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For  the 
com mand  was  from  the  L ord  through  his 
proph ets. 26  The Le vites  stood  with  the in-
stru ments  of Da vid,  and  the  priests  with  the 
trum pets. 27  Then Hez e ki ah or dered  that  the  burnt of-
fer ing  be off  ered  on  the al tar. When  the  burnt 
off  er ings be gan,  the  song  of  the  L ord  and  the 
trum pets be gan, ac com pa nied  by  the in stru-
ments  of  King Da vid  of Is ra el. 28  The  whole 
as sem bly  was wor ship ing, sing ing  the  song, 
 and blow ing  the trum pets  —   all  this con tin-
ued un til  the  burnt off  er ing  was com plet ed. 29  When  the  burnt off  er ings  were com plet ed, 
 the  king  and  all  those pre sent  with  him  bowed 
 down  and wor shiped. 30  Then  King Hez e ki ah 
 and  the off  i cials  told  the Le vites  to  sing  praise 
 to  the  L ord  in  the  words  of Da vid  and  of  the 
 seer  Asaph. So  they  sang prais es  with re joic-
ing  and  knelt  low  and wor shiped.


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31 Hez e ki ah con clud ed, “ Now  you  are con-
se crat ed b  to  the  L ord. Come  near  and  bring 
sac ri fic es  and  thank off  er ings  to  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple.”  So  the con gre ga tion  brought sac ri-
fic es  and  thank off  er ings,  and  all  those  with 
will ing  hearts  brought  burnt off  er ings. 32  The 
num ber  of  burnt off  er ings  the con gre ga tion 
 brought  was sev en ty  bulls,  one hun dred  rams, 
 and  two hun dred  lambs;  all  these  were  for  a 
 burnt off  er ing  to  the  L ord. 33  Six hun dred  bulls 
 and  three thou sand  sheep  and  goats  were 
con se crat ed. 34 How ev er,  since  there  were  not  enough 
 priests,  they  weren’t  able  to  skin  all  the  burnt 
off  er ings,  so  their Le vite broth ers  helped 
 them un til  the  work  was fin ished  and un til 
 the  priests con se crat ed them selves. For  the 
Le vites  were  more con sci en tious c  to con se-
crate them selves  than  the  priests  were. 35 Fur-
ther more,  the  burnt off  er ings  were abun dant, 
 along  with  the  fat  of  the fel low ship off  er ings 
 and  with  the  drink off  er ings  for  the  burnt 
off  er ing. So  the ser vice  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple  was es-
tab lished.


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36  Then Hez e ki ah  and  all  the peo ple 
re joiced  over  how  God  had pre pared  the peo-
ple,  for  it  had  come  about sud den ly . a29:14 Alt Hb tradition reads Jehuel   b29:31 Lit Now you have filled your hands   c29:34 Lit upright of heart ; Ps 32:11; 64:10
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CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER
30 
 Then Hez e ki ah  sent  word through-
out  all Is ra el  and Ju dah,  and  he  also 
 wrote let ters  to Ephra im  and Ma nas seh  to 
 come  to  the  L ord’ s tem ple  in Je ru sa lem  to 
ob serve  the Pass over  of  the  L ord,  the  God  of 
Is ra el. 2  For  the  king  and  his off  i cials  and  the 
en tire con gre ga tion  in Je ru sa lem de cid ed  to 
ob serve  the Pass over  of  the  L ord  in  the sec-
ond  month, 3 be cause  they  were  not  able  to 
ob serve  it  at  the ap pro pri ate  time. Not  enough 
 of  the  priests  had con se crat ed them selves,  and 
 the peo ple hadn’t  been gath ered to geth er  in 
Je ru sa lem. 4  The pro pos al  pleased  the  king 
 and  the con gre ga tion, 5  so  they affirmed  the 
pro pos al  and  spread  the mes sage through out 
 all Is ra el,  from Be er-she ba  to  Dan,  to  come  to 
ob serve  the Pass over  of  the  L ord,  the  God  of 
Is ra el  in Je ru sa lem,  for  they hadn’t ob served 
 it of ten, a  as pre scribed. b
6  So  the cou ri ers  went through out Is ra el 
 and Ju dah  with let ters  from  the  hand  of  the 
 king  and  his of fi cials,  and ac cord ing  to  the 
 king’s com mand, say ing, “Is ra el ites, re turn 
 to  the  L ord,  the  God  of Abra ham,  Isaac,  and 
Is ra el  so  that  he  may re turn  to  those  of  you 
 who re main,  who  have es caped  the  grasp 
 of  the  kings  of As syr ia. 7  Don’t  be  like  your 
fa thers  and  your broth ers  who  were un faith-
ful  to  the  L ord,  the  God  of  their an ces tors  so 
 that  he  made  them  an ob ject  of hor ror  as  you 
your selves  see.


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8  Don’t be come ob sti nate c  now 
 like  your fa thers  did. Give  your al le giance d 
 to  the  L ord,  and  come  to  his sanc tu ary  that 
 he  has con se crat ed for ev er. Serve  the  L ord 
 your  God  so  that  he  may  turn  his burn ing 
an ger  away  from  you, 9  for  when  you re turn 
 to  the  L ord,  your broth ers  and  your  sons 
 will re ceive mer cy  in  the pres ence  of  their 
cap tors  and  will re turn  to  this  land. For  the 
 L ord  your  God  is gra cious  and mer ci ful;  he 
 will  not  turn  his  face  away  from  you  if  you 
re turn  to  him.”
10  The cou ri ers trav eled  from  city  to  city  in 
 the  land  of Ephra im  and Ma nas seh  as  far  as 
Zeb u lun,  but  the in hab i tants e  laughed  at  them 
 and  mocked  them. 11  But  some  from Ash er, 
Ma nas seh,  and Zeb u lun hum bled them selves 
 and  came  to Je ru sa lem.


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12  Also,  the pow er  of 
 God  was  at  work  in Ju dah  to  unite  them f  to 
car ry  out  the com mand  of  the  king  and  his 
off  i cials  by  the  word  of  the  L ord. 13  A  very  large as sem bly  of peo ple  was gath-
ered  in Je ru sa lem  to ob serve  the Fes ti val  of 
Un leav ened  Bread  in  the sec ond  month. 14  They 
pro ceed ed  to  take  away  the al tars  that  were 
 in Je ru sa lem,  and  they  took  away  the in cense 
al tars  and  threw  them  into  the Kid ron V al-
ley .


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15  They slaugh tered  the Pass over  lamb  on 
 the four teenth  day  of  the sec ond  month. The 
 priests  and Le vites  were  ashamed,  and  they 
con se crat ed them selves  and  brought  burnt 
off  er ings  to  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 16  They  stood 
 at  their pre scribed  posts, ac cord ing  to  the 
 law  of Mo ses,  the  man  of  God. The  priests 
splattered  the  blood re ceived  from  the Le vites, 
17  for  there  were  many  in  the as sem bly  who 
 had  not con se crat ed them selves,  and  so  the 
Le vites  were  in  charge  of slaugh ter ing  the 
Pass over  lambs  for ev ery un clean per son  to 
con se crate  the  lambs  to  the  L ord. 18  A  large 
num ber  of  the peo ple  —   many  from Ephra im, 
Ma nas seh, Is sa char,  and Zeb u lun  —   were rit-
ually un clean,  yet  they  had eat en  the Pass over 
con trary  to  what  was writ ten. But Hez e ki ah 
 had in ter ced ed  for  them, say ing, “ May  the  good 
 L ord pro vide atone ment  on be half  of 19 who-
ev er  sets  his  whole  heart  on seek ing  God,  the 
 L ord,  the  God  of  his an ces tors,  even  though 
 not ac cord ing  to  the pu ri fi ca tion  rules  of  the 
sanc tu ary .” 20  So  the  L ord  heard Hez e ki ah  and 
 healed  the peo ple. 21  The Is ra el ites  who  were 
pre sent  in Je ru sa lem ob served  the Fes ti val  of 
Un leav ened  Bread sev en  days  with  great  joy , 
 and  the Le vites  and  the  priests  praised  the 
 L ord  day af ter  day  with  loud in stru ments.


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22  Then Hez e ki ah en cour aged g  all  the Le vites 
 who per formed skill ful ly be fore  the  L ord. They 
 ate  at  the ap point ed fes ti val  for sev en  days, 
sac ri fic ing fel low ship off  er ings  and giv ing 
 thanks  to  the  L ord,  the  God  of  their an ces tors. 23  The  whole con gre ga tion de cid ed  to ob-
serve sev en  more  days,  so  they ob served sev en 
 days  with  joy , 24  for  King Hez e ki ah  of Ju dah 
con trib ut ed  one thou sand  bulls  and sev en 
thou sand  sheep  for  the con gre ga tion. Also, 
 the off  i cials con trib ut ed  one thou sand  bulls 
 and  ten thou sand  sheep  for  the con gre ga tion, 
 and  many  priests con se crat ed them selves. 25  Then  the  whole as sem bly  of Ju dah  with  the 
 priests  and Le vites,  the  whole as sem bly  that 
 came  from Is ra el,  the res i dent  aliens  who  came 
 from  the  land  of Is ra el,  and  those  who  were 
liv ing  in Ju dah, re joiced. 26  There  was  great 
a30:5 Or in great numbers   b30:5 Lit often, according to what is written   c30:8 Lit Don’t stiffen your neck   d30:8 Lit hand   
e30:10 Lit but they   f30:12 Lit to give them one heart   g30:22 Lit spoke to the heart of
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re joic ing  in Je ru sa lem,  for noth ing  like  this 
 was  known  since  the  days  of Sol o mon  son  of 
Da vid,  the  king  of Is ra el. 27  Then  the  priests  and  the Le vites  stood  to 
 bless  the peo ple,  and  God  heard  them,  and 
 their  prayer  came  into  his  holy dwell ing  place 
 in heav en. REMOVAL OF IDOLATRY
31 
 When  all  this  was com plet ed,  all Is ra el 
 who  had at tend ed  went  out  to  the cit-
ies  of Ju dah  and  broke  up  the sa cred pil lars, 
 chopped  down  the Ashe rah  poles,  and  tore 
 down  the  high plac es  and al tars through out 
Ju dah  and Ben ja min,  as  well  as  in Ephra im 
 and Ma nas seh,  to  the  last  one. a  Then  all  the 
Is ra el ites re turned  to  their cit ies,  each  to  his 
 own pos ses sion. OFFERINGS FOR LEVITES
2 Hez e ki ah re es tab lished  the di vi sions  of  the 
 priests  and Le vites  for  the  burnt off  er ings  and 
fel low ship off  er ings,  for min is try ,  for giv ing 
 thanks,  and  for  praise  in  the  gates  of  the  camp 
 of  the  L ord,  each di vi sion cor re spond ing  to  his 
ser vice  among  the  priests  and Le vites. 3  The 
 king con trib ut ed b  from  his  own pos ses sions 
 for  the reg u lar morn ing  and eve ning  burnt 
off  er ings,  the  burnt off  er ings  of  the Sab baths, 
 of  the  New  Moons,  and  of  the ap point ed  feasts, 
 as writ ten  in  the  law  of  the  L ord. 4  He  told  the 
peo ple  who  lived  in Je ru sa lem  to  give  a con-
tri bu tion  for  the  priests  and Le vites  so  that 
 they  could de vote  their en er gy  to  the  law  of 
 the  L ord. 5  When  the  word  spread,  the Is ra el-
ites  gave lib er al ly  of  the  best  of  the  grain,  new 
 wine,  fresh  oil, hon ey ,  and  of  all  the pro duce  of 
 the  field,  and  they  brought  in  an abun dance,  a 
 tenth  of ev ery thing. 6  As  for  the Is ra el ites  and 
Ju da hites  who  lived  in  the cit ies  of Ju dah,  they 
 also  brought  a  tenth  of  the  herds  and  flocks, 
 and  a  tenth  of  the ded i cat ed  things  that  were 
con se crat ed  to  the  L ord  their  God. They gath-
ered  them  into  large  piles. 7  In  the  third  month 
 they be gan build ing  up  the  piles,  and  they fin-
ished  in  the sev enth  month. 8  When Hez e ki ah 
 and  his off  i cials  came  and  viewed  the  piles, 
 they  blessed  the  L ord  and  his peo ple Is ra el.


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9 Hez e ki ah  asked  the  priests  and Le vites 
 about  the  piles. 10  The  chief  priest Az a ri ah,  of 
 the house hold  of Za dok, an swered  him, “ Since 
 they be gan bring ing  the off  er ing  to  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple,  we  eat  and  are sat is fied  and  there  is 
plen ty  left  over be cause  the  L ord  has  blessed 
 his peo ple;  this abun dance  is  what  is  left  over.”
11 Hez e ki ah  told  them  to pre pare cham bers 
 in  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  and  they pre pared  them. 12  The off  er ing,  the  tenth,  and  the ded i cat ed 
 things  were  brought faith ful ly . Con a ni ah 
 the Le vite  was  the off  i cer  in  charge  of  them, 
 and  his broth er Shim ei  was sec ond. 13 Je hi el, 
Az a zi ah, Na hath, As a hel, Jer i moth, Joz a bad, 
Eli el, Ismachiah, Ma hath,  and Be na iah  were 
deputies un der  the au thor i ty  of Con a ni ah  and 
 his broth er Shim ei  by ap point ment  of  King 
Hez e ki ah  and  of Az a ri ah  the  chief off  i cial  of 
 God’s tem ple. 14  Kore  son  of Im nah  the Le vite,  the keep er 
 of  the  East  Gate,  was  over  the free will off  er-
ings  to  God  to dis trib ute  the con tri bu tion  to 
 the  L ord  and  the con se crat ed  things. 15  Eden, 
Min ia min, Jesh ua, She ma iah, Am a ri ah,  and 
Shec a ni ah  in  the cit ies  of  the  priests  were  to 
dis trib ute  it faith ful ly un der  his au thor i ty  to 
 their broth ers  by di vi sions, wheth er  large 
 or  small. 16  In ad di tion,  they dis trib ut ed  it  to 
 males reg is tered  by ge ne al o gy  three c  years  old 
 and  above;  to  all  who  would en ter  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple  for  their dai ly  duty ,  for  their ser vice 
 in  their re spon si bil i ties ac cord ing  to  their 
di vi sions. 17  They dis trib ut ed  also  to  those re-
cord ed  by ge ne al o gy  of  the  priests  by  their 
an ces tral fam i lies  and  the Le vites twen ty  years 
 old  and  above,  by  their re spon si bil i ties  in  their 
di vi sions; 18  to  those reg is tered  by ge ne al o-
gy  —   with  all  their de pen dents,  wives,  sons, 
 and daugh ters  —   of  the  whole as sem bly ( for 
 they  had faith ful ly con se crat ed them selves  as 
 holy); 19  and  to  the de scen dants  of Aar on,  the 
 priests,  in  the com mon  fields  of  their cit ies, 
 in  each  and ev ery  city . There  were  men  who 
 were reg is tered  by  name  to dis trib ute  a por-
tion  to ev ery  male  among  the  priests  and  to 
ev ery Le vite re cord ed  by ge ne al o gy . 20 Hez e ki ah  did  this through out  all Ju dah.


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21  He  was dil i gent  in 
ev ery  deed  that  he be gan  in  the ser vice  of  God’s 
tem ple,  in  the in struc tion  and  the com mands, 
 in or der  to  seek  his  God,  and  he pros pered. SENNACHERIB’S INVASION
32 
Af ter  these faith ful  deeds,  King Sen nach-
er ib  of As syr ia  came  and en tered Ju dah. He  laid  siege  to  the for ti fied cit ies  and in tend-
ed d  to  break  into  them.


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2 Hez e ki ah  saw  that 
a31:1 Lit Manasseh, until finishing   b31:3 Lit The king’s portion   c31:16 Or 30 ; 1Ch 23:3   d32:1 Lit said to himself
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Sen nach er ib  had  come  and  that  he  planned a 
 war  on Je ru sa lem, 3  so  he con sult ed  with  his 
off  i cials  and  his war riors  about stop ping  up 
 the wa ter  of  the  springs  that  were out side 
 the  city ,  and  they  helped  him. 4  Many peo ple 
gath ered  and  stopped  up  all  the  springs  and 
 the  stream  that  flowed  through  the  land;  they 
 said, “ Why  should  the  kings  of As syr ia  come 
 and  find abun dant wa ter? ” 5  Then Hez e ki ah 
strength ened  his po si tion  by re build ing  the 
en tire broken-down  wall  and heightening 
 the tow ers  and  the oth er out side  wall. He re-
paired  the sup port ing ter rac es  of  the  city  of 
Da vid,  and  made  an abun dance  of weap ons 
 and  shields. 6  He  set mil i tary com mand ers  over  the peo-
ple  and gath ered  the peo ple  in  the  square  of  the 
 city  gate. Then  he en cour aged  them, b say ing, 
7 “ Be  strong  and cou ra geous! Don’t  be  afraid 
 or dis cour aged be fore  the  king  of As syr ia  or 
be fore  the  large  army  that  is  with  him,  for 
 there  are  more  with  us  than  with  him. 8  He 
 has  only hu man  strength, c  but  we  have  the 
 L ord  our  God  to  help  us  and  to  fight  our bat-
tles.”  So  the peo ple re lied  on  the  words  of  King 
Hez e ki ah  of Ju dah. SENNACHERIB’S SERVANT’S SPEECH
9 Af ter  this,  while  King Sen nach er ib  of As syr ia 
 with  all  his  armed forc es be sieged d La chish, 
 he  sent  his ser vants  to Je ru sa lem  against  King 
Hez e ki ah  of Ju dah  and  against  all  those  of Ju-
dah  who  were  in Je ru sa lem, say ing, 10 “ This  is 
 what  King Sen nach er ib  of As syr ia  says: ‘ What 
 are  you relying  on  that  you re main  in Je ru sa-
lem un der  siege? 11  Isn’t Hez e ki ah mis lead ing 
 you  to  give  you  over  to  death  by fam ine  and 
 thirst  when  he  says, “ The  L ord  our  God  will 
 keep  us  from  the  grasp  of  the  king  of As syr ia”?


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12  Didn’t Hez e ki ah him self re move  his  high 
plac es  and  his al tars  and  say  to Ju dah  and Je-
ru sa lem, “ You  must wor ship be fore  one al tar, 
 and  you  must  burn in cense  on  it”?


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13 “ ‘ Don’t  you  know  what  I  and  my fa thers 
 have  done  to  all  the peo ples  of  the  lands?


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Have 
 any  of  the na tion al  gods  of  the  lands  been  able 
 to res cue  their  land  from  my pow er? 14  Who 
 among  all  the  gods  of  these na tions  that  my 
pre de ces sors com plete ly de stroyed  was  able 
 to res cue  his peo ple  from  my pow er,  that  your 
 God  should  be  able  to de liv er  you  from  my 
pow er? 15  So  now ,  don’t  let Hez e ki ah de ceive 
 you,  and  don’t  let  him mis lead  you  like  this. Don’t be lieve  him,  for  no  god  of  any na tion  or 
king dom  has  been  able  to res cue  his peo ple 
 from  my pow er  or  the pow er  of  my fa thers. How  much  less  will  your  God res cue  you  from 
 my pow er!


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’ ”
16  His ser vants  said  more  against  the  L ord 
 God  and  against  his ser vant Hez e ki ah. 17  He 
 also  wrote let ters  to  mock  the  L ord,  the  God 
 of Is ra el, say ing  against  him:
Just like the national gods of the lands 
that did not rescue their people from my 
power, so Hezekiah’s God will not rescue 
his people from my power. 18  Then  they  called  out loud ly  in He brew e 
 to  the peo ple  of Je ru sa lem,  who  were  on  the 
 wall,  to fright en  and dis cour age  them  in or der 
 that  he  might cap ture  the  city . 19  They  spoke 
 against  the  God  of Je ru sa lem  like  they  had 
spo ken  against  the  gods  of  the peo ples  of  the 
 earth,  which  were  made  by hu man  hands. DELIVERANCE FROM SENNACHERIB
20  King Hez e ki ah  and  the proph et Isa iah  son 
 of  Amoz  prayed  about  this  and  cried  out  to 
heav en, 21  and  the  L ord  sent  an an gel  who 
an ni hi lat ed ev ery val iant war rior, lead er,  and 
com mand er  in  the  camp  of  the  king  of As syr-
ia. So  the  king  of As syr ia re turned  in dis grace 
 to  his  land. He  went  to  the tem ple  of  his  god, 
 and  there  some  of  his  own chil dren  struck 
 him  down  with  the  sword. 22  So  the  L ord  saved Hez e ki ah  and  the in-
hab i tants  of Je ru sa lem  from  the pow er  of  King 
Sen nach er ib  of As syr ia  and  from  the pow er 
 of  all oth ers. He  gave  them  rest f  on ev ery  side. 23  Many  were bring ing  an off  er ing  to  the  L ord 
 to Je ru sa lem  and valu able  gifts  to  King Hez e-
ki ah  of Ju dah,  and  he  was ex alt ed  in  the  eyes 
 of  all  the na tions af ter  that. HEZEKIAH’S ILLNESS AND PRIDE
24  In  those  days Hez e ki ah be came  sick  to  the 
 point  of  death,  so  he  prayed  to  the  L ord,  and  he 
 spoke  to  him  and  gave  him  a mi rac u lous  sign. 25 How ev er, be cause  his  heart  was  proud, Hez-
e ki ah  didn’t re spond ac cord ing  to  the ben e fit 
 that  had  come  to  him.


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So  there  was  wrath  on 
 him, Ju dah,  and Je ru sa lem. 26  Then Hez e ki ah 
hum bled him self  for  the  pride  of  his  heart  
—   he  and  the in hab i tants  of Je ru sa lem  —   so 
a32:2 Lit that his face was for   b32:6 Lit he spoke to their hearts   c32:8 Lit With him an arm of flesh   d32:9 Lit with his 
dominion was against   e32:18 Lit Judahite   f32:22 Lit He led them ; Ps 23:2
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 the  L ord’ s  wrath  didn’t  come  on  them dur ing 
Hez e ki ah’s life time. HEZEKIAH’S WEALTH AND WORKS
27 Hez e ki ah  had abun dant rich es  and glo ry , 
 and  he  made him self trea sur ies  for sil ver,  gold, 
pre cious  stones, spic es,  shields,  and ev ery 
de sir able  item. 28  He  made warehouses  for 
 the har vest  of  grain,  new  wine,  and  fresh  oil, 
 and  stalls  for  all  kinds  of cat tle,  and  pens  for 
 flocks. 29  He  made cit ies  for him self,  and  he 
ac quired  vast num bers  of  flocks  and  herds, 
 for  God  gave  him abun dant pos ses sions. 30  This  same Hez e ki ah  blocked  the out let  of 
 the wa ter  of  the Up per Gi hon  and chan neled  it 
smooth ly down ward  and west ward  to  the  city 
 of Da vid. Hez e ki ah suc ceed ed  in ev ery thing 
 he  did.


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31  When  the am bas sa dors  of Bab ylon’s 
rul ers  were  sent a  to  him  to in quire  about  the 
mi rac u lous  sign  that hap pened  in  the  land, 
 God  left  him  to  test  him  and dis cov er  what 
 was  in  his  heart. HEZEKIAH’S DEATH
32  As  for  the  rest  of  the  events  of Hez e ki ah’s 
 reign  and  his  deeds  of faith ful  love,  note  that 
 they  are writ ten  in  the Vi sions  of  the Proph et 
Isa iah  son  of  Amoz,  and  in  the  Book  of  the 
 Kings  of Ju dah  and Is ra el. 33 Hez e ki ah rest ed 
 with  his fa thers  and  was bur ied  on  the as cent 
 to  the  tombs  of Da vid’s de scen dants. All Ju dah 
 and  the in hab i tants  of Je ru sa lem  paid  him 
hon or  at  his  death. His  son Ma nas seh be came 
 king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING MANASSEH
33 
Ma nas seh  was  twelve  years  old  when  he 
be came  king,  and  he  reigned fifty-five 
 years  in Je ru sa lem. 2  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the 
 L ord’ s  sight, imitating  the de test able prac tic es 
 of  the na tions  that  the  L ord  had dispossessed 
be fore  the Is ra el ites.


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3  He re built  the  high plac es 
 that  his fa ther Hez e ki ah  had  torn  down  and 
re es tab lished  the al tars  for  the  Baals. He  made 
Ashe rah  poles,  and  he  bowed  in wor ship  to 
 all  the  stars  in  the  sky  and  served  them. 4  He 
 built al tars  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  where  the 
 L ord  had  said, “Je ru sa lem  is  where  my  name 
 will re main for ev er.” 5  He  built al tars  to  all  the 
 stars  in  the  sky  in  both court yards  of  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple. 6  He  passed  his  sons  through  the  fire  in 
 Ben Hin nom V al ley . He prac ticed witch craft, 
div i na tion,  and sor cery ,  and con sult ed me di-
ums  and spir it ists.


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He  did  a  huge  amount  of 
 evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight, angering  him. 7 Ma nas seh  set  up  a  carved im age  of  the  idol, 
 which  he  had  made,  in  God’s tem ple  that  God 
 had spo ken  about  to Da vid  and  his  son Sol o-
mon: “ I  will es tab lish  my  name for ev er b  in  this 
tem ple  and  in Je ru sa lem,  which  I  have cho sen 
 out  of  all  the  tribes  of Is ra el. 8  I  will nev er  again 
re move  the  feet  of  the Is ra el ites  from  the  land 
 where  I sta tioned  your c an ces tors,  if  only  they 
 will  be care ful  to  do  all  I  have com mand ed 
 them  through Mo ses  —   all  the  law , stat utes, 
 and judg ments.” 9  So Ma nas seh  caused Ju dah 
 and  the in hab i tants  of Je ru sa lem  to  stray  so 
 that  they  did  worse  evil  than  the na tions  the 
 L ord  had de stroyed be fore  the Is ra el ites. MANASSEH’S REPENTANCE
10  The  L ord  spoke  to Ma nas seh  and  his peo ple, 
 but  they  didn’t lis ten. 11  So  he  brought  against 
 them  the mil i tary com mand ers  of  the  king  of 
As syr ia. They cap tured Ma nas seh  with  hooks, 
 bound  him  with  bronze shack les,  and  took 
 him  to Bab ylon. 12  When  he  was  in dis tress, 
 he  sought  the fa vor  of  the  L ord  his  God  and 
ear nest ly hum bled him self be fore  the  God 
 of  his an ces tors.


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13  He  prayed  to  him,  and  the 
 L ord  was receptive  to  his  prayer. He grant ed 
 his re quest  and  brought  him  back  to Je ru sa-
lem,  to  his king dom. So Ma nas seh  came  to 
 know  that  the  L ord  is  God. 14 Af ter  this,  he  built  the out er  wall  of  the 
 city  of Da vid  from  west  of Gi hon  in  the val ley 
 to  the en trance  of  the  Fish  Gate;  he  brought  it 
 around  the  Ophel,  and  he heightened  it con sid-
er ably . He  also  placed mil i tary com mand ers 
 in  all  the for ti fied cit ies  of Ju dah. 15  He re moved  the for eign  gods  and  the  idol 
 from  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  along  with  all  the 
al tars  that  he  had  built  on  the moun tain  of 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple  and  in Je ru sa lem,  and  he 
 threw  them out side  the  city . 16  He  built d  the 
al tar  of  the  L ord  and off  ered fel low ship  and 
 thank off  er ings  on  it. Then  he  told Ju dah  to 
 serve  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el.


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17 How ev er, 
 the peo ple  still sac ri ficed  at  the  high plac es, 
 but  only  to  the  L ord  their  God. MANASSEH’S DEATH
18  The  rest  of  the  events  of Ma nas seh’s  reign, 
 along  with  his  prayer  to  his  God  and  the  words 
a32:31 LXX, Tg, Vg; MT reads of Babylon sent   b33:7 LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg; 2Kg 21:7; MT reads name for Elom   c33:8 LXX, Syr , Vg read 
land I gave to their ; 2Kg 21:8   d33:16 Some Hb mss, Syr , Tg, Arabic; other Hb mss, LXX, Vg read restored
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 of  the  seers  who  spoke  to  him  in  the  name  of 
 the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  are writ ten  in  the 
 Events  of Is ra el’s  Kings. 19  His  prayer  and  how 
 God  was receptive  to  his  prayer,  and  all  his 
 sin  and un faith ful ness  and  the  sites  where 
 he  built  high plac es  and  set  up Ashe rah  poles 
 and  carved im ages be fore  he hum bled him-
self,  they  are writ ten  in  the  Events  of Ho zai. 20 Ma nas seh rest ed  with  his fa thers,  and  he 
 was bur ied  in  his  own  house.


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His  son  Amon 
be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING AMON
21  Amon  was twenty-two  years  old  when 
 he be came  king,  and  he  reigned  two  years 
 in Je ru sa lem. 22  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the 
 L ord’ s  sight,  just  as  his fa ther Ma nas seh 
 had  done. Amon sac ri ficed  to  all  the  carved 
im ages  that  his fa ther Ma nas seh  had  made, 
 and  he  served  them. 23  But  he  did  not hum-
ble him self be fore  the  L ord  like  his fa ther 
Ma nas seh hum bled him self; in stead,  Amon 
in creased  his  guilt. 24  So  his ser vants con spired  against  him 
 and  put  him  to  death  in  his  own  house. 25  The 
com mon peo ple a  killed  all  who  had con spired 
 against  King  Amon,  and  they  made  his  son 
Jo si ah  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING JOSIAH
34 
Jo si ah  was  eight  years  old  when  he be-
came  king,  and  he  reigned thirty-one 
 years  in Je ru sa lem. 2  He  did  what  was  right 
 in  the  L ord’ s  sight  and  walked  in  the  ways 
 of  his an ces tor Da vid;  he  did  not  turn  aside 
 to  the  right  or  the  left. JOSIAH’S REFORM
3  In  the  eighth  year  of  his  reign,  while  he  was 
 still  a  youth, Jo si ah be gan  to  seek  the  God  of 
 his an ces tor Da vid,  and  in  the  twelfth  year  he 
be gan  to  cleanse Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem  of  the 
 high plac es,  the Ashe rah  poles,  the  carved im-
ages,  and  the  cast im ages. 4  Then  in  his pres ence 
 the al tars  of  the  Baals  were  torn  down,  and  he 
 chopped  down  the  shrines b  that  were  above 
 them.


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He shat tered  the Ashe rah  poles,  the 
 carved im ages,  and  the  cast im ages,  crushed 
 them  to  dust,  and scat tered  them  over  the 
 graves  of  those  who  had sac ri ficed  to  them. 5  He  burned  the  bones  of  the  priests  on  their 
al tars. So  he  cleansed Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem. 6  He  did  the  same  in  the cit ies  of Ma nas seh, 
Ephra im,  and Sim e on,  and  as  far  as Naph ta li 
 and  on  their sur round ing moun tain  shrines. c 
7  He  tore  down  the al tars,  and  he  smashed 
 the Ashe rah  poles  and  the  carved im ages  to 
pow der. He  chopped  down  all  the  shrines 
through out  the  land  of Is ra el  and re turned 
 to Je ru sa lem. JOSIAH’S REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE
8  In  the eigh teenth  year  of  his  reign,  in or der 
 to  cleanse  the  land  and  the tem ple, Jo si ah  sent 
Sha phan  son  of Az a li ah,  along  with Ma a se iah 
 the gov er nor  of  the  city  and  the  court historian 
 Joah  son  of Jo a haz,  to re pair  the tem ple  of  the 
 L ord  his  God. 9  So  they  went  to  the  high  priest Hil ki ah 
 and  gave  him  the sil ver  brought  into  God’s 
tem ple.


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The Le vites  and  the door keep ers  had 
col lect ed  it  from Ma nas seh, Ephra im,  and 
 from  the en tire rem nant  of Is ra el,  and  from 
 all Ju dah, Ben ja min,  and  the in hab i tants  of 
Je ru sa lem. 10  They  gave  it  to  those do ing  the 
 work  —   those  who oversaw  the  L ord’ s tem-
ple. They  gave  it  to  the work men  who  were 
work ing  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  to re pair  and 
re store  the tem ple; 11  they  gave  it  to  the car-
pen ters  and build ers  and  also  used  it  to  buy 
quarried  stone  and tim bers  —   for join ing  and 
mak ing  beams  —   for  the build ings  that Ju dah’s 
 kings  had de stroyed. 12  The  men  were do ing  the  work  with in teg-
ri ty . Their over seers  were Ja hath  and Oba di ah, 
Le vites  from  the Me ra rites,  and Zech a ri ah 
 and Me shul lam  from  the Ko hath ites  as su-
per vi sors. The Le vites  were  all  skilled  with 
mu si cal in stru ments. 13  They  were  also  over 
 the por ters  and  were su per vis ing  all  those do-
ing  the  work  task  by  task.


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Some  of  the Le vites 
 were sec re tar ies, off  i cers,  and gate keep ers. THE RECOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW
14  When  they  brought  out  the sil ver  that  had 
 been de pos it ed  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  the  priest 
Hil ki ah  found  the  book  of  the  law  of  the  L ord 
writ ten  by  the  hand  of Mo ses. 15 Con se quent ly , 
Hil ki ah  told  the  court sec re tary Sha phan, “ I 
 have  found  the  book  of  the  law  in  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple,”  and  he  gave  the  book  to Sha phan. 16 Sha phan  took  the  book  to  the  king,  and 
 also re port ed, “ Your ser vants  are do ing  all 
 that  was  placed  in  their  hands.


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17  They  have 
a33:25 Lit The people of the land   b34:4 Lit incense altars, also in v . 7   c34:6 One Hb tradition reads Naphtali with their 
swords ; alt Hb tradition, Syr , Vg read Naphtali, the ruins all around ; Hb obscure
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emp tied  out  the sil ver  that  was  found  in  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  and  have giv en  it  to  the over-
seers  and  to  those do ing  the  work.” 18  Then  the 
 court sec re tary Sha phan  told  the  king, “ The 
 priest Hil ki ah  gave  me  a  book,”  and Sha phan 
 read  from  it  in  the pres ence  of  the  king. 19  When  the  king  heard  the  words  of  the  law , 
 he  tore  his  clothes. 20  Then  he com mand ed 
Hil ki ah, Ahi kam  son  of Sha phan, Ab don  son 
 of Mi cah,  the  court sec re tary Sha phan,  and 
 the  king’s ser vant Asa iah, 21 “ Go  and in quire 
 of  the  L ord  for  me  and  for  those re main ing 
 in Is ra el  and Ju dah, con cern ing  the  words 
 of  the  book  that  was  found. For  great  is  the 
 L ord’ s  wrath  that  is  poured  out  on  us be cause 
 our an ces tors  have  not  kept  the  word  of  the 
 L ord  in or der  to  do ev ery thing writ ten  in 
 this  book.”
HULDAH’S PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT
22  So Hil ki ah  and  those  the  king  had des ig nat-
ed a  went  to  the proph et ess Hul dah,  the  wife 
 of Shal lum  son  of Tok hath,  son  of Has rah, 
keep er  of  the ward robe. She  lived  in Je ru sa-
lem  in  the Sec ond Dis trict.


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They  spoke  with 
 her  about  this. 23  She  said  to  them, “ This  is  what  the  L ord 
 God  of Is ra el  says:  Say  to  the  man  who  sent 
 you  to  me, 24 ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  I  am 
 about  to  bring di sas ter  on  this  place  and  on  its 
in hab i tants, ful fill ing b  all  the curs es writ ten  in 
 the  book  that  they  read  in  the pres ence  of  the 
 king  of Ju dah, 25 be cause  they  have aban doned 
 me  and  burned in cense  to oth er  gods  so  as  to 
an ger  me  with  all  the  works  of  their  hands. My 
 wrath  will  be  poured  out  on  this  place,  and  it 
 will  not  be  quenched.’ 26  Say  this  to  the  king 
 of Ju dah  who  sent  you  to in quire  of  the  L ord: 
‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  says:  As 
 for  the  words  that  you  heard, 27 be cause  your 
 heart  was ten der  and  you hum bled your self 
be fore  God  when  you  heard  his  words  against 
 this  place  and  against  its in hab i tants,  and be-
cause  you hum bled your self be fore  me,  and 
 you  tore  your  clothes  and  wept be fore  me,  I 
my self  have  heard’  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec-
la ra tion. 28 ‘ I  will in deed gath er  you  to  your 
fa thers,  and  you  will  be gath ered  to  your  grave 
 in  peace.


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Your  eyes  will  not  see  all  the di sas-
ter  that  I  am bring ing  on  this  place  and  on  its 
in hab i tants.’ ”
 Then  they re port ed  to  the  king. AFFIRMATION OF THE COVENANT BY JOSIAH 
AND THE PEOPLE
29  So  the  king  sent mes sen gers  and gath ered 
 all  the el ders  of Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem. 30  The 
 king  went  up  to  the  L ord’ s tem ple  with  all  the 
 men  of Ju dah  and  the in hab i tants  of Je ru sa-
lem,  as  well  as  the  priests  and  the Le vites  —   all 
 the peo ple  from  the old est  to  the youn gest. He  read  in  their hear ing  all  the  words  of  the 
 book  of  the cov enant  that  had  been  found  in 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple. 31  Then  the  king  stood  at 
 his  post  and  made  a cov enant  in  the  L ord’ s 
pres ence  to fol low  the  L ord  and  to  keep  his 
com mands,  his de crees,  and  his stat utes  with 
 all  his  heart  and  with  all  his  soul  in or der  to 
car ry  out  the  words  of  the cov enant writ ten 
 in  this  book. 32  He  had  all  those pre sent  in Je ru sa lem  and 
Ben ja min  agree c  to  it. So  all  the in hab i tants  of 
Je ru sa lem car ried  out  the cov enant  of  God, 
 the  God  of  their an ces tors. 33  So Jo si ah re moved ev ery thing  that  was 
de test able  from  all  the  lands be long ing  to 
 the Is ra el ites,  and  he re quired  all  who  were 
pre sent  in Is ra el  to  serve  the  L ord  their  God. Through out  his  reign  they  did  not  turn  aside 
 from fol low ing  the  L ord,  the  God  of  their an-
ces tors. JOSIAH’S PASSOVER OBSERVANCE
35 
Jo si ah ob served  the  L ord’ s Pass over 
 and slaugh tered  the Pass over  lambs 
 on  the four teenth  day  of  the  first  month. 2  He 
ap point ed  the  priests  to  their re spon si bil i ties 
 and en cour aged  them  to  serve  in  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple.


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3  He  said  to  the Le vites  who  taught 
 all Is ra el  the  holy  things  of  the  L ord, “ Put  the 
 holy  ark  in  the tem ple  built  by Sol o mon  son 
 of Da vid  king  of Is ra el. Since  you  do  not  have 
 to car ry  it  on  your shoul ders,  now  serve  the 
 L ord  your  God  and  his peo ple Is ra el. 4 “Organize  your an ces tral fam i lies d  by 
 your di vi sions ac cord ing  to  the writ ten in-
struc tion  of  King Da vid  of Is ra el  and  that  of 
 his  son Sol o mon. 5  Serve  in  the  holy  place  by 
 the groupings  of  the an ces tral fam i lies e  for 
 your broth ers,  the  lay peo ple, f  and ac cord-
ing  to  the di vi sion  of  the Le vites  by fam i ly . 6 Slaugh ter  the Pass over  lambs, con se crate 
your selves,  and  make prep a ra tions  for  your 
broth ers  to car ry  out  the  word  of  the  L ord 
 through Mo ses.”
a34:22 LXX; MT omits designated   b34:24 fulfilling supplied for clarity   c34:32 Lit take a stand. d35:4 Lit the house of your 
fathers   e35:5 Lit the house of the fathers   f35:5 Lit the sons of the people, also in vv .


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7  Then Jo si ah do nat ed thir ty thou sand  sheep, 
 lambs,  and  young  goats,  plus  three thou sand 
cat tle  from  his  own pos ses sions,  for  the Pass-
over sac ri fic es  for  all  the  lay peo ple  who  were 
pre sent. 8  His off  i cials  also do nat ed will ing ly  for  the 
peo ple,  the  priests,  and  the Le vites. Hil ki ah, 
Zech a ri ah,  and Je hi el,  chief off  i cials  of  God’s 
tem ple,  gave twenty-six hun dred Pass over 
sac ri fic es  and  three hun dred cat tle  for  the 
 priests. 9 Con a ni ah  and  his broth ers She ma-
iah  and Ne than el,  and Hash a bi ah, Je i el,  and 
Joz a bad, off  i cers  of  the Le vites, do nat ed  five 
thou sand Pass over sac ri fic es  for  the Le vites, 
 plus  five hun dred cat tle. 10  So  the ser vice  was es tab lished;  the  priests 
 stood  at  their  posts  and  the Le vites  in  their 
di vi sions ac cord ing  to  the  king’s com mand. 11  Then  they slaugh tered  the Pass over  lambs, 
 and  while  the Le vites  were skinning  the an-
i mals,  the  priests splattered  the  blood a  they 
 had  been giv en. b 12  They re moved  the  burnt 
off  er ings  so  that  they  might  be giv en  to  the 
groupings  of  the an ces tral fam i lies c  of  the 
 lay peo ple  to off  er  to  the  L ord, ac cord ing  to 
 what  is writ ten  in  the  book  of Mo ses;  they 
 did  the  same  with  the cat tle. 13  They roast-
ed  the Pass over  lambs  with  fire ac cord ing 
 to reg u la tion. They  boiled  the  holy sac ri fic es 
 in  pots, ket tles,  and  bowls;  and  they quick ly 
 brought  them  to  the  lay peo ple. 14 Af ter ward, 
 they  made prep a ra tions  for them selves  and 
 for  the  priests,  since  the  priests,  the de scen-
dants  of Aar on,  were  busy off  er ing  up  burnt 
off  er ings  and  fat un til  night.


