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Nehemiah - 10-13
10:1 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah,
the Tirshatha, the son of
Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 10:2 Seraiah,
Azariah, Jeremiah, 10:3 Pashur,
Amariah, Malchijah, 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah,
Malluch, 10:5 Harim,
Meremoth, Obadiah, 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon,
Baruch, 10:7 Meshullam,
Abijah, Mijamin, 10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai,
Shemaiah: these were the
priests.
10:9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of
Azaniah, Binnui of the
sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10:10 And their
brethren, Shebaniah,
Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 10:11 Micha,
Rehob, Hashabiah, 10:12
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 10:13 Hodijah,
Bani, Beninu.
10:14 The chief of the people; Parosh,
Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 10:16 Adonijah,
Bigvai, Adin, 10:17 Ater,
Hizkijah, Azzur, 10:18 Hodijah, Hashum,
Bezai, 10:19 Hariph, Anathoth,
Nebai, 10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok,
Jaddua, 10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 10:23
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
10:24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 10:25 Rehum,
Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 10:27 Malluch,
Harim, Baanah.
10:28 And the rest of the people, the
priests, the Levites, the
porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all
they that had separated
themselves from the people of the lands unto
the law of God, their
wives, their sons, and their daughters,
every one having knowledge,
and having understanding; 10:29 They clave
to their brethren, their
nobles, and entered into a curse, and into
an oath, to walk in God's
law, which was given by Moses the servant of
God, and to observe and
do all the commandments of the LORD our
Lord, and his judgments and
his statutes; 10:30 And that we would not
give our daughters unto the
people of the land, not take their daughters
for our sons: 10:31 And
if the people of the land bring ware or any
victuals on the sabbath
day to sell, that we would not buy it of
them on the sabbath, or on
the holy day: and that we would leave the
seventh year, and the
exaction of every debt.
10:32 Also we made ordinances for us, to
charge ourselves yearly with
the third part of a shekel for the service
of the house of our God;
10:33 For the shewbread, and for the
continual meat offering, and for
the continual burnt offering, of the
sabbaths, of the new moons, for
the set feasts, and for the holy things, and
for the sin offerings to
make an atonement for Israel, and for all
the work of the house of our
God.
10:34 And we cast the lots among the
priests, the Levites, and the
people, for the wood offering, to bring it
into the house of our God,
after the houses of our fathers, at times
appointed year by year, to
burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as
it is written in the law:
10:35 And to bring the firstfruits of our
ground, and the firstfruits
of all fruit of all trees, year by year,
unto the house of the LORD:
10:36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of
our cattle, as it is
written in the law, and the firstlings of
our herds and of our flocks,
to bring to the house of our God, unto the
priests that minister in
the house of our God: 10:37 And that we
should bring the firstfruits
of our dough, and our offerings, and the
fruit of all manner of trees,
of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the
chambers of the house of
our God; and the tithes of our ground unto
the Levites, that the same
Levites might have the tithes in all the
cities of our tillage.
10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall
be with the Levites, when
the Levites take tithes: and the Levites
shall bring up the tithe of
the tithes unto the house of our God, to the
chambers, into the
treasure house.
10:39 For the children of Israel and the
children of Levi shall bring
the offering of the corn, of the new wine,
and the oil, unto the
chambers, where are the vessels of the
sanctuary, and the priests that
minister, and the porters, and the singers:
and we will not forsake
the house of our God.
11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at
Jerusalem: the rest of the
people also cast lots, to bring one of ten
to dwell in Jerusalem the
holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other
cities.
11:2 And the people blessed all the men,
that willingly offered
themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
11:3 Now these are the chief of the province
that dwelt in Jerusalem:
but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one
in his possession in their
cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the
Levites, and the
Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's
servants.
11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the
children of Judah, and of
the children of Benjamin. Of the children of
Judah; Athaiah the son of
Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of
Amariah, the son of
Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the
children of Perez; 11:5 And
Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of
Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah,
the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the
son of Zechariah, the son
of Shiloni.
11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at
Jerusalem were four hundred
threescore and eight valiant men.
11:7 And these are the sons of Benjamin;
Sallu the son of Meshullam,
the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son
of Kolaiah, the son of
Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of
Jesaiah.
11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine
hundred twenty and eight.
11:9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their
overseer: and Judah the son
of Senuah was second over the city.
11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of
Joiarib, Jachin.
11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of
Meshullam, the son of
Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of
Ahitub, was the ruler of the
house of God.
11:12 And their brethren that did the work
of the house were eight
hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son
of Jeroham, the son of
Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of
Zechariah, the son of Pashur,
the son of Malchiah.
11:13 And his brethren, chief of the
fathers, two hundred forty and
two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son
of Ahasai, the son of
Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 11:14 And
their brethren, mighty men
of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and
their overseer was
Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
11:15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son
of Hashub, the son of
Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of
Bunni; 11:16 And Shabbethai
and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites,
had the oversight of the
outward business of the house of God.
11:17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the
son of Zabdi, the son of
Asaph, was the principal to begin the
thanksgiving in prayer: and
Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and
Abda the son of Shammua,
the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
11:18 All the Levites in the holy city were
two hundred fourscore and
four.
11:19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon,
and their brethren that
kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and
two.
11:20 And the residue of Israel, of the
priests, and the Levites, were
in all the cities of Judah, every one in his
inheritance.
11:21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and
Ziha and Gispa were over
the Nethinims.
11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at
Jerusalem was Uzzi the son
of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of
Mattaniah, the son of Micha.
Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over
the business of the house
of God.
11:23 For it was the king's commandment
concerning them, that a
certain portion should be for the singers,
due for every day.
11:24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel,
of the children of Zerah
the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in
all matters concerning the
people.
11:25 And for the villages, with their
fields, some of the children of
Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the
villages thereof, and at Dibon,
and in the villages thereof, and at
Jekabzeel, and in the villages
thereof, 11:26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah,
and at Bethphelet, 11:27
And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in
the villages thereof,
11:28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in
the villages thereof,
11:29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at
Jarmuth, 11:30 Zanoah,
Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish,
and the fields thereof, at
Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And
they dwelt from Beersheba
unto the valley of Hinnom.
11:31 The children also of Benjamin from
Geba dwelt at Michmash, and
Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages.
11:32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 11:33
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 11:35 Lod,
and Ono, the valley of
craftsmen.
11:36 And of the Levites were divisions in
Judah, and in Benjamin.
12:1 Now these are the priests and the
Levites that went up with
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua:
Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 12:3
Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 12:4
Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 12:5 Miamin, Maadiah,
Bilgah, 12:6 Shemaiah,
and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 12:7 Sallu, Amok,
Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were
the chief of the priests and of their
brethren in the days of Jeshua.
12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui,
Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah,
and Mattaniah, which was over the
thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their
brethren, were over against them
in the watches.
12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also
begat Eliashib, and
Eliashib begat Joiada, 12:11 And Joiada
begat Jonathan, and Jonathan
begat Jaddua.
12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were
priests, the chief of the
fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah,
Hananiah; 12:13 Of Ezra,
Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 12:14 Of
Melicu, Jonathan; of
Shebaniah, Joseph; 12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of
Meraioth, Helkai; 12:16 Of
Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
12:17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of
Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: 12:18 Of
Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah,
Jehonathan; 12:19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai;
of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 12:20 Of
Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 12:21 Of
Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of
Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib,
Joiada, and Johanan, and
Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers:
also the priests, to the
reign of Darius the Persian.
12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the
fathers, were written in the
book of the chronicles, even until the days
of Johanan the son of
Eliashib.
12:24 And the chief of the Levites:
Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua
the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over
against them, to praise
and to give thanks, according to the
commandment of David the man of
God, ward over against ward.
12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah,
Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,
were porters keeping the ward at the
thresholds of the gates.
12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the
son of Jeshua, the son of
Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the
governor, and of Ezra the
priest, the 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, to keep
the dedication with gladness, both with
thanksgivings, and with
singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with
harps.
12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered
themselves together, both
out of the plain country round about
Jerusalem, and from the villages
of Netophathi; 12:29 Also from the house of
Gilgal, and out of the
fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers
had builded them villages
round about Jerusalem.
12:30 And the priests and the Levites
purified themselves, and
purified the people, and the gates, and the
wall.
12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah
upon the wall, and
appointed two great companies of them that
gave thanks, whereof one
went on the right hand upon the wall toward
the dung gate: 12:32 And
after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the
princes of Judah, 12:33 And
Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 12:34 Judah,
and Benjamin, and Shemaiah,
and Jeremiah, 12:35 And certain of the
priests' sons with trumpets;
namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the
son of Shemaiah, the son of
Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of
Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and
Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,
Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the
musical instruments of David
the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before
them.
12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was
over against them, they went
up by the stairs of the city of David, at
the going up of the wall,
above the house of David, even unto the
water gate eastward.
12:38 And the other company of them that
gave thanks went over against
them, and I after them, and the half of the
people upon the wall, from
beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto
the broad wall; 12:39 And
from above the gate of Ephraim, and above
the old gate, and above the
fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and
the tower of Meah, even unto
the sheep gate: and they stood still in the
prison gate.
12:40 So stood the two companies of them
that gave thanks in the house
of God, and I, and the half of the rulers
with me: 12:41 And the
priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin,
Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,
and Hananiah, with trumpets; 12:42 And
Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and
Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and
Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer.
And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah
their overseer.
