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Of the sons of Astath, Johannes son of Acatan, and with him an hundred and ten men:
Of the sons of Adonikam the last, and these are the names of them, Eliphalet, Jewel, and Samaias, and with them seventy men:
Of the sons of Bago, Uthi the son of Istalcurus, and with him seventy men.
And these I gathered together to the river called Theras, where we pitched our tents three days: and then I surveyed them.
But when I had found there none of the priests and Levites,
Then sent I unto Eleazar, and Iduel, and Masman,
And I bade them that they should go unto Saddeus the captain, who was in the place of the treasury:
And commanded them that they should speak unto Daddeus, and to his brethren, and to the treasurers in that place, to send us such men as might execute the priests’ office in the house of the Lord.
And by the mighty hand of our Lord they brought unto us skilful men of the sons of Moli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, Asebebia, and his sons, and his brethren, who were eighteen.
And Asebia, and Annus, and Osaias his brother, of the sons of Channuneus, and their sons, were twenty men.
And of the servants of the temple whom David had ordained, and the principal men for the service of the Levites to wit, the servants of the temple two hundred and twenty, the catalogue of whose names were shewed.
And there I vowed a fast unto the young men before our Lord, to desire of him a prosperous journey both for us and them that were with us, for our children, and for the cattle:
For I was ashamed to ask the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.
And again we besought our Lord as touching these things, and found him favourable unto us.
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Esebrias, and Assanias, and ten men of their brethren with them:
And I weighed them the gold, and the silver, and the holy vessels of the house of our Lord, which the king, and his council, and the princes, and all Israel, had given.
And when I had weighed it, I delivered unto them six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels of an hundred talents, and an hundred talents of gold,
And twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, even of fine brass, glittering like gold.
And I said unto them, Both ye are holy unto the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the gold and the silver is a vow unto the Lord, the Lord of our fathers.
Watch ye, and keep them till ye deliver them to the chief of the priests and Levites, and to the principal men of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, into the chambers of the house of our God.
So the priests and the Levites, who had received the silver and the gold and the vessels, brought them unto Jerusalem, into the temple of the Lord.
And from the river Theras we departed the twelfth day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem by the mighty hand of our Lord, which was with us: and from the beginning of our journey the Lord delivered us from every enemy, and so we came to Jerusalem.
And when we had been there three days, the gold and silver that was weighed was delivered in the house of our Lord on the fourth day unto Marmoth the priest the son of Iri.
And with him was Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them were Josabad the son of Jesu and Moeth the son of Sabban, Levites: all was delivered them by number and weight.
And all the weight of them was written up the same hour.
Moreover they that were come out of the captivity offered sacrifice unto the Lord God of Israel, even twelve bullocks for all Israel, fourscore and sixteen rams,
Threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice to the Lord.
And they delivered the king’s commandments unto the king’s stewards’ and to the governors of Celosyria and Phenice; and they honoured the people and the temple of God.
Now when these things were done, the rulers came unto me, and said,
The nation of Israel, the princes, the priests and Levites, have not put away from them the strange people of the land, nor the pollutions of the Gentiles to wit, of the Canaanites, Hittites, Pheresites, Jebusites, and the Moabites, Egyptians, and Edomites.
For both they and their sons have married with their daughters, and the holy seed is mixed with the strange people of the land; and from the beginning of this matter the rulers and the great men have been partakers of this iniquity.
Then rising up from the fast with my clothes and the holy garment rent, and bowing my knees, and stretching forth my hands unto the Lord,
I said, O Lord, I am confounded and ashamed before thy face;
For our sins are multiplied above our heads, and our ignorances have reached up unto heaven.
For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin, even unto this day.
And for our sins and our fathers’ we with our brethren and our kings and our priests were given up unto the kings of the earth, to the sword, and to captivity, and for a prey with shame, unto this day.
And now in some measure hath mercy been shewed unto us from thee, O Lord, that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of thy sanctuary;
And to discover unto us a light in the house of the Lord our God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.
And now, O Lord, what shall we say, having these things? for we have transgressed thy commandments, which thou gavest by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying,
Moreover ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that ye may leave the inheritance of the land unto your children for evermore.