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So  the Le vites 
 made prep a ra tions  for them selves  and  for 
 the  priests,  the de scen dants  of Aar on. 15  The sing ers,  the de scen dants  of  Asaph, 
 were  at  their stations ac cord ing  to  the com-
mand  of Da vid,  Asaph, He man,  and Je du thun 
 the  king’s  seer. Also,  the gate keep ers  were 
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None  of  them  left  their 
 tasks be cause  their Le vite broth ers  had  made 
prep a ra tions  for  them. 16  So  all  the ser vice  of  the  L ord  was es tab-
lished  that  day  for ob serv ing  the Pass over  and 
 for off  er ing  burnt off  er ings  on  the al tar  of 
 the  L ord, ac cord ing  to  the com mand  of  King 
Jo si ah. 17  The Is ra el ites  who  were pre sent  in 
Ju dah  also ob served  the Pass over  at  that  time 
 and  the Fes ti val  of Un leav ened  Bread  for sev en 
 days. 18  No Pass over  had  been ob served  like  it 
 in Is ra el  since  the  days  of  the proph et Sam uel. None  of  the  kings  of Is ra el  ever ob served  a 
Pass over  like  the  one  that Jo si ah ob served  with 
 the  priests,  the Le vites,  all Ju dah,  the Is ra el ites 
 who  were pre sent  in Ju dah,  and  the in hab i-
tants  of Je ru sa lem. 19  In  the eigh teenth  year 
 of Jo si ah’s  reign,  this Pass over  was ob served. JOSIAH’S LAST DEEDS AND DEATH
20 Af ter  all  this  that Jo si ah  had pre pared  for 
 the tem ple,  King  Neco  of  Egypt  marched  up 
 to  fight  at Car che mish  by  the Eu phra tes,  and 
Jo si ah  went  out  to con front  him. 21  But  Neco 
 sent mes sen gers  to  him, say ing, “ What  is  the 
is sue be tween  you  and  me,  king  of Ju dah?


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Stop op pos ing  God  who  is  with  me;  don’t 
 make  him de stroy  you! ”
22  But Jo si ah  did  not  turn  away  from  him; 
in stead,  in or der  to  fight  with  him  he dis guised 
him self. f  He  did  not lis ten  to  Neco’s  words 
 from  the  mouth  of  God,  but  went  to  the V al-
ley  of Me gid do  to  fight. 23  The ar chers  shot 
 King Jo si ah,  and  he  said  to  his ser vants, “ Take 
 me  away ,  for  I  am se vere ly wound ed! ” 24  So 
 his ser vants  took  him  out  of  the  war char-
i ot, car ried  him  in  his sec ond char i ot,  and 
 brought  him  to Je ru sa lem. Then  he  died,  and 
 they bur ied  him  in  the  tomb  of  his fa thers. All Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem  mourned  for Jo si ah. 25 Jer e mi ah chanted  a  dirge  over Jo si ah,  and 
 all  the  male  and fe male sing ers  still  speak  of 
Jo si ah  in  their  dirges to day . They es tab lished 
 them  as  a stat ute  for Is ra el,  and in deed  they 
 are writ ten  in  the  Dirges. 26  The  rest  of  the  events  of Jo si ah’s  reign, 
 along  with  his  deeds  of faith ful  love ac cord ing 
 to  what  is writ ten  in  the  law  of  the  L ord, 27  and 
 his  words,  from be gin ning  to  end,  are writ ten 
 in  the  Book  of  the  Kings  of Is ra el  and Ju dah. JUDAH’S KING JEHOAHAZ
36 
 Then  the com mon peo ple g  took Je ho-
a haz  son  of Jo si ah  and  made  him  king 
 in Je ru sa lem  in  place  of  his fa ther. 2 Je ho a haz h  was twenty-three  years  old 
 when  he be came  king,  and  he  reigned  three 
 months  in Je ru sa lem. 3  The  king  of  Egypt de-
posed  him  in Je ru sa lem  and  fined  the  land 
seventy-five hun dred  pounds i  of sil ver  and 
seventy-five  pounds j  of  gold. a35:11 LXX, Vg, Tg; MT omits blood   b35:11 Lit splattered from their hand   c35:12 Lit house of fathers   d35:21 LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg; 
MT reads Not against you, you today   e35:21 Lit house   f35:22 LXX reads he was determined   g36:1 Lit the people of the 
land   h36:2 = Joahaz, also in v .


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4   i36:3 Lit 100 talents   j36:3 Lit one talent
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JUDAH’S KING JEHOIAKIM
4  Then  King  Neco  of  Egypt  made Je ho a haz’s 
broth er Eli a kim  king  over Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem 
 and  changed Eli a kim’s  name  to Je hoi a kim. But 
 Neco  took  his broth er Je ho a haz  and  brought 
 him  to  Egypt. 5 Je hoi a kim  was twenty-five  years  old  when 
 he be came  king,  and  he  reigned elev en  years 
 in Je ru sa lem. He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  sight 
 of  the  L ord  his  God. 6  Now  King Neb u chad nez-
zar  of Bab ylon at tacked  him  and  bound  him  in 
 bronze shack les  to  take  him  to Bab ylon. 7  Also 
Neb u chad nez zar  took  some  of  the ar ti cles  of 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple  to Bab ylon  and  put  them 
 in  his tem ple  in Bab ylon. 8  The  rest  of  the  deeds  of Je hoi a kim,  the de-
test able ac tions  he com mit ted,  and  what  was 
 found  against  him,  are writ ten  in  the  Book 
 of Is ra el’s  Kings. His  son Je hoi a chin be came 
 king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING JEHOIACHIN
9 Je hoi a chin  was eigh teen a  years  old  when  he 
be came  king,  and  he  reigned  three  months 
 and  ten  days  in Je ru sa lem. He  did  what  was 
 evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight.


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10  In  the  spring b Neb-
u chad nez zar  sent  for  him  and  brought  him 
 to Bab ylon  along  with  the valu able ar ti cles 
 of  the  L ord’ s tem ple. Then  he  made Je hoi a-
chin’s broth er Zed e ki ah  king  over Ju dah  and 
Je ru sa lem. JUDAH’S KING ZEDEKIAH
11 Zed e ki ah  was twenty-one  years  old  when  he 
be came  king,  and  he  reigned elev en  years  in 
Je ru sa lem. 12  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  sight 
 of  the  L ord  his  God  and  did  not hum ble him-
self be fore  the proph et Jer e mi ah  at  the  L ord’ s 
com mand.


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13  He  also re belled  against  King 
Neb u chad nez zar  who  had  made  him  swear 
al le giance  by  God. He be came ob sti nate c  and 
hard ened  his  heart  against re turn ing  to  the 
 L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el. 14  All  the lead ers  of 
 the  priests  and  the peo ple mul ti plied  their 
un faith ful  deeds, imitating  all  the de test able 
prac tic es  of  the na tions,  and  they de filed  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  that  he  had con se crat ed  in Je-
ru sa lem. THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM
15  But  the  L ord,  the  God  of  their an ces tors  sent 
 word  against  them  by  the  hand  of  his mes sen-
gers, send ing  them  time  and  time  again,  for 
 he  had com pas sion  on  his peo ple  and  on  his 
dwell ing  place. 16  But  they  kept ridiculing  God’s 
mes sen gers, despising  his  words,  and scoff ing 
 at  his proph ets, un til  the  L ord’ s  wrath  was  so 
 stirred  up  against  his peo ple  that  there  was 
 no rem e dy . 17  So  he  brought  up  against  them 
 the  king  of  the Chal de ans,  who  killed  their 
 fit  young  men  with  the  sword  in  the  house  of 
 their sanc tu ary . He  had  no  pity  on  young  men 
 or  young wom en, el der ly  or  aged;  he hand ed 
 them  all  over  to  him. 18  He  took ev ery thing  to 
Bab ylon  —   all  the ar ti cles  of  God’s tem ple,  large 
 and  small,  the trea sures  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple, 
 and  the trea sures  of  the  king  and  his off  i cials. 19  Then  the Chal de ans  burned  God’s tem ple. They  tore  down Je ru sa lem’s  wall,  burned  all  its 
pal aces,  and de stroyed  all  its valu able ar ti cles. 20  He de port ed  those  who es caped  from  the 
 sword  to Bab ylon,  and  they be came ser vants 
 to  him  and  his  sons un til  the  rise  of  the Per-
sian d king dom.


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21  This ful filled  the  word  of  the 
 L ord  through Jer e mi ah,  and  the  land en joyed 
 its Sab bath  rest  all  the  days  of  the des o la tion 
un til sev en ty  years  were ful filled. THE DECREE OF CYRUS
22  In  the  first  year  of  King Cy rus  of Per sia,  in 
or der  to ful fill  the  word  of  the  L ord spo ken 
 through e Jer e mi ah,  the  L ord  roused  the spir it 
 of  King Cy rus  of Per sia  to is sue  a proc la ma-
tion through out  his en tire king dom  and  also 
 to  put  it  in writ ing:
23 This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: 
The Lord, the God of the heavens, has giv -
en me all the kingdoms of the earth and 
has appointed me to build him a temple 
at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people 
among you may go up, and may the Lord  
his God be with him.


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a36:9 Some Hb mss, LXX; 2Kg 24:8; other Hb mss read eight   b36:10 Lit At the return of the year   c36:13 Lit He stiffened his 
neck   d36:20 LXX reads Median   e36:22 Lit Lord by the mouth of
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THE DECREE OF CYRUS
1 
 In  the  first  year  of  King Cy rus  of Per sia,  in 
or der  to ful fill  the  word  of  the  L ord spo-
ken  through Jer e mi ah,  the  L ord  roused  the 
spir it  of  King Cy rus  to is sue  a proc la ma tion 
through out  his en tire king dom  and  to  put  it 
 in writ ing:
2 This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: 
“The Lord, the God of the heavens, has 
given me all the kingdoms of the earth 
and has appointed me to build him a 
house at Jerusalem in Judah. 3 Any of 
his people among you, may his God be 
with him, and may he go to Jerusalem 
in Judah and build the house of the 
Lord, the God of Israel, the God who 
is in Jerusalem.


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4 Let every survivor, 
wherever he resides, be assisted by the 
men of that region with silver, gold, 
goods, and livestock, along with a 
freewill offering for the house of God in 
Jerusalem.”
RETURN FROM EXILE
5  So  the fam i ly  heads  of Ju dah  and Benja -
min,  along  with  the  priests  and Le vites   
—  ev ery one  whose spir it  God  had  roused  
—  pre pared  to  go  up  and re build  the  L ord’ s 
 house  in Je ru sa lem. 6  All  their neigh bors 
sup port ed  them a  with sil ver ar ti cles,  gold, 
 goods, live stock,  and valu ables,  in ad di tion 
 to  all  that  was giv en  as  a free will of fer ing. 7  King Cy rus  also  brought  out  the ar ti cles  of 
 the  L ord’ s  house  that Neb u chad nez zar  had 
tak en  from Je ru sa lem  and  had  placed  in  the 
 house  of  his  gods. 8  King Cy rus  of Per sia  had 
 them  brought  out un der  the su per vi sion  of 
Mith re dath  the trea sur er,  who count ed  them 
 out  to Shesh baz zar  the  prince  of Ju dah. 9  This 
 was  the in ven to ry:
  30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins,
  29 silver knives, 10 30 gold bowls,
  410 various b silver bowls, 
and 1,000 other articles. 11  The  gold  and sil ver ar ti cles to taled 5,400. Shesh baz zar  brought  all  of  them  when  the 
ex iles  went  up  from Bab ylon  to Je ru sa lem. THE EXILES WHO RETURNED
2 
 These  now  are  the peo ple  of  the prov ince 
 who  came  from  those cap tive ex iles  King 
Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon c  had de port ed 
 to Bab ylon. They re turned  to Je ru sa lem  and 
Ju dah,  each  to  his  own  town.


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2  They  came 
 with Ze rub ba bel, Jesh ua, Ne he mi ah, Se ra iah, 
Re el a iah, Mor de cai, Bil shan, Mis par, Big vai, 
Re hum,  and Ba a nah. The num ber  of  the Is ra el ite  men in clud ed d
 3 Parosh’s descendants 2,172
 4 Shephatiah’s descendants 372
 5 Arah’s descendants 775
 6 Pahath-moab’s descendants:
  Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,812
 7 Elam’s descendants 1,254
 8 Zattu’s descendants 945
 9 Zaccai’s descendants 760
 10 Bani’s descendants 642
 11 Bebai’s descendants 623
 12 Azgad’s descendants 1,222
 13 Adonikam’s descendants 666
 14 Bigvai’s descendants 2,056
 15 Adin’s descendants 454
 16 Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah 98
 17 Bezai’s descendants 323
 18 Jorah’s descendants 112
 19 Hashum’s descendants 223
 20 Gibbar’s descendants 95
 21 Bethlehem’s people 123
 22 Netophah’s men 56
 23 Anathoth’s men 128
 24 Azmaveth’s people 42
 25 Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, 
and Beeroth’s people 743
 26 Ramah’s and Geba’s people 621
 27 Michmas’s men 122
 28 Bethel’s and Ai’s men 223
 29 Nebo’s people 52
 30 Magbish’s people 156
 31 the other Elam’s people 1,254
 32 Harim’s people 320
 33 Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people 725
 34 Jericho’s people 345
 35 Senaah’s people 3,630
36  The  priests in clud ed
a 1:6 Lit strengthened their hands   b 1:10 Or similar   c 2:1 Nebuchadnezzar reigned 605–562 BC   d 2:2 Lit the men of the 
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  Jedaiah’s descendants of the house 
of Jeshua 973
 37 Immer’s descendants 1,052
 38 Pashhur’s descendants 1,247
 39 and Harim’s descendants 1,017
40  The Le vites in clud ed
  Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants
  from Hodaviah’s descendants 74
41  The sing ers in clud ed
  Asaph’s descendants 128
42  The gate keep ers’ de scen dants in clud ed
  Shallum’s descendants, 
Ater’s descendants,
  Talmon’s descendants, 
Akkub’s descendants,
  Hatita’s descendants, 
Shobai’s descendants, in all 139
43  The tem ple ser vants in clud ed
  Ziha’s descendants, 
Hasupha’s descendants,
  Tabbaoth’s descendants, 
44 Keros’s descendants,
  Siaha’s descendants, 
Padon’s descendants,
 45 Lebanah’s descendants, 
Hagabah’s descendants,
  Akkub’s descendants, 
46 Hagab’s descendants,
  Shalmai’s  a descendants, 
Hanan’s descendants,
 47 Giddel’s descendants, 
Gahar’s descendants,
  Reaiah’s descendants, 
48 Rezin’s descendants,
  Nekoda’s descendants, 
Gazzam’s descendants,
 49 Uzza’s descendants, 
Paseah’s descendants,
  Besai’s descendants, 
50 Asnah’s descendants,
  Meunim’s  b descendants, 
Nephusim’s c descendants,
 51 Bakbuk’s descendants, 
Hakupha’s descendants,
  Harhur’s descendants, 
52 Bazluth’s descendants,
  Mehida’s descendants, 
Harsha’s descendants,
 53 Barkos’s descendants, 
Sisera’s descendants,
  Temah’s descendants, 
54 Neziah’s descendants,
  and Hatipha’s descendants. 55  The de scen dants  of Sol o mon’s ser vants 
in clud ed
  Sotai’s descendants, 
Hassophereth’s descendants,
  Peruda’s descendants, 
56 Jaalah’s descendants,
  Darkon’s descendants, 
Giddel’s descendants,
 57 Shephatiah’s descendants, 
Hattil’s descendants,
  Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, 
and Ami’s descendants. 58 All the temple servants
  and the descendants 
of Solomon’s servants 392
59  The fol low ing  are  those  who  came  from 
Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cher ub, Ad dan,  and 
Im mer  but  were un able  to  prove  that  their 
an ces tral fam i lies d  and  their lineage  were 
Is ra el ite:
 60 Delaiah’s descendants,
  Tobiah’s descendants,
  Nekoda’s descendants 652
61  and  from  the de scen dants  of  the  priests:  the 
de scen dants  of Ho ba iah,  the de scen dants  of 
Hak koz,  the de scen dants  of Bar zil lai  —   who 
 had tak en  a  wife  from  the daugh ters  of Bar zil lai 
 the Gil e ad ite  and  who  bore  their  name. 62  These 
 searched  for  their entries  in  the ge ne alog i cal 
rec ords,  but  they  could  not  be  found,  so  they 
 were dis qual i fied  from  the priest hood.


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63  The 
gov er nor or dered  them  not  to  eat  the  most 
 holy  things un til  there  was  a  priest  who  could 
con sult  the  Urim  and Thum mim. 64 The whole combined assembly 
numbered 42,360
 65 not including their 7,337 male 
and female servants,
  and their 200 male and female singers. 66 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
 67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. GIFTS FOR THE WORK
68 Af ter  they ar rived  at  the  L ord’ s  house  in Je-
ru sa lem,  some  of  the fam i ly  heads  gave free will 
. a 2:46 Alt Hb tradition reads Shamlai’s   b 2:50 Alt Hb tradition reads Meinim’s   c 2:50 Alt Hb tradition reads Nephisim’s    
d 2:59 Lit that the house of their fathers
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off  er ings  for  the  house  of  God  in or der  to  have 
 it re built  on  its orig i nal  site. 69  Based  on  what 
 they  could  give,  they  gave 61,000  gold  coins, a 
6,250  pounds b  of sil ver,  and  100 priest ly gar-
ments  to  the trea sury  for  the project. 70  The 
 priests, Le vites, sing ers, gate keep ers, tem ple 
ser vants,  and  some  of  the peo ple set tled  in 
 their  towns,  and  the  rest  of Is ra el set tled  in 
 their  towns. SACRIFICE RESTORED
3 
 When  the sev enth  month ar rived,  and  the 
Is ra el ites  were  in  their  towns,  the peo ple 
gath ered  as  one  in Je ru sa lem. 2 Jesh ua  son  of 
Joz a dak  and  his broth ers  the  priests  along 
 with Ze rub ba bel  son  of She al ti el  and  his broth-
ers be gan  to  build  the al tar  of Is ra el’s  God  in 
or der  to off  er  burnt off  er ings  on  it,  as  it  is 
writ ten  in  the  law  of Mo ses,  the  man  of  God.


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3  They  set  up  the al tar  on  its foun da tion  and 
off  ered  burnt off  er ings  for  the morn ing  and 
eve ning  on  it  to  the  L ord  even  though  they 
 feared  the sur round ing peo ples. 4  They cel e-
brat ed  the Fes ti val  of Shel ters  as pre scribed, 
 and off  ered  burnt off  er ings  each  day ,  based 
 on  the num ber spec i fied  by or di nance  for 
 each fes ti val  day . 5 Af ter  that,  they off  ered  the 
reg u lar  burnt off  er ing  and  the off  er ings  for 
 the be gin ning  of  each  month c  and  for  all  the 
 L ord’ s ap point ed  holy oc ca sions,  as  well  as 
 the free will off  er ings  brought  to d  the  L ord. 6  On  the  first  day  of  the sev enth  month  they 
be gan  to off  er  burnt off  er ings  to  the  L ord,  even 
 though  the foun da tion  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple 
 had  not  yet  been  laid. 7  They  gave mon ey  to 
 the stone cut ters  and ar ti sans,  and  gave  food, 
 drink,  and  oil  to  the peo ple  of Si don  and  Tyre, 
 so  they  would  bring ce dar  wood  from Leb a non 
 to Jop pa  by  sea, ac cord ing  to  the au tho ri za tion 
giv en  them  by  King Cy rus  of Per sia. REBUILDING THE TEMPLE
8  In  the sec ond  month  of  the sec ond  year af-
ter  they ar rived  at  God’s  house  in Je ru sa lem, 
Ze rub ba bel  son  of She al ti el, Jesh ua  son  of 
Joz a dak,  and  the  rest  of  their broth ers, in-
clud ing  the  priests,  the Le vites,  and  all  who 
 had re turned  to Je ru sa lem  from  the cap tiv i ty , 
be gan  to  build. They ap point ed  the Le vites  who 
 were twen ty  years  old  or  more  to su per vise 
 the  work  on  the  L ord’ s  house.


