All the gathered host together, was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty;

We are making known to the king that, if this city be builded and the walls finished, by this means a portion beyond the river thou hast none.'

Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.