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chapter one the words of nehemiah son of hakkalya in the month of kislev in the twentieth year while I was in the citadel of susa hanenai one of my brothers came from judah with other men and I asked them about the Jewish remnant that were there survived the exile and also about Jerusalem I was told by those who survived the exile and are back in the province they are in great trouble and shame the wall of Jerusalem is demolished and its gates have been burned with fire when I heard these things I sat down and cried for Some days I lamented and fasted and prayed before the god of heaven, then I said, Lord, god of heaven, the great and fearsome god who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, let your ears be attentive and have your eyes open to listen to the prayer that your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants the people of israel confess the sins that we, the israelites, including myself and my father's family, have committed against you, we have acted very evil towards you .

We have not obeyed the commandments, decrees and laws that you gave to your servant Moses, remember the instruction that you gave to your servant Moses saying that if you are unfaithful I will scatter you among the nations, but if you return to me and obey my orders, even if your exiled people are on the horizon of the father I will collect them from there and bring them to the place that I have chosen as a dwelling place for my name they are your servants and your people whom you redeemed with your great strength and your powerful hand lord be attentive your ear to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in reverence your name give success to your servant today by granting him favor in the presence of this man I was made bearer of king nehemiah chapter 2 in the month of naisan In the In the 20th year of King Artaxerxes, when they brought him wine, I took the wine and gave it to the king.

He had not been sad in his presence before, so the king asked me why your face looks so sad when you are not. Wrong, this can't be anything but heartbreak. I was very afraid, but I told the king to live forever. Why shouldn't my face look sad when the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire the king told me what do you want so I prayed to the god of heaven and answered the king If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his eyes let him send me to the city of Judah where my ancestors are buried so that he can rebuild it, then the king with the queen sitting next to him asked me how long it would last his trip and when he would return.

The king was pleased to send me, so I fixed a time and also asked him if it pleases the king, could he give me letters to the governors beyond the Euphrates to give me safe conduct until I reach Judah? and could you give me a letter to Asaph, keeper of the royal park, to give me wood to make beams for the gates of the citadel next to the temple and for the city wall and for the residents that I will occupy and because the hand mercy of my god was upon me, the king granted my requests, so I went to the governors of the Transeuphrates and gave them the king's letters.

The king had also sent officers of the army and cavalry with me when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite officer They found out about this they were very disturbed because someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites I went to Jerusalem and after staying there three days I left during the night with some others I had not told anyone what my god had placed in my heart I went out through the valley gate toward the jackal pit and the dung gate, examining the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. , then I continued towards the fountain gate at the king's pool, but there was not enough room for my mount to enter.

So I went up to the valley at night examining the wall, finally I turned around and went back in through the valley gate. The officials didn't know where I had gone or what I was doing because so far I hadn't said anything to the Jews or the priests, nobles, officials or anyone else who would be doing the work, so I said to them: "See, the problem that "We have in Jerusalem is in ruins and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and we will not do it." He would no longer be in disgrace.

I also told them about the merciful hand of my god on me and what the king had told me, they replied: let's start rebuilding, so they started this good work, but when sambala, the night of horror, tobias, the ammonite officer, and geshem, the Arabs found out, mocked and ridiculed us, what is this you are doing? They asked: are you rebelling against the king? I responded to them by saying that the god of heaven will give us success, we, his servants, will begin to rebuild, but as for you, you have nothing. participation in Jerusalem or any claim or historical right over it nehemiah chapter 3 eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests set to work and rebuilt the sheep gate they dedicated it and put its gates in their place building up to the tower of the hundred that dedicated and to the tower of hananeel the men of jericho built the adjoining section built next to them the fish gate was rebuilt by the sons of asaniah they put its beams and put up its doors and bolts and bars son of Uriah son of hakkos repaired the next section next to him mashalam son of barakaya the son of meshes able made repairs and next to him zadok son of bayana also made repairs the next section was repaired by the men of tokoa but his nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors The Joshana gate was repaired by Joyada the son of Pasia and Mushalam the son of Basaya, they laid its beams and placed its doors with their bolts and bars at their side.

