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It is also called +the second book of Esdras; because it is a continuation of the history, +begun by Esdras, of the state of the people of God after their return +from captivity. + + +2 Esdras Chapter 1 + +Nehemias hearing the miserable state of his countrymen in Judea, +lamenteth, fasteth, and prayeth to God for their relief. + +1:1. The words of Nehemias the son of Helchias. And it came to pass in +the month of Casleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in the castle of +Susa, + +1:2. That Hanani one of my brethren came, he and some men of Juda; and I +asked them concerning the Jews, that remained and were left of the +captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. + +1:3. And they said to me: They that have remained, and are left of the +captivity there in the province, are in great affliction, and reproach: +and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates thereof are +burnt with fire. + +1:4. And when I had heard these words, I sat down, and wept, and mourned +for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God of +heaven. + +1:5. And I said: I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great, +and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee, +and keep thy commandments: + +1:6. Let thy ears be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear the prayer of +thy servant, which I pray before thee now, night and day, for the +children of Israel thy servants: and I confess the sins of the children +of Israel, by which they have sinned against thee: I and my father's +house have sinned. + +1:7. We have been seduced by vanity, and have not kept thy commandments, +and ceremonies and judgments, which thou hast commanded thy servant +Moses. + +1:8. Remember the word that thou commandedst to Moses thy servant, +saying: If you shall transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the +nations: + +1:9. But if you return to me, and keep my commandments, and do them, +though you should be led away to the uttermost parts of the world, I +will gather you from thence, and bring you back to the place which I +have chosen for my name to dwell there. + +1:10. And these are thy servants, and thy people: whom thou hast +redeemed by thy great strength, and by thy mighty hand. + +1:11. I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of +thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy +name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this +man. For I was the king's cupbearer. + +2 Esdras Chapter 2 + +Nehemias with commission from king Artaxerxes cometh to Jerusalem: and +exhorteth the Jews to rebuild the walls. + +2:1. And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of +Artaxerxes the king: that wine was before him, and I took up the wine, +and gave it to the king: and I was as one languishing away before his +face. + +2:2. And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou +dost not appear to be sick? this is not without cause, but some evil, I +know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great +fear: + +2:3. And I said to the king: O king, live for ever: why should not my +countenance be sorrowful, seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres +of my fathers is desolate, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire? + +2:4. Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I +prayed to the God of heaven, + +2:5. And I said to the king: If it seem good to the king, and if thy +servant hath found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me into +Judea to the city of the sepulchre of my father, and I will build it. + +2:6. And the king said to me, and the queen that sat by him: For how +long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the +king, and he sent me: and I fixed him a time. + +2:7. And I said to the king: If it seem good to the king, let him give +me letters to the governors of the country beyond the river, that they +convey me over, till I come into Judea: + +2:8. And a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, to give me +timber that I may cover the gates of the tower of the house, and the +walls of the city, and the house that I shall enter into. And the king +gave me according to the good hand of my God with me. + +2:9. And I came to the governors of the country beyond the river, and +gave them the king's letters. And the king had sent with me captains of +soldiers, and horsemen. + +2:10. And Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant, the Ammonite, +heard it, and it grieved them exceedingly, that a man was come, who +sought the prosperity of the children of Israel. + +2:11. And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. + +2:12. And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me, and I told +not any man what God had put in my heart to do in Jerusalem, and there +was no beast with me, but the beast that I rode upon. + +2:13. And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, and before the +dragon fountain, and to the dung gate, and I viewed the wall of +Jerusalem which was broken down, and the gates thereof which were +consumed with fire. + +2:14. And I passed to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's +aqueduct, and there was no place for the beast on which I rode to pass. + +2:15. And I went up in the night by the torrent, and viewed the wall, +and going back I came to the gate of the valley, and returned. + +2:16. But the magistrates knew not whither I went, or what I did: +neither had I as yet told any thing to the Jews, or to the priests, or +to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the rest that did the work. + +2:17. Then I said to them: You know the affliction wherein we are, +because Jerusalem is desolate, and the gates thereof are consumed with +fire: come, and let us build up the walls of Jerusalem, and let us be no +longer a reproach. + +2:18. And I shewed them how the hand of my God was good with me, and the +king's words, which he had spoken to me, and I said: Let us rise up, and +build. And their hands were strengthened in good. + +2:19. But Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant, the Ammonite, +and Gossem the Arabian heard of it, and they scoffed at us, and despised +us, and said: What is this thing that you do? are you going to rebel +against the king? + +2:20. And I answered them, and said to them: The God of heaven he +helpeth us, and we are his servants: let us rise up and build: but you +have no part, nor justice, nor remembrance in Jerusalem. + +2 Esdras Chapter 3 + +They begin to build the walls: the names and order of the builders. + +3:1. Then Eliasib the high priest arose, and his brethren the priests, +and they built the flock gate: they sanctified it, and set up the doors +thereof, even unto the tower of a hundred cubits they sanctified it unto +the tower of Hananeel. + +3:2. And next to him the men of Jericho built: and next to them built +Zachur the son of Amri. + +3:3. But the fish gate the sons of Asnaa built: they covered it, and set +up the doors thereof, and the locks, and the bars. And next to them +built Marimuth the son of Urias the son of Accus. + +4. And next to him built Mosollam the son of Barachias, the son of +Merezebel, and next to them built Sadoc the son of Baana. + +5. And next to them the Thecuites built: but their great men did not put +their necks to the work of their Lord. + +3:6. And Joiada the son of Phasea, and Mosollam the son of Besodia built +the old gate: they covered it and set up the doors thereof, and the +locks, and the bars. + +3:7. And next to them built Meltias the Gabaonite, and Jadon the +Meronathite, the men of Gabaon and Maspha, for the governor that was in +the country beyond the river. + +3:8. And next to him built Eziel the son of Araia the goldsmith: and +next to him built Ananias the son of the perfumer: and they left +Jerusalem unto the wall of the broad street. + +3:9. And next to him built Raphaia the son of Hur, lord of the street of +Jerusalem. + +3:10. And next to him Jedaia the son of Haromaph over against his own +house: and next to him built Hattus the son of Hasebonia. + +3:11. Melchias the son of Herem, and Hasub the son of Phahath Moab, +built half the street, and the tower of the furnaces. + +3:12. And next to him built Sellum the son of Alohes, lord of half the +street of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. + +3:13. And the gate of the valley Hanun built, and the inhabitants of +Zanoe: they built it, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks, and +the bars, and a thousand cubits in the wall unto the gate of the +dunghill. + +3:14. And the gate of the dunghill Melchias the son of Rechab built, +lord of the street of Bethacharam: he built it, and set up the doors +thereof, and the locks, and the bars. + +3:15. And the gate of the fountain, Sellum, the son of Cholhoza, built, +lord of the street of Maspha: he built it, and covered it, and set up +the doors thereof, and the locks, and the bars, and the walls of the +pool of Siloe unto the king's guard, and unto the steps that go down +from the city of David. + +3:16. After him built Nehemias the son of Azboc, lord of half the street +of Bethsur, as far as over against the sepulchre of David, and to the +pool, that was built with great labour, and to the house of the mighty. + +3:17. After him built the Levites, Rehum the son of Benni. After him +built Hasebias, lord of half the street of Ceila in his own street. + +3:18. After him built their brethren Bavai the son of Enadad, lord of +half Ceila. + +3:19. And next to him Aser the son of Josue, lord of Maspha, built +another measure, over against the going up of the strong corner. + +3:20. After him in the mount Baruch the son of Zachai built another +measure, from the corner to the door of the house of Eliasib the high +priest. + +3:21. After him Merimuth the son of Urias the son of Haccus, built +another measure, from the door of the house of Eliasib, to the end of +the house of Eliasib. + +3:22. And after him built the priests, the men of the plains of the +Jordan. + +3:23. After him built Benjamin and Hasub, over against their own house: +and after him built Azarias the son of Maasias the son of Ananias over +against his house. + +3:24. After him built Bennui the son of Hanadad another measure, from +the house of Azarias unto the bending, and unto the corner. + +3:25. Phalel, the son of Ozi, over against the bending and the tower, +which lieth out from the king's high house, that is, in the court of the +prison: after him Phadaia the son of Pharos. + +3:26. And the Nathinites dwelt in Ophel, as far as over against the +water gate toward the east, and the tower that stood out. + +3:27. After him the Thecuites built another measure over against, from +the great tower that standeth out unto the wall of the temple. + +3:28. And upward from the horse gate the priests built, every man over +against his house. + +3:29. After them built Sadoc the son of Emmer over against his house. +And after him built Semaia the son of Sechenias, keeper of the east +gate. + +3:30. After him built Hanania the son of Selemia, and Hanun the sixth +son of Seleph, another measure: after him built Mosollam the son of +Barachias over against his treasury. After him Melcias the goldsmith's +son built unto the house of the Nathinites, and of the sellers of small +wares, over against the judgment gate, and unto the chamber of the +corner. + +3:31. And within the chamber of the corner of the flock gate, the +goldsmiths and the merchants built. + +2 Esdras Chapter 4 + +The building is carried on notwithstanding the opposition of their +enemies. + +4:1. And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were +building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed +at the Jews. + +4:2. And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: +What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will +they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones +out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt? + +4:3. Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a +fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall. + +4:4. Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon +their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity. + +4:5. Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from +before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders. + +4:6. So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half +thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work. + +4:7. And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, +and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem +were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were +exceedingly angry. + +4:8. And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight +against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes. + +4:9. And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and +night against them. + +4:10. And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, +and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the +wall. + +4:11. And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we +come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease. + +4:12. And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came +and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to +us, + +4:13. I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in +order, with their swords, and spears, and bows. + +4:14. And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the +magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: be not afraid of +them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your +brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your +houses. + +4:15. And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had +been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us +to the walls, every man to his work. + +4:16. And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their +young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, +and shields, and bows, and coats of mail, and the rulers were behind +them in all the house of Juda. + +4:17. Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that +laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held +a sword. + +4:18. For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his +reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me. + +4:19. And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest +of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated +on the wall one far from another: + +4:20. In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run +all thither unto us: our God will fight for us. + +4:21. And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears +from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear. + +4:22. At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his +servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the +night, and by day, to work. + +4:23. Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that +followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped +himself when he was to be washed. + +2 Esdras Chapter 5 + +Nehemias blameth the rich, for their oppressing the poor. His +exhortation, and bounty to his countrymen. + +5:1. Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives against +their brethren the Jews. + +5:2. And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very +many: let us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and +live. + +5:3. And there were some that said: Let us mortgage our lands, and our +vineyards, and our houses, and let us take corn because of the famine. + +5:4. And others said: Let us borrow money for the king's tribute, and +let us give up our fields and vineyards: + +5:5. And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren: and our children +as their children. Behold we bring into bondage our sons and our +daughters, and some of our daughters are bondwomen already, neither have +we wherewith to redeem them, and our fields and our vineyards other men +possess. + +5:6. And I was exceedingly angry when I heard their cry according to +these words. + +5:7. And my heart thought with myself: and I rebuked the nobles and +magistrates, and said to them: Do you every one exact usury of your +brethren? And I gathered together a great assembly against them, + +5:8. And I said to them: We, as you know, have redeemed according to our +ability our brethren the Jews, that were sold to the Gentiles: and will +you then sell your brethren, for us to redeem them? And they held their +peace, and found not what to answer. + +5:9. And I said to them: The thing you do is not good: why walk you not +in the fear of our God, that we be not exposed to the reproaches of the +Gentiles our enemies? + +5:10. Both I and my brethren, and my servants, have lent money and corn +to many: let us all agree not to call for it again; let us forgive the +debt that is owing to us. + +5:11. Restore ye to them this day their fields, and their vineyards, and +their oliveyards, and their houses: and the hundredth part of the money, +and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, which you were wont to exact of +them, give it rather for them. + +5:12. And they said: We will restore, and we will require nothing of +them: and we will do as thou sayest. And I called the priests and took +an oath of them, to do according to what I had said. + +5:13. Moreover I shook my lap, and said: So may God shake every man that +shall not accomplish this word, out of his house, and out of his +labours, thus may he be shaken out, and become empty. And all the +multitude said: Amen. And they praised God. And the people did according +to what was said. + +5:14. And from the day, in which the king commanded me to be governor in +the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth +year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my brethren did not +eat the yearly allowance that was due to the governors. + +5:15. But the former governors that had been before me, were chargeable +to the people, and took of them in bread, and wine, and in money every +day forty sicles: and their officers also oppressed the people. But I +did not so for the fear of God. + +5:16. Moreover I built in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, +and all my servants were gathered together to the work. + +5:17. The Jews also and the magistrates to the number of one hundred and +fifty men, were at my table, besides them that came to us from among the +nations that were round about us. + +5:18. And there was prepared for me day be day one ox, and six choice +rams, besides fowls, and once in ten days I gave store of divers wines, +and many other things: yet I did not require my yearly allowance as +governor: for the people were very much impoverished. + +5:19. Remember me, O my God, for good according to all that I have done +for this people. + +2 Esdras Chapter 6 + +The enemies seek to terrify Nehemias. He proceedeth and finisheth the +wall. + +6:1. And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gossem the +Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, +and that there was no breach left in it, (though at that time I had not +set up the doors in the gates,) + +6:2. Sanaballat and Gossem sent to me, saying: Come, and let us make a +league together in the villages, in the plain of Ono. But they thought +to do me mischief. + +6:3. And I sent messengers to them, saying: I am doing a great work, and +I cannot come down, lest it be neglected whilst I come, and go down to +you. + +6:4. And they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I +answered them after the same manner. + +6:5. And Sanaballat sent his servant to me the fifth time according to +the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner: + +6:6. It is reported amongst the Gentiles, and Gossem hath said it, that +thou and the Jews think to rebel, and therefore thou buildest the wall, +and hast a mind to set thyself king over them: for which end + +6:7. Thou hast also set up prophets, to preach of thee at Jerusalem, +saying: There is a king in Judea. The king will hear of these things: +therefore come now, that we may take counsel together. + +6:8. And I sent to them, saying: There is no such thing done as thou +sayest: but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart. + +6:9. For all these men thought to frighten us, thinking that our hands +would cease from the work, and that we would leave off. Wherefore I +strengthened my hands the more: + +6:10. And I went into the house of Samaia the son of Delaia, the son of +Metabeel privately. And he said: Let us consult together in the house of +God in the midst of the temple: and let us shut the doors of the temple, +for they will come to kill thee, and in the night they will come to slay +thee. + +6:11. And I said: Should such a man as I flee? and who is there that +being as I am, would go into the temple, to save his life? I will not +go in. + +6:12. And I understood that God had not sent him, but that he had spoken +to me as if he had been prophesying, and Tobias, and Sanaballat had +hired him. + +6:13. For he had taken money, that I being afraid should do this thing, +and sin, and they might have some evil to upbraid me withal. + +6:14. Remember me, O Lord, for Tobias and Sanaballat, according to their +works of this kind: and Noadias the prophet, and the rest of the +prophets that would have put me in fear. + +6:15. But the wall was finished the five and twentieth day of the month +of Elul, in two and fifty days. + +6:16. And it came to pass when all our enemies heard of it, that all +nations which were round about us, were afraid, and were cast down +within themselves, for they perceived that this work was the work of +God. + +6:17. Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men +of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there came letters to them. + +6:18. For there were many in Judea sworn to him, because he was the son +in law of Sechenias the son of Area, and Johanan his son had taken to +wife the daughter of Mosollam the son of Barachias. + +6:19. And they praised him also before me, and they related my words to +him: And Tobias sent letters to put me in fear. + +2 Esdras Chapter 7 + +Nehemias appointeth watchmen in Jerusalem. The list of those who came +first from Babylon. + +7:1. Now after the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and +numbered the porters and singing men, and Levites: + +7:2. I commanded Hanani my brother, and Hananias ruler of the house of +Jerusalem, (for he seemed as a sincere man, and one that feared God +above the rest,) + +7:3. And I said to them: Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till +the sun be hot. And while they were yet standing by the gates were shut, +and barred: and I set watchmen of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every +one by their courses, and every man over against his house. + +7:4. And the city was very wide and great, and the people few in the +midst thereof, and the houses were not built. + +7:5. But God had put in my heart, and I assembled the princes and +magistrates, and common people, to number them: and I found a book of +the number of them who came up at first and therein it was found +written: + +7:6. These are the children of the province, who came up from the +captivity of them that had been carried away, whom Nabuchodonosor the +king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned into Judea, every one +into his own city. + +7:7. Who came with Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemias, Azarias, Raamias, +Nahamani, Mardochai, Belsam, Mespharath, Begoia, Nahum, Baana. The +number of the men of the people of Israel: + +7:8. The children of Pharos, two thousand one hundred seventy-two. + +7:9. The children of Sephatia, three hundred seventy-two. + +7:10. The children of Area, six hundred fifty-two. + +7:11. The children of Phahath Moab of the children of Josue and Joab, +two thousand eight hundred eighteen. + +7:12. The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four. + +7:13. The children of Zethua, eight hundred forty-five. + +7:14. The children of Zachai, seven hundred sixty. + +7:15. The children of Bannui, six hundred forty-eight. + +7:16. The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight. + +7:17. The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two. + +7:18. The children of Adonicam, six hundred sixty-seven. + +7:19. The children of Beguai, two thousand sixty-seven. + +7:20. The children of Adin, six hundred fifty-five. + +7:21. The children of Ater, children of Hezechias, ninety-eight. + +7:22. The children of Hasem, three hundred twenty-eight. + +7:23. The children of Besai, three hundred twenty-four. + +7:24. The children of Hareph, a hundred and twelve. + +7:25. The children of Gabaon, ninety-five. + +7:26. The children of Bethlehem, and Netupha, a hundred eighty-eight. + +7:27. The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty-eight. + +7:28. The men of Bethazmoth, forty-two. + +7:29. The men of Cariathiarim, Cephira, and Beroth, seven hundred forty- +three. + +7:30. The men of Rama and Geba, six hundred twenty-one. + +7:31. The men of Machmas, a hundred twenty-two. + +7:32. The men of Bethel and Hai, a hundred twenty-three. + +7:33. The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two. + +7:34. The men of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four. + +7:35. The children of Harem, three hundred and twenty. + +7:36. The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five. + +7:37. The children of Lod, of Hadid and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one. + +7:38. The children of Senaa, three thousand nine hundred thirty. + +7:39. The priests: the children of Idaia in the house of Josue, nine +hundred and seventy-three. + +7:40. The children of Emmer, one thousand fifty-two. + +7:41. The children of Phashur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven. + +7:42. The children of Arem, one thousand and seventeen. The Levites: + +7:43. The children of Josue and Cedmihel, the sons + +7:44. Of Oduia, seventy-four. The singing men: + +7:45. The children of Asaph, a hundred forty-eight. + +7:46. The porters: the children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the +children of Telmon, the children of Accub, the children of Hatita, the +children of Sobai: a hundred thirty-eight. + +7:47. The Nathinites: the children of Soha, the children of Hasupha, the +children of Tebbaoth, + +7:48. The children of Ceros, the children os Siaa, the children of +Phadon, the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of +Selmai, + +7:49. The children of Hanan, the children of Geddel, the children of +Gaher, + +7:50. The children of Raaia, the children of Rasin, the children of +Necoda, + +7:51. The children of Gezem, the children of Asa, the children of +Phasea, + +7:52. The children of Besai, the children of Munim, the children of +Nephussim, + +7:53. The children of Bacbuc, the children of Hacupha, the children of +Harhur, + +7:54. The children of Besloth, the children of Mahida, the children of +Harsa, + +7:55. The children of Bercos, the children of Sisara, the children of +Thema, + +7:56. The children of Nasia, the children of Hatipha, + +7:57. The children of the servants of Solomon, the children of Sothai, +the children of Sophereth, the children of Pharida, + +7:58. The children of Jahala, the children of Darcon, the children of +Jeddel, + +7:59. The children of Saphatia, the children of Hatil, the children of +Phochereth, who was born of Sabaim, the son of Amon. + +7:60. All the Nathinites, and the children of the servants of Solomon, +three hundred ninety-two. + +7:61. And these are they that came up from Telmela, Thelharsa, Cherub, +Addon, and Emmer: and could not shew the house of their fathers, nor +their seed, whether they were of Israel. + +7:62. The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of +Necoda, six hundred forty-two. + +7:63. And of the priests, the children of Habia, the children of Accos, +the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughters of Berzellai +the Galaadite, and he was called by their name. + +7:64. These sought their writing in the record, and found it not: and +they were cast out of the priesthood. + +7:65. And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the +holies of holies, until there stood up a priest learned and skilful. + +7:66. All the multitude as it were one man, forty-two thousand three +hundred sixty, + +7:67. Beside their menservants and womenservants, who were seven +thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and among them singing men, and +singing women, two hundred forty-five. + +7:68. Their horses, seven hundred thirty-six: their mules two hundred +forty-five. + +7:69. Their camels, four hundred thirty-five, their asses, six thousand +seven hundred and twenty. + +(Hitherto is related what was written in the record. From this place +forward goeth on the history of Nehemias.) + +7:70. And some of the heads of the families gave unto the work. +Athersatha gave into the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty bowls, +and five hundred and thirty garments for priests. + +Athersatha... That is, Nehemias; as appears from chap. 12. Either that +he was so called at the court of the king of Persia, where he was +cupbearer: or that, as some think, this name signifies governor; and he +was at that time governor of Judea. + +7:71. And some of the heads of families gave to the treasure of the +work, twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds +of silver. + +7:72. And that which the rest of the people gave, was twenty thousand +drams of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven +garments for priests. + +7:73. And the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singing +men, and the rest of the common people, and the Nathinites, and all +Israel dwelt in their cities. + +2 Esdras Chapter 8 + +Esdras readeth the law before the people. Nehemias comforteth them. They +celebrate the feast of tabernacles. + +8:1. And the seventh month came: and the children of Israel were in +their cities. And all the people were gathered together as one man to +the street which is before the water gate, and they spoke to Esdras the +scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had +commanded to Israel. + +8:2. Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men +and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the +seventh month. + +8:3. And he read it plainly in the street that was before the water +gate, from the morning until midday, before the men, and the women, and +all those that could understand: and the ears of all the people were +attentive to the book. + +8:4. And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he had made +to speak upon, and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, +and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand: and on the left, +Phadaia, Misael, and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia and +Mosollam. + +8:5. And Esdras opened the book before all the people: for he was above +all the people: and when he had opened it, all the people stood. + +8:6. And Esdras blessed the Lord the great God: and all the people +answered, Amen, amen: lifting up their hands: and they bowed down, and +adored God with their faces to the ground. + +8:7. Now Josue, and Bani, and Serebia, Jamin, Accub, Sephtai, Odia, +Maasia, Celtia, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia, the Levites, made +silence among the people to hear the law: and the people stood in their +place. + +8:8. And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly +to be understood: and they understood when it was read. + +8:9. And Nehemias (he is Athersatha) and Esdras the priest and scribe, +and the Levites who interpreted to all the people, said: This is a holy +day to the Lord our God: do not mourn, nor weep: for all the people +wept, when they heard the words of the law. + +8:10. And he said to them: Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and +send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves: because it +is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad: for the joy of the Lord is +our strength. + +8:11. And the Levites stilled all the people, saying: Hold your peace, +for the day is holy, and be not sorrowful. + +8:12. So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and +to make great mirth: because they understood the words that he had +taught them. + +8:13. And on the second day the chiefs of the families of all the +people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Esdras +the scribe, that he should interpret to them the words of the law. + +8:14. And they found written in the law, that the Lord had commanded by +the hand of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in +tabernacles, on the feast, in the seventh month: + +8:15. And that they should proclaim and publish the word in all their +cities, and in Jerusalem, saying: Go forth to the mount, and fetch +branches of olive, and branches of beautiful wood, branches of myrtle, +and branches of palm, and branches of thick trees, to make tabernacles, +as it is written. + +8:16. And the people went forth, and brought. And they made themselves +tabernacles every man on the top 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. + +8:17. And all the assembly of them that were returned from the +captivity, made tabernacles, and dwelt in tabernacles: for since the +days of Josue the son of Nun the children of Israel had not done so, +until that day: and there was exceeding great joy. + +8:18. And he read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the +first day till the last, and they kept the solemnity seven days, and in +the eighth day a solemn assembly according to the manner. + +2 Esdras Chapter 9 + +The people repent with fasting and sackcloth. The Levites confess God's +benefits, and the people's ingratitude: they pray for them, and make a +covenant with God. + +9:1. And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of +Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon +them. + +9:2. And the seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from +every stranger: and they stood, and confessed their sins, and the +iniquities of their fathers. + +9:3. And they rose up to stand: and they read in the book of the law of +the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they +confessed, and adored the Lord their God. + +9:4. And there stood up upon the step of the Levites, Josue, and Bani, +and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: and they +cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God. + +9:5. And the Levites Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, +Oduia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said: Arise, bless the Lord your God from +eternity to eternity: and blessed be the high name of thy glory with all +blessing and praise. + +9:6. Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, and the heaven +of heavens, and all the host thereof: the earth and all things that are +in it: the seas and all that are therein: and thou givest life to all +these things, and the host of heaven adoreth thee. + +9:7. Thou O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth +out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham. + +The fire of the Chaldeans... The city of Ur in Chaldea, the name of +which signifies fire. Or out of the fire of the tribulations and +temptations, to which he was there exposed.-The ancient Rabbins +understood this literally, affirming that Abram was cast into the fire +by the idolaters, and brought out by a miracle without any hurt. + +9:8. And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest +a covenant with him, to give him the land of the Chanaanite, of the +Hethite, and of the Amorrhite, and of the Pherezite, and of the +Jebusite, and of the Gergezite, to give it to his seed: and thou hast +fulfilled thy words, because thou art just. + +9:9. And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou +didst hear their cry by the Red Sea. + +9:10. And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his +servants, and upon the people of his land: for thou knewest that they +dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is at +this day. + +9:11. And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they passed through +the midst of the sea on dry land: but their persecutors thou threwest +into the depth, as a stone into mighty waters. + +9:12. And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a +pillar of fire by night, that they might see the way by which they went. + +9:13. Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them +from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, +ceremonies, and good precepts. + +9:14. Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to +them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy +servant. + +9:15. And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and +broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and +thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon +which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them. + +9:16. But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks +and hearkened not to thy commandments. + +9:17. And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which +thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the +head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a +forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of +compassion, didst not forsake them. + +And gave the head... That is, they set their head, or were bent to +return to Egypt. + +9:18. Yea when they had made also to themselves a molten calf, and had +said: This is thy God, that brought thee out of Egypt: and had committed +great blasphemies: + +9:19. Yet thou, in thy many mercies, didst not leave them in the desert: +the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in +the way, and the pillar of fire by night to shew them the way by which +they should go. + +9:20. And thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna +thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gavest them water for +their thirst. + +9:21. Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was +wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were +not worn. + +9:22. And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots +for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king +of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan. + +9:23. And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and +broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their +fathers, that they should go in and possess it. + +9:24. And the children came and possessed the land, and thou didst +humble before them the inhabitants of the land, the Chanaanites, and +gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the +land, that they might do with them as it pleased them. + +9:25. And they took strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses +full of all goods: cisterns made by others, vineyards, and oliveyards, +and fruit trees in abundance: and they ate, and were filled, and became +fat, and abounded with delight in thy great goodness. + +9:26. But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw +thy law behind their backs: and they killed thy prophets, who admonished +them earnestly to return to thee: and they were guilty of great +blasphemies. + +9:27. And thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies, and they +afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, +and thou heardest from heaven, and according to the multitude of thy +tender mercies thou gavest them saviours, to save them from the hands of +their enemies. + +9:28. But after they had rest, they returned to do evil in thy sight: +and thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, and they had +dominion over them. Then they returned, and cried to thee: and thou +heardest from heaven, and deliveredst them many times in thy mercies. + +9:29. And thou didst admonish them to return to thy law. But they dealt +proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy +judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew +the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. + +9:30. And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify +against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard +not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the +lands. + +9:31. Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, +nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God. + +9:32. Now therefore our God, great, strong, and terrible, who keepest +covenant and mercy, turn not away from thy face all the labour which +hath come upon us, upon our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and +our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people from the days of the +king of Assur, until this day. + +9:33. And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because +thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly. + +9:34. Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept +thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which +thou hast testified among them. + +9:35. And they have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy +manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat +land, which thou deliveredst before them, nor did they return from their +most wicked devices. + +9:36. Behold we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou +gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things +thereof, and we ourselves are servants in it. + +9:37. And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set +over us for our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and over +our beasts, according to their will, and we are in great tribulation. + +9:38. And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write +it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it. + +2 Esdras Chapter 10 + +The names of the subscribers to the covenant, and the contents of it. + +10:1. And the subscribers were Nehemias, Athersatha the son of Hachelai, +and Sedecias, + +10:2. Saraias, Azarias, Jeremias, + +10:3. Pheshur, Amarias, Melchias, + +10:4. Hattus, Sebenia, Melluch, + +10:5. Harem, Merimuth, Obdias, + +10:6. Daniel, Genthon, Baruch, + +10:7. Mosollam, Abia, Miamin, + +10:8. Maazia, Belgia, Semeia: these were priests. + +10:9. And the Levites, Josue the son of Azanias, Bennui of the sons of +Henadad, Cedmihel, + +10:10. And their brethren, Sebenia, Oduia, Celita, Phalaia, Hanan, + +10:11. Micha, Rohob, Hasebia, + +10:12. Zachur, Serebia, Sabania, + +10:13. Odaia, Bani, Baninu. + +10:14. The heads of the people, Pharos, Phahath Moab, Elam, Zethu, Bani, + +10:15. Bonni, Azgad, Bebai, + +10:16. Adonia, Begoai, Adin, + +10:17. Ater, Hezecia, Azur, + +10:18. Odaia, Hasum, Besai, + +10:19. Hareph, Anathoth, Nebai, + +10:20. Megphias, Mosollam, Hazir, + +10:21. Mesizabel, Sadoc, Jeddua, + +10:22. Pheltia, Hanan, Anaia, + +10:23. Osee, Hanania, Hasub, + +10:24. Alohes, Phalea, Sobec, + +10:25. Rehum, Hasebna, Maasia, + +10:26. Echaia, Hanan, Anan, + +10:27. Melluch, Haran, Baana: + +10:28. And the rest of the people, priests, Levites, porters, and +singing men, Nathinites, and all that had separated themselves from the +people of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and +their daughters. + +10:29. All that could understand, promising for their brethren, with +their chief men, and they came to promise, and swear that they would +walk in the law of God, which he gave in the hand of Moses the servant +of God, that they would do and keep all the commandments of the Lord our +God, and his judgments and his ceremonies. + +10:30. And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the +land, nor take their daughters for our sons. + +10:31. And if the people of the land bring in things to sell, or any +things for use, to sell them on the sabbath day, that we would not buy +them on the sabbath, or on the holy day. And that we would leave the +seventh year, and the exaction of every hand. + +10:32. And we made ordinances for ourselves, to give the third part of a +sicle every year for the work of the house of our God, + +10:33. For the loaves of proposition, and for the continual sacrifice, +and for a continual holocaust on the sabbaths, on the new moons, on the +set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offering: that +atonement might be made for Israel, and for every use of the house of +our God. + +10:34. And we cast lots among the priests, and the Levites, and the +people for the offering of wood, that it might be brought into the house +of our God by the houses of our fathers at set times, from year to year: +to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law +of Moses: + +10:35. And that we would bring the firstfruits of our land, and the +firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, from year to year, in the house +of our Lord. + +10:36. And the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is +written in the law, and the firstlings of our oxen, and of our sheep, to +be offered in the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the +house of our God. + +10:37. And that we would bring the firstfruits of our meats, and of our +libations, and the fruit of every tree, of the vintage also and of oil +to the priests, to the storehouse of our God, and the tithes of our +ground to the Levites. The Levites also shall receive the tithes of our +works out of all the cities. + +10:38. And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites in the +tithes of the Levites, and the Levites shall offer the tithe of their +tithes in the house of our God, to the storeroom into the treasure +house. + +10:39. For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall carry +to the treasury the firstfruits of corn, of wine, and of oil: and the +sanctified vessels shall be there, and the priests, and the singing men, +and the porters, and ministers, and we will not forsake the house of our +God. + +2 Esdras Chapter 11 + +Who were the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the other cities. + +11:1. And the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: but the rest of +the people cast lots, to take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the +holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. + +11:2. And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered +themselves to dwell in Jerusalem. + +11:3. These therefore are the chief men of the province, who dwelt in +Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda. And every one dwelt in his +possession, in their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the +Nathinites, and the children of the servants of Solomon. + +11:4. And in Jerusalem there dwelt some of the children of Juda, and +some of the children of Benjamin: of the children of Juda, Athaias the +son of Aziam, the son of Zacharias, the son of Amarias, the son of +Saphatias, the son of Malaleel: of the sons of Phares, + +11:5. Maasia the son of Baruch, the son of Cholhoza, the son of Hazia, +the son of Adaia, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zacharias, the son of +the Silonite: + +11:6. All these the sons of Phares, who dwelt in Jerusalem, were four +hundred sixty-eight valiant men. + +11:7. And these are the children of Benjamin: Sellum the son of +Mosollam, the son of Joed, the son of Phadaia, the son of Colaia, the +son of Masia, the son of Etheel, the son of Isaia. + +11:8. And after him Gebbai, Sellai, nine hundred twenty-eight. + +11:9. And Joel the son of Zechri their ruler, and Judas the son of Senua +was second over the city. + +11:10. And of the priests Idaia the son of Joarib, Jachin, + +11:11. Saraia the son of Helcias, the son of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, +the son of Meraioth, the son of Achitob the prince of the house of God, + +11:12. And their brethren that do the works of the temple: eight hundred +twenty-two. And Adaia the son of Jeroham, the son of Phelelia, the son +of Amsi, the son of Zacharias, the son of Pheshur, the son of Melchias, + +11:13. And his brethren the chiefs of the fathers: two hundred forty- +two. And Amassai the son of Azreel, the son of Ahazi, the son of +Mosollamoth, the son of Emmer, + +11:14. And their brethren who were very mighty, a hundred twenty-eight: +and their ruler Zabdiel son of the mighty. + +11:15. And of the Levites Semeia the son of Hasub, the son of Azaricam, +the son of Hasabia, the son of Boni, + +11:16. And Sabathai and Jozabed, who were over all the outward business +of the house of God, of the princes of the Levites, + +11:17. And Mathania the son of Micha, the son of Zebedei, the son of +Asaph, was the principal man to praise, and to give glory in prayer, and +Becbecia, the second, one of his brethren, and Abda the son of Samua, +the son of Galal, the son of Idithun. + +11:18. All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four. + +11:19. And the porters, Accub, Telmon, and their brethren, who kept the +doors: a hundred seventy-two. + +11:20. And the rest of Israel, the priests and the Levites were in all +the cities of Juda, every man in his possession. + +11:21. And the Nathinites, that dwelt in Ophel, and Siaha, and Gaspha of +the Nathinites. + +11:22. And the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem, was Azzi the son of +Bani, the son of Hasabia, the son of Mathania, the son of Micha. Of the +sons of Asaph, were the singing men in the ministry of the house of God. + +11:23. For the king's commandment was concerning them, and an order +among the singing men day by day. + +11:24. And Phathahia the son of Mesezebel of the children of Zara the +son of Juda was at the hand of the king, in all matters concerning the +people, + +11:25. And in the houses through all their countries. Of the children of +Juda some dwelt at Cariath-Arbe, and in the villages thereof: and at +Dibon, and in the villages thereof: and at Cabseel, and in the villages +thereof. + +11:26. And at Jesue, and at Molada, and at Bethphaleth, + +11:27. And at Hasersuel, and at Bersabee, and in the villages thereof, + +11:28. And at Siceleg, and at Mochona, and in the villages thereof, + +11:29. And at Remmon, and at Saraa, and at Jerimuth, + +11:30. Zanoa, Odollam, and in their villages, at Lachis and its +dependencies, and at Azeca and the villages thereof. And they dwelt from +Bersabee unto the valley of Ennom. + +11:31. And the children of Benjamin, from Geba, at Mechmas, and at Hai, +and at Bethel, and in the villages thereof, + +11:32. At Anathoth, Nob, Anania, + +11:33. Asor, Rama, Gethaim, + +11:34. Hadid, Seboim, and Neballat, Lod, + +11:35. And Ono the valley of craftsmen. + +11:36. And of the Levites were portions of Juda and Benjamin. + +2 Esdras Chapter 12 + +The priests, and Levites that came up with Zorobabel. The succession of +high priests: the solemnity of the dedication of the wall. + +12:1. Now these are the priests and the Levites, that went up with +Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue: Saraia, Jeremias, Esdras, + +12:2. Amaria, Melluch, Hattus, + +12:3. Sebenias, Rheum, Merimuth, + +12:4. Addo, Genthon, Abia, + +12:5. Miamin, Madia, Belga, + +12:6. Semeia, and Joiarib, Idaia, Sellum Amoc, Helcias, + +12:7. Idaia. These were the chief of the priests, and of their brethren +in the days of Josue. + +12:8. And the Levites, Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Juda, +Mathanias, they and their brethren were over the hymns: + +12:9. And Becbecia, and Hanni, and their brethren every one in his +office. + +12:10. And Josue begot Joacim, and Joacim begot Eliasib, and Eliasib +begot Joiada, + +12:11. And Joiada begot Jonathan and Jonathan begot Jeddoa. + +12:12. And in the days of Joacim the priests and heads of the families +were: Of Saraia, Maraia: of Jeremias, Hanania: + +12:13. Of Esdras, Mosollam: and of Amaria, Johanan: + +12:14. Of Milicho, Jonathan: of Sebenia, Joseph: + +12:15. Of Haram, Edna: of Maraioth, Helci: + +12:16. Of Adaia, Zacharia: of Genthon, Mosollam: + +12:17. Of Abia, Zechri: of Miamin and Moadia, Phelti: + +12:18. Of Belga, Sammua of Semaia, Jonathan: + +12:19. Of Joiarib, Mathanai: of Jodaia, Azzi: + +12:20. Of Sellai, Celai: of Amoc, Heber: + +12:21. Of Helcias, Hasebia: of Idaia, Nathanael. + +12:22. The Levites the chiefs of the families in the days of Eliasib, +and Joiada, and Johanan, and Jeddoa, were recorded, and the priests in +the reign of Darius the Persian. + +12:23. The sons of Levi, heads of the families were written in the book +of Chronicles, even unto the days of Jonathan the son of Eliasib. + +12:24. Now the chief of the Levites were Hasebia, Serebia, and Josue the +son of Cedmihel: and their brethren by their courses, to praise and to +give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, and to +wait equally in order. + +12:25. Mathania, and Becbecia, Obedia, and Mosollam, Telmon, Accub, were +keepers of the gates and of the entrances before the gates. + +12:26. These were in the days of Joacim the son of Josue, the son of +Josedec, and in the days of Nehemias the governor, and of Esdras the +priest and scribe. + +12:27. And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the +Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, and to keep +the dedication, and to rejoice with thanksgiving, and with singing, and +with cymbals, and psalteries and harps. + +12:28. And the sons of the singing men were gathered together out of the +plain country about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of Nethuphati, + +12:29. And from the house of Galgal, and from the countries of Geba and +Azmaveth: for the singing men had built themselves villages round about +Jerusalem. + +12:30. And the priests and the Levites were purified, and they purified +the people, and the gates, and the wall. + +12:31. And I made the princes of Juda go up upon the wall, and I +appointed two great choirs to give praise. And they went on the right +hand upon the wall toward the dung gate. + +12:32. And after them went Osaias, and half of the princes of Juda, + +12:33. And Azarias, Esdras, and Mosollam, Judas, and Benjamin, and +Semeia, and Jeremias. + +12:34. And of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zacharias the son +of Jonathan, the son of Semeia, the son of Mathania, the son of Michaia, +the son of Zechur, the son of Asaph, + +12:35. And his brethren Semeia, and Azareel, Malalai, Galalai, Maai, +Nathanael, and Judas, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David +the man of God: and Esdras the scribe before them at the fountain gate. + +12:36. And they went up over against them by the stairs of the city of +David, at the going up of the wall of the house of David, and to the +water gate eastward: + +12:37. And the second choir of them that gave thanks went on the +opposite side, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the +wall, and upon the tower of the furnaces, even to the broad wall, + +12:38. And above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above +the fish gate and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Emath, and +even to the flock gate: and they stood still in the watch gate. + +12:39. And the two choirs of them that gave praise stood still at the +house of God, and I and the half of the magistrates with me. + +12:40. And the priests, Eliachim, Maasia, Miamin, Michea, Elioenai, +Zacharia, Hanania with trumpets, + +12:41. And Maasia, and Semeia, and Eleazar, and Azzi, and Johanan, and +Melchia, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sung loud, and Jezraia was +their overseer: + +12:42. And they sacrificed on that day great sacrifices, and they +rejoiced: for God had made them joyful with great joy: their wives also +and their children rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar +off. + +12:43. They appointed also in that day men over the storehouses of the +treasure, for the libations, and for the firstfruits, and for the +tithes, that the rulers of the city might bring them in by them in +honour of thanksgiving, for the priests and Levites: for Juda was joyful +in the priests and Levites that assisted. + +12:44. And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of +expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the +commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. + +12:45. For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were +chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to +God. + +12:46. And all Israel, in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of +Nehemias gave portions to the singing men, and to the porters, day by +day, and they sanctified the Levites, and the Levites sanctified the +sons of Aaron. + +Sanctified... That is, they gave them that which by the law was set +aside, and sanctified for their use. + +2 Esdras Chapter 13 + +Divers abuses are reformed. + +13:1. And on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of +the people: and therein was found written, that the Ammonites and the +Moabites should not come in to the church of God for ever: + +13:2. Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: +and they hired against them Balaam, to curse them, and our God turned +the curse into blessing. + +13:3. And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they +separated every stranger from Israel. + +13:4. And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the +treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias. + +Over this thing, etc... Or, he was faulty in this thing, or in this +kind. + +13:5. And he made him a great storeroom, where before him they laid up +gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of the corn, of the +wine, and of the oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing +men, and of the porters, and the firstfruits of the priests. + +13:6. But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two +and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king, +and after certain days I asked the king: + +13:7. And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliasib +had done for Tobias, to make him a storehouse in the courts of the house +of God. + +13:8. And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels +of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse. + +13:9. And I commanded and they cleansed again the vessels of the house +of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense. + +13:10. And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been +given them: and that the Levites, and the singing men, and they that +ministered were fled away every man to his own country: + +13:11. And I pleaded the matter against the magistrates, and said: Why +have we forsaken the house of God? And I gathered them together, and I +made them to stand in their places. + +13:12. And all Juda brought the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the +oil into the storehouses. + +13:13. And we set over the storehouses Selemias the priest, and Sadoc +the scribe, and of the Levites Phadaia, and next to them Hanan the son +of Zachur, the son of Mathania: for they were approved as faithful, and +to them were committed the portions of their brethren. + +13:14. Remember me, O my God, for this thing, and wipe not out my +kindnesses, which I have done relating to the house of my God and his +ceremonies. + +13:15. In those days I saw in Juda some treading the presses on the +sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and lading asses with wine, and grapes, +and figs, and all manner of burthens, and bringing them into Jerusalem +on the sabbath day. And I charged them that they should sell on a day on +which it was lawful to sell. + +13:16. Some Tyrians also dwelt there, who brought fish, and all manner +of wares: and they sold them on the sabbaths to the children of Juda in +Jerusalem. + +13:17. And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is +this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day: + +13:18. Did not our fathers do these things, and our God brought all this +evil upon us, and upon this city? And you bring more wrath upon Israel +by violating the sabbath. + +13:19. And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem were at +rest on the sabbath day, I spoke: and they shut the gates, and I +commanded that they should not open them till after the sabbath: and I +set some of my servants at the gates, that none should bring in burthens +on the sabbath day. + +13:20. So the merchants, and they that sold all kinds of wares, stayed +without Jerusalem, once or twice. + +13:21. And I charged them, and I said to them: Why stay you before the +wall? if you do so another time, I will lay hands on you. And from that +time they came no more on the sabbath. + +13:22. I spoke also to the Levites that they should be purified, and +should come to keep the gates, and to sanctify the sabbath day: for this +also remember me, O my God, and spare me according to the multitude of +thy tender mercies. + +13:23. In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of +Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab. + +13:24. And their children spoke half in the speech of Azotus, and could +not speak the Jews' language, but they spoke according to the language +of this and that people. + +13:25. And I chid them, and laid my curse upon them. And I beat some of +them, and shaved off their hair, and made them swear by God that they +would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters +for their sons, nor for themselves, saying: + +13:26. Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing: and +surely among many nations, there was not a king like him, and he was +beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and yet women +of other countries brought even him to sin. + +13:27. And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to +transgress against our God, and marry strange women: + +13:28. And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliasib the high priest, +was son in law to Sanaballat the Horonite, and I drove him from me. + +13:29. Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the +law of priests and Levites. + +13:30. So I separated from them all strangers, and I appointed the +courses of the priests and the Levites, every man in his ministry: + +13:31. And for the offering of wood at times appointed, and for the +firstfruits: remember me, O my God, unto good. Amen. + + + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS, BOOK 16 *** + +*********** This file should be named 8316.txt or 8316.zip *********** + +Produced by David Widger + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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