12:43 Also that day they offered great
sacrifices, and rejoiced: for
God had made them rejoice with great joy:
the wives also and the
children rejoiced: so that the joy of
Jerusalem was heard even afar
off.
12:44 And at that time were some appointed
over the chambers for the
treasures, for the offerings, for the
firstfruits, and for the tithes,
to gather into them out of the fields of the
cities the portions of
the law for the priests and Levites: for
Judah rejoiced for the
priests and for the Levites that waited.
12:45 And both the singers and the porters
kept the ward of their God,
and the ward of the purification, according
to the commandment of
David, and of Solomon his son.
12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of
old there were chief of
the singers, and songs of praise and
thanksgiving unto God.
12:47 And all Israel in the days of
Zerubbabel, and in the days of
Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers
and the porters, every day
his portion: and they sanctified holy things
unto the Levites; and the
Levites sanctified them unto the children of
Aaron.
13:1 On that day they read in the book of
Moses in the audience of the
people; and therein was found written, that
the Ammonite and the
Moabite should not come into the
congregation of God for ever; 13:2
Because they met not the children of Israel
with bread and with water,
but hired Balaam against them, that he
should curse them: howbeit our
God turned the curse into a blessing.
13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had
heard the law, that they
separated from Israel all the mixed
multitude.
13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest,
having the oversight of the
chamber of the house of our God, was allied
unto Tobiah: 13:5 And he
had prepared for him a great chamber, where
aforetime they laid the
meat offerings, the frankincense, and the
vessels, and the tithes of
the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which
was commanded to be given
to the Levites, and the singers, and the
porters; and the offerings of
the priests.
13:6 But in all this time was not I at
Jerusalem: for in the two and
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon
came I unto the king, and
after certain days obtained I leave of the
king: 13:7 And I came to
Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that
Eliashib did for Tobiah, in
preparing him a chamber in the courts of the
house of God.
13:8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I
cast forth all the household
stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.
13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the
chambers: and thither
brought I again the vessels of the house of
God, with the meat
offering and the frankincense.
13:10 And I perceived that the portions of
the Levites had not been
given them: for the Levites and the singers,
that did the work, were
fled every one to his field.
13:11 Then contended I with the rulers, and
said, Why is the house of
God forsaken? And I gathered them together,
and set them in their
place.
13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of
the corn and the new wine
and the oil unto the treasuries.
13:13 And I made treasurers over the
treasuries, Shelemiah the priest,
and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites,
Pedaiah: and next to them
was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of
Mattaniah: for they were
counted faithful, and their office was to
distribute unto their
brethren.
13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning
this, and wipe not out my good
deeds that I have done for the house of my
God, and for the offices
thereof.
13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some
treading wine presses on the
sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading
asses; as also wine,
grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens,
which they brought into
Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I
testified against them in the day
wherein they sold victuals.
13:16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein,
which brought fish, and
all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath
unto the children of
Judah, and in Jerusalem.
13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of
Judah, and said unto them,
What evil thing is this that ye do, and
profane the sabbath day?
13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not
our God bring all this
evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye
bring more wrath upon Israel
by profaning the sabbath.
13:19 And it came to pass, that when the
gates of Jerusalem began to
be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that
the gates should be shut,
and charged that they should not be opened
till after the sabbath: and
some of my servants set I at the gates, that
there should no burden be
brought in on the sabbath day.
13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all
kind of ware lodged without
Jerusalem once or twice.
13:21 Then I testified against them, and
said unto them, Why lodge ye
about the wall? if ye do so again, I will
lay hands on you. From that
time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they
should cleanse themselves,
and that they should come and keep the
gates, to sanctify the sabbath
day.
Remember me, O my God, concerning this also,
and spare me according to
the greatness of thy mercy.
13:23 In those days also saw I Jews that had
married wives of Ashdod,
of Ammon, and of Moab: 13:24 And their
children spake half in the
speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the
Jews' language, but
according to the language of each people.
13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed
them, and smote certain of
them, and plucked off their hair, and made
them swear by God, saying,
Ye shall not give your daughters unto their
sons, nor take their
daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by
these things? yet among
many nations was there no king like him, who
was beloved of his God,
and God made him king over all Israel:
nevertheless even him did
outlandish women cause to sin.
13:27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do
all this great evil, to
transgress against our God in marrying
strange wives? 13:28 And one
of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib
the high priest, was son in
law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I
chased him from me.
13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they
have defiled the
priesthood, and the covenant of the
priesthood, and of the Levites.
13:30 Thus cleansed I them from all
strangers, and appointed the wards
of the priests and the Levites, every one in
his business; 13:31 And
for the wood offering, at times appointed,
and for the firstfruits.
Remember me, O my God, for good.
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