The religious manner of Before CHRIST about 536. ↑ Heb. part. 1 ch. 8. 9. m So Ezra 2. 69. n Ezra 3. 1. about 445. a Ezra 3. 1. bel. 3, 26, c Ezra 7. 6. 12. Before about 445. 69 Their camels, four hundred and Malchiah, and Hashum, and thirty and five: six thousand Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Me- CHRIST seven hundred and twenty asses. shullam. 70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. 71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work mtwenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver. 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. 73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. CHAPTER VIII. 1 The religious manner of reading and hear ing the law. 9 They comfort the people, 13 The forwardness of them to hear and be instructed. 16 They keep the feast of tabernacles. themselves together as one man into the street that was b before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. 2 And Ezra the priest brought d Deut.31.11, the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with in hearing. understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. † Heb, that understood Lev. 22. 24. † Heb. from the light. of wood. 3 And he read therein before. the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the cars of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 4 And Ezra the scribe stood Heb. tower upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, all the m2 Chr. 35. 3. ver. 8. "Lev. 23. 21. Deut. 16.14, Num. 29. 1. 15. Ecc. 3. 4. 22. they heard the words of the law. 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, Pand send portions |P Esth. 9. 19, unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to 4 send portions, and to make great niirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. about 445. Lev. 23. 31, 42. Deut. 16. 13. t Lev. 23. 4. The Levites make a religious 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and · Before Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sher e CHRIST 445. 15 And that they should pub-ebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and lish and proclaim in all their cit- Pethahiah, said, Stand up and ies, and in Jerusalem, saying, bless the LORD your God for Go forth unto the mount, and ever and ever: and blessed be Deut. 16. 16.x fetch olive branches, and pine thy glorious name, which is 1 Chr. 29. 13. branches, and myrtle branches, exalted above all blessing and and palm branches, and branches praise. of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. * Lev. 23. 40. y Deut. 22. 8. Z ch. 12. 37. a2 Kings 14. 13. ch. 12. 39. b2 Chr. 30.21. Deut. 31. 10, &c. 16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the y roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, aand in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great glad ness. c 18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was ta solemn assembly, Num. 29. 35. daccording unto the manner. † Heb. a restraint. d Lev. 23.36. 9 Ex. 2. 25. & 3.7. Ex. 14. 10. Ex. 7,8,9, 10, 12, & 14, chapters. 10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proud-Ex. 18. 11. ly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, y as a stone into the mighty waters. Ex. 9. 16. 1, 63, 12, 14. Dan. 9. 15. 22, 27, 28. Ex. 15.5, 10. Ex. 13. 21. 12 Moreover thou zleddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, | to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 13 a Thou camest down also Ex. 19. 20. & upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them bright judgments, bPs. 19. 8. 9. and ttrue laws, good statutes and commandments: 20. 1. Rom. 7. 12. ↑ Heb. laws of truth. 14 And madest known unto them thy choly sabbath, and Gen. 2. 3. commandedst them precepts, Ex. 20. 8, 11. confession of God's goodness, Before NEHEMIAH. statutes, and laws, by the hand CHRIST of Moses thy servant: 445. d Ex. 16. 14, 15. John 6. 31. e Ex. 17. 6. Num. 20. 9, &c. f Deut. 1. 8. Heb, which thou hadst lifted up thine hand togive them, 15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. 16 But they and our fathers Num. 14. 30. dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, 8 ver. 29. Ps. 106, 6. h Deut. 31.27. 2 Kings 17. 14. 2 Chr. 30. 8. Jer. 19. 15. iPs. 78.11,42, 43. k Num. 14. 4. Heb. a God, of pardons. 1 Ex. 34. 6. Num. 14. 18. Ps. 86, 5, 15. 17 And refused to obey, ineither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed ka captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. m Ex. 32. 4. 18 Yea, mwhen they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; n ver. 27. um. 14. 14. 1 Cor. 10. 1. P Num. 11. 17. 9 Ex. 16. 15. r Ex. 17. 6. 19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them, by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. and of the national sins. Before CHRIST 445. ↑ Heb. according to their will. ver. 35. subduedst before them the inhab- c 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and feast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. Num. 13. 27. Ez. 20. 6. 1 Or, 27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; i Ps. 106. 44. and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them say-Judg. 2. 18. iours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. 28 But after they had rest, & 3.9. Heb. they returned to do evil. Judg. 3. 11, 12, 30, & 4. 1. & 5. 31. & 6. 