And didst give unto us such a root: but we have turned back again to transgress thy law, and to mingle ourselves with the uncleanness of the nations of the land.
Like as thou hast decreed, and as many as do obey the law of the Lord.
And remained there, and did eat no meat nor drink water, mourning for the great iniquities of the multitude.
And there was a proclamation in all Jewry and Jerusalem to all them that were of the captivity, that they should be gathered together at Jerusalem:
And that whosoever met not there within two or three days according as the elders that bare rule appointed, their cattle should be seized to the use of the temple, and himself cast out from them that were of the captivity.
And in three days were all they of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem the twentieth day of the ninth month.
And all the multitude sat trembling in the broad court of the temple because of the present foul weather.
So Esdras arose up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed the law in marrying strange wives, thereby to increase the sins of Israel.
And now by confessing give glory unto the Lord God of our fathers,
And do his will, and separate yourselves from the heathen of the land, and from the strange women.
Then cried the whole multitude, and said with a loud voice, Like as thou hast spoken, so will we do.
But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather, so that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far:
Therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all them of our habitations that have strange wives come at the time appointed,
And with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter.
And they that were of the captivity did according to all these things.
And Esdras the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name: and in the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.
And of the priests that were come together, and had strange wives, there were found:
Of the sons of Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren; Matthelas and Eleazar, and Joribus and Joadanus.
And they gave their hands to put away their wives and to offer rams to make reconcilement for their errors.
And of the sons of Emmer; Ananias, and Zabdeus, and Eanes, and Sameius, and Hiereel, and Azarias.
And of the sons of Phaisur; Elionas, Massias Israel, and Nathanael, and Ocidelus and Talsas.
Of the porters; Sallumus, and Tolbanes.
Of them of Israel, of the sons of Phoros; Hiermas, and Eddias, and Melchias, and Maelus, and Eleazar, and Asibias, and Baanias.
Of the sons of Ela; Matthanias, Zacharias, and Hierielus, and Hieremoth, and Aedias.
And of the sons of Zamoth; Eliadas, Elisimus, Othonias, Jarimoth, and Sabatus, and Sardeus.
Of the sons of Mani; Olamus, Mamuchus, Jedeus, Jasubus, Jasael, and Hieremoth.
And of the sons of Addi; Naathus, and Moosias, Lacunus, and Naidus, and Mathanias, and Sesthel, Balnuus, and Manasseas.
And of the sons of Annas; Elionas and Aseas, and Melchias, and Sabbeus, and Simon Chosameus.
And of the sons of Asom; Altaneus, and Matthias, and Baanaia, Eliphalet, and Manasses, and Semei.
And of the sons of Maani; Jeremias, Momdis, Omaerus, Juel, Mabdai, and Pelias, and Anos, Carabasion, and Enasibus, and Mamnitanaimus, Eliasis, Bannus, Eliali, Samis, Selemias, Nathanias: and of the sons of Ozora; Sesis, Esril, Azaelus, Samatus, Zambis, Josephus.
And of the sons of Ethma; Mazitias, Zabadaias, Edes, Juel, Banaias.
All these had taken strange wives, and they put them away with their children.
And the priests and Levites, and they that were of Israel, dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the country, in the first day of the seventh month: so the children of Israel were in their habitations.
And they spake unto Esdras the priest and reader, that he would bring the law of Moses, that was given of the Lord God of Israel.
So Esdras the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude from man to woman, and to all the priests, to hear law in the first day of the seventh month.
And there stood up by him Mattathias, Sammus, Ananias, Azarias, Urias, Ezecias, Balasamus, upon the right hand:
And upon his left hand stood Phaldaius, Misael, Melchias, Lothasubus, and Nabarias.
And all the people answered, Amen; and lifting up their hands they fell to the ground, and worshipped the Lord.
Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest. and reader, and to the Levites that taught the multitude, even to all, saying,
Go then, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part to them that have nothing;
For this day is holy unto the Lord: and be not sorrowful; for the Lord will bring you to honour.
Because they understood the words wherein they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.