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The book of Nehemiah is an important narrative found in the Old Testament of the Bible. It tells the story of Nehemiah, who was a Jewish cupbearer to the Persian king, Artaxerxes. The book is set in the period of Israel's captivity, after the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of the Jewish people.
Nehemiah receives news about the poor condition of Jerusalem's walls and gates, leading him to a deep sorrow for his homeland. He seeks permission from the king to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the city. Artaxerxes grants Nehemiah's request and provides him with resources and protection.
Upon arrival in Jerusalem, Nehemiah faces opposition from enemies who do not want the city to be rebuilt. Despite these challenges, he organizes the people and successfully rebuilds the walls within a remarkably short timeframe.
The book of Nehemiah emphasizes the importance of prayer, trust in God, and obedience to His law. Nehemiah prays fervently for God's guidance and protection as he leads the people in rebuilding the city. He calls the people to repentance and rallies their support for the restoration efforts.
Nehemiah also addresses social injustices prevalent among the Jewish people. He confronts those who are exploiting the poor and introduces reforms to ensure justice and fairness. He reminds the people of their covenant with God and calls them to faithfulness.
The book of Nehemiah concludes with a series of reforms implemented by Nehemiah that strengthen the spiritual and social life of the Jewish community. He reinstates the observance of the Sabbath, ensures the provision for temple worship, and enforces a separation from foreign influences.
This historical account provides valuable lessons on leadership, perseverance, and the importance of God's law in the life of the faithful. Nehemiah's example inspires believers to trust in God's providence, seek His guidance through prayer, and work diligently to rebuild what has been broken.
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Nehemiah chapter 1 the words of Nehemiah son of hackelia it happened in the month
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of chislev in the 20th year while I was in the Citadel of Susa that hanani one
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of my brothers arrived with some men from Judah I asked them about the Jews
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those who had escaped and those who survived from the Captivity and about Jerusalem they replied the survivors
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remaining there in the province since the Captivity are in a very bad and demoralized condition the walls of
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Jerusalem are in Ruins and its Gates have been burnt down on hearing this I sat down and wept for some days I
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mourned fasting and praying before the god of Heaven I said Yahweh God Of
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Heaven the great and our inspiring God who keeps a covenant of faithful love with those who love him and obey his
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Commandments let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to listen to your servant's prayer which I now offer to
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you day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites I admit the sins of the Israelites which we have
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committed against you both I and my father's house have sinned we have acted
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very wickedly towards you by not keeping the Commandments laws and rulings which you enjoined on your servant Moses
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remember I beg you the promise which you solemnly made to your servant Moses if you are Unfaithful I shall scatter you
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among the peoples but if you come back to me and keep my Commandments and practice them even though those who have
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been banished are the very Sky end I Shall Gather them from there and bring them back to the place which I have
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chosen as a dwelling place for my name since they are your servants your people whom you have redeemed with your Mighty
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power and strong hand oh Lord let your ear now be attentive to your servants
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prayer and to the prayer of your servants who want to rever your name I beg you let your servant be successful
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today and win this man's compassion at the time I was cup Bearer to the
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king Nehemiah chapter 2 in the month of Nissen in the 20th year of King ardz
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Xerxes since I was in charge of the wine I took the wine and offered it to the
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king now he had never seen me looking depressed before so the king said to me
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why are you looking depressed you are not sick this must be a sadness of the
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heart thoroughly alarmed by this I said to the king May the King live forever
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how can I not look depressed when the city where the tombs of my ancestors are lies in Ruins and its Gates have been
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burnt down the king then said to me what would you like me to do praying to the
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god of Heaven I said to the king if the king King approves and your servant enjoys your favor send me to Judah to
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the city of the tombs of my ancestors so that I can rebuild it the king with the
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queen sitting beside him said how long will your journey take and when will you
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come back once I had given him a definite time the king approved my
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mission I then said to the king if the king approves may I be given orders for
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the governors of trans Euphrates to let me pass through on my way to Judah also in order for aaf Keeper of the king's
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Forest to supply me with timber for the beams of the gates of the Citadel of the temple for the city walls and for the
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house which I am to occupy these the king granted me because the kindly hand of my God was over me when I reached the
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governors of trans Euphrates I gave them the king's orders the king had sent an
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escort of army officers and Cavalry along with me when sambalat the horonite
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and toaya the IAL of Ammon heard about this they were exceedingly displeased that someone had come to promote the
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welfare of the Israelites and so I reached Jerusalem after I had been there
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3 days I got up during the night with a few other men I had not told anyone what
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my God had inspired me to do for Jerusalem taking no animal with me other than my own Mount under cover of dark I
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went out through the valley gate towards the dragon's Fountain as far as the dung gate and examined the wall of Jerusalem
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where where was broken down and its Gates burnt out I then crossed to the Fountain gate and the King's pool but it
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was impassible to my Mount so I went up the valley in the dark examining the wall I then went in again through the
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valley gate coming back without the officials knowing where I had gone or what I had been doing so far I had said
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nothing to the Jews neither to the priests the Nobles the officials nor any
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other persons involved in the undertaking I then said to them you see what a sorry State we are in Jerusalem
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is in Ruins and its Gates have been burnt down come on we must rebuild the walls of Jerusalem and put an end to our
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humiliating position and I told them how the kindly hand of my God had been over
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me and The Words which the king had said to me at this they said let us start
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building at once and they set their hands to the good work when sambalat the
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horonite tobiah the official of Ammon and gam the Arab heard about this they
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laughed at us and Jered they said what is this you are doing are you going to
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revolt against the king but I gave them this answer the God of heaven will grant
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a success and we his servants mean to start building as for you you have
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neither share nor right nor Memorial in