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9 Jesh ua  with 
 his  sons  and broth ers, Kad mi el  with  his  sons, 
 and  the  sons  of Ju dah e  and  of Hen a dad,  with 
 their  sons  and broth ers,  the Le vites,  joined 
to geth er  to su per vise  those work ing  on  the 
 house  of  God. TEMPLE FOUNDATION COMPLETED
10  When  the build ers  had  laid  the foun da tion  of 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple,  the  priests,  dressed  in  their 
 robes  and hold ing trum pets,  and  the Le vites 
de scend ed  from  Asaph, hold ing cym bals,  took 
 their po si tions  to  praise  the  L ord,  as  King Da-
vid  of Is ra el  had in struct ed. 11  They  sang  with 
 praise  and thanks giv ing  to  the  L ord: “ For  he 
 is  good;  his faith ful  love  to Is ra el en dures for-
ev er.”  Then  all  the peo ple  gave  a  great  shout 
 of  praise  to  the  L ord be cause  the foun da tion 
 of  the  L ord’ s  house  had  been  laid. 12  But  many  of  the old er  priests, Le vites,  and 
fam i ly  heads,  who  had  seen  the  first tem ple, 
 wept loud ly  when  they  saw  the foun da tion 
 of  this tem ple,  but  many oth ers shout ed joy-
ful ly . 13  The peo ple  could  not dis tin guish  the 
 sound  of  the joy ful shout ing  from  that  of  the f 
weep ing, be cause  the peo ple  were shout ing 
 so loud ly .


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And  the  sound  was  heard  far  away . OPPOSITION TO REBUILDING THE TEMPLE
4 
 When  the en e mies  of Ju dah  and Ben-
ja min  heard  that  the re turned ex iles g 
 were build ing  a tem ple  for  the  L ord,  the 
 God  of Is ra el, 2  they ap proached Ze rub ba-
bel  and  the fam i ly  heads  and  said  to  them, 
“ Let  us  build  with  you,  for  we  also wor ship 
 your  God  and  have  been sac ri fic ing  to  him h 
 since  the  time  King Esar- had don  of As syr ia 
 brought  us  here.”
3  But Ze rub ba bel, Jesh ua,  and  the oth er  heads 
 of Is ra el’s fam i lies an swered  them, “ You  may 
 have  no  part  with  us  in build ing  a  house  for  our 
 God,  since  we  alone  will  build  it  for  the  L ord, 
 the  God  of Is ra el,  as  King Cy rus,  the  king  of 
Per sia  has com mand ed  us.” 4  Then  the peo ple 
 who  were al ready  in  the  land i dis cour aged j 
 the peo ple  of Ju dah  and  made  them  afraid  to 
 build. 5  They  also bribed off  i cials  to  act  against 
 them  to frus trate  their  plans through out  the 
 reign  of  King Cy rus  of Per sia  and un til  the 
 reign  of  King Da ri us  of Per sia. OPPOSITION TO REBUILDING THE CITY
6  At  the be gin ning  of  the  reign  of Ahas u e rus, 
 the peo ple  who  were al ready  in  the  land  wrote 
a 2:69 Or drachmas, or darics   b 2:69 Lit 5,000 minas   c 3:5 Lit for the new moons   d 3:5 Lit well as those of everyone making 
a freewill offering to   e 3:9 Or Hodaviah ; Neh 7:43; 1 Esdras 5:58   f 3:13 Lit the people   g 4:1 Lit the sons of the exile    
h 4:2 Alt Hb tradition reads have not been sacrificing   i 4:4 Lit people of the land, also in v . 6   j 4:4 Lit weakened the hands of
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    "Who approached Zerubbabel and the family heads to offer help in building the temple?",
    "What was Zerubbabel's response to the offer of help in rebuilding the temple?",
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 an ac cu sa tion  against  the res i dents  of Ju dah 
 and Je ru sa lem. 7 Dur ing  the  time  of  King Arta-
xerxes  of Per sia, Bish lam, Mith re dath, Ta be el 
 and  the  rest  of  his col leagues  wrote  to  King 
Artaxerxes. The let ter  was writ ten  in Ar a ma ic 
 and trans lat ed. a
8 Re hum  the  chief dep u ty  and Shim shai  the 
 scribe  wrote  a let ter  to  King Artaxerxes con-
cern ing Je ru sa lem  as fol lows:
9 From Rehum b the chief deputy , Shim-
shai the scribe, and the rest of their col -
leagues  —  the judges and magistrates  c 
from Tripolis, Persia, Erech, Babylon, 
Susa (that is, the people of Elam),  d 10 and 
the rest of the peoples whom the great 
and illustrious Ashurbanipal
 e deported 
and settled in the cities of Samaria and 
the region west of the Euphrates River. 11  This  is  the  text  of  the let ter  they  sent  to  him:
To King Artaxerxes from your servants, 
the men from the region west of the 
Euphrates River:
12 Let it be known to the king that the 
Jews who came from you have returned 
to us at Jerusalem. They are rebuilding 
that rebellious and evil city , finishing its 
walls, and repairing its foundations. 13 Let 
it now be known to the king that if that 
city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, 
they will not pay tribute, duty , or land tax, 
and the royal revenue
 d will suffer. 14 Since 
we have taken an oath of loyalty to the 
king,
 f and it is not right for us to witness 
his dishonor, we have sent to inform 
the king 
15 that a search should be made 
in your fathers’ record books. In these 
record books you will discover and verify 
that the city is a rebellious city , harmful 
to kings and provinces.


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    "What did the residents of Judah and Jerusalem accuse the Jews of doing?",
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That is 
why this city was destroyed. 16 We advise 
the king that if this city is rebuilt and its 
walls are finished, you will not have any 
possession west of the Euphrates. ARTAXERXES’S REPLY
17  The  king  sent  a re ply  to  his  chief dep u ty Re-
hum, Shim shai  the  scribe,  and  the  rest  of  their 
col leagues liv ing  in Sa mar ia  and else where  in 
 the re gion  west  of  the Eu phra tes Riv er:
Greetings. 18 The letter you sent us has been 
translated and read  g in my presence. 19 I issued a decree and a search was 
conducted.


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    "Who did Artaxerxes send a reply to regarding the city's status?",
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It was discovered that this 
city has had uprisings against kings 
since ancient times, and there have been 
rebellions and revolts in it. 20 Powerful 
kings have also ruled over Jerusalem 
and exercised authority over the whole 
region west of the Euphrates River, and 
tribute, duty , and land tax were paid to 
them. 21 Therefore, issue an order for 
these men to stop, so that this city will 
not be rebuilt until a further decree 
has been pronounced by me.


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    "Which river is referenced in relation to the authority of the kings over Jerusalem?",
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Otherwise, 
the damage will increase and the royal 
interests  h will suffer. 23  As  soon  as  the  text  of  King Artaxerxes’s 
let ter  was  read  to Re hum, Shim shai  the  scribe, 
 and  their col leagues,  they im me di ate ly  went 
 to  the  Jews  in Je ru sa lem  and forc ibly  stopped 
 them. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE RESUMED
24  Now  the con struc tion  of  God’s  house  in Je-
ru sa lem  had  stopped  and re mained  at  a stand-
still un til  the sec ond  year  of  the  reign  of  King
5 
Da ri us  of Per sia. 1  But  when  the proph ets 
Hag gai  and Zech a ri ah  son  of  Iddo proph-
e sied  to  the  Jews  who  were  in Ju dah  and Je-
ru sa lem,  in  the  name  of  the  God  of Is ra el  who 
 was  over  them, 2 Ze rub ba bel  son  of She al ti el 
 and Jesh ua  son  of Joz a dak be gan  to re build 
 God’s  house  in Je ru sa lem. The proph ets  of 
 God  were  with  them, help ing  them. 3  At  that  time Tat te nai  the gov er nor  of  the 
re gion  west  of  the Eu phra tes Riv er, Shethar- 
bozenai,  and  their col leagues  came  to  the 
 Jews  and  asked, “ Who  gave  you  the or der 
 to re build  this tem ple  and fin ish  this struc-
ture? ” i 4  They  also  asked  them, “ What  are  the 
 names  of  the work ers j  who  are con struct ing 
 this build ing? ” 5  But  God  was watch ing k  over 
 the Jew ish el ders. These  men  wouldn’t  stop 
 them un til  a re port  was  sent  to Da ri us,  so 
 that  they  could re ceive writ ten in struc tions 
 about  this mat ter. a4:7 Ezr 4:8–6:18 is written in Aramaic. b4:9 Lit Then Rehum   c4:9 Or ambassadors   d4:9,13 Aramaic obscure   e4:10 Lit 
Osnappar   f4:14 Lit have eaten the salt of the palace   g4:18 Or been read clearly   h4:22 Lit the kings   i 5:3 Or finish its 
furnishings, also in v . 9   j 5:4 One Aramaic ms, LXX, Syr; MT reads Then we told them exactly what the names of the men were   
k 5:5 Lit But the eye of their God was
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    "What was the name of the governor who questioned the Jews about rebuilding the temple?",
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THE LETTER TO DARIUS
6  This  is  the  text  of  the let ter  that Tat te nai  the 
gov er nor  of  the re gion  west  of  the Eu phra tes 
Riv er, Shethar-bozenai,  and  their col leagues, 
 the off  i cials  in  the re gion,  sent  to  King Da ri us. 7  They  sent  him  a re port, writ ten  as fol lows:
To King Darius:
All greetings. 8 Let it be known to the king that we went 
to the house of the great God in the prov -
ince of Judah. It is being built with cut  a 
stones, and its beams are being set in the 
walls.


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This work is being done diligently 
and succeeding through the people’s 
efforts. 9 So we questioned the elders and 
asked, “Who gave you the order to rebuild 
this temple and finish this structure? ” 
10 We also asked them for their names, so 
that we could write down the names of 
their leaders for your information. 11 This is the reply they gave us:
We are the servants of the God of the 
heavens and earth, and we are rebuilding 
the temple that was built many years 
ago, which a great king of Israel built and 
finished. 12 But since our fathers angered 
the God of the heavens, he handed them 
over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, 
the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple 
and deported the people to Babylon. 13 However, in the first year of King Cyrus 
of Babylon, he issued a decree to rebuild 
the house of God. 14 He also took from the 
temple in Babylon the gold and silver arti -
cles of God’s house that Nebuchadnezzar 
had taken from the temple in Jerusalem 
and carried them to the temple in Bab -
ylon. He released them from the temple 
in Babylon to a man named Sheshbazzar, 
the governor by the appointment of King 
Cyrus. 15 Cyrus told him, “Take these arti -
cles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, 
and let the house of God be rebuilt on its 
original site.” 
16 Then this same Shesh -
bazzar came and laid the foundation of 
God’s house in Jerusalem. It has been 
under construction from that time until 
now , but it has not been completed. 17 So if it pleases the king, let a search of 
the royal archives b in Babylon be con -
ducted to see if it is true that a decree was 
issued by King Cyrus to rebuild the house 
of God in Jerusalem. Let the king’s deci
-
sion regarding this matter be sent to us. DARIUS’S SEARCH
6 
 King Da ri us  gave  the or der,  and  they 
 searched  in  the library  of Bab ylon  in  the 
ar chives. c 2  But  it  was  in  the for tress  of Ec bat-
a na  in  the prov ince  of Me dia  that  a  scroll  was 
 found  with  this rec ord writ ten  on  it:
3 In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued 
a decree concerning the house of God in 
Jerusalem:
Let the house be rebuilt as a place for 
offering sacrifices, and let its original 
foundations be retained. d Its height is to 
be ninety feet  e and its width ninety feet, 
4 with three layers of cut  a stones and one 
of timber.


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f 5 The gold and silver arti -
cles of God’s house that Nebuchadnezzar 
took from the temple in Jerusalem and 
carried to Babylon must also be returned. They are to be brought to the temple in 
Jerusalem where they belong  g and put 
into the house of God. DARIUS’S DECREE
6 Therefore, you must stay away from that 
place, Tattenai governor of the region 
west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-boz
-
enai, and your  h colleagues, the officials 
in the region. 7 Leave the construction of 
the house of God alone.


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Let the governor 
and elders of the Jews rebuild this house 
of God on its original site. 8 I hereby issue a decree concerning what 
you are to do, so that the elders of the 
Jews can rebuild the house of God:
The cost is to be paid in full to these men 
out of the royal revenues from the taxes 
of the region west of the Euphrates River, 
so that the work will not stop. 9 Whatever 
 is needed  —  young bulls, rams, and lambs 
for burnt offerings to the God of the 
heavens, or wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as 
a 5:8; 6:4 Or huge   b 5:17 Lit treasure house   c 6:1 Lit Babylon where the treasures were stored   d 6:3 Lit be brought forth   
e 6:3 Lit 60 cubits   f6:4 Lit the king’s house   g 6:5 Lit Jerusalem, to its place,   h 6:6 Lit their
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requested by the priests in Jerusalem  —  
let it be given to them every day without 
fail, 10 so that they can offer sacrifices of 
pleasing aroma to the God of the heavens 
and pray for the life of the king and his 
sons. 11 I also issue a decree concerning any 
man who interferes with this directive:
Let a beam be torn from his house and 
raised up; he will be impaled on it, and 
his house will be made into a garbage 
dump because of this offense. 12 May the 
God who caused his name to dwell there 
overthrow any king or people who dares  a 
to harm or interfere with this house of 
God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued 
the decree.


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13  Then Tat te nai gov er nor  of  the re gion  west 
 of  the Eu phra tes Riv er, Shethar-bozenai,  and 
 their col leagues dil i gent ly car ried  out  what 
 King Da ri us  had de creed. 14  So  the Jew ish el-
ders con tin ued suc cess ful ly  with  the build ing 
un der  the proph e sy ing  of Hag gai  the proph-
et  and Zech a ri ah  son  of  Iddo. They fin ished 
 the build ing ac cord ing  to  the com mand  of 
 the  God  of Is ra el  and  the de crees  of Cy rus, 
Da ri us,  and  King Artaxerxes  of Per sia. 15  This 
 house  was com plet ed  on  the  third  day  of  the 
 month  of  Adar  in  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign 
 of  King Da ri us. TEMPLE DEDICATION AND THE PASSOVER
16  Then  the Is ra el ites, in clud ing  the  priests,  the 
Le vites,  and  the  rest  of  the ex iles, cel e brat ed 
 the ded i ca tion  of  the  house  of  God  with  joy . 17  For  the ded i ca tion  of  God’s  house  they of-
fered  one hun dred  bulls,  two hun dred  rams, 
 and  four hun dred  lambs,  as  well  as  twelve 
 male  goats  as  a  sin off  er ing  for  all Is ra el  —   one 
 for  each Is ra el ite  tribe. 18  They  also ap point ed 
 the  priests  by  their di vi sions  and  the Le vites 
 by  their  groups  to  the ser vice  of  God  in Je-
ru sa lem, ac cord ing  to  what  is writ ten  in  the 
 book  of Mo ses. 19  The ex iles ob served  the Pass over  on  the 
four teenth  day  of  the  first  month. 20  All  of 
 the  priests  and Le vites  were cer e mo ni al ly 
 clean, be cause  they  had pu ri fied them selves. They  killed  the Pass over  lamb  for them selves, 
 their priest ly broth ers,  and  all  the ex iles. 21  The Is ra el ites  who  had re turned  from ex ile 
 ate  it, to geth er  with  all  who  had sep a rat-
ed them selves  from  the un clean ness  of  the 
Gen tiles  of  the  land b  in or der  to wor ship 
 the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el.


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22  They ob served   
the Fes ti val  of Un leav ened  Bread  for sev en 
 days  with  joy , be cause  the  L ord  had  made 
 them joy ful, hav ing  changed  the As syr ian 
 king’s at ti tude to ward  them,  so  that  he sup-
port ed  them c  in  the  work  on  the  house  of  the 
 God  of Is ra el. E ZR A’S ARRIVAL
7 
Af ter  these  events, dur ing  the  reign  of  King 
Artaxerxes  of Per sia,  Ezra —
  Seraiah’s son, Azariah’s son,
  Hilkiah’s son, 2 Shallum’s son,
  Zadok’s son, Ahitub’s son,
 3 Amariah’s son, Azariah’s son,
  Meraioth’s son, 4 Zerahiah’s son,
  Uzzi’s son, Bukki’s son,
 5 Abishua’s son, Phinehas’s son,
  Eleazar’s son, the chief priest Aaron’s 
son
6  —   came  up  from Bab ylon. He  was  a  scribe 
 skilled  in  the  law  of Mo ses,  which  the  L ord,  the 
 God  of Is ra el,  had giv en.


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The  king  had grant-
ed  him ev ery thing  he re quest ed be cause  the 
 hand  of  the  L ord  his  God  was  on  him. 7  Some 
 of  the Is ra el ites,  priests, Le vites, sing ers, gate-
keep ers,  and tem ple ser vants ac com pa nied 
 him  to Je ru sa lem  in  the sev enth  year  of  King 
Artaxerxes. 8  Ezra d  came  to Je ru sa lem  in  the  fifth  month, 
dur ing  the sev enth  year  of  the  king. 9  He be-
gan  the jour ney  from Bab ylon  on  the  first  day 
 of  the  first  month  and ar rived  in Je ru sa lem 
 on  the  first  day  of  the  fifth  month  since  the 
gra cious  hand  of  his  God  was  on  him. 10  Now 
 Ezra  had de ter mined  in  his  heart  to  study  the 
 law  of  the  L ord,  obey  it,  and  teach  its stat utes 
 and or di nances  in Is ra el. LETTER FROM ARTAXERXES
11  This  is  the  text  of  the let ter  King Artaxerxes 
 gave  to  Ezra  the  priest  and  scribe,  an ex pert 
 in mat ters  of  the  L ord’ s com mands  and stat-
utes  for Is ra el: e
12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the 
priest, an expert in the law of the God of 
the heavens:
a 6:12 Lit who stretches out its hand   b 6:21 Lit land to them   c 6:22 Lit strengthened their hands   d 7:8 LXX, Syr , Vg read They   
e 7:11 Ezr 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic. EZRA 6-7 412
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Greetings. 13 I issue a decree that any of the Isra -
elites in my kingdom, including their 
priests and Levites, who want to go to 
Jerusalem, may go with you. 14 You are 
sent by the king and his seven coun -
selors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem 
according to the law of your God, which 
is in your possession. 15 You are also to 
bring the silver and gold the king and 
his counselors have willingly given to 
the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in 
Jerusalem, 
16 and all the silver and gold 
you receive throughout the province 
of Babylon, together with the freewill 
offerings given by the people and the 
priests to the house of their God in 
Jerusalem. 17 Then you are to be diligent 
to buy with this money bulls, rams, and 
lambs, along with their grain and drink 
offerings, and offer them on the altar 
at the house of your God in Jerusalem. 18 You may do whatever seems best to 
you and your brothers with the rest of 
the silver and gold, according to the 
will of your God. 19 Deliver to the God of 
Jerusalem all the articles given to you 
for the service of the house of your God. 20 You may use the royal treasury  a to pay 
for anything else needed for the house 
of your God. 21 I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all 
the treasurers in the region west of the 
Euphrates River:
Whatever Ezra the priest, an expert in 
the law of the God of the heavens, asks 
of you must be provided in full, 
22 up to 
7,500 pounds  b of silver, 500 bushels c of 
wheat, 550 gallons  d of wine, 550 gallons 
of oil, and salt without limit. e 23 Whatev-
er is commanded by the God of heaven 
must be done diligently for the house of 
the God of the heavens, so that wrath will 
not fall on the realm of the king and his 
sons.


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24 Be advised that you do not have 
authority to impose tribute, duty , and 
land tax on any priests, Levites, singers, 
doorkeepers, temple servants, or other 
servants of this house of God. 25 And you, Ezra, according to  f God’s 
wisdom that you possess, appoint magis -
trates and judges to judge all the people 
in the region west of the Euphrates who 
know the laws of your God and to teach 
anyone who does not know them. 26 Any-
one who does not keep the law of your 
God and the law of the king, let the appro
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whether death, banishment, confiscation 
of property , or imprisonment.


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27  Blessed  be  the  L ord,  the  God  of  our fa thers, 
 who  has  put  it  into  the  king’s  mind  to glo ri fy 
 the  house  of  the  L ord  in Je ru sa lem, 28  and  who 
 has  shown fa vor  to  me be fore  the  king,  his 
coun sel ors,  and  all  his pow er ful off  i cers.


