1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the
3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they
4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the
6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and
8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household
9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither
10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been
11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of
12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine
13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest,
14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good
15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and
17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them,
18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this
19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to
20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without
21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye
22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves,
23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod,
25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of
26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among
27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to
29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the
30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards