and said unto the king, "If it please the king, let him give me letters to the captains beyond the water, that they may convey me over, till I come into Judah:

And when I came to the captains beyond the water, I gave them the king's letters. And the king sent captains and horsemen with me.

And some of the chief fathers gave unto the treasure of the work, twenty thousand and two hundred pound of silver.

And the other people gave twenty thousand drams, and two thousand pound of silver, and seven and three score priests' garments.

and their lords that had rule of them, received it for their brethren. And they came to sware, and to bind themselves with an oath to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, that they would observe and do according unto all the commandments, judgments, and statutes of the LORD our God: