And after these words in the kingdom of Arthasatha king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, Son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, read more. Son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, Son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki, Son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the head priest:

Arthasatha, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of the heavens, being perfected, and thus. A decree was set from me that all being willing in my kingdom, from the people of Israel and his priests and Levites, to go to Jerusalem, shall go with thee. read more. For the cause that being sent from before the king and the seven counselors to seek concerning Judah and for Jerusalem, by the law of thy God that is in thy hand; And to bring the silver and the gold that the king and his counselors gave willingly to the God of Israel, whom his dwelling in Jerusalem. And all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babel, with the voluntary gifts of the people and the priests giving willingly to the house of their God that is in Jerusalem: For this cause speedily shalt thou buy with this silver, oxen, rams, lambs, with their gifts and their libations, and thou shalt bring them near upon the altar of the house of your God that is in Jerusalem. And whatever to thee and to thy brethren shall be good to do with the rest of the silver and gold; according to the will of your God ye shall do. And the vessels that are given to thee for the service of the house of thy God, restore before the God of Jerusalem. And the rest being necessary for the house of thy God, that shall fall to thee to give thou shalt give from the house of the king's treasure. And from me, I Arthasatha the king, a decree was set up to all the treasurers that are beyond the river, that all which Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of the heavens, shall ask of you, shall be done speedily' Even to a hundred talents of silver, and even to a hundred cors of wheat, and even to a hundred baths of wine, and even to a hundred baths of oil, and salt that was not written. All that from the decree of the God of the heavens shall be done diligently for the house of the God of the heavens: for why to be wrath upon the kingdom of the king and his sons? And making known to you that all the priests and Levites, the players, the porters, the Nethinims, and those serving this house of God, tribute, excise and toll, not being permitted to be lifted up upon them. And thou Ezra, according to the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint judges and tribunals to be judging for all the people that are beyond the river, to all knowing the laws of thy God; and those not knowing ye shall cause to know. And all not to be doing the laws of thy God, and the laws of the king, judgment to be done speedily upon him, if whether to death or to rooting him out, or to impose fines and for bonds.

And these the heads of their fathers, and the register of them going up with me in the kingdom of Arthasatha from Babel From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom: from the sons of Ithamar, Daniel: from the sons of David, Hattush. read more. From the sons of Shecaniah, from the sons of Parosh, Zechariah: and with him were enrolled to the males a hundred and fifty. From the sons of Pahath-Moab: Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males From the sons of Sheoaniah: the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. And from the sons of Adin: Ebed, son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. And from the sons of Elam: Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. And from the sons of Shephatiah: Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males. From the sons of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. And from the sons of Shelomith: son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty males. And from the sons of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. And from the sons of Azgad; Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males. And from the last sons of Adonikam, and these their names, Eliphalet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males. And from the sons of Bigvai: Uthi and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

For they took from their daughters to themselves and to their sons: and the holy seed mingled themselves with the people of the lands: and the hand of the chiefs and the prophets was the first in this transgression.

And in the second day were gathered together the heads of the fathers to all the people, the priests, the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, and to understand to the words of the law. And they will find written in the law which Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel dwelt in booths in the festival in the seventh month. read more. And that they will cause to hear and will cause a voice to pass over in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go ye forth to the mountain and bring leaves of olive, and leaves of the tree of oil, and leaves of myrtle, and leaves of palms, and leaves of the tree interwoven, to make booths according to the writing. And the people will go forth, and will bring and make for themselves booths, each upon his roof, and in their enclosures, and in the enclosures of the house of God, and in the broad place of the gate of the waters and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim. And all the convocation of those turning back from the captivity will make booths, and they will dwell in booths; for from the days of Joshua son of Nun, the sons of Israel did not thus even to this day. And there will be great gladness exceedingly. And he will read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day even to the last day. And they will do a festival seven days; and in the eighth day a restraint according to judgment

And these the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

To Ezra, Meshullam; to Amariah, Jehohan;

And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,