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Jerusalem Nehemiah chapter three elas the high priest with his brother priests
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then set to work and rebuilt the Sheep gate they made the framework hung its doors fixed its bolts and bars and
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proceeded as far as the Tower of the hund and the Tower of hananel the men of Jericho built next to him zacher son of
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IM built next to them the sons of hen rebuilt the fish gate they made the
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framework hung its doors and fixed its bolts and bars miroth son of Uriah son
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of hackas carried out repairs next to them melum son of Bia son of mishel
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carried out repairs next to him and zadok Son of bana carried out repairs next to him the men of Tiko carried out
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repairs next to him though their nobles would not demean themselves to help their masters joyad son of Pia and melum
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Son of badia repaired the Gate of the new quarter they made the framework hung its doors and fixed its bolts and bars
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next to them repairs were carried out by meliah of gibian Jaden of Marino and the
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men of gibian and mispah for the sake of the governor of trans Euphrates next to
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them repairs were carried out by ail son of haraya a member of the metal workers Guild and next to him repairs were
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carried out by haniah of the perfumer's guild these renovated the wall of Jerusalem as far as the broad wall next
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to them repairs were carried out by reaa son of her who was head of one half of the District of Jerusalem next to them
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Judah son of Harum carried out repairs opposite his own house next to him
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repairs were carried out by Hades son of Hashima malija son of Haram and hassab's
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Son of pth Moab repaired another section as far as the furnace Tower next to them
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repairs were carried out by shalom's son of jahesh head of the other half of the District of Jerusalem by him and his
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sons Hanan and the inhabitants of zenoa repaired the valley gate they rebuilt it
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hung its doors and fixed its bolts and bars they also repaired a thousand cubits of wall up to the dungate malija
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son of reab head of the District of Betha cherum repaired the dung gate he
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rebuilt it hung its doors and fixed its bolts and bars shalam son of K hose head
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of the District of mispah repaired the fountain gate he rebuilt it roofed it
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hung its doors and fixed its bolts and bars he also rebuilt the wall of the pool of saloa adjoining the King's
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Garden as far as the steps going down from the city of David after him
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Nehemiah son of asuk head of half the District of Beth Zur carried out repairs
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from a point opposite the devic tombs to the artificial pool and the house of the Champions after him repairs were carried
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out by the Levites ream son of Bonnie and next to him hashiya head of one half
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of the District of Kila carried out repairs for his own District after him
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repairs were carried out by their brothers binui son of hodad head of the other half of the District of Kila next
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to him ezar son of jesua headman of mispah repaired another section in front
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of the ascent to the Armory at the angle after him baroo's son of zabbi repaired
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another section from the angle to the door of the House of elib the high priest after him miroth son of
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son of hackas repaired another section from the door of elia's house as far as
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the end of elia's house and after him repairs were carried out by the priests
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who lived in the district after them repairs were carried out by Benjamin and hub opposite their own house after them
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repairs were carried out by Azariah son of messah son of anania beside his own
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house after him binui son of hodad repaired another section from azariah's
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house as far as the angle at the corner after him pal son of uzzi carried out
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repairs in front of the angle and the tower projecting from the king's upper Palace by the court of the guard and
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after him pah son of paros carried out the repairs to a point by the Water Gate to the East and the projecting Tower
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after him the men of Tio repaired another section from in front of the great projecting Tower as far as the
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wall of aful from the horse gate onwards repairs were carried carried out by the priests each in front of his own house
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after them repairs were carried out by zadok's son of immer in front of his house and after him repairs were carried
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out by shemaya son of shechaniah Keeper of the East Gate after him hananiah son
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of sheliah and Hanan six son of zalea repaired another section after whom
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repairs were carried out by melum son of bikia in front of his room after him malija of the metal workers Guild
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repaired his far far as the Hall of the temple slaves and Merchants in front of the mustard gate as far as the upper
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room at the corner and between the upper room at the corner and the Sheep gate repairs were carried out by the
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goldsmiths and the merchants when sambalat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became furiously angry he
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ridiculed the Jews and in front of his Kinsmen and the aristocracy of Samaria he exclaimed what are these pathetic
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Jews doing are they going to give up or offer
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sacrifices or complete the work in a day can they put new life into Stones taken
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from rubbish heaps and even charred and beside him tobah of Ammon remarked if a
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jackal were to jump on what they are building it would knock their stone wall down listen Our God for we are despised
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make their snear fall back on their own heads send them as booty to a land of
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captivity do not pardon their wickedness May their sin never be erased before you
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for they have insulted the builders to their face meanwhile we were rebuilding the wall which was soon joined up all
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the way round to Mid height the people put their hearts into the
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work Nehemiah chapter 4 when sambal toaya the
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Arabs the ammonites and the ashad ites heard that repairs to the walls of Jerusalem were going forward that the
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gaps were beginning to fill up they became very angry and they all plotted to come and attack Jerusalem and upset
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my plans we however prayed to our God and organized a guard day and night to
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protect the city from them but in Judah the saying went the strength of the carrier falters the rubbish Heap is so
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vast that by ourselves we cannot rebuild the wall and our opponents said they
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will never know or see a thing until we are in their among them and then we shall Massacre them and put a stop to
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the work now when the Jews who lived near them had warned us 10 times over there coming up against us from every
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place they live in men took up position in the space behind the wall at those points where was lowest and I organized
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the People by families with their swords Spears and Bows aware of their anxiety I
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then address the Nobles the officials and the rest of the people do not be afraid of them remember the great and
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are inspired ing Lord and fight for your Kinsmen your sons your daughters your
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wives and your homes once our enemies heard that we were forewarned and that God had thwarted their plan they
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withdrew and we all went back to the wall each one to his work from then on
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half my own retainers went on working while the other half stood by armed with Spears Shields bows and armor to protect
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the whole house of Judah as they rebuilt the wall the carriers were armed working
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with one hand and holding a spear in the other each Builder had his sword strapped to his side as he built beside
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me stood a Trumpeter I then said to the Nobles the officials and the rest of the people the work is great and widely
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spread out and we are deployed along the wall some way from one another rally to
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us wherever you hear the trumpet sounding Our God will fight for us and
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so we went on with the work from break of day until the stars came out at the same time I also told the people let
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every man with his attendant spend the night inside Jerusalem we shall spend
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the night on guard and the day at work neither I nor my brothers nor my attendants nor my bodyguards ever took
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off our clothes each one kept his spear in his right
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hand Nehemiah chapter 5 there was a great outcry from the people and from their
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wives against their brother Jews some said we are having to pledge our sons
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and daughters to get enough grain to eat and Keep Us Alive others said we are
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having to mortgage our Fields our Vineyards in our houses to get grain because of the shortage still others
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said we have had to borrow money on our fields and our Vineyards to pay the Royal tax and though we belong to the
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same race as our brothers and our children are as good as theirs we shall we have to sell our sons and our
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daughters into slavery some of our daughters have been sold into slavery already we can do nothing about it since
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our fields and our Vineyards now belong to others when I heard their complaints and these words I was very angry having
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turned the matter over in my mind I reprimanded the Nobles and the officials as follows each of you is imposing a
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burden on his brother summoning a great assembly to deal with them I said to them to the best of our power we have
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redeemed our brother Jews who were forced to sell themselves to foreigners and now you in turn are selling your
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brothers for them to be bought back by us they were silent and could find
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nothing to say what you are doing I went on is wrong do you not want to walk in
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the fear of our God and escape the snears of the Nations our enemies I too
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with my brothers and retainers have lent them money and grain let us cancel these
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pledges this very day return them their fields their Vineyards their Olive Groves and
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their houses and cancel the claim on the money grain new wine and olive oil which
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you have lent them we shall make restitution they replied we shall claim nothing more from them we shall do as
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you say summoning the priests I then made them swear to do as they had
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promised then shaking out the fold of my garment I said may God thus sh take out
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of house and possessions anyone who does not make good This Promise may he be shaken out thus and left empty and the
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whole assembly answered amen and praised Yahweh and the people kept This Promise
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what is more from the time when the king appointed me to be their governor in Judah from the 20th to the 32nd year of
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King ardz Xerxes for 12 years neither I nor my brothers ever levied the
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governor's subsistence allowance whereas the former governors my predecessors had
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been a burden on the people from whom they took 40 Silver shekels a day for food and wine while their attendants
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oppressed the people too but I fearing God never did this also not acquiring
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any land I concentrated on the work of this wall and all my attendants joined
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in the work together to furthermore magistrates and officials to the number of 158 at my table not to mention those
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who came to us from the surrounding Nations every day one Ox six fine sheep
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as well as poultry were prepared for me every 10 days skins of wine were brought
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in bulk but even so I never claimed the governor's subsistence allowance since
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the people already had burden enough to Bear to my credit my God remember all I
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have done for this
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people Nehemiah chapter 6 when sambalat toaya
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gam the Arab and our other enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that not a single Gap was left though at that
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time I had not fixed the doors to the gates sambad and gesim sent me this message come and meet us at haerim in
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the veil of Ono but they had evil designs on me so I sent Messengers to
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them to say I am engaged in a great undertaking so I cannot come down why
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should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you for times they sent me the same invitation and I made them
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the same reply the fifth time with the same purpose in mind sambalat sent me
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his servant bearing an open letter it ran there is a rumor among the Nations
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and gashu confirms it that you and the Jews are thinking of rebelling which is why you are rebuilding the wall and you
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intend to become their King and that you have even briefed prophets to Acclaim you in Jerusalem with a cry there is a
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king in Judah now these rumors are going to reach the king so you had better come
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and discuss them with us to this I sent him the following reply as regards what
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you say nothing of the sort has occurred it is a figment of your own imagination
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for they were all trying to terrorize us thinking they will become demoralized
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over the work and it will not get finished but my morale Rose even higher
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then when I went to visit shemiah son of Delia son of Mel since he was prevented
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from coming to me he said we must gather at the temple of God inside the sanctuary itself we must shut the
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sanctuary doors for they are coming to kill you they are coming to kill you tonight but I rorted should a man like
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me run away would a man like me go into the temple to save his life I shall not
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go in I realized that God had not sent him to say this but that he had produced
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this prophecy for me because tobah was paying him to terrorize me into doing as he said and committing a sin so that
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they would have grounds for blackening my reputation and blaming me remember toaya my God for what he did and noia
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the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to terrorize me the wall was finished within 52 days on the 25th of
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el when all our enemies heard about it and all the surrounding Nations saw it they thought it a wonderful thing
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because they realized iiz that this work had been accomplished by the power of our God during this same period the
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Nobles of Judah kept sending letter after letter to toah and letters from toaya kept arriving for them for he had
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many sworn to his interest in Judah since he was son-in-law to shechaniah son of ARA and his son jeanan had
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married the daughter of melum son of Bia they even cried up his good deeds in my
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presence and they reported what I said back to him and tobah kept sending
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letters to to terrorize
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me Nehemiah chapter 7 now when the wall had
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been rebuilt and I had hung the doors The Gatekeepers the singers and the Levites were then appointed I entrusted
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the administration of Jerusalem to my brother hanani and to haniah the commander of the Citadel for he was a
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more trustworthy God-fearing man than many others I said to them the Gates of
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Jerusalem must not be opened until the sun gets hot and the doors must be shut and barred before it begins to go down
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detail guards from the residence of Jerusalem each to his post in front of
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his own house the city was large and spacious but the population was small
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and the houses had not been rebuilt my God then inspired me to assemble the Nobles the officials and the people for
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the purpose of taking a census by families I discovered the genealogical register of those who had returned in
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the first group and there I found entered these are the people of the province who returned from the Captivity
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of the Exile Those whom Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon had deported and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah each to
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his own town they were the ones who arrived with zerubabel jeshua Nehemiah
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Azariah Ria nanii morai bsha mareth bigv
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neam B the number of the men of the people of Israel sons of parash
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2,172 Sons of shefah 372 sons of ARA
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652 sons of pth Moab that is to say sons of jeshua and joab
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2,818 Sons of Elam 1,254 sons of zatu
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845 sons of zakai 7 60 sons of binui
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648 sons of biay 628 sons of Asad
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2322 sons of adonikam 667 sons of bigv
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267 sons of Aiden 655 sons of a that is to say of Hezekiah
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98 sons of Hasam 328 sons of bazai
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324 sons of harth 112 sons of gibian
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95 men of Bethlehem and neapa 1808 men of anathoth
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128 men of Beth asth 42 men of kirth jiram kefra and biroth
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743 men of ramar and Gaba 621 men of mcmash 122
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men of bethl and AI 123 men of the other Nebo 52 sons of the
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other Elam 1,254 sons of Haram
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320 sons of Jericho 345 sons of LOD Hadid and Ono
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721 sons of Cena 3,930 the priests sons of Judah of the
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House of jeshua 9 73 sons of emmer
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1,52 Sons of pure 1,247 sons of Haram
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17 the Levites sons of jesua of cadm of
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the sons of hodah 74 the singers sons of
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aaf 148 The Gatekeepers sons of shalam Sons of a te sons of Talman sons of a
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Cub sons of Hatta sons of shobai 138 the temple slaves sons of Zea sons
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of asua Sons of Tabo sons of kuros Sons of CIA sons of padon Sons of laana Sons
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of agaba Sons of shi sons of Hanan sons of gdl Sons of gahar Sons of Ria sons of
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resen Sons of nakoda Sons of gazm Sons of Aza Sons son of Pia sons of B sons of
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the munites sons of the Nephites sons of bakbuk Sons of akua Sons of harur Sons
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of basith Sons of mitaa Sons of hara sons of barcos Sons of cicera Sons of
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tea sons of naiah Sons of Hada the sons of Solomon slaves sons of soai Sons of
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sareth Sons of perid Sons of Jala sons of Daron sons of G sons of shefah Sons
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of hatil Sons of pth haaz Bame sons of Aman the total of the temple slaves and
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the sons of Solomon slaves 392 the following who came from telela
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telara cherub Aden and immer could not prove that their families and ancestry
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were of Israelite origin the sons of Delia the sons of toaya the sons of n
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Kota 642 and among the priests the sons of hoba the sons of hackas the sons of
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barili who had married one of the daughters of barili the gileadite whose name he adopted these had looked for
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their entries in the official genealogies but were not to be found there and were hence disqualified from
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the priesthood consequently his Excellency forbade them to eat any of the consecrated food until a priest
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appeared who could consult urum and thum the whole assembly numbered
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42360 people not counting their slaves and Maid servants to the number of
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7,337 they also had 245 male and female singers they had
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435 camels and 6,720 donkeys a certain number of heads
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of families contributed to the work his Excellency contributed 1,000 gold
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dracmas 50 bowls and 30 Priestly robes to the fund and heads of families gave
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20,000 gold dracmas and 2,200 silver miners to the work fund the gifts made
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by the rest of the people amounted to 20,000 gold dracmas 2,000 silver Miners
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and 67 Priestly robes the priests the Levites and some of the people lived in
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Jerusalem and thereabouts the singers The Gatekeepers and the temple slaves in
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their appropriate towns and all the other is Israelites in their own Towns
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now when the seventh month came [Music]
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round Nehemiah chapter 8 all the people gathered as one man in the square in
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front of the water gate and asked the Scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses which Yahweh had prescribed for
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Israel accordingly on the first day of the seventh month the priest Ezra brought the law before the assembly
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consisting of men women and all those old enough to understand in the square
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in front of the Watergate in the presence of the men and women and of those old enough to understand he read
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from the book From Dawn till noon all the people listened attentively to the book of the law The Scribe Ezra stood on
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a wooden deis erected for the purpose beside him stood on his right madaiah
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Shima anayah Uriah hilia and messah on
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his left pedah male malija Hasam hash
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badana Zechariah and michalam in full view of all the people since he stood
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higher than them all Ezra opened the book and when he opened it all the people stood up then Ezra blessed Yahweh
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the great God and all the people raised their hands and answered amen amen then
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they bowed down and faed to the ground prostrated themselves before for Yahweh
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and jesua Bonnie Sheria Jamin akab
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shabath hodah messah keleta Azariah jbab
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Hanan Pia who were Levites explained the law to the people while the people all
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kept their places Ezra read from the book of The Law of God translating in
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giving the sense so the reading was understood then his Excellency Nehemiah
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and the priest scribe Ezra and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all the people today is sacred
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to Yahweh your God do not be mournful do not weep for the people were all in
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tears as they listened to the words of the law he then said you may go eat what
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is Rich drink what is sweet and send a helping to the man who has nothing prepared for today is sacred to our Lord
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do not be sad the joy of Yahweh is your stronghold and the Levites calmed all
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the people down saying keep quiet this is a sacred day do not be sad then all
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the people went off to eat and drink and give helpings away and enjoy themselves to the full since they had understood
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the meaning of what had been proclaimed to them on the second day the heads of families of the whole people and the
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priests and Levites gathered round the Scribe Ezra to study the words of the law and written in the law that Yahweh
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had prescribed through Moses they found that the Israelites were to live in shelters during the Feast of the seventh
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month so they issued a proclamation and had it circulated in all their towns and in Jerusalem go into the hills and bring
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branches of olive Pine Myrtle palm and other leafy trees to make shelters as it
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says in the book The People went out they brought branches and made shelters for themselves each man on his roof in
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their Courtyards in the precincts of the temple of God in the square of the Water Gate and in the square of the Ephraim
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gate the whole assembly all who had returned from the Captivity put up shelters and lived in them this the
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Israelites had not done from the days of Joshua son of nun till that day and there was very great merrymaking each
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day from the first day to the last one Ezra read from the book of The Law of God they celebrated The Feast for seven
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days on the eth day as prescribed they held a solemn assembly
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Nehemiah chapter 9 on the 24th day of this month the Israelites in sackcloth
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and with dust on their heads assembled for a fast then those of Israelite stock
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who had severed relations with all foreigners stood up and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their
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ancestors standing each man in his place they read from the book of The Law of Yahweh their God for one qu quar of the
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day for another quarter they confessed their sins and worshiped Yahweh their God on the Levites platform stood jeshua
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binui cadm Shaniah booni Sheria Bonnie
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and chenani calling to yahwe their God in ringing tones the Levites jesua cadm
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Bonnie Hashima Sheria hodah Shaniah and
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pah said stand up and bless Yahweh your God blessed are you Yahweh Our God from
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Everlasting to Everlasting and blessed be your glorious name surpassing all
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blessing and praise you Yahweh are the one only Yahweh you have created the
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heavens the heaven of heavens and all their array the Earth and all it Bears the Seas and all they hold to all of
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them you give life and the array of Heaven worships you you are Yahweh God
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who chose Abram brought him out of you are in Calia and changed his name to Abraham finding his heart was faithful
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to you you made a covenant with him to give the country of the Canaanites the Hittites the amorites the perizzites the
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jebusites and the jurasits to him and his descendants and you have made good your promises for you are upright you
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saw the distress of our ancestors in Egypt you heard their Cry by the Sea of
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reeds you displayed signs and wonders against Pharaoh against all his servants
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and all the people of his land for you knew how arrogantly they treated them you wanton a reputation which you keep
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to this day you opened up the sea in front of them they walked on dry ground
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right through the sea Into the Depths you hurled their pursuers like a stone into the Raging Waters with a pillar of
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cloud you led them by day with a pillar of Fire by night to light the way ahead
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of them by which they were to go you came down on Mount Si and spoke with them from Heaven you gave them right
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rules reliable laws good statutes and Commandments you revealed your holy
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Sabbath to them you laid down Commandments statutes and law for them through your servant Moses for their
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hunger you gave them bread from heaven for their thirst you brought them water out of a rock and you told them to go in
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and take possession of the country which you had sworn to give them but they and our ancestors acted arrogantly grew
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obstinate and flouted your commands they refused to obey forgetful of the Wonders
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which you had worked for them they grew obstinate and made up their minds to return to their slavery in Egypt but
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because you are a forgiving God gracious and compassionate patient and rich in faithful love you did not abandon them
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even when they cast themselves a calf out of molten metal and said this is your god who brought you up from Egypt
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and committed monstrous impieties you in your great compassion did not abandoned
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them in the desert the pillar of cloud did not leave them leading them on their path by day nor the pillar of Fire by
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Night lighting the way ahead of them by which they were to go you gave them your good spirit to instruct them you did not
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withhold your Mana from their mouths you gave them water for their thirst for 40
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years you cared for them in the desert so that they went short of nothing their clothes did not wear out nor were their
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feet swollen you gave them kingdoms and people peoples allotting them these as Frontier lands they occupied the country
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of Sian king of heshbon and the country of OG king of Bashan you gave them as
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many children as there are stars in the sky and brought them into the country which you had promised their ancestors
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that they would enter and possess the children entered and took possession of the country and before them you subdued
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the country's inhabitants the Canaanites whom you put at their Mercy with their kings and the peoples of the country for
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them to treat as they please they captured fortified towns in a fertile Countryside they took possession