The repairs were made by men from Gibeon and Mizpah Malataya from Gibeon and Jaden from the places of Moronoth under the authority of the governor of the transeuphrates aziel son of haraya one of the goldsmiths repaired the next section and hananiah one of the perfumers made repairs next to it they restored Jerusalem to the wide wall refire son of their ruler of half a district of Jerusalem prepared the next section adjacent to this jedi son of harumaf made repairs in front of his house and hatosh son of hashabnaya made repairs next to him malkija son of harim and hashub son of payhath mohab repaired another section and the tower of the ovens shalom son of hesh ruler of the middle district From Jerusalem he prepared the next section with the help of his daughters.

The valley gate was repaired by Haenon and the inhabitants of Zanoa rebuilt it and put its gates with their bolts and bars in place. They also repaired a thousand cubits of the wall up to the dung gate. dung gate was repaired by malkija son of rikub he rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in their place the fountain gate was repaired by shaolin son of khal joseph ruler of the district of Mizpah rebuilt it, roofing it and putting its doors, locks and bars. He also repaired the wall of the pool of siloam next to the king's garden to the stairs leading down from the city of David beyond it.

Nehemiah son of Azbook, ruler of half the district of Bethesda, made repairs right up to David's tombs, to the artificial pool and the house of heroes next to it. The repairs were made by the Levites under the command of Rihum son of Bainai next door. he hashobaya ruler of half of the district of kiala carried out repairs for his district next to him the repairs were made by his fellow levites under binyuai son of hanedad ruler of the other half of the district of kia island next to him isa son of jeshua repaired another section from a point facing the climb to the armory to the angle of the wall next to it, the son of zebra zealously repaired another section from the angle to the entrance of the house of liars, the high priest next to him maramot son of Uriah the son of hakkos repaired another section from the entrance of Elijah's ship house to the end of it.

The repairs next to him were made by the priests of the surrounding region beyond them, Benjamin and they made repairs in front of his house and next to them, Azariah the son of Maya. The son of Ananias made repairs to the side of his house next to it, Binuwai son of Hanedad repaired another section from the house of Azarias to the corner and the corner, and Palau son of Yusai worked in front of the corner and the tower that projected from the upper palace. near the court of the the guard next to him padaya son of perosh and the temple servants who lived on the hill of ophel made repairs to a point opposite the water gate to the east and the projecting tower next to them the men of tokoa they repaired another section from the great projecting tower to the wall of ophel above the horse gate the priests repaired each one in front of his own house next to them zadok son of emma made repairs in front of his house next to him chimaya the guard of the east gate made repairs next to it hananiah son of shalamaya and haenun the sixth son of zelaf repaired another section next to them mesholom son of barakaya made repairs in front of his dwelling next to him one of the goldsmiths made repairs up to the servants' house of the temple and the merchants in front of the inspection door and up to the upper corner room and between the upper corner room and the sheep door the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs nehemiah chapter four when sambalet heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and became very angry he mocked the Jews and in the presence of his associates in the army of Samaria he said what are these weak Jews doing they will restore their wall they will offer sacrifices they will finish in one day they will be able to resurrect the stones from those piles of burnt rubble as they are buy the ammonite who was next to him said what they are building even a fox climbing on it would tear down their wall of stones listen to us our god because we are despised turn their insults on their own heads give them to them as loot in a land of captivity no Cover up their faults or erase their sins from your sight because they have thrown insults in the faces of the builders, so we rebuilt the wall until everything reached half its height because the people worked with all their hearts, but when Saint Balat Tobia The Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to the walls of Jerusalem had continued and that the breaches were being closed.

They became very angry and they all conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it, but we prayed to our god and we put guard day and night to face this threat, meanwhile the people in Judah said that the workers' strength is running out and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall, our enemies also said before they realize it. If they don't see us, we will be there among them and we will kill them and put an end to the job. Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times, wherever you go they will attack us, so I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall in the exposed places.

They placed them in families with their swords, spears and bows, after I looked at the things, I stood up and told the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people not to be afraid. They remember the Lord who is great and fearsome and fight for their families, their sons and their daughters, their wives and their homes. When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and the god had thwarted it, we all returned to the wall, each one to our own. From that day on, half of my men did the work while the other half was equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor.

The officers were stationed behind all the people of Judah who built the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand. and in the other he held a weapon and each of the builders carried his sword at his side while he worked but the man who played the trumpet stayed with me so I told the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, the work is extensive and widespread. We go out and stand far apart from each other along the wall wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there, our god will fight for us, so we continue the work with half the men holding spears from the first dawn lights until the stars appeared.

At that time I also told the people that each man and his assistant remain inside Jerusalem at night so that they could serve us as guards at night and as workers during the day. Neither I nor my brothers nor my men nor the guards who were with me took we took off our clothes each one had his weapon even when he went for water nehemiah chapter 5 now the men and their wives raised a great cry against their Jewish brothers some said that we and our sons and daughters are numerous so that we can eat and stay alive we must obtain grain, others said that we are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses to obtain grain during the famine, and others said that we have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards, althoughWe are of the same flesh. and blood like our fellow Jews and although our children are as good as theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery, some of the daughters have already been enslaved but we are powerless because our fields and our vineyards belong to others When I heard His protest of these charges I was very angry, I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials.

I told them that they were charging interest from their own people, so I called a large meeting to deal with them and told them that, to the extent possible, We have brought back our fellow Jews who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you're selling your own people just so they can sell them to us. They stayed silent because they couldn't find anything to say, so I continued. What you are doing is not right. Do you not walk in the fear of our god to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies? I and my brothers and my men are also lending money and grain to the people but let's stop charging interest, let's immediately return their fields, vineyards, olive trees and houses and also the interest that you are charging them, one percent of the money, grain, new wine and olive oil. olive we will return it they said and we will not demand anything more from them we will do as you say then I called the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised.

I also shook the folds of my cloak and said in this way that God shake from his house and possessions anyone who does not fulfill this promise so that such a person may be shaken and emptied in this the whole assembly said our men and praised the Lord and the people did what they had promised, furthermore, from the 20th year of King Artaxerxes, when I was appointed their governor in the land of Judah, until the 32nd year, 12 years, neither I nor my brothers in the food assigned to the governor, but The previous governors, those who preceded me, placed a heavy burden on the people and took 40 shekels of silver from them in addition to food and wine.

His help also praised him over the people, but out of reverence for God I did not act like this, but dedicated myself. for the work of this wall all my men were gathered there for the work we did not acquire any land also one hundred and fifty Jews and officials at my table as well as those who came to us from the neighboring nations each day one ox six They prepared for me select sheep and some birds and every ten days abundant wine of all kinds, despite all this I never demanded the food assigned to the governor because the demands were heavy for these people, remember me with favor, my God, for everything I have done for these people nehemiah chapter 6. when the news came to a lay of tobiah gesham the arab and the rest of our enemies that he had rebuilt the wall and had not left a single gap in it, although up to that time there had been I did not put the gates in the gates .

Son Balad and Geshem sent me this message. Come, let's meet at one of the villages in the Ono plane, but they were planning to harm me, so I sent messengers to them with this answer. I keep going. a big project and I can't get off why should the work stop while I leave you and come to you four times they sent me the same message and each time I gave them the same answer, the fifth time Sam Ballard sent me his assistant with the same message and in his hand was an open letter in which it was written, it is reported among the nations and Geshem says that it is true that you and the Jews are plotting to rebel and therefore you are building the wall, furthermore, according to these reports, they are about to become their king and they have even appointed prophets to make this proclamation about you in Jerusalem there is a king in Judah now this report will reach the king so come let's meet I sent him this response nothing like what you are What you say is happening, you are just making it up.

Everyone was trying to scare us into thinking that their hands would become too weak for the work and it would not be

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d, but I prayed now to strengthen my hands. One day I went to the house of Semias son of Dalías, the son of Mahetta Bell who was locked up in his house said: let's meet in the house of God inside the temple and close the doors of the temple because men are coming to kill you at night. coming to kill you but I said that if a man like me runs away or if someone like me enters the temple to save his life, I will not go.

I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had prophesied against me because Tobit and Sam. balot had hired him they had hired him to intimidate me into committing a sin by doing this and then they would give me a bad name to discredit me remember the buyer and sand ticket my god for what they have done also remember the the prophet noah daya and how she and the rest of the prophets have been trying to intimidate me, so the wall was

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d on the 25th of elul in 52 days, when all our enemies found out about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost confidence in themselves.

Because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our god. Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Dubai and responses from Tobiah continued to arrive because many in Judah were under oath to him since he was a son-in-law. of shechemia son of era and his son jehohanan had married the daughter of mashalam son of barakaya furthermore they kept informing me of his good works and then telling him what I said and tobitah sent letters to intimidate me nehemiah chapter seven after the The wall had been rebuilt and had put the doors in their place.

The doorkeepers, the musicians and the Levites were appointed. I put my brother Hane in charge of Jerusalem along with Hanonaya, the commander of the citadel because he was a man of integrity and feared God the most. that I told most of the people that the gates of jerusalem should not be opened until the sun is hot while the doormen are still on duty they make them close the gates and lock them they also appoint residents of jerusalem as guards some at their posts and others near their own houses now the city was large and spacious but there were few people in it and the houses had not yet been rebuilt so my god put it in my heart to gather the nobles, the officials and the common people for the registration by families I found. the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return this is what I found written there these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive returned to Jerusalem and Judah each to his own own people in the company of Zerubbabel Joshua Nehemiah Azariah Rayamaya Neha Mainai Mordekai Bilshan Miss Bharath Bigvai Nihum and Bayana the list of the men of Israel the descendants of Perosh 2172 of Shepherd 372 of Arama 652 of Pay Health Moab through the line of Joshua and Joab 2818 of elam 1254 of zatu 845 of zac ai 760 of bin ui 648 of bbi 628 of asgard 2322 of adenaicam 667 of big vai 2067 of Aiden 655 of ata until hezekiah 98 of hashem 328 of bzi 324 of harif 112 of gibeon 95 the men of Bethlehem and Natofa 188 of Anathot 128 of Beth as Mabeth 42 of Kiriat Jiyarim Kaphara and Biroth 743 of Rama and Jiba 621 of Mikmash 122 of Betel and a 123 of the other Nebo 52 of the other Elam 1254 of Harim 320 of Jericho 345 of Lord Hayden and Ono 721 of Seneya 3930 the priests the descendants of Jedi through the family of Jeshua 973 of Emma 1052 of Pashur 1204 of 1017 the Levites the descendants of Joshua through Cadmium through the line of Hadavaya 74. the musicians the descendants of asaf 148 the gatekeepers the descendants of shalom ayta talman akub hataita and shabbai 138 the servants of the temple the descendants of zaihar hasufa tabayoth keros saya payton lebena Haceba chalmay the descendants of the servants of solomon the descendants of sotai safareth paridah jayala darkon gidel shafataya hatil takareth hazabayim the servants of the temple and the descendants of the servants of solomon 392. the following came up from the towns of talmila telhasha but could not prove that their families descended from israel the descendants of delayer tobias and nikola 642 and from among the priests the descendants from Habaya Hakkoth and Basilei, a man who married the daughter of Barcelia the Gileadite and was called by that name.

They searched for their family records but could not find them and that is why they were excluded from the priesthood for being unclean. The governor therefore ordered them not to eat none of the most sacred foods until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim, the entire company numbered 42,360. In addition to their 7,337 male and female slaves and they also had 245 male and female singers, there were 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels and six thousand seven hundred and twenty donkeys some of the heads of families contributed to the work the governor gave the treasury one thousand directs of gold 50 cups and 530 garments for priests some of the heads of families gave twenty thousand directs of gold to the treasury gold and two thousand two hundred minas of silver, the total given by the rest of the people was twenty thousand direct gold, two thousand minas of Silva and sixty 67 vestments for the priests, the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the musicians and the temple, the servants along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites settled in their own towns when the seventh month arrived the Israelites had settled in their languages ​​nehemiah chapter eight and all the people gathered as one in the square in front of the water gate, They told Ezra the teacher of the law to bring out the book of the Lord of Moses that the Lord had ordained for Israel.

So on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priests brought the law before the assembly which was composed of men and women and all who can understand read it aloud from dawn until noon while looking towards the square in front of the water gate in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand and all the people listened attentively to the book of the Lord Ezra The teacher of the law was on a high wooden platform built for the occasion next to him, on his right was Matitaya Shima Anaya Uriah Hilkiah and Mayasaya and on his left were Padaya Mishael Malkija Haysham Hashbadana Zechariah and Meshulam Ezra opened the book and all the people He could see it because he was standing over them and when he opened it, all the people stood up, Ezra praised the lord, the great god, and all the people raised their hands and answered: our men are men, then they bowed down and worshiped. to the Lord with his face on the ground, the Levites Jeshua. bainai sharabaya jamin akob shabatai hodaya mayasaya kalita alejaiah jazabad hanan and pelaya instructed the people in the law while the people were there they read from the book of the law of God making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read then nehemiah The governor Ezra, the priest and teacher of the law, and the Levites who instructed the people told them that this whole day is

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to the Lord your God, do not grieve or cry because all the people have been crying when they heard the words of the law Nehemiah He said go and enjoy select food and sweet drinks and send some to those who have nothing prepared this day is