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So  I 
 took cour age be cause  I  was strength ened  by 
 the  hand  of  the  L ord  my  God, g  and  I gath ered 
Is ra el ite lead ers  to re turn  with  me. THOSE RETURNING WITH EZRA
8 
 These  are  the fam i ly  heads  and  the ge ne-
alog i cal rec ords  of  those  who re turned 
 with  me  from Bab ylon dur ing  the  reign  of 
 King Artaxerxes:
 2 Gershom, 
from Phinehas’s descendants;
  Daniel, from Ithamar’s descendants;
  Hattush, from David’s descendants,
 3 who was of Shecaniah’s descendants;
  Zechariah, from Parosh’s descendants,
  and 150 men h with him 
who were registered by genealogy;
 4 Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah
  from Pahath-moab’s descendants,
  and 200 men with him;
 5 Shecaniah i son of Jahaziel
  from Zattu’s descendants,
  and 300 men with him;
 6 Ebed son of Jonathan
  from Adin’s descendants,
  and 50 men with him;
 7 Jeshaiah son of Athaliah
  from Elam’s descendants,
  and 70 men with him;
 8 Zebadiah son of Michael
  from Shephatiah’s descendants,
  and 80 men with him;
 9 Obadiah son of Jehiel
  from Joab’s descendants,
  and 218 men with him;
a 7:20 Lit the king’s house   b 7:22 Lit 100 talents   c 7:22 Lit 100 cors   d 7:22 Lit 100 baths   e 7:22 Lit without instruction    
f 7:25 Lit to your   g 7:28 Lit because the hand of the Lord my God was on me   h 8:3 Or males ; also in vv . 4-14   i 8:5 LXX,  
1 Esdras 8:32; MT reads the descendants of Shecaniah
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 10 Shelomith a son of Josiphiah
  from Bani’s descendants,
  and 160 men with him;
 11 Zechariah son of Bebai
  from Bebai’s descendants,
  and 28 men with him;
 12 Johanan son of Hakkatan
  from Azgad’s descendants,
  and 110 men with him;
 13 these are the last ones, 
from Adonikam’s descendants,
  and their names are
  Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah,
  and 60 men with them;
 14 Uthai and Zaccur  b
  from Bigvai’s descendants,
  and 70 men with them. 15  I gath ered  them  at  the riv er c  that  flows  to 
Aha va,  and  we  camped  there  for  three  days.


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I 
 searched  among  the peo ple  and  priests,  but 
 found  no Le vites  there. 16  Then  I sum moned 
 the lead ers: El i e zer, Ari el, She ma iah, El na than, 
Ja rib, El na than, Na than, Zech a ri ah,  and Me-
shul lam,  as  well  as  the teach ers Joi a rib  and 
El na than. 17  I  sent  them  to  Iddo,  the lead er  at 
Ca siph ia,  with  a mes sage  for d  him  and  his 
broth ers,  the tem ple ser vants  at Ca siph ia,  that 
 they  should  bring  us min is ters  for  the  house 
 of  our  God. 18  Since  the gra cious  hand  of  our 
 God  was  on  us,  they  brought  us Sher e bi ah  
—   a  man  of in sight  from  the de scen dants 
 of Mah li,  a de scen dant  of  Levi  son  of Is ra el  
—   along  with  his  sons  and broth ers,  18  men, 
19  plus Hash a bi ah,  along  with Je sha iah,  from 
 the de scen dants  of Me ra ri,  and  his broth ers 
 and  their  sons,  20  men. 20  There  were  also  220  of 
 the tem ple ser vants,  who  had  been ap point ed 
 by Da vid  and  the lead ers  for  the  work  of  the 
Le vites.


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All  were identified  by  name. PREPARING TO RETURN
21  I pro claimed  a  fast  by  the Aha va Riv er, e  so 
 that  we  might hum ble our selves be fore  our 
 God  and  ask  him  for  a  safe jour ney  for  us,  our 
de pen dents,  and  all  our pos ses sions. 22  I  did 
 this be cause  I  was  ashamed  to  ask  the  king 
 for infantry  and cav al ry  to pro tect  us  from 
en e mies dur ing  the jour ney ,  since  we  had  told 
 him, “ The  hand  of  our  God  is gra cious  to  all 
 who  seek  him,  but  his  fierce an ger  is  against 
 all  who aban don  him.” 23  So  we fast ed  and 
plead ed  with  our  God  about  this,  and  he  was 
receptive  to  our  prayer. 24  I se lect ed  twelve  of  the lead ing  priests, 
 along  with Sher e bi ah, Hash a bi ah,  and  ten  of 
 their broth ers. 25  I  weighed  out  to  them  the 
sil ver,  the  gold,  and  the ar ti cles  —   the con-
tri bu tion  for  the  house  of  our  God  that  the 
 king,  his coun sel ors,  his lead ers,  and  all  the 
Is ra el ites  who  were pre sent  had off  ered. 26  I 
 weighed  out  to  them  24  tons f  of sil  ver, sil-
ver ar ti cles weigh ing 7,500  pounds, g 7,500 
 pounds  of  gold, 27 twen ty  gold  bowls  worth  a 
thou sand  gold  coins, h  and  two ar ti cles  of  fine 
gleam ing  bronze,  as valu able  as  gold. 28  Then 
 I  said  to  them, “ You  are  holy  to  the  L ord,  and 
 the ar ti cles  are  holy . The sil ver  and  gold  are  a 
free will off  er ing  to  the  L ord  God  of  your fa-
thers. 29  Guard  them care ful ly un til  you  weigh 
 them  out  in  the cham bers  of  the  L ord’ s  house 
be fore  the lead ing  priests, Le vites,  and  heads 
 of  the Is ra el ite fam i lies  in Je ru sa lem.” 30  So 
 the  priests  and Le vites  took  charge  of  the sil-
ver,  the  gold,  and  the ar ti cles  that  had  been 
 weighed  out,  to  bring  them  to  the  house  of 
 our  God  in Je ru sa lem. ARRIVAL IN JERUSALEM
31  We  set  out  from  the Aha va Riv er  on  the 
 twelfth  day  of  the  first  month  to  go  to Je ru-
sa lem.


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We  were strength ened  by  our  God, i  and 
 he  kept  us  from  the  grasp  of  the en e my  and 
 from am bush  along  the  way . 32  So  we ar rived 
 at Je ru sa lem  and rest ed  there  for  three  days. 33  On  the  fourth  day  the sil ver,  the  gold,  and 
 the ar ti cles  were  weighed  out  in  the  house  of 
 our  God  into  the  care  of  the  priest Mer e moth 
 son  of Uri ah. El e a zar  son  of Phin e has  was  with 
 him.


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The Le vites Joz a bad  son  of Jesh ua  and 
No a di ah  son  of Bin nui  were  also  with  them. 34 Ev ery thing  was ver i fied  by num ber  and 
 weight,  and  the to tal  weight  was re cord ed 
 at  that  time. 35  The ex iles  who  had re turned  from  the 
cap tiv i ty off  ered  burnt off  er ings  to  the  God 
 of Is ra el:  twelve  bulls  for  all Is ra el, ninety-six 
 rams,  and seventy-seven  lambs,  along  with 
 twelve  male  goats  as  a  sin off  er ing. All  this 
 was  a  burnt off  er ing  for  the  L ord. 36  They 
 also de liv ered  the  king’s  edicts  to  the roy al 
sa traps  and gov er nors  of  the re gion  west  of 
 the Eu phra tes,  so  that  they  would sup port  the 
peo ple  and  the  house  of  God. a 8:10 Some LXX mss, 1 Esdras 8:36; MT reads the descendants of Shelomith   b 8:14 Alt Hb tradition, some LXX mss read Zabud   
c 8:15 Or canal   d 8:17 Lit Casiphia, and I put in their mouth the words to speak to   e 8:21 Or Canal, also in v . 31   f 8:26 Lit 650 
talents   g 8:26 Lit 100 talents   h 8:27 Or 1,000 drachmas, or  1,000 darics   i 8:31 Lit The hand of our God was on us
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ISRAEL’S INTERMARRIAGE
9 
Af ter  these  things  had  been  done,  the lead-
ers ap proached  me  and  said: “ The peo ple 
 of Is ra el,  the  priests,  and  the Le vites  have  not 
sep a rat ed them selves  from  the sur round ing 
peo ples  whose de test able prac tic es  are  like 
 those  of  the Ca naan ites, Heth ites, Per iz zites, 
Jeb u sites, Am mon ites, Mo ab ites, Egyp tians, 
 and Am o rites. 2 In deed,  the Is ra el ite  men a  have 
tak en  some  of  their daugh ters  as  wives  for 
them selves  and  their  sons,  so  that  the  holy 
 seed  has be come  mixed  with  the sur round-
ing peo ples.


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The lead ers b  and off  i cials  have 
tak en  the  lead  in  this un faith ful ness! ” 3  When 
 I  heard  this re port,  I  tore  my tu nic  and  robe, 
 pulled  out  some  of  the  hair  from  my  head  and 
 beard,  and  sat  down dev as tat ed. EZRA’S CONFESSION
4 Ev ery one  who trem bled  at  the  words  of  the 
 God  of Is ra el gath ered  around  me, be cause 
 of  the un faith ful ness  of  the ex iles,  while  I  sat 
dev as tat ed un til  the eve ning off  er ing. 5  At  the 
eve ning off  er ing,  I  got  up  from  my  time  of hu-
mil i a tion,  with  my tu nic  and  robe  torn.


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Then 
 I  fell  on  my  knees  and  spread  out  my  hands 
 to  the  L ord  my  God. 6  And  I  said:
My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed 
to lift my face toward you, my God, 
because our iniquities are higher than 
our heads and our guilt is as high as the 
heavens. 7 Our guilt has been terrible 
from the days of our fathers until the 
present. Because of our iniquities we 
have been handed over, along with our 
kings and priests, to the surrounding 
kings, and to the sword, captivity , plun-
dering, and open shame, as it is today . 8 But now , for a brief moment, grace has 
come from the Lord our God to preserve 
a remnant for us and give us a stake in 
his holy place. Even in our slavery , God 
has given us a little relief and light to our 
eyes. 9 Though we are slaves, our God has 
not abandoned us in our slavery . He has 
extended grace to us in the presence of 
the Persian kings, giving us relief, so that 
we can rebuild the house of our God and 
repair its ruins, to give us a wall in Judah 
and Jerusalem. 10 Now , our God, what can we say in 
light of c this? For we have abandoned 
the commands 11 you gave through your 
servants the prophets, saying: “The land 
you are entering to possess is an impure 
land. The surrounding peoples have filled 
it from end to end with their uncleanness 
by their impurity and detestable prac -
tices. 12 So do not give your daughters 
to their sons in marriage or take their 
daughters for your sons. Never pursue 
their welfare or prosperity , so that you 
will be strong, eat the good things of 
the land, and leave it as an inheritance 
to your sons forever.” 
13 After all that 
has happened to us because of our evil 
deeds and terrible guilt  —  though you, 
our God, have punished us less than our 
iniquities deserve and have allowed us 
to survive
 d — 14 should we break your 
commands again and intermarry with 
the peoples who commit these detest -
able practices? Wouldn’t you become so 
angry with us that you would destroy us, 
leaving neither remnant nor survivor? 15 Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, 
for we survive as a remnant today .


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Here 
we are before you with our guilt, though 
no one can stand in your presence be
-
cause of this. SENDING AWAY FOREIGN WIVES
10 
 While  Ezra  prayed  and con fessed, 
weep ing  and fall ing face down be fore 
 the  house  of  God,  an ex treme ly  large as sem-
bly  of Is ra el ite  men, wom en,  and chil dren 
gath ered  around  him. The peo ple  also  wept 
bit ter ly . 2  Then Shec a ni ah  son  of Je hi el,  an 
Elam ite, re spond ed  to  Ezra: “ We  have  been 
un faith ful  to  our  God  by mar ry ing for eign 
wom en  from  the sur round ing peo ples,  but 
 there  is  still  hope  for Is ra el  in  spite  of  this. 3  Let  us there fore  make  a cov enant be fore 
 our  God  to  send  away  all  the for eign  wives 
 and  their chil dren, ac cord ing  to  the coun sel 
 of  my  lord  and  of  those  who trem ble  at  the 
com mand  of  our  God. Let  it  be  done ac cord-
ing  to  the  law .


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Be  strong 
 and  take ac tion! ”
5  Then  Ezra  got  up  and  made  the lead ing 
 priests, Le vites,  and  all Is ra el  take  an  oath 
 to  do  what  had  been  said;  so  they  took  the 
 oath. 6  Ezra  then  went  from  the  house  of  God 
 and  walked  to  the cham ber  of Je ho ha nan 
a 9:2 Lit they   b 9:2 Lit hand of the leaders   c 9:10 Lit say after   d 9:13 Lit and gave us a remnant like this
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 son  of Eli a shib,  where  he  spent  the  night. a 
 He  did  not  eat  food  or  drink wa ter, be cause 
 he  was mourn ing  over  the un faith ful ness 
 of  the ex iles. 7  They cir cu lat ed  a proc la ma tion through-
out Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem  that  all  the ex iles 
 should gath er  at Je ru sa lem. 8 Who ev er  did 
 not  come with in  three  days  would for feit  all 
 his pos ses sions, b ac cord ing  to  the de ci sion  of 
 the lead ers  and el ders,  and  would  be ex clud ed 
 from  the as sem bly  of  the ex iles. 9  So  all  the  men  of Ju dah  and Ben ja min gath-
ered  in Je ru sa lem with in  the  three  days. On 
 the twen ti eth  day  of  the  ninth  month,  all  the 
peo ple  sat  in  the  square  at  the  house  of  God, 
trem bling be cause  of  this mat ter  and be cause 
 of  the  heavy  rain. 10  Then  the  priest  Ezra  stood 
 up  and  said  to  them, “ You  have  been un faith ful 
 by mar ry ing for eign wom en, add ing  to Is ra el’s 
 guilt. 11 There fore,  make  a con fes sion  to  the 
 L ord,  the  God  of  your fa thers,  and  do  his  will. Sep a rate your selves  from  the sur round ing 
peo ples  and  your for eign  wives.”
12  Then  all  the as sem bly re spond ed loud ly: 
“ Yes,  we  will  do  as  you  say! 13  But  there  are 
 many peo ple,  and  it  is  the  rainy sea son.


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We 
 don’t  have  the stamina  to  stay  out  in  the  open. This  isn’t some thing  that  can  be  done  in  a  day 
 or  two,  for  we  have re belled ter ri bly  in  this 
mat ter.


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14  Let  our lead ers rep re sent  the en-
tire as sem bly . Then  let  all  those  in  our  towns 
 who  have mar ried for eign wom en  come  at 
ap point ed  times, to geth er  with  the el ders 
 and judg es  of  each  town,  in or der  to  avert 
 the  fierce an ger  of  our  God con cern ing c  this 
mat ter.” 15  Only Jon a than  son  of As a hel  and 
Jah ze iah  son  of Tik vah op posed  this,  with 
Me shul lam  and Shab be thai  the Le vite sup-
port ing  them. 16  The ex iles  did  what  had  been pro posed.


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The  priest  Ezra se lect ed  men d  who  were fam-
i ly  heads,  all identified  by  name,  to rep re sent e 
 their an ces tral fam i lies. f  They con vened  on 
 the  first  day  of  the  tenth  month  to in ves ti gate 
 the mat ter, 17  and  by  the  first  day  of  the  first 
 month  they  had  dealt  with  all  the  men  who 
 had mar ried for eign wom en. THOSE MARRIED TO FOREIGN WIVES
18  The fol low ing  were  found  to  have mar ried 
for eign wom en  from  the de scen dants  of  the 
 priests:
from the descendants of Jeshua son of 
Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, 
Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19 They 
pledged g to send their wives away , and 
being guilty , they offered a ram from the 
flock for their guilt;
 20 Hanani and Zebadiah from Immer’s 
descendants;
 21 Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, 
Jehiel, and Uzziah 
from Harim’s descendants;
 22 Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, 
Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah 
from Pashhur’s descendants. 23  The Le vites:
  Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is Kelita), 
Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. 24  The sing ers:
  Eliashib. The gate keep ers:
  Shallum, Telem, and Uri. 25  The Is ra el ites:
  Parosh’s descendants: Ramiah, 
Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, 
Malchijah,
 h and Benaiah;
 26 Elam’s descendants: Mattaniah, 
Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, 
and Elijah;
 27 Zattu’s descendants: Elioenai, Eliashib, 
Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, 
and Aziza;
 28 Bebai’s descendants: Jehohanan, 
Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai;
 29 Bani’s descendants: Meshullam, 
Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, 
and Jeremoth;
 30 Pahath-moab’s descendants: Adna, 
Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, 
Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, 
and Manasseh;
 31 Harim’s descendants: Eliezer, 
Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, 
Shimeon, 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and 
Shemariah;
 33 Hashum’s descendants: Mattenai, 
Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, 
Manasseh, and Shimei;
34 Bani’s descendants: Maadai, Amram, 
Uel, 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, 
36 V aniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 
a 10:6 1 Esdras 9:2, Syr; MT , Vg read he went   b 10:8 Lit would set apart all his possessions for destruction   c 10:14 Some Hb 
mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read until   d 10:16 1 Esdras 9:16, Syr; MT , Vg read priest and men were selected   e 10:16 Lit name, for   
f 10:16 Lit the house of their fathers   g 10:19 Lit gave their hand   h 10:25 Some LXX mss, 1 Esdras 9:26 read Hashabiah
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37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu, 38 Bani, 
Binnui, Shimei, 39 Shelemiah, Nathan, 
Adaiah, 40 Machnadebai, Shashai, 
Sharai, 41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, 
42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph;
 43 Nebo’s descendants: Jeiel, Mattithiah, 
Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, 
and Benaiah. 44  All  of  these  had mar ried for eign wom en,  and 
 some  of  the  wives  had giv en  birth  to chil dren.


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nehemiah
1 
 The  words  of Ne he mi ah  son  of Hac a li ah: 
NEWS FROM JERUSALEM
Dur ing  the  month  of Chislev  in  the twen ti-
eth  year,  when  I  was  in  the for tress  city  of 
 Susa, 2 Ha na ni,  one  of  my broth ers, ar rived 
 with  men  from Ju dah,  and  I ques tioned  them 
 about Je ru sa lem  and  the Jew ish rem nant  that 
 had sur vived  the ex ile. 3  They  said  to  me, “ The 
rem nant  in  the prov ince,  who sur vived  the 
ex ile,  are  in  great trou ble  and dis grace.


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Je ru-
sa lem’s  wall  has  been bro ken  down,  and  its 
 gates  have  been  burned.”
NEHEMIAH’S PRAYER
4  When  I  heard  these  words,  I  sat  down  and 
 wept. I  mourned  for  a num ber  of  days, fast ing 
 and pray ing be fore  the  God  of  the heav ens. 5  I  said,
Lord, the God of the heavens, the great 
and awe-inspiring God who keeps his 
gracious covenant with those who love 
him and keep his commands, 6 let your 
eyes be open and your ears be atten -
tive to hear your servant’s prayer that I 
now pray to you day and night for your 
servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins  a 
we have committed against you. Both I 
and my father’s family have sinned. 7 We 
have acted corruptly toward you and 
have not kept the commands, statutes, 
and ordinances you gave your servant 
Moses. 8 Please remember what you 
commanded your servant Moses: “If you 
are unfaithful, I will scatter you among 
the peoples. 9 But if you return to me and 
carefully observe my commands, even 
though your exiles were banished to the 
farthest horizon,  b I will gather them from 
there and bring them to the place where 
I chose to have my name dwell.” 10 They 
are your servants and your people. You 
redeemed them by your great power and 
strong hand.


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11 Please, Lord, let your ear 
be attentive to the prayer of your servant 
and to that of your servants who delight 
to revere your name. Give your servant 
success today , and grant him compassion 
in the presence of this man. c
 At  the  time,  I  was  the  king’s cup bear er. NEHEMIAH SENT TO JERUSALEM
2 
Dur ing  the  month  of Ni san  in  the twen ti-
eth  year  of  King Artaxerxes,  when  wine 
 was  set be fore  him,  I  took  the  wine  and  gave 
 it  to  the  king. I  had nev er  been  sad  in  his pres-
ence, 2  so  the  king  said  to  me, “ Why  are  you d 
 sad,  when  you  aren’t  sick?


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This  is noth ing  but 
sad ness  of  heart.”
 I  was over whelmed  with  fear 3  and re plied 
 to  the  king, “ May  the  king  live for ev er! Why 
 should  I e  not  be  sad  when  the  city  where  my 
an ces tors  are bur ied  lies  in ru ins  and  its  gates 
 have  been de stroyed  by  fire? ”
4  Then  the  king  asked  me, “ What  is  your re-
quest? ”
 So  I  prayed  to  the  God  of  the heav ens 5  and 
an swered  the  king, “ If  it pleas es  the  king,  and 
 if  your ser vant  has  found fa vor  with  you,  send 
 me  to Ju dah  and  to  the  city  where  my an ces tors 
 are bur ied, f  so  that  I  may re build  it.”
6  The  king,  with  the  queen seat ed be side 
 him,  asked  me, “ How  long  will  your jour ney 
 take,  and  when  will  you re turn? ”  So  I  gave 
 him  a defi   nite  time,  and  it  pleased  the  king 
 to  send  me. 7  I  also  said  to  the  king: “ If  it pleas es  the  king, 
 let  me  have let ters writ ten  to  the gov er nors  of 
 the re gion  west  of  the Eu phra tes Riv er,  so  that 
 they  will  grant  me  safe pas sage un til  I  reach Ju-
dah. 8  And  let  me  have  a let ter writ ten  to  Asaph, 
keep er  of  the  king’s for est,  so  that  he  will  give 
 me tim ber  to re build  the  gates  of  the tem ple’s 
for tress,  the  city  wall,  and  the  home  where  I 
 will  live.” g  The  king grant ed  my re quests,  for 
 the gra cious  hand  of  my  God  was  on  me. 9  I  went  to  the gov er nors  of  the re gion  west 
 of  the Eu phra tes  and  gave  them  the  king’s 
let ters.


