And I
sent them with
commandment unto
Iddo the
chief at the
place
Casiphia, and I
told them
what they should
say unto
Iddo,
{\ADD{and}} to his
brethren the
Nethinims, at the
place
Casiphia, that they should
bring unto us
ministers for the
house of our
God.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 8.17 }{\FT{I told…: Heb. I put words in their mouth}}}

\VS{18}And by the
good
hand of our
God upon us they
brought us a
man of
understanding, of the
sons of
Mahli, the
son of
Levi, the
son of
Israel; and
Sherebiah, with his
sons and his
brethren,
eighteen;

\VS{19}And
Hashabiah, and with him
Jeshaiah of the
sons of
Merari, his
brethren and their
sons,
twenty;

\VS{20}Also of the
Nethinims, whom
David and the
princes had
appointed for the
service of the
Levites, two
hundred and
twenty
Nethinims: all of them were
expressed by
name.


\par }{\PP \VS{21}¶ Then I
proclaimed a
fast there, at the
river of
Ahava, that we might
afflict ourselves
before our
God, to
seek of him a
right
way for us, and for our little
ones, and for all our
substance.

\VS{22}For I was
ashamed to
require of the
king a band of
soldiers and
horsemen to
help us against the
enemy in the
way: because we had
spoken unto the
king,
saying, The
hand of our
God
{\ADD{is}} upon all them for
good that
seek him; but his
power and his
wrath
{\ADD{is}} against all them that
forsake him.

\VS{23}So we
fasted and
besought our
God for this: and he was
intreated of us.


\par }{\PP \VS{24}¶ Then I
separated
twelve of the
chief of the
priests,
Sherebiah,
Hashabiah, and
ten of their
brethren with them,

\VS{25}And
weighed unto them the
silver, and the
gold, and the
vessels,
{\ADD{even}} the
offering of the
house of our
God, which the
king, and his
counsellors, and his
lords, and all
Israel
{\ADD{there}}
present, had
offered:

\VS{26}I even
weighed unto their
hand
six
hundred and
fifty
talents of
silver, and
silver
vessels an
hundred
talents,
{\ADD{and}} of
gold an
hundred
talents;

\VS{27}Also
twenty
basons of
gold, of a
thousand
drams; and
two
vessels of
fine
copper,
precious as
gold.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 8.27 }{\FT{fine…: Heb. yellow, or, shining brass}}}\FTNT{††}{{\FR 8.27 }{\FT{precious: Heb. desirable}}}

\VS{28}And I
said unto them, Ye
{\ADD{are}}
holy unto the
{\ND{LORD}}; the
vessels
{\ADD{are}}
holy also; and the
silver and the
gold
{\ADD{are}} a freewill
offering unto the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of your
fathers.

\VS{29}Watch ye, and
keep
{\ADD{them}}, until ye
weigh
{\ADD{them}}
before the
chief of the
priests and the
Levites, and
chief of the
fathers of
Israel, at
Jerusalem, in the
chambers of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{30}So
took the
priests and the
Levites the
weight of the
silver, and the
gold, and the
vessels, to
bring
{\ADD{them}} to
Jerusalem unto the
house of our
God.


\par }{\PP \VS{31}¶ Then we
departed from the
river of
Ahava on the
twelfth
{\ADD{day}} of the
first
month, to
go unto
Jerusalem: and the
hand of our
God was upon us, and he
delivered us from the
hand of the
enemy, and of such as lay in
wait by the
way.

\VS{32}And we
came to
Jerusalem, and
abode there
three
days.


\par }{\PP \VS{33}¶ Now on the
fourth
day was the
silver and the
gold and the
vessels
weighed in the
house of our
God by the
hand of
Meremoth the
son of
Uriah the
priest; and with him
{\ADD{was}}
Eleazar the
son of
Phinehas; and with them
{\ADD{was}}
Jozabad the
son of
Jeshua, and
Noadiah the
son of
Binnui,
Levites;

\VS{34}By
number
{\ADD{and}} by
weight of every one: and all the
weight was
written at that
time.