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for our lord do not be saddened by the joy of the lord it is his strength the Levites calmed all the people saying stay still because this It is a holy day, do not be sad, then all the people went to eat and drink, send portions of food and celebrate with great joy because now they understood the words that had been made known to them on the second day of In that month, the leaders of All the families, together with the priests and the Levites, gathered around Ezra, teacher of the law, to pay attention to the words of the law that they found written in the law that the Lord had commanded through Moses that they should live. the Israelites. in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their cities and in Jerusalem they should go out to the mountainous region and bring branches of olive trees and wild olive trees and of myrtles and other leafy trees. to make temporary shelters as it is written, then the people went out and brought branches and built temporary shelters on their own roofs in their courtyards in the courts of the house of God and in the square next to the Water Gate and the one that was next to the door. of Ephraim the whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them from the days of Joshua the son of none until that day the Israelites had not celebrated it like this and their joy was very great day after day from the first day until the last Ezra read from the book of the Lord of God they celebrated the festival for seven days and on the eighth day according to the regulation there was an assembly Nehemiah chapter nine on the twenty-fourth day of the same month the Israelites gathered fasting and dressed in sackcloth and throwing themselves dust in the head, those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all the foreigners, they stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors, they stayed where they were and read from the book of the lord the lord their god for a quarter of the day and they spent another quarter in confession and worshiping the lord their god standing on the steps of the Levites were jeshua bainai kadmiel shabanaya bhunai sharabaya bainai and kananai cried with a loud voice to the lord their god and the Levites jeshua cadmium baini hashem naya sharabaya hodaya shabanaya and pethahya they said arise and praise the lord your god who is from everlasting to everlasting blessed be your glorious name and be exalted above all blessing and praise aloneYou are the Lord who made the heavens to the highest heavens and all their starry host the earth and everything in it the seas and everything in them you give life to everything and the multitudes of heaven worship you you are the lord god who chose abraham and brought him out of ur of the chaldeans and you called him abraham you found his heart faithful to you and you made a pact with him to give to his descendants the land of the canaanites hitites amorites parasites jebusites and gurgashites you have fulfilled your promise because you are righteous you saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt you heard their cry at the red sea you sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh against all his officials and all the people of his land because you knew with what arrogance the Egyptians you made a name for yourself that remains for you Today you divided the sea before them so that they could cross it on dry land, but you threw their pursuers into the depths like a stone in rushing waters, by day you guided them with a column of cloud and by night with a column of fire. enlighten them on the path they should take you descended to Mount Sinai you spoke to them from heaven you gave them regulations and laws that adjust and correct and decrees and commandments that are good you made your holy Sabbath known to them and you gave them decrees and laws through your servant Moses in their hunger you gave them bread from heaven and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock you told them to come in and take possession of the land that you had sworn with a raised hand to give them but Our ancestors became arrogant and stubborn, and they did not obey your orders, they refused to listen and did not remember the miracles you performed among them, they became stubborn and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their slavery, but you are a forgiving god, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abundant.

Therefore, in love you did not abandon them, not even when they made an image of a calf and said: "This is your god who brought you out of Egypt," nor when they committed terrible blasphemies because of your great compassion, you did not abandon them in the desert during the day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path nor the pillar of fire at night to illuminate the path they should take you gave your good spirit to instruct them you did not withhold your way of speaking from their mouths but you gave them water to their thirst for forty years you sustained them in the desert they lacked nothing their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet swell you gave them kingdoms and nations assigning to them even the most remote borders they took possession of the country of the offspring of the king of hechman and the country of og king of bayshon, you made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky and brought them to the land which you told their fathers to enter and possess, their children entered and took possession of the land.