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The  king  had  also  sent off  i cers  of  the 
infantry  and cav al ry  with  me. 10  When San-
bal lat  the Hor o nite  and To bi ah  the Am mon-
ite off  i cial  heard  that some one  had  come  to 
pur sue  the pros per i ty  of  the Is ra el ites,  they 
 were great ly dis pleased. a 1:6 Lit sins of the Israelites   b 1:9 Lit skies   c 1:11 = the king   d 2:2 Lit “Why is your face   e 2:3 Lit my face   f 2:5 Lit city, the 
house of the graves of my fathers,   g 2:8 Lit enter
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PREPARING TO REBUILD THE WALLS
11 Af ter  I ar rived  in Je ru sa lem  and  had  been 
 there  three  days, 12  I  got  up  at  night  and  took 
 a  few  men  with  me. I  didn’t  tell any one  what 
 my  God  had  laid  on  my  heart  to  do  for Je ru sa-
lem. The  only an i mal  I  took a  was  the  one  I  was 
rid ing. 13  I  went  out  at  night  through  the V al ley 
 Gate to ward  the Ser pent’s b  Well  and  the  Dung 
 Gate,  and  I in spect ed  the  walls  of Je ru sa lem 
 that  had  been bro ken  down  and  its  gates  that 
 had  been de stroyed  by  fire. 14  I  went  on  to  the 
Foun tain  Gate  and  the  King’s  Pool,  but far ther 
 down  it be came  too nar row  for  my an i mal  to 
 go  through. 15  So  I  went  up  at  night  by  way  of 
 the val ley  and in spect ed  the  wall. Then head-
ing  back,  I en tered  through  the V al ley  Gate  and 
re turned. 16  The off  i cials  did  not  know  where  I 
 had  gone  or  what  I  was do ing,  for  I  had  not  yet 
 told  the  Jews,  priests, no bles, off  i cials,  or  the 
 rest  of  those  who  would  be do ing  the  work. 17  So 
 I  said  to  them, “ You  see  the trou ble  we  are  in. Je ru sa lem  lies  in ru ins  and  its  gates  have  been 
 burned. Come,  let’s re build Je ru sa lem’s  wall, 
 so  that  we  will  no lon ger  be  a dis grace.” 18  I  told 
 them  how  the gra cious  hand  of  my  God  had 
 been  on  me,  and  what  the  king  had  said  to  me. They  said, “ Let’s  start re build ing,”  and  their 
 hands  were strength ened c  to  do  this  good 
 work. 19  When San bal lat  the Hor o nite, To bi ah  the 
Am mon ite off  i cial,  and Ge shem  the  Arab  heard 
 about  this,  they  mocked  and de spised  us,  and 
 said, “ What  is  this  you’re do ing?


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”
20  I  gave  them  this re ply , “ The  God  of  the 
heav ens  is  the  one  who  will  grant  us suc cess. We,  his ser vants,  will  start build ing,  but  you 
 have  no  share,  right,  or his tor ic  claim  in Je-
ru sa lem.”
REBUILDING THE WALLS
3 
 The  high  priest Eli a shib  and  his fel low 
 priests be gan re build ing  the  Sheep  Gate. They ded i cat ed  it  and in stalled  its  doors.


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Af ter 
build ing  the  wall  to  the Tow er  of  the Hun dred 
 and  the Tow er  of Han a nel,  they ded i cat ed  it. 2  The  men  of Jer i cho  built  next  to Eli a shib,  and 
 next  to  them Zac cur  son  of  Imri  built. FISH GATE
3  The  sons  of Has se na ah  built  the  Fish  Gate. They  built  it  with  beams  and in stalled  its 
 doors,  bolts,  and  bars. 4  Next  to  them Mer-
e moth  son  of Uri ah,  son  of Hak koz,  made 
re pairs. Be side  them Me shul lam  son  of Ber e-
chi ah,  son  of Me shez a bel,  made re pairs. Next 
 to  them Za dok  son  of Ba a na  made re pairs. 5 Be side  them  the Te ko ites  made re pairs,  but 
 their no bles  did  not  lift  a fin ger  to  help d  their 
su per vi sors. OLD GATE, BROAD WALL, AND TOWER OF THE 
OVENS
6 Joi a da  son  of Pa se ah  and Me shul lam  son  of 
Bes o de iah re paired  the  Old e  Gate. They  built  it 
 with  beams  and in stalled  its  doors,  bolts,  and 
 bars.


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7  Next  to  them  the re pairs  were  done  by 
Mel a ti ah  the Gib e on ite, Ja don  the Me ron o thite, 
 and  the  men  of Gib e on  and Miz pah,  who  were 
un der  the au thor i ty f  of  the gov er nor  of  the 
re gion  west  of  the Eu phra tes Riv er. 8 Af ter 
 him Uz zi el  son  of Har ha iah,  the gold smith, 
 made re pairs,  and  next  to  him Han a ni ah  son 
 of  the per fum er  made re pairs. They re stored 
Je ru sa lem  as  far  as  the  Broad  Wall. 9  Next  to  them Re pha iah  son  of  Hur, rul er  of 
 half  the dis trict  of Je ru sa lem,  made re pairs. 10 Af ter  them Je da iah  son  of Ha ru maph  made 
re pairs  across  from  his  house. Next  to  him 
Hat tush  the  son  of Hash ab ne i ah  made re pairs. 11 Mal chi jah  son  of Ha rim  and Has shub  son  of 
Pahath-moab  made re pairs  to an oth er sec tion, 
 as  well  as  to  the Tow er  of  the Ov ens. 12 Be side 
 him Shal lum  son  of Hal lo hesh, rul er  of  half 
 the dis trict  of Je ru sa lem,  made re pairs  —   he 
 and  his daugh ters. VALLEY GATE, DUNG GATE, AND FOUNTAIN 
GATE
13 Ha nun  and  the in hab i tants  of Za no ah re-
paired  the V al ley  Gate. They re built  it  and 
in stalled  its  doors,  bolts,  and  bars,  and re-
paired  five hun dred  yards g  of  the  wall  to  the 
 Dung  Gate. 14 Mal chi jah  son  of Re chab, rul er 
 of  the dis trict  of Beth-haccherem, re  paired 
 the  Dung  Gate. He re built  it  and in stalled  its 
 doors,  bolts,  and  bars. 15 Shal lun h  son  of Col-hozeh, rul er  of  the 
dis trict  of Miz pah, re paired  the Foun tain  Gate. He re built  it  and  roofed  it.


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He  also  made re pairs  to 
 the  wall  of  the  Pool  of She lah  near  the  king’s 
gar den,  as  far  as  the  stairs  that de scend  from 
 the  city  of Da vid. a 2:12 Lit animal with me   b 2:13 Or Dragon’s   c 2:18 Lit they put their hands   d 3:5 Lit not bring their neck to the work of   
e 3:6 Or Jeshanah   f 3:7 Or Mizpah, the seat   g 3:13 Lit 1,000 cubits   h 3:15 Some Hb mss, Syr read Shallum
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16 Af ter  him Ne he mi ah  son  of Az buk, rul er 
 of  half  the dis trict  of  Beth-zur,  made re pairs 
 up  to  a  point op po site  the  tombs  of Da vid, 
 as  far  as  the artificial  pool  and  the  House  of 
 the War riors. 17  Next  to  him  the Le vites  made 
re pairs un der Re hum  son  of  Bani. Be side 
 him Hash a bi ah, rul er  of  half  the dis trict  of 
Ke i lah,  made re pairs  for  his dis trict. 18 Af ter 
 him  their fel low Le vites  made re pairs un-
der Bin nui  a  son  of Hen a dad, rul er  of  half 
 the dis trict  of Ke i lah. 19  Next  to  him  Ezer  son 
 of Jesh ua, rul er  of Miz pah,  made re pairs  to 
an oth er sec tion op po site  the as cent  to  the 
ar mory  at  the An gle. THE ANGLE, WATER GATE, AND TOWER ON THE 
OPHEL
20 Af ter  him Bar uch  son  of Zab bai b dil i gent ly 
re paired an oth er sec tion,  from  the An gle  to 
 the  door  of  the  house  of  the  high  priest Eli a-
shib. 21 Be side  him Mer e moth  son  of Uri ah,  son 
 of Hak koz,  made re pairs  to an oth er sec tion, 
 from  the  door  of Eli a shib’s  house  to  the  end  of 
 his  house. 22  And  next  to  him  the  priests  from 
 the sur round ing  area  made re pairs. 23 Af ter  them Ben ja min  and Has shub  made 
re pairs op po site  their  house. Be side  them Az-
a ri ah  son  of Ma a se iah,  son  of An a ni ah,  made 
re pairs be side  his  house. 24 Af ter  him Bin nui 
 son  of Hen a dad  made re pairs  to an oth er sec-
tion,  from  the  house  of Az a ri ah  to  the An gle 
 and  the cor ner. 25 Pa lal  son  of  Uzai  made re pairs 
op po site  the An gle  and tow er  that  juts  out 
 from  the  king’s up per pal ace, c  by  the court-
yard  of  the  guard. Be side  him Pe da iah  son  of 
Pa rosh 26  and  the tem ple ser vants liv ing  on 
 Ophel  made re pairs op po site  the Wa ter  Gate 
to ward  the  east  and  the tow er  that  juts  out. 27  Next  to  him  the Te ko ites  made re pairs  to an-
oth er sec tion  from  a  point op po site  the  great 
tow er  that  juts  out,  as  far  as  the  wall  of  Ophel. HORSE GATE, INSPECTION GATE, AND SHEEP 
GATE
28  Each  of  the  priests  made re pairs  above  the 
 Horse  Gate,  each op po site  his  own  house. 29Af-
ter  them Za dok  son  of Im mer  made re pairs 
op po site  his  house. And be side  him She ma-
iah  son  of Shec a ni ah,  guard  of  the  East  Gate, 
 made re pairs. 30  Next  to  him Han a ni ah  son  of 
Shel e mi ah  and Ha nun  the  sixth  son  of Za laph 
 made re pairs  to an oth er sec tion. Af ter  them Me shul lam  son  of Ber e chi ah 
 made re pairs op po site  his  room. 31  Next  to 
 him Mal chi jah,  one  of  the gold smiths,  made 
re pairs  to  the  house  of  the tem ple ser vants 
 and  the mer chants, op po site  the In spec tion d 
 Gate,  and  as  far  as  the up stairs  room  on  the 
cor ner. 32  The gold smiths  and mer chants  made 
re pairs be tween  the up stairs  room  on  the cor-
ner  and  the  Sheep  Gate. PROGRESS IN SPITE OF OPPOSITION
4 
 When San bal lat  heard  that  we  were re-
build ing  the  wall,  he be came fu ri ous. He 
 mocked  the  Jews 2 be fore  his col leagues  and 
 the pow er ful  men e  of Sa mar ia,  and  said, “ What 
 are  these pathetic  Jews do ing?


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Will  they  ever fin ish  it? Can  they  bring  these 
 burnt  stones  back  to  life  from  the  mounds  of 
rub ble? ” 3  Then To bi ah  the Am mon ite,  who 
 was be side  him,  said, “In deed,  even  if  a  fox 
 climbed  up  what  they  are build ing,  he  would 
 break  down  their  stone  wall! ”
4 Lis ten,  our  God,  for  we  are de spised.


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Make 
 their in sults re turn  on  their  own  heads  and 
 let  them  be tak en  as plun der  to  a  land  of cap-
tiv i ty .


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5  Do  not cov er  their  guilt  or  let  their  sin 
 be erased  from  your  sight, be cause  they  have 
an gered f  the build ers. 6  So  we re built  the  wall un til  the en tire  wall 
 was  joined to geth er  up  to  half  its  height,  for 
 the peo ple  had  the  will  to  keep work ing. 7  When San bal lat, To bi ah,  and  the Arabs, 
Am mon ites,  and Ash dod ites  heard  that  the 
re pair  to  the  walls  of Je ru sa lem  was progress-
ing  and  that  the  gaps  were be ing  closed,  they 
be came fu ri ous. 8  They  all plot ted to geth er  to 
 come  and  fight  against Je ru sa lem  and  throw 
 it  into con fu sion. 9  So  we  prayed  to  our  God 
 and sta tioned  a  guard be cause  of  them  day 
 and  night. 10  In Ju dah,  it  was  said: g
  The strength of the laborer fails,
  since there is so much rubble.


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We will never be able
  to rebuild the wall. 11  And  our en e mies  said, “ They  won’t re al ize 
 it h un til  we’re  among  them  and  can  kill  them 
 and  stop  the  work.” 12  When  the  Jews  who 
 lived near by ar rived,  they  said  to  us  time  and 
 again, i “Ev ery where  you  turn,  they at tack j 
a 3:18 Some Hb mss, Syr , LXX; Neh 3:24; other Hb mss, Vg read Bavvai   b 3:20 Alt Hb tradition, Vg read Zaccai ; Ezr 2:9   c 3:25 Or 
and the upper tower that juts out from the palace   d 3:31 Or Muster   e 4:2 Or the army   f 4:5 Or provoked you in front of   
g 4:10 Lit Judah said   h 4:11 Lit won’t know or see   i 4:12 Lit us 10 times   j 4:12 Or again from every place, “You must return to
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 us.” 13  So  I sta tioned peo ple be hind  the low est 
sec tions  of  the  wall,  at  the vulnerable  areas. I 
sta tioned  them  by fam i lies  with  their  swords, 
 spears,  and  bows. 14 Af ter  I  made  an in spec tion, 
 I  stood  up  and  said  to  the no bles,  the off  i cials, 
 and  the  rest  of  the peo ple, “ Don’t  be  afraid  of 
 them. Re mem ber  the  great  and awe-inspiring 
 Lord,  and  fight  for  your coun try men,  your 
 sons  and daugh ters,  your  wives  and  homes.”
SWORD AND TROWEL
15  When  our en e mies  heard  that  we  knew  their 
 scheme  and  that  God  had frus trat ed  it, ev ery 
 one  of  us re turned  to  his  own  work  on  the  wall. 16  From  that  day  on,  half  of  my  men  did  the 
 work  while  the oth er  half  held  spears,  shields, 
 bows,  and ar mor. The off  i cers sup port ed  all 
 the peo ple  of Ju dah, 17  who  were re build ing 
 the  wall. The la bor ers  who car ried  the  loads 
 worked  with  one  hand  and  held  a weap on 
 with  the oth er. 18  Each  of  the build ers  had  his 
 sword  strapped  around  his  waist  while  he  was 
build ing,  and  the trumpeter  was be side  me. 19  Then  I  said  to  the no bles,  the off  i cials,  and  the 
 rest  of  the peo ple: “ The  work  is enor mous  and 
 spread  out,  and  we  are sep a rat ed  far  from  one 
an oth er  along  the  wall. 20 Wher ev er  you  hear 
 the trum pet  sound, ral ly  to  us  there. Our  God 
 will  fight  for  us! ” 21  So  we con tin ued  the  work, 
 while  half  of  the  men  were hold ing  spears  from 
day break un til  the  stars  came  out. 22  At  that 
 time,  I  also  said  to  the peo ple, “ Let ev ery one 
 and  his ser vant  spend  the  night in side Je ru-
sa lem,  so  that  they  can  stand  guard  by  night 
 and  work  by  day .” 23  And  I,  my broth ers,  my 
ser vants,  and  the  men  of  the  guard  with  me 
nev er  took  off  our  clothes. Each car ried  his 
weap on,  even  when wash ing. a
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
5 
 There  was  a wide spread out cry  from  the 
peo ple  and  their  wives  against  their Jew-
ish coun try men. 2  Some  were say ing, “ We,  our 
 sons,  and  our daugh ters  are nu mer ous. Let  us 
 get  grain  so  that  we  can  eat  and  live.” 3 Oth ers 
 were say ing, “ We  are mort gag ing  our  fields, 
vine yards,  and  homes  to  get  grain dur ing  the 
fam ine.” 4  Still oth ers  were say ing, “ We  have 
bor rowed mon ey  to  pay  the  king’s  tax  on  our 
 fields  and vine yards. 5  We  and  our chil dren  are 
 just  like  our coun try men  and  their chil dren, 
 yet  we  are sub ject ing  our  sons  and daugh ters 
 to slav ery .


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Some  of  our daugh ters  are al ready 
en slaved,  but  we  are pow er less b be cause  our 
 fields  and vine yards be long  to oth ers.”
6  I be came ex treme ly an gry  when  I  heard 
 their out cry  and  these com plaints. 7Af ter se-
riously considering  the mat ter,  I ac cused  the 
no bles  and off  i cials, say ing  to  them, “ Each  of 
 you  is charg ing  his coun try men in ter est.”  So 
 I  called  a  large as sem bly  against  them 8  and 
 said, “ We  have  done  our  best  to  buy  back  our 
Jew ish coun try men  who  were  sold  to for eign-
ers,  but  now  you  sell  your  own coun try men, 
 and  we  have  to  buy  them  back.”  They re mained 
si lent  and  could  not  say  a  word. 9  Then  I  said, 
“ What  you  are do ing  isn’t  right.


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Shouldn’t  you 
 walk  in  the  fear  of  our  God  and  not in vite  the 
re proach  of  our for eign en e mies? 10  Even  I,  as 
 well  as  my broth ers  and  my ser vants,  have 
 been lend ing  them mon ey  and  grain.


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Please,  let 
 us  stop charg ing  this in ter est. c 11 Re turn  their 
 fields, vine yards, ol ive  groves,  and hous es  to 
 them im me di ate ly ,  along  with  the percentage d 
 of  the mon ey ,  grain,  new  wine,  and  fresh  oil 
 that  you  have  been assessing  them.”
12  They re spond ed: “ We  will re turn  these 
 things  and re quire noth ing  more  from  them. We  will  do  as  you  say .”
 So  I sum moned  the  priests  and  made ev ery-
one  take  an  oath  to  do  this. 13  I  also  shook  the 
 folds  of  my  robe  and  said, “ May  God like wise 
 shake  from  his  house  and prop er ty ev ery one 
 who  doesn’t  keep  this prom ise. May  he  be 
shak en  out  and  have noth ing! ”
 The  whole as sem bly  said, “ Amen,”  and  they 
 praised  the  L ord.


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Then  the peo ple  did  as  they 
 had prom ised. GOOD AND BAD GOVERNORS
14 Fur ther more,  from  the  day  King Artaxerxes 
ap point ed  me  to  be  their gov er nor  in  the  land 
 of Ju dah  —   from  the twen ti eth  year un til  his 
thirty-second  year,  twelve  years  —   I  and  my 
as so ci ates nev er  ate  from  the  food al lot ted  to 
 the gov er nor. 15  The gov er nors  who pre ced ed 
 me  had heavi ly bur dened  the peo ple, tak ing 
 from  them  food  and  wine  as  well  as  a  pound e 
 of sil ver.


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Their sub or di nates  also op pressed 
 the peo ple,  but be cause  of  the  fear  of  God,  I 
 didn’t  do  this. 16 In stead,  I de vot ed my self  to 
 the con struc tion  of  this  wall,  and  all  my sub-
or di nates  were gath ered  there  for  the  work. We  didn’t  buy  any  land. a 4:23 Lit Each his weapon the water   b 5:5 Lit but there is not the power in our hand   c  5:10 Or us forgive these debts    
d 5:11 Lit hundred   e  5:15 Lit 40 shekels
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17  There  were  150  Jews  and off  i cials,  as  well 
 as  guests  from  the sur round ing na tions  at  my 
ta ble. 18  Each a  day ,  one  ox,  six  choice  sheep,  and 
 some  fowl  were pre pared  for  me. An abun-
dance  of  all  kinds  of  wine  was pro vid ed ev ery 
 ten  days. But  I  didn’t de mand  the  food al lot ted 
 to  the gov er nor, be cause  the bur den  on  the 
peo ple  was  so  heavy .


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19 Re mem ber  me fa vor ably ,  my  God,  for  all 
 that  I  have  done  for  this peo ple. ATTEMPTS TO DISCOURAGE THE BUILDERS
6 
 When San bal lat, To bi ah, Ge shem  the  Arab, 
 and  the  rest  of  our en e mies  heard  that  I 
 had re built  the  wall  and  that  no  gap  was  left 
 in  it  —   though  at  that  time  I  had  not in stalled 
 the  doors  in  the  city  gates — 2 San bal lat  and 
Ge shem  sent  me  a mes sage: “ Come,  let’s  meet 
to geth er  in  the vil lages  of b  the  Ono V al ley .” 
 They  were plan ning  to  harm  me. 3  So  I  sent mes sen gers  to  them, say ing, “ I 
 am do ing im por tant  work  and can not  come 
 down.