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of houses stocked with all kinds of goods of storage Wells ready heun of Vineyards Olive Groves and fruit trees
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in profusion so they ate were full grew fat and reveled in your great goodness
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but they grew disobedient rebelled against you and thrust your law behind their backs they slaughtered your
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prophets who had reproved them to bring them back to you and committed monstrous impire pies so you put them at the mercy
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of their enemies who oppressed them but when they were being oppressed and called to you you heard them from heaven
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and because of your great compassion you gave them deliverers who rescued them from their oppressor clutches but once
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at peace again again they did what was wrong before you so you put them at the
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mercy of their enemies who then became their rulers when they called to you again you heard them from heaven and
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because of your compassion rescued them many times you warned them to bring them back to
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your law but they became arrogant did not obey your Commandments and sinned against your rules in whose observance
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is life they turned a stubborn shoulder were obstinate and disobeyed you were
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patient with them for many years and warned them by your spirit through your prophets but they would not listen so
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you put them at the mercy of the people of the country but because of your great compassion you did not destroy them
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completely nor abandon them for you are a gracious compassionate God now our God
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the great God the mighty and all inspiring one maintaining the Covenant in your faithful love count as no small
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thing this misery which has befallen us our Kings our princes our priests our
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prophets and all your people from the times of the Assyrian Kings to the present day you have been upright in all
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that has happened to us for you acted Faithfully while we did wrong our Kings
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our princes our priests and our ancestors did not keep your law or pay attention to your Commandments and
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obligations which you imposed upon them even in their own kingdom despite your
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great goodness which you bestowed on them despite the wide and fertile country which you had lavished on them
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they did not serve you or renounce their evil Deeds see we are slaves today
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slaves in the country which you gave to our ancestors for them to eat the good things it produces its abundant produce
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goes to the king whom for our sins you have set over us who rule over our
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persons and over our cattle as they please we are in great
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distress Nehemiah chapter 10 in view of all this
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we make a firm agreement in writing our princes our Levites our priests and the
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rest of the people have put their names to the document under seal on the seal document with the names of Nehemiah son
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of haalah and zedekiah Sariah Azariah
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Jeremiah pure Amaria malija hates
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Shaniah Malik Haram miroth Obadiah
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Daniel janathon baroo melum abija maamin
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Maia bilgi shemaya these were the priests the Levites were jesua son of
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aiah binui of the sons of hedad cadm and their Kinsman Shaniah hodiah kelet payia
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Hanan Micah rehab hashiya zacher Sheria
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Shaniah hodah Bonnie chenani the leaders of the people were parash pth Moab Elam
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zatu Bonnie buoni Asad B adania BVI
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Aiden ater Hezekiah azer hodah Hasam
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bazai harif anathoth nabai magp melum
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heer Mizel zadok jadua pelaya Hanan
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anayah hosi hananiah hasab halesh pilha
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shc ream hash na messah aijah Hanan Anan
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Malik Haram B and the rest of the people the priests the Levites The Gatekeepers
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the singers the temple slaves and all those who had severed relations with the people of the country to adhere to the
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law of God as also their wives their sons their daughters that is all those
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who had reached the age of discretion have joined their esteemed Brothers in a solemn oath to follow the law of God
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given through Moses servant of God and to observe and practice all the Commandments of Yahweh our Lord with his
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rules and his statutes we will not give our daughters in marriage to the peoples of the country nor allow their daughters
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to marry our sons if the people of the country bring Goods or food stuff of any kind to sell on the Sabbath day we will
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buy nothing from them on Sabbath or holy day in the seventh Year we will forgo
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the produce of the soil and the exaction of all debts we recognize the following
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obligations to give 1/3 of a shekele yearly for the service of the Temple of our God for the loaves of permanent
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offering for the Perpetual oblation for the Perpetual burnt offering for the
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sacrifices on sabbaths on new moons and on festivals for the consecrated gifts
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the sin offerings to expiate for Israel in short for the whole work of the Temple of our God furthermore as regards
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deliveries of wood for burning on the altar of our God as the law prescribes
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we have arranged by drawing Lots how these deliveries are to be made at the Temple of Our God by the priests the
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Levites and the People by families at stated times every year and further to
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bring yearly to the Temple of our God the first fruits of our soil and the first fruits of all our Orchards also
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the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle as the law prescribes the firstborn of our herds and flocks should
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be taken to the Temple of our God for the priests officiating in the temple of our God furthermore we shall bring the
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best of our dough of every kind of fruit of the new wine and of the oil to the priests to the stor rooms of the Temple
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of our God and the tithe on our soil to the Levites the Levites will themselves
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collect the tithes from all the towns of our religion an aeronite priest will accompany the Levites when they collect
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the tithes and the Levites will bring a tenth part A B of the tithes to the Temple of our God into the treasure
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store rooms for these rooms are where the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of corn wine and
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oil and where the vessels of the sanctuary are and the officiating priests The Gatekeepers and the
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singers Nehemiah chapter 11 now the leaders of
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the people took up residents in Jerusalem so the rest of the people drew Lots one man in 10 was to come and live
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in Jerusalem the holy city while the other nine were to stay in the towns outside the people praised all those who
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volunteered to live in Jerusalem in the towns of Judah each man lived on his own
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property but these are the provincial leaders the Israelites the priests the
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Levites the temple slaves and the descendants of Solomon slaves who made their homes in Jerusalem of the sons of
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Judah and the sons of Benjamin who made their homes in Jerusalem there were of the sons of Judah
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aiah son of Isaiah son of Zechariah son of Amaria son of shefah son of Mahal of
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the descendants of Perez and messia Son of baroo son of kose son of haaiah son
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of adaya son of jerb son of Zechariah descendant of shella the total number of
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the descendants of Perez living in Jerusalem was 468 outstanding people
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these are the sons of Benjamin shallu son of melum son of jod son of padah son
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of kayia son of messah son of eithel son of joa and his brothers gabbi and salai
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928 Joel son of zik was their Chief and Judah son of henua was second in command
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of the city of the priests there were Judah son of Joakim son of Sariah son of
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hilia son of melum son of zadok son of morath son of ah
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the chief of the temple of God and their Kinsmen who performed the temple liturgy
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822 a Daya son of jaham son of pelah son of Amy son of Zechariah son of pure son
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of malija and his kins folk heads of families 242 and amashi Son of azarel son of oai
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son of meloth son of immer and his kins folk outstanding people
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128 their Chief was zabdiel son of hagodol of the Levites there were
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shemiah son of Hub son of azim son of hashiya son of buoni shabath and jbad
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the levitical leaders responsible for work outside the temple of God matania Son of Micah son of zabdi son of aaf who
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led the Praises and in ton the Thanksgiving associated with a prayer back bukia being his Junior colleague
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and Obadiah son of shamua son of galel son of judan the total number of Levites
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in the holy city was 284 The Gatekeepers aob Talman and their
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Kinsmen who kept watch of the gates 172 the rest of Israel including the
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priests and Levites made their homes throughout the towns of Judah each man on his own inheritance the temple slaves
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lived on aful Zea and gisha were in charge of the temple slaves the official
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in charge of the Levites in Jerusalem was azi son of Bonnie son of hashiya son
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of matania son of Micah of the sons of azath who led the singing in the Liturgy
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of the temple of God for the singers were under Royal orders with regulations laying down what was required of them
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day by day pahi a son of Mizel of the sons of Zer son of Judah was the king's
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Minister for all matters connected with the people and in The Villages near their lands some of the sons of Judah
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made their homes in kathara and its dependencies Dian and its dependencies
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jacobz and its dependencies jeshua Mada Beth pet haerul beer Sheba and its
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dependencies ziklag makona and its dependencies enman Zora jth zenoa
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adullam and their Villages lakish and its lands and Aika and its
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dependencies thus they settled from beer Sheba as far as the valley of hinam and
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some benjaminites made their homes in Gaba mitchmas AA bethl and its
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dependencies anathoth knob anania hazer Rama game Hadid Zebo nalot L Ono and the
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valley of Craftsmen some levitical groups lived in Judah some in Benjamin
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Nehemiah chapter 12 these are the priests and the Levites who came back with Zer rubbable son of Shield Teel and
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jeshua Sariah Jeremiah Ezra Amaria Malik
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Hades Shaniah reham miroth Ido jinoy
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abija maaman madah bilga shmaya and Jo
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IB Judah Salu amuk hilia Judah these
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were the heads of the priests and their Kinsmen in the days of jeshua the Levites were jeshua binui cadm Sheria
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Judah matania this last with his brothers was in charge of the songs of
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praise while back bokia and ano their colleagues formed the alterate choir to
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theirs jesua fathered Joakim Joakim fathered elib elash father Jo joat
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father johanan and johanan father jadua in the days of Joakim the heads of the
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Priestly families were family of Sariah Mariah of Jeremiah hananiah of Ezra
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melum of Amaria jeanan of Malik Jonathan
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of Shaniah Joseph of Haram adna of miroth helai of Ido Zachariah
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of jinon melum of abijah zikri of menjamin of madiah pilai of bilga shamua
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of shemaya johathan and of jarab matanai of Judah AI of salai Cai of amuk Eber of
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hilia hashiya of Judah nethanel in the
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time of elib Jo johanan and J JEA the heads of the families of priests were
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registered in the book of Chronicles up to the reign of Darius the Persian the Levites who were heads of families were
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registered in the book of Chronicles up to the time of johanan grandson of elib
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the heads of the Levites were hashiya sharabia jesua binui cadm while their
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brothers who formed an alternate choir for the hymns of praise and thanksgiving as David man of God had prescribed
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section Cor responding to section were matania bbia and Obadiah melum Talman
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and aob were The Gatekeepers guarding the stores at the gates these lived in the days of Joakim son of jesua son of
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josc and in the days of nemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest scribe
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at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem the Levites were sent for wherever they lived to come to Jerusalem
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and joyfully perform the dedication with hymns of Thanksgiving and songs to the accompanyment of symbols liars and harps
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accordingly the levitical singers assembled from the district around Jerusalem from The Villages of the
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netophathites from Beth gilgal and from their farms at Gabba and asth for the
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singers had built themselves Villages all around Jerusalem when the priests and Levites had purified themselves they
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then purified the people the gates and the wall I then made the leaders of Judah come onto the top of the wall and
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appointed two large choir S one made its way along the top of the wall to the right towards the dung gate bringing up
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the rear were Hasa and half the leaders of Judah and also Azariah Ezra melum
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Judah Benjamin shemiah and Jeremiah of the priests with trumpets then Zechariah
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son of Jonathan son of shemiah son of metania son of Micaiah son of zachar son
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of aaf with his Kinsmen shemaya azarel malalai hilai Mai nethanel Judah hanani
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with the musical instruments of David man of God the Scribe Ezra walked at
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their head at the fountain gate they went straight on up the steps of the city of David along the top of the
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rampart by the stairway of the wall above the Palace of David as far as the Watergate on the East the other choir
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made its way to the left I and half the leaders of the people followed them along the top of the wall from the tower
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of the furnaces to the broad wall from the Ephraim gate the fish gate the Tower
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of hanol and the Tower of the hundred as far as the Sheep gate and they came to a halt at the prison gate the two choirs
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then took their places in the temple of God but I had half the magistrates with me as well as the priests eliakim messah
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minam Micaiah ileni Zechariah haniah
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with the trumpets and messah shemiah Eleazar azi Janan malija Elam and ezer the
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singers sang loudly under the direction of jezra there were great sacrifices
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offered that day and the people rejoiced God having given them good cause for rejoicing the women and children
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rejoiced too and the joy of Jerusalem could be heard from far away for the rooms intended for the treasures
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contributions first fruits and tithes supervisors were then appointed whose business bus it was to collect in them
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Those portions from the town lands awarded by the law to the priests and Levites for Judah rejoiced in the
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officiating priests and Levites since they with the singers and Gatekeepers
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performed the Liturgy of their God and the rights of purification as ordained by David and his son Solomon for from
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ancient times from the days of David and aaf they had been the leaders and rendering hymns of praise and
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thanksgiving to God in the days of zerubabel and Nehemiah all Israel
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supplied regular daily portions for the singers and Gatekeepers and gave the dedicated contributions to the Levites
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and the Levites gave the dedicated contributions to the
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aaronitmar moabit is to be admitted to the Assembly of God and this is for all all time since they did not come to meet
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the Israelites with bread and water and even hired balam to oppose them by cursing them but our God turned the
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curse into a blessing having heard the law they excluded all foreigners from
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Israel earlier Elish the priest who was in charge of the rooms of the Temple of
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our God and who was close to tobah had provided him with a large room where they previously used to store the meal
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offerings incense utensils tithes of corn wine and oil that is the part of
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the Levites singers and Gatekeepers and the contributions for the priests while
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all this was going on I was away from Jerusalem for in the 32nd year of Arda
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Xerxes king of Babylon I had gone to see the king but after some time I asked the
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king for permission to leave and returned to Jerusalem where I learned about the crime which eliashib had
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committed for tobias's benefit by providing him with a room in the courts of the temple of God I was extremely
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displeased and threw all tobi's household goods out of the room and into the street I then gave orders for the
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room to be purified and had the utensils of the temple of God the meal offerings
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and the incense all replaced I also learned that the Levites had not been
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receiving their allocations as a result of which the Levites and singers who performed the Liturgy had all withdrawn
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to their Farms I then reprimanded the officials why is the temple of God
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deserted I asked and I collected them together again and brought them back to their
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posts and all Judah then delivered the tithe of corn wine and oil to the
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storehouses as supervisors of the storehouses I appointed shelemiah the priest zadok The Scribe padah one of the
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Levites and as their assistant Hanan son of zacher son of matania since they were
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considered reliable people their Duty was to make the distributions to their Kinsmen remember me for this my God and
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do not blot out the Good Deeds which I have done for the Temple of my God and its observances at the same time I saw
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people in Judah treading The Wine Press bringing in sacks of grain and loading donkeys on the Sabbath they were also
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bringing wine grapes figs and every kind of merchandise into Jerusalem on the
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Sabbath day so I forbade them to sell the food tyrians living there were
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bringing in fish and every kind of merchandise which they were selling to the judeans on the Sabbath in Jerusalem
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itself so I also reprimanded the Leading Men of Judah saying to them What a
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wicked way to behave profaning the Sabbath day was this not exactly what
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your ancestors did with the result that our God brought all this misery down on us and on this city and now you are
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adding to the Wrath hanging over Israel by profaning the Sabbath yourselves so
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when the Gates of Jerusalem were getting dark at the approach of the Sabbath I gave orders for the doors to to be shut
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and directed that they were not to be opened again until the Sabbath was over I stationed some of my attendants at the
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gates to make sure that no merchandise was brought in on the Sabbath day so the Traders and dealers and goods of all
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kinds spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice until I reprimanded them I
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said to them why are you spending the night in front of the wall do it again
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and I shall use force on you after this they did not come on the Sabbath
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I then ordered the Levites to purify themselves and act as guards of the gates so that the Sabbath day might be
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kept holy remember this also to my credit have pity on me in the greatness
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of your faithful love at that time too I saw Jews who had married wives from
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ashdod Ammon and Moab as regards their children half of them spoke the language
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of ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples but could no longer speak the language of Judah I reprimanded them
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I cursed them I struck several of them and tore out their hair and adjured them by God you are not to give your
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daughters in marriage to their sons or let their daughters marry your sons or marry them yourselves was it not because
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of women like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned although among many nations there was no King like him and
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he was loved by his God and God made him king of all Israel even then foreign
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women led him into sinning were you obedient when you committed this very grave crime
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Breaking Faith with our God by marrying foreign wives one of the sons of jeho
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son of elib the high priest was a son-in-law of sambalat the horonite I
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drove him from my presence remember them my God for having defiled the priesthood
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and the Covenant of the priests and Levites and so I purged them of everything foreign I drew up regulations
1:00:20
for the priests and Levites defining each man's Duty as well as for the deliveries of wood at the proper times
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and for the first fruits remember this my God to my credit