You subdued before them the Canaanites who lived in the land, you handed the Canaanites into their hands along with their kings and the people of the land so that they could deal with them as they pleased, they captured fortified cities and fertile lands, they took possession of houses full of everything. types of good things wells already dug vineyards olive groves and fruit trees in abundance they ate abundantly and ate well they delighted in your great goodness but they were disobedient and rebelled against you they turned their backs on your law they killed your prophets that you had warned them to return them to you, they committed terrible blasphemies and you delivered them into the hands of their enemies who oppressed them, but when they were oppressed they cried out to you from heaven, you listened to them and in your great compassion you gave them liberators who rescued them from the hand of their enemies but as soon as they were at rest they again did evil before your eyes, then you abandoned them into the hands of their enemies so that they might rule over them and when they cried to you again you heard from heaven and in your compassion you delivered them again and again. you warned them to return them to your law but they became arrogant and disobeyed your commandments they sinned against your ordinances of which you said the person who obeys them you will live with them they stubbornly turned their back on you you became stubborn and refused to listen for many years you were patient with them By your spirit you warned them through your profits but they did not listen so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples but in your great mercy you did not put an end to them nor did you abandon them because now you are a gracious and merciful god, therefore, our god, the great powerful and fearsome god who keeps his pact of love, do not allow all these difficulties to seem insignificant. before your eyes the difficulties that have befallen our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all your people from the days of the kings of Assyria until today in everything that has happened to us you have remained righteous you have acted faithfully while we acted wrong our kings our leaders our priests our ancestors did not follow your law they did not pay attention to your commandments nor to the statutes that you want them to keep even while they were in their kingdom enjoying your great goodness towards them on the earth spacious and fertile that you gave them they did not serve you nor did they turn from their evil ways but look, today we are slaves slaves in the land that you gave to our ancestors so that they could eat its fruit and the other goods it produces because of our sins.

Their bountiful harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us they rule our bodies and our livestock as they please we are in great distress in view of all this we are making a binding agreement by putting it in writing and our leaders our Levites and our priests are telling you. Nehemiah putting his seals chapter 10 Those who sealed it were Nehemiah the governor son of Hackalia Zedekiah Soraya Azariah Jeremiah Pashua Amariah Milkija Hatush Shabanaya Maluk Harim Miramath These were the priests the Levites Jeshua son of Azanaya Binuwai of the sons of Hanedad Kadmiel and their associates Shabanaya hodaya the leaders of the people peyrosh moab zatu bainai bonai asgard bibayai adonijah big vai aydin ayta hezekiah the rest of the people priests levites doorkeepers musicians temple servants and all those who were separated from neighboring peoples because of the law of god together with their wives and all his sons and daughters who were able to understand all this now join their fellow israelites the nobles and bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the lord of god given through moses the servant of god and to carefully obey all the commandments regulations and decrees of the lord our lord we promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the towns around us nor take their daughters for our sons when the neighboring towns bring goods or grain to sell on the sabbath we will not buy from them on the sabbath or on any holy day every seventh year we will stop working the land and cancel all debts we assume the responsibility of fulfilling the commandments to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our god for the bread placed on the table for periodic offerings of grain and burnt offerings for the Sabbath offerings at the new moon festivals and at the appointed festivals for holy offerings for sin offerings to make atonement for Israel and for all the duties of the house of our god we the Priests, the Levites and the people have cast lots to determine when each of our families must bring to the house of our god at certain times each year a contribution of wood to burn on the altar of the lord our god as it is written in the law We also assume the responsibility of bringing to the house of the Lord each year the first fruits of our crops and of every fruit tree, as it is also written in the law, we will bring the firstborn of our children and of our livestock, of our cows and of our flocks to the house of our god to the priests who minister there, in addition we will take to the storehouses of the house of our god to the priests the first fruits of our flour ground from our grain offerings. of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil and we will take the tithe of our crops to the Levites because it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.

A priest descended from Aeron must accompany the Levites when they receive the tithes and the Levites must bring the tenth of the tithes to the house of our god to the storehouses of the treasury the people of Israel, including the Levites, must bring their contributions from grain, new wine and olives. oil to the warehouses where the utensils for the sanctuary are also kept and for the ministering priests, the doorkeepers and the musicians, we will not neglect the house of our god Nehemiah chapter 11 now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem the rest of the people contributed a lot to bring one in ten to live in jerusalem the holy city while the remaining nine would stay in their own villages the people praised all those who volunteered to live in jerusalem these are the provincial leaders who settled in jerusalem now some Israelites the Levitical priests, the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon lived in the towns of Judah each on their properties in the different towns while other people from both Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem of the descendants of Judah clothing son of azia son of zechariah son of amariah the son of shepherd the son of mahalal a descendant of piraes and mayasaya son of baroque the son of khal joseph the son of azia the son of adayah the son of joya rib the son of zechariah a descendant of sheila the descendants of Piraehs who lived in Jerusalem in total 468 men of position from the descendants of Benjamin salu son of mashulem son of joad son of padaya son of khalia son of Mahasiah son of Ethial son of Jesus and his followers gabayai and salayai 928 men joel son of zikrai was their chief officer and judah son of hassanua was in charge of the new quarter of the city of the jedi priests son of jewel rib jacon sariah son of hilkiah son of muslim son of zadok son of maryam son of a tube high the official in charge of the house of god and his associates who carried out the work for the temple eight hundred and twenty-two men adayah son of jaroham son of pelelia son of amsai son of Zechariah son of pasur son of malkija and his companions who were leaders of families 242 men Amishai son of Azarathe son of Assai son of Mashilamoth son of Emma and his companions who were men of prestige brunei shabbat i and joseph two of the leaders of the levites who were in charge of the exterior work of the house of god matanya son of micah son of zabday son of asaph the director who led in thanksgiving and prayer bach bukaya second among his associates and Abdah son of son of Galal son of Jedu that the Levites in the holy city numbered 284 the talmon porters and their associates who guarded the doors 172 men the rest of the Israelites with the priests and Levites were in all the towns of Judah each one in their ancestral property the servants of the temple lived on the hill of ophel and zaihar and gisba were in charge of them the chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was ozai the son of bainai the son of hashabaya the son of matanaya the son of micah uzai was one of the descendants of asap who were the musicians responsible for the service of the house of god the musicians were under the orders of the king who regulated their daily activity petahya son of mashizabil one of the The descendants of Zira son of Judah were agents of the king in all the affairs related to the people regarding the villages with their fields.

Some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath and its surrounding settlements in Daibon and its settlements in Jakarta and its towns in Jeshua in malaydah in beth pilat in hezashuel in beersheba and its settlements in ziklag in makona and its settlements in en ramon in zora in jammuth zanoa adalam and its villages in lakish and its fields and asaka and its settlements so they lived from beersheba to the valley of hinnom the descendants of the benjamites of jiba lived in mikmash ija betel and their settlements in anatot nob and ananias in hazel branch and gitaim In Haided Zabohim and Nevalad some of the divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin Nehemiah Chapter 12 These were the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shiatiel and with Joshua Soraya Jeremiah Ezra Amariah Malok Hathus Shakunaya Rihum Merumoth These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of joshua the levites were jeshua binuwai kadmiel sharabaya judah and also matanya who together with his associates was in charge of the thanksgiving songs and onai his associates were in front of them in the services joshua was the father of joakim joy kim the father of eliashib eliashib the father of joyada joyada the father of jonathan and jonathan the father of jedua in the days of joachim these were the heads of the priestly families of the family of soraya mariah of jeremiah hananiah of esdras masholam of Amariah Jihohen of Maluk Jonathan of Shechem is Joseph of the idols Zechariah of Gynathons Meshulam of Abijah Zikrai of Maniamins and Moa Dyers of Amox Eber the heads of the families of the Levites in the days of Eliashib Joyada Johannan and Jedua as well as those of the priests were recorded in the reign of darius the persian the heads of families among the descendants of levi until the time of johannan son of eliaship were recorded inthe book of the annals and the leaders of the Levites were hashebair cherubia jeshua son of cadiel and his associates who stood before them to praise and give thanks one section responding to the other as prescribed by david the man of god were gatekeepers who guarded the Storehouses at the doors served in the days of Joyakim son of Joshua son of Josephedek and in the days of the governor Nehemiah and the priest Ezra teacher of the law at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem the Levites were sought from where they lived and were taken to Jerusalem To joyfully celebrate the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and music from symbolic and lying harps, musicians from the region around Jerusalem from the villages of the Natopatias of Beth Gilgal and the area of ​​Jiba and Asmavath also gathered for the musicians had built villages around Jerusalem when the priests and Levites had ceremonially purified themselves they purified the people the gates and the wall I had the leaders of Judah climb on top of the ball I also assigned two large choirs to give thanks one was to advance on the wall to the right towards the dung gate hoshaya and half of the leaders of judah followed them along with Azariah ezra meshalam judah benjamin shamia jeremiah as well as some priests with trumpets and also zechariah son of jonathan son of shamaya son of matanaya son of makaya son of zakur son of asaph and his associates shamaya alejal mililai gilalai may i with musical instruments prescribed by david the man of god ezra the teacher of the law led the procession at the fountain gate they continued directly up the stairs of the city of david on the ascent to the wall and passed over the site of David's palace to the water gate in the east the second choir advanced in the opposite direction I followed them to the top of the wall together with half of the town passing the tower of the Furnaces to the broad wall above the gate of Ephraim the gate of chashanah the gate of fish the tower of Hananel and the tower of the hundred to the gate of the Sheep at the gate of the guard they stopped the two choirs that gave thanks and then took their places in the house of God, so did I along with half of the Eli officials and priests. akim mahasaya minayamin mikaya ilaoinai zechariah and hanonaya with their trumpets and also mayasaya shamaya elieza uzai jehohenan malkija ilam and isa the choirs sang under the direction of jezrahaya and that day they offered great sacrifices rejoicing because god had given them great joy the women and children Also They rejoiced, the sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem was heard in the distance.

At that time, men were appointed to be in charge of the warehouses for the contributions of the firstfruits and tithes from the fields around the cities, they were to take the portions to the warehouses. required by the law for the priests and Levites of Judah he was pleased with the ministering priests and the Levites performed the service of their god and the service of purification as did the musicians and porters according to the commands of David and his son Solomon since For a long time in the days of David and Asaph there had been directors for the musicians and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God, so in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah all Israel contributed the daily portions for the musicians and the porters as well.

They set aside the portion for the other Levites and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aeron Nehemiah Chapter 13 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the ears of the people and there it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be admitted. in the assembly of god because they had not received the Israelites with food and water, but had hired balaam to cast a curse on them, our god; However, they turned the curse into a blessing when the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent before this Elijah the priest had been put in charge of the storehouses of the house of our god he was closely associated with Tobiah and had provided him with a large room that was formerly used to store the grain offerings, incense and temple articles and also the tithes of grain, new wine and olive oil prescribed for the Levites, musicians and doorkeepers, as well as contributions for the priests, but while all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem because in the 32nd year of Artaxerxes, king of Babylon, he had returned.

Some time later I asked the king for permission and returned to Jerusalem, where I learned of the evil that a liar had done by providing Tobit a room in the courts of the house of God. I felt very upset and through all the goods of Tobias' house came out. From the room I gave the order to purify the rooms and then I put back into them the equipment of the house of God with the grain offerings and the incense. I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them and that all The Levites and musicians Those responsible for the service had returned to their own fields, so I rebuked the officials and asked them why the house of God was neglected.

Then I called them and placed them in their positions. All Judah brought tithes of grain, new wine. and olive oil in the warehouses I put shalamaya the priest zadok the scribe and a levite called padaya in charge of the warehouses and appointed hainan son of zakur the son of matanaya his assistant because they were considered trustworthy, they were held responsible to distribute the supplies to their fellow Levites they remember me for this my god and do not erase what I have done so faithfully for the house of my god and his services in those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing grain and carrying it . on donkeys along with grapes for wine, figs and all other kinds of cargo and they brought all this to Jerusalem on the Sabbath, so I warned them not to sell food on that day, the people of Tire who lived in Jerusalem brought fish and all kinds of goods.

And selling them in Jerusalem on the Sabbath to the people of Judah, I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, what is this evil that you were doing by profaning the Sabbath? Didn't your ancestors do the same so that our god would bring everyone? This calamity upon us and upon this city you are now provoking more anger against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath when the shadows of the evening fell on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath I ordered the gates to be closed and not to be opened until the Sabbath was over. some of my own men at the gates so that no cargo could be brought in on the Sabbath once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem but I warned them and told them why they spend the night night by the wall if you do this again I will arrest you from that moment on they no longer came on Saturday so I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and go to guard the doors to sanctify the Sabbath day, remember me for this also my god and have mercy on me according to your great love.

Furthermore, in those days I saw men from Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab, half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of some other people and they did not I knew how to speak the language of Judah, I rebuked them and cursed them, I struck some of the men and tore out their hair, I made them swear an oath in the name of God, and I told them that they should not marry their daughters to their sons, nor should you take their daughters in marriage. Marriage for your children nor for yourselves, was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned among the many nations there was no king like him he was loved by his god and god made him? king over all israel but even he was led into sin by foreign women should we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible evil and are being unfaithful to our god by marrying foreign women one of the sons of joyada son of elijah the great priest?

He was a son-in-law and I removed him from me, remember them, my god, because they profaned the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites, so I purified the priests and the Levites from everything foreign and assigned duties to each one . In his own task I also provided for contributions of wood at the indicated times and for the first fruits, remember me with favor, my God.