Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there unto the work.

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spoke unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

And on the second day were gathered together the heads of the fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the countryside round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.