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Why  should  the  work  cease  while  I 
 leave  it  and  go  down  to  you? ” 4  Four  times 
 they  sent  me  the  same pro pos al,  and  I  gave 
 them  the  same re ply .


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5 San bal lat  sent  me  this  same mes sage  a 
 fifth  time  by  his  aide,  who  had  an  open let ter 
 in  his  hand. 6  In  it  was writ ten:
It is reported among the nations  —  and 
Geshem c agrees  —  that you and the Jews 
plan to rebel. This is the reason you are 
building the wall. According to these 
reports, you are to become their king 
7 and have even set up the prophets in 
Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: 
“There is a king in Judah.” These rumors 
will be heard by the king. So come, let’s 
confer together.


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8  Then  I re plied  to  him, “ There  is noth ing 
 to  these ru mors  you  are spread ing;  you  are 
inventing  them  in  your  own  mind.” 9  For  they 
 were  all try ing  to in tim i date  us, say ing, “ They 
 will  drop  their  hands  from d  the  work,  and  it 
 will nev er  be fin ished.”
 But  now ,  my  God, strength en  my  hands. ATTEMPTS TO INTIMIDATE NEHEMIAH
10  I  went  to  the  house  of She ma iah  son  of De-
la iah,  son  of Me het a bel,  who  was re strict ed 
 to  his  house. He  said:
  Let’s meet at the house of God,
  inside the temple. Let’s shut the temple doors
  because they’re coming to kill you. They’re coming to kill you tonight! e
11  But  I  said, “ Should  a  man  like  me  run  away? How  can some one  like  me en ter  the tem ple 
 and  live? I  will  not  go.” 12  I re al ized  that  God 
 had  not  sent  him, be cause  of  the proph e cy  he 
 spoke  against  me. To bi ah  and San bal lat  had 
 hired  him. 13  He  was  hired,  so  that  I  would 
 be intimidated,  do  as  he sug gest ed,  sin,  and 
 get  a  bad rep u ta tion,  in or der  that  they  could 
dis cred it  me. 14  My  God, re mem ber To bi ah  and San bal lat 
 for  what  they  have  done,  and  also  the proph-
et ess No a di ah  and  the oth er proph ets  who 
want ed  to in tim i date  me. THE WALL COMPLETED
15  The  wall  was com plet ed  in fifty-two  days, 
 on  the twenty-fifth  day  of  the  month  Elul. 16  When  all  our en e mies  heard  this,  all  the 
sur round ing na tions  were intimidated  and 
 lost  their con fi dence, f  for  they re al ized  that 
 this  task  had  been ac com plished  by  our  God. 17 Dur ing  those  days,  the no bles  of Ju dah  sent 
 many let ters  to To bi ah,  and To bi ah’s let ters 
 came  to  them. 18  For  many  in Ju dah  were  bound 
 by  oath  to  him,  since  he  was  a son-in-law  of 
Shec a ni ah  son  of  Arah,  and  his  son Je ho ha nan 
 had mar ried  the daugh ter  of Me shul lam  son 
 of Ber e chi ah. 19  These no bles  kept men tion ing 
To bi ah’s  good  deeds  to  me,  and  they re port ed 
 my  words  to  him.


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And To bi ah  sent let ters  to 
in tim i date  me. THE EXILES RETURN
7 
 When  the  wall  had  been re built  and  I  had  the 
 doors in stalled,  the gate keep ers, sing ers, 
 and Le vites  were ap point ed. 2  Then  I  put  my 
broth er Ha na ni  in  charge  of Je ru sa lem,  along 
 with Han a ni ah, com mand er  of  the for tress, 
be cause  he  was  a faith ful  man  who  feared 
 God  more  than  most. 3  I  said  to  them, “ Do  not 
 open  the  gates  of Je ru sa lem un til  the  sun  is 
 hot,  and  let  the  doors  be  shut  and se cure ly 
fas tened  while  the  guards  are  on  duty . Sta tion 
 the cit i zens  of Je ru sa lem  as  guards,  some  at 
 their  posts  and  some  at  their  homes.”
4  The  city  was  large  and spa cious,  but  there 
 were  few peo ple  in  it,  and  no hous es  had 
a 5:18 Lit And that which was prepared each   b 6:2 Or together at Kephirim in   c 6:6 Lit Gashmu   d 6:9 Or will give up on   
e 6:10 Or by night   f 6:16 Lit and fell greatly in their eyes
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5  Then  my  God  put  it  into  my 
 mind  to as sem ble  the no bles,  the of fi cials, 
 and  the peo ple  to  be reg is tered  by ge ne al o gy . I  found  the ge ne alog i cal rec ord  of  those  who 
 came  back  first,  and  I  found  the fol low ing 
writ ten  in  it:
6  These  are  the peo ple  of  the prov ince  who 
 went  up  among  the cap tive ex iles de port ed 
 by  King Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon. Each 
 of  them re turned  to Je ru sa lem  and Ju dah,  to 
 his  own  town.


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7  They  came  with Ze rub ba bel, 
Jesh ua, Ne he mi ah, Az a ri ah, Ra a mi ah, Na ha-
ma ni, Mor de cai, Bil shan, Mis pe reth, Big vai, 
Ne hum,  and Ba a nah. The num ber  of  the Is ra el ite  men in clud ed a
 8 Parosh’s descendants 2,172
 9 Shephatiah’s descendants 372
 10 Arah’s descendants 652
 11 Pahath-moab’s descendants:
  Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,818
 12 Elam’s descendants 1,254
 13 Zattu’s descendants 845
 14 Zaccai’s descendants 760
 15 Binnui’s descendants 648
 16 Bebai’s descendants 628
 17 Azgad’s descendants 2,322
 18 Adonikam’s descendants 667
 19 Bigvai’s descendants 2,067
 20 Adin’s descendants 655
 21 Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah 98
 22 Hashum’s descendants 328
 23 Bezai’s descendants 324
 24 Hariph’s descendants 112
 25 Gibeon’s b descendants 95
 26 Bethlehem’s and Netophah’s men 188
 27 Anathoth’s men 128
 28 Beth-azmaveth’s men 42
 29 Kiriath-jearim’s, Chephirah’s, 
and Beeroth’s men 743
 30 Ramah’s and Geba’s men 621
 31 Michmas’s men 122
 32 Bethel’s and Ai’s men 123
 33 the other Nebo’s men 52
 34 the other Elam’s people 1,254
 35 Harim’s people 320
 36 Jericho’s people 345
 37 Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people 721
 38 Senaah’s people 3,930. 39  The  priests in clud ed
  Jedaiah’s descendants of the house 
of Jeshua 973
 40 Immer’s descendants 1,052
 41 Pashhur’s descendants 1,247
 42 Harim’s descendants 1,017. 43  The Le vites in clud ed
  Jeshua’s descendants: of Kadmiel
  Hodevah’s descendants 74. 44  The sing ers in clud ed
  Asaph’s descendants 148. 45  The gate keep ers in clud ed
  Shallum’s descendants, 
Ater’s descendants,
  Talmon’s descendants, 
Akkub’s descendants,
  Hatita’s descendants, 
Shobai’s descendants 138. 46  The tem ple ser vants in clud ed
  Ziha’s descendants, 
Hasupha’s descendants,
  Tabbaoth’s descendants, 
47 Keros’s descendants,
  Sia’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
 48 Lebanah’s descendants, 
Hagabah’s descendants,
  Shalmai’s descendants, 
49 Hanan’s descendants,
  Giddel’s descendants, 
Gahar’s descendants,
 50 Reaiah’s descendants, 
Rezin’s descendants,
  Nekoda’s descendants, 
51 Gazzam’s descendants,
  Uzza’s descendants, 
Paseah’s descendants,
 52 Besai’s descendants, 
Meunim’s descendants,
  Nephishesim’s  c descendants, 
53 Bakbuk’s descendants,
  Hakupha’s descendants, 
Harhur’s descendants,
 54 Bazlith’s descendants, 
Mehida’s descendants,
  Harsha’s descendants, 
55 Barkos’s descendants,
  Sisera’s descendants, 
Temah’s descendants,
 56 Neziah’s descendants, 
Hatipha’s descendants. 57  The de scen dants  of Sol o mon’s ser vants 
in clud ed
a  7:7 Lit the men of the people of Israel   b  7:25 = Gibbar’s in Ezr 2:20   c  7:52 Alt Hb tradition reads Nephushesim’s
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  Sotai’s descendants, 
Sophereth’s descendants,
  Perida’s descendants, 
58 Jaala’s descendants,
  Darkon’s descendants, 
Giddel’s descendants,
 59 Shephatiah’s descendants, 
Hattil’s descendants,
  Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, 
Amon’s descendants. 60 All the temple servants
  and the descendants of Solomon’s 
servants 392. 61  The fol low ing  are  those  who  came  from 
Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cher ub, Ad don,  and 
Im mer,  but  were un able  to  prove  that  their 
an ces tral fam i lies a  and  their lineage  were 
Is ra el ite:
 62 Delaiah’s descendants,
  Tobiah’s descendants,
  and Nekoda’s descendants 642
63  and  from  the  priests:  the de scen dants  of 
Ho ba iah,  the de scen dants  of Hak koz,  and  the 
de scen dants  of Bar zil lai  —   who  had tak en 
 a  wife  from  the daugh ters  of Bar zil lai  the 
Gil e ad ite  and  who  bore  their  name. 64  These 
 searched  for  their entries  in  the ge ne alog i cal 
rec ords,  but  they  could  not  be  found,  so  they 
 were dis qual i fied  from  the priest hood.


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65  The 
gov er nor or dered  them  not  to  eat  the  most 
 holy  things un til  there  was  a  priest  who  could 
con sult  the  Urim  and Thum mim. 66 The whole combined assembly 
numbered 42,360
 67 not including their 7,337 male 
and female servants,
  as well as their 245 male 
and female singers. 68 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,  b
 69 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. 70  Some  of  the fam i ly  heads con trib ut ed 
 to  the project.


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The gov er nor  gave 1,000  gold 
 coins, c  50  bowls,  and  530 priest ly gar ments 
 to  the trea sury . 71  Some  of  the fam i ly  heads 
 gave 20,000  gold  coins  and 2,200 sil ver  minas 
 to  the trea sury  for  the project. 72  The  rest  of 
 the peo ple  gave 20,000  gold  coins, 2,000 sil-
ver  minas,  and  67 priest ly gar ments. 73  The 
 priests, Le vites, gate keep ers, tem ple sing ers, 
 some  of  the peo ple, tem ple ser vants,  and  all 
Is ra el set tled  in  their  towns. PUBLIC READING OF THE LAW
 When  the sev enth  month  came  and  the Is- 
8 
 ra el ites  had set tled  in  their  towns, 1  all  the 
peo ple gath ered to geth er  at  the  square  in 
 front  of  the Wa ter  Gate. They  asked  the  scribe 
 Ezra  to  bring  the  book  of  the  law  of Mo ses  that 
 the  L ord  had giv en Is ra el. 2  On  the  first  day   
of  the sev enth  month,  the  priest  Ezra  brought 
 the  law be fore  the as sem bly  of  men, wom en, 
 and  all  who  could lis ten  with un der stand ing. 3  While  he  was fac ing  the  square  in  front  of  the 
Wa ter  Gate,  he  read  out  of  it  from day break 
un til  noon be fore  the  men,  the wom en,  and 
 those  who  could un der stand. All  the peo ple 
lis tened attentively d  to  the  book  of  the  law . 4  The 
 scribe  Ezra  stood  on  a  high wood en plat form 
 made  for  this pur pose. Mat ti thi ah, She ma, 
Anai ah, Uri ah, Hil ki ah,  and Ma a se iah  stood 
be side  him  on  his  right;  to  his  left  were Pe da iah, 
Mish a el, Mal chi jah, Ha shum, Hash-baddanah, 
Zech a ri ah,  and Me shul lam. 5  Ezra  opened  the 
 book  in  full  view  of  all  the peo ple,  since  he  was 
el e vat ed  above ev ery one.


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As  he  opened  it,  all 
 the peo ple  stood  up. 6  Ezra  blessed  the  L ord, 
 the  great  God,  and  with  their  hands up lift ed 
 all  the peo ple  said, “ Amen,  Amen! ”  Then  they 
 knelt  low  and wor shiped  the  L ord  with  their 
fac es  to  the  ground.


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7 Jesh ua,  Bani, Sher e bi ah, Ja min, Ak kub, 
Shab be thai, Ho di ah, Ma a se iah, Kel i ta, Az a-
ri ah, Joz a bad, Ha nan,  and Pe la iah,  who  were 
Le vites, e ex plained  the  law  to  the peo ple  as 
 they  stood  in  their plac es. 8  They  read  out  of 
 the  book  of  the  law  of  God, translating  and 
giv ing  the mean ing  so  that  the peo ple  could 
un der stand  what  was  read. 9 Ne he mi ah  the 
gov er nor,  Ezra  the  priest  and  scribe,  and  the 
Le vites  who  were in struct ing  the peo ple  said 
 to  all  of  them, “ This  day  is  holy  to  the  L ord 
 your  God. Do  not  mourn  or  weep.”  For  all  the 
peo ple  were weep ing  as  they  heard  the  words 
 of  the  law . 10  Then  he  said  to  them, “ Go  and  eat 
 what  is  rich,  drink  what  is  sweet,  and  send 
por tions  to  those  who  have noth ing pre pared, 
 since to day  is  holy  to  our  Lord. Do  not  grieve, 
be cause  the  joy  of  the  L ord  is  your  strength.” f 
11  And  the Le vites qui et ed  all  the peo ple, say-
ing, “ Be  still,  since to day  is  holy . Don’t  grieve.” 
12  Then  all  the peo ple be gan  to  eat  and  drink, 
a 7:61 Lit the house of their fathers   b 7:68 Some Hb mss, LXX; Ezr 2:66; other Hb mss omit v . 68   c 7:70 Or drachmas, or darics ; 
also in vv .


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71,72   d 8:3 Lit The ears of all the people listened   e 8:7 Vg, 1 Esdras 9:48; MT reads Pelaiah and the Levites    
f8:10 Or stronghold
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 send por tions,  and  have  a  great cel e bra tion, 
be cause  they  had un der stood  the  words  that 
 were ex plained  to  them. FESTIVAL OF SHELTERS OBSERVED
13  On  the sec ond  day ,  the fam i ly  heads  of  all 
 the peo ple,  along  with  the  priests  and Le vites, 
as sem bled be fore  the  scribe  Ezra  to  study  the 
 words  of  the  law .


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14  They  found writ ten  in  the 
 law  how  the  L ord  had com mand ed  through 
Mo ses  that  the Is ra el ites  should  dwell  in shel-
ters dur ing  the fes ti val  of  the sev enth  month. 15  So  they pro claimed  and  spread  this  news 
through out  their  towns  and  in Je ru sa lem, say-
ing, “ Go  out  to  the  hill coun try  and  bring  back 
branch es  of ol ive,  wild ol ive, myr tle,  palm,  and 
oth er  leafy  trees  to  make shel ters,  just  as  it  is 
writ ten.” 16  The peo ple  went  out,  brought  back 
branch es,  and  made shel ters  for them selves 
 on  each  of  their rooftops  and court yards,  the 
 court  of  the  house  of  God,  the  square  by  the 
Wa ter  Gate,  and  the  square  by  the Ephra im 
 Gate. 17  The  whole com mu ni ty  that  had re-
turned  from ex ile  made shel ters  and  lived  in 
 them.


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The Is ra el ites  had  not cel e brat ed  like  this 
 from  the  days  of Josh ua  son  of  Nun un til  that 
 day .


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And  there  was tre men dous  joy . 18  Ezra a 
 read  out  of  the  book  of  the  law  of  God ev ery 
 day ,  from  the  first  day  to  the  last. The Is ra-
el ites cel e brat ed  the fes ti val  for sev en  days, 
 and  on  the  eighth  day  there  was  an as sem bly , 
ac cord ing  to  the or di nance. NATIONAL CONFESSION OF SIN
9 
 On  the twenty-fourth  day  of  this  month 
 the Is ra el ites as sem bled;  they  were fast-
ing, wear ing sack cloth,  and  had  put  dust  on 
 their  heads. 2  Those  of Is ra el ite de scent sep-
a rat ed them selves  from  all for eign ers,  and 
 they  stood  and con fessed  their  sins  and  the 
in iq ui ties  of  their fa thers. 3  While  they  stood 
 in  their plac es,  they  read  from  the  book  of 
 the  law  of  the  L ord  their  God  for  a  fourth  of 
 the  day  and  spent an oth er  fourth  of  the  day 
 in con fes sion  and wor ship  of  the  L ord  their 
 God. 4 Jesh ua,  Bani, Kad mi el, Sheb a ni ah, Bun-
ni, Sher e bi ah,  Bani,  and Chenani  stood  on  the 
 raised plat form  built  for  the Le vites  and  cried 
 out loud ly  to  the  L ord  their  God. 5  Then  the 
Le vites  —  Jesh ua, Kad mi el,  Bani, Hash ab ne i ah, 
Sher e bi ah, Ho di ah, Sheb a ni ah,  and Peth a hi ah  
—   said, “ Stand  up. Blessed  be  the  L ord  your 
 God  from ever last ing  to ever last ing.”
  Blessed be your glorious name,
  and may it be exalted above all blessing 
and praise.


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6 You, b Lord, are the only God. c
  You created the heavens,
  the highest heavens with all their stars,
  the earth and all that is on it,
  the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them,
  and all the stars of heaven worship you. 7 You, the Lord,
  are the God who chose Abram
  and brought him out of Ur 
of the Chaldeans,
  and changed his name to Abraham. 8 You found his heart faithful 
in your sight,
  and made a covenant with him
  to give the land of the Canaanites,
  Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites,
  Jebusites, and Girgashites —
  to give it to his descendants. You have fulfilled your promise,
  for you are righteous. 9 You saw the oppression 
of our ancestors in Egypt
  and heard their cry at the Red Sea. 10 You performed signs and wonders 
against Pharaoh,
  all his officials, and all the people 
of his land,
  for you knew how arrogantly 
they treated our ancestors. You made a name for yourself
  that endures to this day . 11 You divided the sea before them,
  and they crossed through it 
on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths
  like a stone into raging water. 12 You led them with a pillar of cloud by day ,
  and with a pillar of fire by night,
  to illuminate the way they should go. 13 You came down on Mount Sinai,
  and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them impartial ordinances, 
reliable instructions,
  and good statutes and commands.


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14 You revealed your holy Sabbath to them,
  and gave them commands, statutes, 
and instruction
  through your servant Moses. a 8:18 Some Hb mss, Syr read They   b 9:6 LXX reads And Ezra said: You   c  9:6 Lit are alone
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 15 You provided bread from heaven 
for their hunger;
  you brought them water from the rock 
for their thirst. You told them to go in and possess 
the land
  you had sworn a to give them. 16 But our ancestors acted arrogantly;
  they became stiff-necked and did not 
listen to your commands. 17 They refused to listen
  and did not remember your wonders
  you performed among them.


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They became stiff-necked 
and appointed a leader
  to return to their slavery in Egypt. b
  But you are a forgiving God,
  gracious and compassionate,
  slow to anger and abounding 
in faithful love,
  and you did not abandon them. 18 Even after they had cast an image 
of a calf
  for themselves and said,
  “This is your god who brought you 
out of Egypt,”
  and they had committed 
terrible blasphemies,
 19 you did not abandon them 
in the wilderness
  because of your great compassion. During the day the pillar of cloud
  never turned away from them,
  guiding them on their journey . And during the night the pillar of fire
  illuminated the way they should go. 20 You sent your good Spirit 
to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna 
from their mouths,
  and you gave them water for their thirst. 21 You provided for them 
in the wilderness forty years,
  and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out,
  and their feet did not swell.


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22 You gave them kingdoms and peoples
  and established boundaries for them. They took possession
  of the land of King Sihon  c of Heshbon
  and of the land of King Og of Bashan. 23 You multiplied their descendants
  like the stars of the sky
  and brought them to the land
  you told their ancestors to go in 
and possess. 24 So their descendants went in 
and possessed the land:
  You subdued the Canaanites 
who inhabited the land before them
  and handed their kings 
and the surrounding peoples over to 
them,
  to do as they pleased with them. 25 They captured fortified cities 
and fertile land
  and took possession of 
well-supplied houses,
  cisterns cut out of rock, vineyards,
  olive groves, and fruit trees 
in abundance. They ate, were filled,
  became prosperous, and delighted 
in your great goodness.


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26 But they were disobedient and rebelled 
against you. They flung your law behind their backs
  and killed your prophets
  who warned them
  in order to turn them back to you. They committed terrible blasphemies. 27 So you handed them over 
to their enemies,
  who oppressed them. In their time of distress, they cried out 
to you,
  and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion
  you gave them deliverers, 
who rescued them
  from the power of their enemies. 28 But as soon as they had relief,
  they again did what was evil 
in your sight. So you abandoned them to the power 
of their enemies,
  who dominated them.


