Nehemiah 8
Ezra Reads the Law to the People 1 By the seventh month the people of Israel were all settled in their towns. On the first day of that month they…
Nehemiah 9
The People Confess Their Sins 1-2 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month the people of Israel gathered to fast in order to show sorrow for their sins. They…
Nehemiah 10
1 The first to sign was the governor, Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and then Zedekiah signed. The following also signed: Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, Harim,…
Nehemiah 11
The People Who Lived in Jerusalem 1 The leaders settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people drew lots to choose one family out of every ten to go…
Nehemiah 12
List of Priests and Levites 1 The following is a list of the priests and Levites who returned from exile with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with the High Priest…
Nehemiah 13
Separation from Foreigners 1 When the Law of Moses was being read aloud to the people, they came to the passage that said that no Ammonite or Moabite was ever…
Ezra 1
Cyrus Commands the Jews to Return 1 In the first year that Cyrus of Persia was emperor,the Lord made what he had said through the prophet Jeremiah come true. He…
Ezra 2
The List of Those Who Returned from Exile 1 Many of the exiles left the province of Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, all to their own hometowns. Their…
Ezra 3
Worship Begins Again 1 By the seventh month the people of Israel were all settled in their towns. Then they all assembled in Jerusalem, 2 and Joshua son of Jehozadak,…
Ezra 4
Opposition to the Rebuilding of the Temple 1 The enemies of the people of Judah and Benjamin heard that those who had returned from exile were rebuilding the Temple of…