And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.

And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addon and Immer; but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

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

And he read in it before the open place that was before the water-gate from the morning until midday, in presence of the men and the women, and those that could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

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