1. they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, So that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, 20 Thou gavest also thy pgood and cried unto thee, thou heardSpirit to instruct them, and est them from heaven; and withheldest not thy mannammany times didst thou deliver m Ps. 106. 43. them according to thy mercies; 29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them!n again unto thy law: yet they 8 Josh. 6. 12. from their mouth, and gavest t Deut. 8. 4. & 29. 5. ver. 16. Lev. 18. 5. Ez. 20. 11. Gal.3. 12. gare awith Zech. 7. 11. + Heb. protract over them. dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (o which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and twithdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. 30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst Pagainst them by thy Spirit + 4 in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the prophets. people of the lands. P2 Kings 17. 13. 2 Chr. 36. 15. Jer. 7. 25. & 25.4 t Heb. in the hand of thy 9 See Arts 7. 51. 1 Pet. 1. 11. 2 Pet. 1. 21. ut-Is. 5. 5. & 31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not terly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art ta gracious and merciful God. 42. 24. $ Jer. 4. 27. & 5. 10, 18. t ver. 17. 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest coveEx. 34. 6. 7. nant and mercy, let not all the ttrouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all 2 Kings 17.3. thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. ↑ Heb. that hath found us. Ꭹ Ps. 119. 137. Dan 9. 14. 33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but zwe Dan. 9.5,6,8 have done wickedly: z Ps. 106. 6. 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. Deut. 28. 47. 35 For they have anot served thee in their kingdom, and in bthy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest fore them, neither turned they from their wicked works. b ver. 25. c ver. 25. d Deut. 28.48. Ezra 9. 9. e Deut. 28, 33, 51. f Deut. 28. 43. 52 Kings 23.3. 2 Chr. 29. 10. & 34. 31. Ezra 10. 3. ch. 10. 29. d that sealed the covenant. 10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, Before CHRIST 445. 13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. 14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, & See Ezra 2. Zatthu, Bani, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, 18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, 24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 3. &c. cl. 7.8, &c. 43. 26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. 28 And the rest of the peo- Ezra 2.36ple, the priests, the Levites, the be-porters, the singers, the Nethinim, fand all they that had sepa- Ezra 9. 1. & rated 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; 36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: 37 And eit yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have f dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. 38 And because of all this we ↑ Heb. are at make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, thseal unto it. 29 They clave to their breth ren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, hto 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. 11, 12, 19. ch. 13.3. 31 k And if the people of the Ex. 20. 10. land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that Now for the Tirshatha, we would not buy it of them on bthe son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; P ch. 13. 31. Is. 40. 16. 4 Lev. 6. 12. Ex. 23. 19. & 34. 26, Lev. 19. 23. 34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, Pfor 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: 35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits Num. 1. 12. of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD: Deut. 26. 2. 37 And that we should bring 18. 12, &c. the first fruits 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. "Lev. 27. 30. Num. 18. 21, &c. * Num. 18.26. 1 Chr. 9. 26. 2 Chr. 31. 11. Deut. 12.6, 2 Chr. 31. 12. 11. ch. 13. 12. 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 y the chambers, into the treasure house. 39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi z 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 sing ch. 13. 10, 11. ers: a and we will not forsake the house of our God. The inhabitants of Jerusalem. to bring one of ten to dwell in Before Jerusalem a the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. 2 And the people blessed all the men, that b willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. ver. 18. Matt. 4. 5. & 27.53. Judg. 5.9. 3 Now these are the chief 1 Chr.9.2, 3. 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 Nethinim, and d Ezra 2. 43. e the children of Solomon's servants. e Ezra 2. 55. &c. 4 And fat Jerusalem dwelt cer- 1 Chr. 9. 3, tain 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; Gen, 38, 29, 5 And Maaseiah the son of Pharez. Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, | the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. 6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kola-: iah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. 8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. 9 And Joel the son of Žichri as their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. 10 hOf the priests: Jedaiah the 1 Chr. 9. 10, son of Joiarib, Jachin. 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. 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, 13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son &c. |