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And again we besought our Lord as touching these things, and found him favourable unto us.
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Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Esebrias, and Assanias, and ten men of
their brethren with them:
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And I weighed them the gold, and the silver, and the holy vessels of the house of our Lord,
which the king, and his council, and the princes, and all Israel, had given.
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And when I had weighed it, I delivered unto them six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and
silver vessels of an hundred talents, and an hundred talents of gold,
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And twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, even of fine brass, glittering like
gold.
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And I said unto them, Both ye are holy unto the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the gold
and the silver is a vow unto the Lord, the Lord of our fathers.
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Watch ye, and keep them till ye deliver them to the chief of the priests and Levites, and to
the principal men of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, into the chambers of the house of our God.
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So the priests and the Levites, who had received the silver and the gold and the vessels, brought
them unto Jerusalem, into the temple of the Lord.
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And from the river Theras we departed the twelfth day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem
by the mighty hand of our Lord, which was with us: and from the beginning of our journey the
Lord delivered us from every enemy, and so we came to Jerusalem.
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And when we had been there three days, the gold and silver that was weighed was delivered
in the house of our Lord on the fourth day unto Marmoth the priest the son of Iri.
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And with him was Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them were Josabad the son of Jesu
and Moeth the son of Sabban, Levites: all was delivered them by number and weight.
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And all the weight of them was written up the same hour.
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Moreover they that were come out of the captivity offered sacrifice unto the Lord God of
Israel, even twelve bullocks for all Israel, fourscore and sixteen rams,
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Threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice to the
Lord.
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And they delivered the king's commandments unto the king's stewards' and to the governors
of Celosyria and Phenice; and they honoured the people and the temple of God.
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Now when these things were done, the rulers came unto me, and said,
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The nation of Israel, the princes, the priests and Levites, have not put away from them the
strange people of the land, nor the pollutions of the Gentiles to wit, of the Canaanites, Hittites,
Pheresites, Jebusites, and the Moabites, Egyptians, and Edomites.
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For both they and their sons have married with their daughters, and the holy seed is mixed
with the strange people of the land; and from the beginning of this matter the rulers and the great
men have been partakers of this iniquity.
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And as soon as I had heard these things, I rent my clothes, and the holy garment, and pulled
off the hair from off my head and beard, and sat me down sad and very heavy.
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