\VS{35}{\ADD{Also}} the
children of those that had been carried
away, which were come
out of the
captivity,
offered burnt
offerings unto the
God of
Israel,
twelve
bullocks for all
Israel,
ninety and
six
rams,
seventy and
seven
lambs,
twelve he
goats
{\ADD{for}} a sin
offering: all
{\ADD{this was}} a burnt
offering unto the
{\ND{LORD}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{36}¶ And they
delivered the
king’s
commissions unto the
king’s
lieutenants, and to the
governors on this
side the
river: and they
furthered the
people, and the
house of
God.




\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now when these things were
done, the
princes
came to me,
saying, The
people of
Israel, and the
priests, and the
Levites, have not
separated themselves from the
people of the
lands,
{\ADD{doing}} according to their
abominations,
{\ADD{even}} of the
Canaanites, the
Hittites, the
Perizzites, the
Jebusites, the
Ammonites, the
Moabites, the
Egyptians, and the
Amorites.

\VS{2}For they have
taken of their
daughters for themselves, and for their
sons: so that the
holy
seed have
mingled themselves with the
people of
{\ADD{those}}
lands: yea, the
hand of the
princes and
rulers hath been
chief in this
trespass.

\VS{3}And when I
heard this
thing, I
rent my
garment and my
mantle, and plucked
off the
hair of my
head and of my
beard, and sat
down
astonied.

\VS{4}Then were
assembled unto me every one that
trembled at the
words of the
God of
Israel, because of the
transgression of those that had been carried
away; and I
sat
astonied until the
evening
sacrifice.


\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ And at the
evening
sacrifice I arose
up from my
heaviness; and having
rent my
garment and my
mantle, I
fell upon my
knees, and spread
out my
hands unto the
{\ND{LORD}} my
God,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9.5 }{\FT{heaviness: or, affliction}}}

\VS{6}And
said, O my
God, I am
ashamed and
blush to lift
up my
face to thee, my
God: for our
iniquities are
increased
over
{\ADD{our}}
head, and our
trespass is grown
up unto the
heavens.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 9.6 }{\FT{trespass: or, guiltiness}}}

\VS{7}Since the
days of our
fathers
{\ADD{have}} we
{\ADD{been}} in a
great
trespass unto this
day; and for our
iniquities have we, our
kings,
{\ADD{and}} our
priests, been
delivered into the
hand of the
kings of the
lands, to the
sword, to
captivity, and to a
spoil, and to
confusion of
face, as
{\ADD{it is}} this
day.

\VS{8}And now for a
little
space
grace hath been
{\ADD{shewed}} from the
{\ND{LORD}} our
God, to
leave us a remnant to
escape, and to
give us a
nail in his
holy
place, that our
God may
lighten our
eyes, and
give us a
little
reviving in our
bondage.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 9.8 }{\FT{space: Heb. moment}}}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 9.8 }{\FT{a nail: or, a pin: that is, a constant and sure abode}}}

\VS{9}For we
{\ADD{were}}
bondmen; yet our
God hath not
forsaken us in our
bondage, but hath
extended
mercy unto us in the
sight of the
kings of
Persia, to
give us a
reviving, to set
up the
house of our
God, and to
repair the
desolations thereof, and to
give us a
wall in
Judah and in
Jerusalem.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 9.9 }{\FT{to repair: Heb. to set up}}}

\VS{10}And now, O our
God, what shall we
say
after this? for we have
forsaken thy
commandments,

\VS{11}Which thou hast
commanded
by thy
servants the
prophets,
saying, The
land, unto which ye
go to
possess it, is an
unclean
land with the
filthiness of the
people of the
lands, with their
abominations, which have
filled it from one
end to
another with their
uncleanness.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 9.11 }{\FT{by: Heb. by the hand of}}}\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 9.11 }{\FT{from…: Heb. from mouth to mouth}}}

\VS{12}Now therefore
give not your
daughters unto their
sons, neither
take their
daughters unto your
sons, nor
seek their
peace or their
wealth
for
ever: that ye may be
strong, and
eat the
good of the
land, and leave
{\ADD{it}} for an
inheritance to your
children for
ever.

\VS{13}And
after all that is
come upon us for our
evil
deeds, and for our
great
trespass, seeing that thou our
God hast
punished us
less than our
iniquities
{\ADD{deserve}}, and hast
given us
{\ADD{such}}
deliverance as this;\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 9.13 }{\FT{hast punished…: Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities}}}

\VS{14}Should we
again
break thy
commandments, and join in
affinity with the
people of these
abominations? wouldest not thou be
angry with us till thou hadst
consumed
{\ADD{us}}, so that
{\ADD{there should be}} no
remnant nor
escaping?

\VS{15}O
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel, thou
{\ADD{art}}
righteous: for we
remain yet
escaped, as
{\ADD{it is}} this
day: behold, we
{\ADD{are}}
before thee in our
trespasses: for we cannot
stand
before thee because of this.




\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now when
Ezra had
prayed, and when he had
confessed,
weeping and casting himself
down
before the
house of
God, there
assembled unto him out of
Israel a
very
great
congregation of
men and
women and
children: for the
people
wept
very
sore.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10.1 }{\FT{wept…: Heb. wept a great weeping}}}

\VS{2}And
Shechaniah the
son of
Jehiel,
{\ADD{one}} of the
sons of
Elam,
answered and
said unto
Ezra, We have
trespassed against our
God, and have
taken
strange
wives of the
people of the
land: yet now there
is
hope in
Israel concerning this thing.

\VS{3}Now therefore let us
make a
covenant with our
God to put
away all the
wives, and such as are
born of them, according to the
counsel of my
lord, and of those that
tremble at the
commandment of our
God; and let it be
done according to the
law.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 10.3 }{\FT{to put…: Heb. to bring forth}}}

\VS{4}Arise; for
{\ADD{this}}
matter
{\ADD{belongeth}} unto thee: we also
{\ADD{will be}} with thee: be of good
courage, and
do
{\ADD{it}}.

\VS{5}Then
arose
Ezra, and made the
chief
priests, the
Levites, and all
Israel, to
swear that they should
do according to this
word. And they
sware.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}¶ Then
Ezra rose
up from
before the
house of
God, and
went into the
chamber of
Johanan the
son of
Eliashib: and
{\ADD{when}} he
came thither, he did
eat no
bread, nor
drink
water: for he
mourned because of the
transgression of them that had been carried
away.

\VS{7}And they made
proclamation throughout
Judah and
Jerusalem unto all the
children of the
captivity, that they should gather themselves
together unto
Jerusalem;

\VS{8}And that whosoever would not
come within
three
days, according to the
counsel of the
princes and the
elders, all his
substance should be
forfeited, and himself
separated from the
congregation of those that had been carried
away.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 10.8 }{\FT{forfeited: Heb. devoted}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{9}¶ Then all the
men of
Judah and
Benjamin gathered themselves
together unto
Jerusalem within
three
days. It
{\ADD{was}} the
ninth
month, on the
twentieth
{\ADD{day}} of the
month; and all the
people
sat in the
street of the
house of
God,
trembling because of
{\ADD{this}}
matter, and for the great
rain.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 10.9 }{\FT{the great…: Heb. the showers}}}

\VS{10}And
Ezra the
priest stood
up, and
said unto them, Ye have
transgressed, and have
taken
strange
wives, to
increase the
trespass of
Israel.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 10.10 }{\FT{have taken: Heb. have caused to dwell, or, have brought back}}}

\VS{11}Now therefore
make
confession unto the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of your
fathers, and
do his
pleasure: and
separate yourselves from the
people of the
land, and from the
strange
wives.

\VS{12}Then all the
congregation
answered and
said with a
loud
voice, As thou hast
said, so must we
do.

\VS{13}But the
people
{\ADD{are}}
many, and
{\ADD{it is}} a
time of much
rain, and we are not
able to
stand
without, neither
{\ADD{is this}} a
work of
one
day or
two: for we are
many that have
transgressed in this
thing.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 10.13 }{\FT{we are many…: or, we have greatly offended in this thing}}}

\VS{14}Let now our
rulers of all the
congregation
stand, and let all them which have
taken
strange
wives in our
cities
come at
appointed
times, and with them the
elders of every
city, and the
judges thereof, until the
fierce
wrath of our
God for this
matter be
turned from us.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 10.14 }{\FT{for this…: or, till this matter be dispatched}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{15}¶ Only
Jonathan the
son of
Asahel and
Jahaziah the
son of
Tikvah were
employed about this
{\ADD{matter:}} and
Meshullam and
Shabbethai the
Levite
helped them.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 10.15 }{\FT{were…: Heb. stood}}}

\VS{16}And the
children of the
captivity did
so. And
Ezra the
priest,
{\ADD{with}}
certain
chief of the
fathers, after the
house of their
fathers, and all of them by
{\ADD{their}}
names, were
separated, and sat
down in the
first
day of the
tenth
month to
examine the
matter.

\VS{17}And they made an
end with all the
men that had
taken
strange
wives by the
first
day of the
first
month.


\par }{\PP \VS{18}¶ And among the
sons of the
priests there were
found that had
taken
strange
wives:
{\ADD{namely}}, of the
sons of
Jeshua the
son of
Jozadak, and his
brethren;
Maaseiah, and
Eliezer, and
Jarib, and
Gedaliah.

\VS{19}And they
gave their
hands that they would put
away their
wives; and
{\ADD{being}}
guilty,
{\ADD{they offered}} a
ram of the
flock for their
trespass.

\VS{20}And of the
sons of
Immer;
Hanani, and
Zebadiah.

\VS{21}And of the
sons of
Harim;
Maaseiah, and
Elijah, and
Shemaiah, and
Jehiel, and
Uzziah.

\VS{22}And of the
sons of
Pashur;
Elioenai,
Maaseiah,
Ishmael,
Nethaneel,
Jozabad, and
Elasah.

\VS{23}Also of the
Levites;
Jozabad, and
Shimei, and
Kelaiah, (the same
{\ADD{is}}
Kelita,)
Pethahiah,
Judah, and
Eliezer.

\VS{24}Of the
singers also;
Eliashib: and of the
porters;
Shallum, and
Telem, and
Uri.

\VS{25}Moreover of
Israel: of the
sons of
Parosh;
Ramiah, and
Jeziah, and
Malchiah, and
Miamin, and
Eleazar, and
Malchijah, and
Benaiah.

\VS{26}And of the
sons of
Elam;
Mattaniah,
Zechariah, and
Jehiel, and
Abdi, and
Jeremoth, and
Eliah.

\VS{27}And of the
sons of
Zattu;
Elioenai,
Eliashib,
Mattaniah, and
Jeremoth, and
Zabad, and
Aziza.

\VS{28}Of the
sons also of
Bebai;
Jehohanan,
Hananiah,
Zabbai,
{\ADD{and}}
Athlai.

\VS{29}And of the
sons of
Bani;
Meshullam,
Malluch, and
Adaiah,
Jashub, and
Sheal, and
Ramoth.

\VS{30}And of the
sons of
Pahath-moab;
Adna, and
Chelal,
Benaiah,
Maaseiah,
Mattaniah,
Bezaleel, and
Binnui, and
Manasseh.

\VS{31}And
{\ADD{of}} the
sons of
Harim;
Eliezer,
Ishijah,
Malchiah,
Shemaiah,
Shimeon,

\VS{32}Benjamin,
Malluch,
{\ADD{and}}
Shemariah.

\VS{33}Of the
sons of
Hashum;
Mattenai,
Mattathah,
Zabad,
Eliphelet,
Jeremai,
Manasseh,
{\ADD{and}}
Shimei.

\VS{34}Of the
sons of
Bani;
Maadai,
Amram, and
Uel,

\VS{35}Benaiah,
Bedeiah,
Chelluh,

\VS{36}Vaniah,
Meremoth,
Eliashib,

\VS{37}Mattaniah,
Mattenai, and
Jaasau,

\VS{38}And
Bani, and
Binnui,
Shimei,

\VS{39}And
Shelemiah, and
Nathan, and
Adaiah,

\VS{40}Machnadebai,
Shashai,
Sharai,\FTNT{***}{{\FR 10.40 }{\FT{Machnadebai: or, Mabnadebai, according to some copies}}}

\VS{41}Azareel, and
Shelemiah,
Shemariah,

\VS{42}Shallum,
Amariah,
{\ADD{and}}
Joseph.

\VS{43}Of the
sons of
Nebo;
Jeiel,
Mattithiah,
Zabad,
Zebina,
Jadau, and
Joel,
Benaiah.

\VS{44}All these had
taken
strange
wives: and
{\ADD{some}} of them
had
wives by whom they
had
children.


\par }