The Book Of Second EZRA - ESDRAS - Chapter 5
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After this were the principal men of the families chosen according to their tribes,
to go up with their wives and sons and daughters, with their menservants and
maidservants, and their cattle.
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And Darius sent with them one thousand horsemen, till they had brought them
back to Yerusalem safely, and with musical instruments tabrets and flutes.
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And all their brethren played, and he made them go up together with them.
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And these are the names of the men which went up, according to their families
among their tribes, after their several heads.
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The kohenim, the sons of Phinehas the son of Aaron: Yoshua the son of Josedec,
the son of SaraiYah, and Joacim the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, of
the house of David, out of the kindred of Phares, of the tribe of Yahudah;
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Who spoke wise sentences before Darius the king of Persia in the second year of
his reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first month.
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And these are they of Yahudah that came up from the captivity, where they dwelt
as strangers, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon.
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And they returned to Yerusalem, and to the other parts of Yahudah, every man to
his own city, who came with Zorobabel, with Yoshua, NehemiYah, and ZachariYah,
and ReesaiYah, Enenius, Mordecai. Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reelius, Roimus, and
Baana, their guides.
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The number of them of the nation, and their governors, sons of Phoros, two
thousand one hundred and seventy two; the sons of Saphat, four hundred and
seventy two:
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The sons of Ares, seven hundred and fifty six:
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The sons of Phaath Moab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve:
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The sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty four: the sons of Zathul,
nine hundred and forty five: the sons of Corbe, seven hundred and five: the
sons of Bani, six hundred and forty eight:
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The sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty three: the sons of Sadas, three
thousand two hundred and twenty two:
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The sons of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty seven: the sons of Bagoi, two
thousand and sixty six: the sons of Adin, four hundred and fifty four:
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The sons of AtereziYah, ninety two: the sons of Ceilan and Azetas sixty seven:
the sons of Azuran, four hundred and thirty two:
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The sons of AnaniYah, one hundred and one: the sons of Arom, thirty two: and
the sons of Bassa, three hundred and twenty three: the sons of Azephurith, one
hundred and two:
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The sons of Meterus, three thousand and five: the sons of Bethlomon, one
hundred and twenty three:
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They of Netophah, fifty five: they of Anathoth, one hundred and fifty eight:
they of Bethsamos, forty two:
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They of Kiriathiarius, twenty five: they of Caphira and Beroth, seven hundred
and forty three: they of Pira, seven hundred:
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They of Chadiah and Ammidoi, four hundred and twenty two: they of Cirama and
Gabdes, six hundred and twenty one:
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They of Macalon, one hundred and twenty two: they of Betolius, fifty two: the
sons of Nephis, one hundred and fifty six:
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The sons of Calamolalus and Onus, seven hundred and twenty five: the sons of
Jerechus, two hundred and forty five:
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The sons of Annas, three thousand three hundred and thirty.
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The kohenim: the sons of Jeddu, the son of Yoshua among the sons of Sanasib,
nine hundred and seventy two: the sons of Meruth, one thousand and fifty two:
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The sons of Phassaron, one thousand and forty seven: the sons of Carme, one
thousand and seventeen.
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The Levites: the sons of Jessue, and Cadmiel, and Banuas, and Sudias, seventy
four.
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The kodesh singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and twenty eight.
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The porters: the sons of Salum, the sons of Jatal, the sons of Talmon, the sons
of Dacobi, the sons of Teta, the sons of Sami, in all one hundred and thirty
nine.
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The servants of the Great Tabernacle: the sons of Esau, the sons of Asipha, the
sons of Tabaoth, the sons of Ceras, the sons of Sud, the sons of Phaleas, the
sons of Labana, the sons of Graba,
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The sons of Acua, the sons of Uta, the sons of Cetab, the sons of Agaba, the
sons of Subai, the sons of Anan, the sons of Cathua, the sons of Geddur,
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The sons of Airus, the sons of Daisan, the sons of Noeba, the sons of Chaseba,
the sons of Gazera, the sons of Azia, the sons of Phinehas, the sons of Azare,
the sons of Bastai, the sons of Asana, the sons of Meani, the sons of Naphisi,
the sons of Acub, the sons of Acipha, the sons of Assyria, the sons of
Pharacim, the sons of Basaloth,
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The sons of Meeda, the sons of Coutha, the sons of Charea, the sons of Charcus,
the sons of Aserer, the sons of Thomoi, the sons of Nasith, the sons of Atipha.
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The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Azaphion, the sons of Pharira,
the sons of Jeeli, the sons of Lozon, the sons of Yisrael, the sons of Sapheth,
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The sons of Hagia, the sons of Pharacareth, the sons of Sabi, the sons of
Sarothie, the sons of Masias, the sons of Gar, the sons of Addus, the sons of
Suba, the sons of Apherra, the sons of Barodis, the sons of Sabat, the sons of
Allom.
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All the ministers of the tabernacle, and the sons of the servants of Solomon,
were three hundred and seventy two.
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These came up from Thermeleth and Thelersas, Charaathalar leading them, and
Aalar;
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Neither could they show their families, nor their stock, how they were of
Yisrael: the sons of Ladan, the son of Ban, the sons of Necodan, six hundred
and fifty two.
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And of the kohenim that usurped the office of the order of kohenim, and were
not found: the sons of Obdia, the sons of Accoz, the sons of Addus, who married
Augia one of the daughters of Barzelus, and was named after his name.
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And when the description of the kindred of these men was sought in the
register, and was not found, they were removed from executing the office of the
order of kohenim:
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For to them said NehemiYah and AthariYah, that they should not be partakers of
the kodesh things, till there arose up a high kohen clothed with doctrine and
truth.
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So of Yisrael, from them of twelve years old and upward, they were all in
number forty thousand, beside menservants and womenservants two thousand three
hundred and sixty.
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Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred and forty
seven: the singing men and singing women, two hundred and forty five:
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Four hundred and thirty five camels, seven thousand and thirty six horses, two
hundred and forty five mules, five thousand five hundred and twenty five beasts
used to the yoke.
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And certain of the chief of their families, when they came to the Great
Tabernacle of YAHWEH that is in Yerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in
its own place according to their ability,
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And to give into the kodesh treasury of the works a thousand pounds of gold,
five thousand of silver, and one hundred priestly vestments.
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And so dwelt the kohenim and the Levites and the people in Yerusalem, and in
the country, the singers also and the porters; and all Yisrael in their
villages.
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But when the seventh month was at hand, and when the children of Yisrael were
every man in his own place, they came all together with one consent into the
open place of the first gate which is toward the east.
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Then stood up Yoshua the son of Josedec, and his brethren the kohenim and
Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and made ready the altar of
YAHWEH of Yisrael,
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To offer burnt sacrifices upon it, according as it is expressly commanded in
the book of Mosheh the man of YAHWEH.
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And there were gathered to them out of the other nations of the land, and they
erected the altar upon his own place, because all the nations of the land were
at enmity with them, and oppressed them; and they offered sacrifices according
to the time, and burnt offerings to YAHWEH both morning and evening.
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Also they held the feast of tabernacles, as it is commanded in the Torah, and
offered sacrifices daily, as was meet:
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And after that, the continual oblations, and the sacrifice of the shabbats, and
of the new months, and of all kodesh feasts.
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And all they that had made any vow to YAHWEH, began to offer sacrifices to
YAHWEH from the first day of the seventh month, although the Great Tabernacle
of YAHWEH was not yet built.
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And they gave to the masons and carpenters money, meat, and drink, with
cheerfulness.
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To them of Zidon also and Tyre they gave them carriers, that they should bring
cedar trees from Libanus, which should be brought by floats to the haven of
Joppa, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus king of the Persians.
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And in the second year and second month after his coming to the Great
Tabernacle of YAHWEH at Yerusalem began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and
Yoshua the son of Josedec, and their brethren, and the kohenim, and the
Levites, and all they that were come to Yerusalem out of the captivity:
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And they laid the foundation of the house of YAHWEH in the first day of the
second month, in the second year after they were come to Yahudah and Yerusalem.
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And they appointed the Levites from twenty years old over the works of YAHWEH.
Then stood up Yoshua, and his sons and brethren, and Cadmiel his brother, and
the sons of Madiabun, with the sons of Joda the son of Eliadun, with their sons
and brethren, all Levites, with one accord setters forward of the business,
laboring to advance the works in the house of YAHWEH. So the workmen built the
Great Tabernacle of YAHWEH.
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And the kohenim stood arrayed in their vestments with musical instruments and
shofars; and the Levites the sons of Asaph had cymbals,
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Singing songs of thanksgiving, and praising YAHWEH, according as David the king
of Yisrael had ordained.
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And they sang with loud voices songs to the praise of YAHWEH, because HIS mercy
and majesty is forever in all Yisrael.
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And all the people sounded shofars, and shouted with a loud voice, singing
songs of thanksgiving to YAHWEH for the rearing up of the house of YAHWEH.
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Also of the kohenim and Levites, and of the chief of their families, the
ancients who had seen the former house came to the building of this with
weeping and great crying.
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But many with shofars and joy shouted with loud voice,
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Insomuch that the shofars might not be heard for the weeping of the people: yet
the multitude sounded marvelously, so that it was heard afar off.
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Wherefore when the enemies of the tribe of Yahudah and Benjamin heard it, they
came to know what that noise of shofars should mean.
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And they perceived that they that were of the captivity did build the Great
Tabernacle to YAHWEH of Yisrael.
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So they went to Zorobabel and Yoshua, and to the chief of the families, and
said to them, We will build together with you.
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For we likewise, as you, do obey your YAHWEH, and do sacrifice to HIM from the
days of Azbazareth the king of the Assyrians, who brought us here.
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Then Zorobabel and Yoshua and the chief of the families of Yisrael said to
them, It is not for us and you to build together a house to YAHWEH our
Sovereign.
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We ourselves alone will build to YAHWEH of Yisrael, according as Cyrus the king
of the Persians has commanded us.
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But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Yahudah, and
holding them strait, hindered their building;
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And by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they
hindered the finishing of the building all the time that king Cyrus lived: so
they were hindered from building for the space of two years, until the reign of
Darius.