And these were they who went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not prove their father's house, nor their descendants, whether they were of Israel.

And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till a priest could consult with Urim and Thummim.

And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

And he read in it facing the square that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the language of Judah, but according to the language of each people.