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Ezra · Chapter 8
These
are now the chief of their fathers, and
this is
the genealogy of them that went up with me from Bavel, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniyye'l: of the sons of Dawid; Hattush.
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.
Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Yonatan, and with him fifty males.
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names
are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
And I gathered them together to the river than runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the kohanim, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
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.
And I sent them with mitsvah unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo,
and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our Elohim.
And by the good hand of our Elohim upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Yisra'el; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
Also of the Nethinims, whom Dawid and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our Elohim, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
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 Elohim
is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath
is against all them that forsake him.
So we fasted and besought our Elohim for this: and he was intreated of us.
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the kohanim, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,
even the offering of the house of our Elohim, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Yisra'el
there present, had offered:
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents,
and of gold an hundred talents;
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
And I said unto them, Ye
are holy unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); the vessels
are holy also; and the silver and the gold
are a freewill offering unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of your fathers.
Watch ye, and keep
them, until ye weigh
them before the chief of the kohanim and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Yisra'el, at Yerushalayim, in the chambers of the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
So took the kohanim and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring
them to Yerushalayim unto the house of our Elohim.
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth
day
of the first month, to go unto Yerushalayim: and the hand of our Elohim was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
And we came to Yerushalayim, and abode there three days.
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our Elohim by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the kohen; and with him
was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them
was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
By number
and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the Elohim of Yisra'el, twelve bullocks for all Yisra'el, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats
for a sin offering: all
this was
a burnt offering unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
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 Elohim.
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Ezra · Chapter 9
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Yisra'el, and the kohanim, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands,
doing according to their abominations,
even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
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
those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
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.
Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the Elohim of Yisra'el, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) my Elohim.
And said, O my Elohim, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my Elohim: for our iniquities are increased over
our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the shamayim.
Since the days of our fathers
have we
been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and
our kohanim, 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
it is this day.
And now for a little space grace hath been
shewed from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) our Elohim, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our Elohim may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
For we
were bondmen; yet our Elohim 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 Elohim, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Yerushalayim.
And now, O our Elohim, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy mitsvot,
Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the nevi'im, 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.
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
it
for an inheritance to your children for ever.
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our Elohim hast punished us less than our iniquities
deserve, and hast given us
such deliverance as this;
Should we again break thy mitsvot, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed
us, so that
there should be no remnant nor escaping?
O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Yisra'el, thou
art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as
it is this day: behold, we
are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
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Ezra · Chapter 10
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of Elohim, there assembled unto him out of Yisra'el a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel,
one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our Elohim, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Yisra'el concerning this thing.
Now therefore let us make a b'rit with our Elohim 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 mitsvah of our Elohim; and let it be done according to the torah.
Arise; for
this matter
belongeth unto thee: we also
will be with thee: be of good courage, and do
it.
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief kohanim, the Levites, and all Yisra'el, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of Elohim, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and
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.
And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Yerushalayim unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Yerushalayim;
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.
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Yerushalayim within three days. It
was the ninth month, on the twentieth
day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of Elohim, trembling because of
this matter, and for the great rain.
And Ezra the kohen stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Yisra'el.
Now therefore make confession unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
But the people
are many, and
it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither
is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
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 Elohim for this matter be turned from us.
Only Yonatan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this
matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the kohen,
with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by
their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
And among the sons of the kohanim there were found that had taken strange wives:
namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and
being guilty,
they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Eliyahu, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same
is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
Moreover of Yisra'el: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai,
and
Athlai.
And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
And
of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Benjamin, Malluch,
and Shemariah.
Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh,
and Shimei.
Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Shallum, Amariah,
and Yoseph.
Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
All these had taken strange wives: and
some of them had wives by whom they had children.