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When they cried out to you again,
  you heard from heaven and rescued 
them
  many times in your compassion. a  9:15 Lit lifted your hand   b 9:17 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read in their rebellion   c  9:22 One Hb ms, LXX; other Hb mss, 
Vg read of Sihon, even the land of the king
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 29 You warned them to turn back 
to your law ,
  but they acted arrogantly
  and would not obey your commands. They sinned against your ordinances,
  which a person will live by 
if he does them. They stubbornly resisted,  a
  stiffened their necks, and would not 
obey . 30 You were patient with them 
for many years,
  and your Spirit warned them 
through your prophets,
  but they would not listen. Therefore, you handed them over 
to the surrounding peoples. 31 However, 
in your abundant compassion,
  you did not destroy them or abandon 
them,
  for you are a gracious 
and compassionate God. 32 So now , our God  —  the great, mighty ,
  and awe-inspiring God who keeps 
his gracious covenant —
  do not view lightly all the hardships 
that have afflicted us,
  our kings and leaders,
  our priests and prophets,
  our ancestors and all your people,
  from the days of the Assyrian kings 
until today . 33 You are righteous concerning all 
that has happened to us,
  because you have acted faithfully ,
  while we have acted wickedly . 34 Our kings, leaders, priests, 
and ancestors
  did not obey your law
  or listen to your commands
  and warnings you gave them. 35 When they were in their kingdom,
  with your abundant goodness that 
you gave them,
  and in the spacious and fertile land 
you set before them,
  they would not serve you or turn 
from their wicked ways. 36 Here we are today ,
  slaves in the land you gave our ancestors
  so that they could enjoy its fruit 
and its goodness. Here we are  —  slaves in it! 37 Its abundant harvest goes to the kings
  you have set over us,
  because of our sins. They rule over our bodies
  and our livestock as they please.


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We are in great distress. ISRAEL’S VOW OF FAITHFULNESS
38  In  view  of  all  this,  we  are mak ing  a bind ing 
agree ment  in writ ing  on  a  sealed doc u ment 
con tain ing  the  names  of  our lead ers, Le vites, 
 and  priests. 10 
 Those  whose  seals  were  on  the doc u-
ment  were
  the governor Nehemiah 
son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.


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9 The Levites were
  Jeshua son of Azaniah,
  Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
 10 and their brothers
  Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, 
Hanan,
 11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
 13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu. 14 The heads of the people were
  Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
 17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
 18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
 21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
 24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
 26 Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
 27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. a  9:29 Lit They gave a stubborn shoulder
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28  The  rest  of  the peo ple  —   the  priests, 
Le vites, gate  keep ers, sing  ers,  and tem  ple 
ser vants,  along  with  their  wives,  sons,  and 
daugh ters, ev ery one  who  is  able  to un der stand 
 and  who  has sep a rat ed them selves  from  the 
sur round ing peo ples  to  obey  the  law  of  God — 
29  join  with  their no ble broth ers  and com mit 
them selves  with  a  sworn  oath a  to fol low  the 
 law  of  God giv en  through  God’s ser vant Mo-
ses  and  to  obey care ful ly  all  the com mands, 
or di nances,  and stat utes  of  the  L ord  our  Lord. DETAILS OF THE VOW
30 We will not give our daughters in 
marriage to the surrounding peoples and 
will not take their daughters as wives for 
our sons.


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31 When the surrounding peoples bring 
merchandise or any kind of grain to sell 
on the Sabbath day , we will not buy from 
them on the Sabbath or a holy day . We will 
also leave the land uncultivated in the 
seventh year and will cancel every debt. 32 We will impose the following com -
mands on ourselves:
To give an eighth of an ounce of silver  b 
yearly for the service of the house of our 
God: 33 the bread displayed before the 
Lord, c the daily grain offering, the regu -
lar burnt offering, the Sabbath and New 
Moon offerings, the appointed festivals, 
the holy things, the sin offerings to atone 
for Israel, and for all the work of the 
house of our God. 34 We have cast lots among the priests, 
Levites, and people for the donation of 
wood by our ancestral families
 d at the 
appointed times each year.


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They are to 
bring the wood to our God’s house to 
burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as 
it is written in the law . 35 We will bring the firstfruits of our land 
and of every fruit tree to the Lord’s house 
year by year. 36 We will also bring the 
firstborn of our sons and our livestock, 
as prescribed by the law , and will bring 
the firstborn of our herds and flocks to 
the house of our God, to the priests who 
serve in our God’s house. 37 We will bring 
a loaf from our first batch of dough to the 
priests at the storerooms of the house of 
our God. We will also bring the firstfruits 
of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, 
and of the new wine and fresh oil. A tenth 
of our land’s produce belongs to the 
Levites, for the Levites are to collect the 
one-tenth offering in all our agricultural 
towns. 38 A priest from Aaron’s descen -
dants is to accompany the Levites when 
they collect the tenth, and the Levites 
are to take a tenth of this offering to the 
storerooms of the treasury in the house 
of our God. 39 For the Israelites and the 
Levites are to bring the contributions 
of grain, new wine, and fresh oil to the 
storerooms where the articles of the 
sanctuary are kept and where the priests 
who minister are, along with the gate
-
keepers and singers. We will not neglect 
the house of our God. RESETTLING JERUSALEM
11 
 Now  the lead ers  of  the peo ple  stayed 
 in Je ru sa lem,  and  the  rest  of  the peo ple 
 cast  lots  for  one  out  of  ten  to  come  and  live 
 in Je ru sa lem,  the  holy  city ,  while  the oth er 
nine-tenths re  mained  in  their  towns. 2  The 
peo ple  blessed  all  the  men  who vol un teered 
 to  live  in Je ru sa lem. 3  These  are  the  heads  of  the prov ince  who 
 stayed  in Je ru sa lem ( but  in  the vil lages  of Ju-
dah  each  lived  on  his  own prop er ty  in  their 
 towns  —   the Is ra el ites,  priests, Le vites, tem-
ple ser vants,  and de scen dants  of Sol o mon’s 
ser vants — 4  while  some  of  the de scen dants 
 of Ju dah  and Ben ja min set tled  in Je ru sa lem):
Judah’s descendants:
Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, 
son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of 
Mahalalel, of Perez’s descendants; 5 and 
Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-
hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son 
of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, a descendant 
of the Shilonite. 6 The total number of 
Perez’s descendants, who settled in Jeru -
salem, was 468 capable men.


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7 These were Benjamin’s descendants:
a 10:29 Lit and enter in a curse and in an oath   b 10:32 Lit give one-third of a shekel   c  10:33 Lit rows of bread   d 10:34 Lit 
the house of our fathers
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Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son 
of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maase-
iah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah, 8 and 
after him Gabbai and Sallai: 928. 9 Joel 
son of Zichri was the officer over them, 
and Judah son of Hassenuah was second 
in command over the city . 10 The priests:
Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin, and 
11 Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshul -
lam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son 
of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s 
temple, 
12 and their relatives who did the 
work at the temple: 822. Adaiah son of 
Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, 
son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of 
Malchijah 
13 and his relatives, the heads 
of families: 242. Amashsai son of Azarel, 
son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son 
of Immer, 
14 and their relatives, capable 
men: 128. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim,  
was their chief. 15 The Levites:
Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azri -
kam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni; 
16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the 
heads of the Levites, who supervised the 
work outside the house of God; 17 Mat-
taniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of 
Asaph, the one  a who began the thanks -
giving in prayer; Bakbukiah, second 
among his relatives; and Abda son of 
Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in the holy city: 284.


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19 The gatekeepers:
Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who 
guarded the city gates: 172. 20  The  rest  of Is ra el,  the  priests,  and  the 
 Le vites  were  in  all  the vil lages  of Ju dah,  each 
 on  his  own in her it ed prop er ty .


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21  The tem ple 
ser vants  lived  on  Ophel;  Ziha  and Gish pa su-
per vised  the tem ple ser vants. THE LEVITES AND PRIESTS
22  The lead er  of  the Le vites  in Je ru sa lem  was 
 Uzzi  son  of  Bani,  son  of Hash a bi ah,  son  of 
Mat ta ni ah,  son  of  Mica,  of  the de scen dants 
 of  Asaph,  who  were sing ers  for  the ser vice  of 
 God’s  house. 23  There  was,  in  fact,  a com mand 
 of  the  king re gard ing  them,  and  an or di nance 
regulating  the sing ers’ dai ly  tasks.


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24 Peth a hi-
ah  son  of Me shez a bel,  of  the de scen dants  of 
Ze rah  son  of Ju dah,  was  the  king’s  agent b  in 
ev ery mat ter con cern ing  the peo ple. 25  As  for  the farming set tle ments  with  their 
 fields:
  Some of Judah’s descendants lived 
in Kiriath-arba
  and Dibon and their surrounding 
villages, and Jekabzeel and 
its settlements;
 26 in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth-pelet,
 27 Hazar-shual, and Beer -sheba 
and its surrounding villages;
 28 in Ziklag and Meconah 
and its surrounding villages;
 29 in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth, and
 30 Zanoah and Adullam 
with their settlements;
  in Lachish with its fields and Azekah 
and its surrounding villages. So they settled from Beer -sheba 
to Hinnom V alley . 31 Benjamin’s descendants:
  from Geba,  c Michmash, Aija,
  and Bethel and its surrounding villages,
 32 Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
 35 Lod, and Ono, in Craftsmen’s V alley . 36 Some of the Judean divisions of Levites 
were in Benjamin. 12 
 These  are  the  priests  and Le vites  who 
 went  up  with Ze rub ba bel  son  of She al ti el 
 and  with Jesh ua:
  Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
 3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
 6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These  were  the  heads  of  the  priests  and  their 
rel a tives  in  the  days  of Jesh ua. 8  The Le vites:
  Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel,
  Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah —
a 11:17 Lit the head   b 11:24 Lit was at the king’s hand   c 11:31 Or descendants from Geba lived in
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  he and his relatives were in charge 
of the songs of praise. 9 Bakbukiah, Unni,  a and their relatives 
stood opposite them  
in the services. 10 Jeshua fathered Joiakim,
  Joiakim fathered Eliashib,
  Eliashib fathered Joiada,
 11 Joiada fathered Jonathan,
  and Jonathan fathered Jaddua. b
12  In  the  days  of Joi a kim,  the  heads  of  the 
priest ly fam i lies  were
  Meraiah of Seraiah,
  Hananiah of Jeremiah,
 13 Meshullam of Ezra,
  Jehohanan of Amariah,
 14 Jonathan of Malluchi,
  Joseph of Shebaniah,
 15 Adna of Harim,
  Helkai of Meraioth,
 16 Zechariah of Iddo,
  Meshullam of Ginnethon,
 17 Zichri of Abijah,
  Piltai of Moadiah, of Miniamin,
 18 Shammua of Bilgah,
  Jehonathan of Shemaiah,
 19 Mattenai of Joiarib,
  Uzzi of Jedaiah,
 20 Kallai of Sallai,
  Eber of Amok,
 21 Hashabiah of Hilkiah,
  and Nethanel of Jedaiah. 22  In  the  days  of Eli a shib, Joi a da, Jo ha nan, 
 and Jad dua,  the  heads  of  the fam i lies  of  the 
Le vites  and  priests  were re cord ed  while Da-
ri us  the Per sian  ruled. 23  Levi’s de scen dants, 
 the fam i ly  heads,  were re cord ed  in  the  Book 
 of  the His tor i cal  Events dur ing  the  days  of 
Jo ha nan  son  of Eli a shib. 24  The  heads  of  the 
Le vites  —  Hash a bi ah, Sher e bi ah,  and Jesh ua 
 son  of Kad mi el,  along  with  their rel a tives 
op po site  them  —   gave  praise  and  thanks, 
di vi sion  by di vi sion,  as Da vid  the  man  of 
 God  had pre scribed.


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Me shul lam, 
Tal mon,  and Ak kub  were gate keep ers  who 
guard ed  the store rooms  at  the  city  gates. 26  These  served  in  the  days  of Joi a kim  son 
 of Jesh ua,  son  of Joz a dak,  and  in  the  days  of 
Ne he mi ah  the gov er nor  and  Ezra  the  priest 
 and  scribe. DEDICATION OF THE WALL
27  At  the ded i ca tion  of  the  wall  of Je ru sa lem, 
 they  sent  for  the Le vites wher ev er  they  lived 
 and  brought  them  to Je ru sa lem  to cel e brate 
 the joy ous ded i ca tion  with thanks giv ing  and 
sing ing ac com pa nied  by cym bals,  harps,  and 
 lyres. 28  The sing ers gath ered  from  the re gion 
 around Je ru sa lem,  from  the set tle ments  of  the 
Ne toph a thites, 29  from Beth-gilgal,  and  from 
 the  fields  of  Geba  and Az ma veth,  for  they  had 
 built set tle ments  for them selves  around Je-
ru sa lem. 30 Af ter  the  priests  and Le vites  had 
pu ri fied them selves,  they pu ri fied  the peo ple, 
 the  city  gates,  and  the  wall. 31  Then  I  brought  the lead ers  of Ju dah  up 
 on  top  of  the  wall,  and  I ap point ed  two  large 
pro ces sions  that  gave  thanks. One  went  to 
 the  right  on  the  wall, to ward  the  Dung  Gate. 32 Ho sha iah  and  half  the lead ers  of Ju dah fol-
lowed, 33  along  with Az a ri ah,  Ezra, Me shul lam, 
34 Ju dah, Ben ja min, She ma iah, Jer e mi ah, 35  and 
 some  of  the  priests’  sons  with trum pets,  and 
Zech a ri ah  son  of Jon a than,  son  of She ma-
iah,  son  of Mat ta ni ah,  son  of Mi ca iah,  son 
 of Zac cur,  son  of  Asaph fol lowed 36  as  well 
 as  his rel a tives  —  She ma iah, Az a rel, Mil a lai, 
Gil a lai,  Maai, Ne than el, Ju dah,  and Ha na ni, 
 with  the mu si cal in stru ments  of Da vid,  the 
 man  of  God. Ezra  the  scribe  went  in  front  of 
 them.


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37  At  the Foun tain  Gate  they  climbed 
 the  steps  of  the  city  of Da vid  on  the as cent  of 
 the  wall  and  went  above  the  house  of Da vid 
 to  the Wa ter  Gate  on  the  east. 38  The sec ond thanks giv ing pro ces sion 
 went  to  the  left,  and  I fol lowed  it  with  half 
 the peo ple  along  the  top  of  the  wall,  past 
 the Tow er  of  the Ov ens  to  the  Broad  Wall, 
39  above  the Ephra im  Gate,  and  by  the  Old 
 Gate,  the  Fish  Gate,  the Tow er  of Han a nel, 
 and  the Tow er  of  the Hun dred,  to  the  Sheep 
 Gate. They  stopped  at  the  Gate  of  the  Guard.


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40  The  two thanks giv ing pro ces sions  stood 
 in  the  house  of  God. So  did  I  and  half  of  the 
of fi cials ac com pa ny ing  me, 41  as  well  as  the 
 priests:
  Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin,
  Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,
  and Hananiah, with trumpets;
 42 and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar,
  Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, 
and Ezer. Then  the sing ers  sang,  with Jez ra hi ah  as 
 the lead er. 43  On  that  day  they off  ered  great 
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sac ri fic es  and re joiced be cause  God  had giv-
en  them  great  joy . The wom en  and chil dren 
 also cel e brat ed,  and Je ru sa lem’s re joic ing  was 
 heard  far  away . SUPPORT OF THE LEVITES’ MINISTRY
44  On  that  same  day  men  were  placed  in  charge 
 of  the  rooms  that housed  the sup plies, con-
tri bu tions, first fruits,  and  tenths. The legally 
re quired por tions  for  the  priests  and Le vites 
 were gath ered  from  the vil lage  fields, be-
cause Ju dah  was grate ful  to  the  priests  and 
Le vites  who  were serv ing. 45  They per formed 
 the ser vice  of  their  God  and  the ser vice  of 
pu ri fi ca tion,  along  with  the sing ers  and gate-
keep ers,  as Da vid  and  his  son Sol o mon  had 
pre scribed. 46  For  long  ago,  in  the  days  of Da vid 
 and  Asaph,  there  were  heads a  of  the sing ers 
 and  songs  of  praise  and thanks giv ing  to  God. 47  So  in  the  days  of Ze rub ba bel  and Ne he mi ah, 
 all Is ra el con trib ut ed  the dai ly por tions  for 
 the sing ers  and gate keep ers. They  also  set 
 aside dai ly por tions  for  the Le vites,  and  the 
Le vites  set  aside dai ly por tions  for Aar on’s 
de scen dants. NEHEMIAH’S FURTHER REFORMS
13 
 At  that  time  the  book  of Mo ses  was  read 
pub lic ly  to b  the peo ple. The com mand 
 was  found writ ten  in  it  that  no Am mon ite  or 
Mo ab ite  should  ever en ter  the as sem bly  of 
 God, 2 be cause  they  did  not  meet  the Is ra el-
ites  with  food  and wa ter.


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In stead,  they  hired 
Ba laam  against  them  to  curse  them,  but  our 
 God  turned  the  curse  into  a bless ing. 3  When 
 they  heard  the  law ,  they sep a rat ed  all  those 
 of  mixed de scent  from Is ra el. 4  Now be fore  this,  the  priest Eli a shib  had 
 been  put  in  charge  of  the store rooms  of  the 
 house  of  our  God. He  was  a rel a tive c  of To bi ah 
5  and  had pre pared  a  large  room  for  him  where 
 they  had pre vi ous ly  stored  the  grain off  er ings, 
 the frank in cense,  the ar ti cles,  and  the  tenths 
 of  grain,  new  wine,  and  fresh  oil pre scribed 
 for  the Le vites, sing ers,  and gate keep ers,  along 
 with  the con tri bu tions  for  the  priests. 6  While  all  this  was hap pen ing,  I  was  not 
 in Je ru sa lem, be cause  I  had re turned  to  King 
Artaxerxes  of Bab ylon  in  the thirty-second 
 year  of  his  reign.


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It  was  only lat er  that  I  asked 
 the  king  for  a  leave  of ab sence 7  so  I  could re-
turn  to Je ru sa lem. Then  I dis cov ered  the  evil 
 that Eli a shib  had  done  on be half  of To bi ah  by 
pro vid ing  him  a  room  in  the  courts  of  God’s 
 house. 8  I  was great ly dis pleased  and  threw 
 all  of To bi ah’s house hold pos ses sions  out 
 of  the  room.


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9  I or dered  that  the  rooms  be 
pu ri fied,  and  I  had  the ar ti cles  of  the  house 
 of  God re stored  there,  along  with  the  grain 
off  er ing  and frank in cense. 10  I  also  found  out 
 that be cause  the por tions  for  the Le vites  had 
 not  been giv en,  each  of  the Le vites  and  the 
sing ers per form ing  the ser vice  had  gone  back 
 to  his  own  field. 11 There fore,  I re buked  the 
off  i cials, ask ing, “ Why  has  the  house  of  God 
 been ne glect ed?


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”  I gath ered  the Le vites  and 
sing ers to geth er  and sta tioned  them  at  their 
 posts. 12  Then  all Ju dah  brought  a  tenth  of  the 
 grain,  new  wine,  and  fresh  oil  into  the store-
houses. 13  I ap point ed  as trea sur ers  over  the 
store houses  the  priest Shel e mi ah,  the  scribe 
Za dok,  and Pe da iah  of  the Le vites,  with Ha nan 
 son  of Zac cur,  son  of Mat ta ni ah  to as sist  them, 
be cause  they  were con sid ered trust wor thy . They  were re spon si ble  for  the dis tri bu tion 
 to  their col leagues.


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14 Re mem ber  me  for  this,  my  God,  and  don’t 
erase  the  deeds  of faith ful  love  I  have  done 
 for  the  house  of  my  God  and  for  its ser vices. 15  At  that  time  I  saw peo ple  in Ju dah tread-
ing wine  press es  on  the Sab bath. They  were 
 also bring ing  in  stores  of  grain  and load ing 
 them  on don keys,  along  with  wine,  grapes,  and 
 figs. All  kinds  of  goods  were be ing  brought 
 to Je ru sa lem  on  the Sab bath  day . So  I  warned 
 them  against sell ing  food  on  that  day . 16  The 
Tyr i ans liv ing  there  were importing  fish  and  all 
 kinds  of mer chan dise  and sell ing  them  on  the 
Sab bath  to  the peo ple  of Ju dah  in Je ru sa lem. 17  I re buked  the no bles  of Ju dah  and  said  to 
 them: “ What  is  this  evil  you  are do ing  —  pro-
faning  the Sab bath  day? 18  Didn’t  your an ces-
tors  do  the  same,  so  that  our  God  brought  all 
 this di sas ter  on  us  and  on  this  city? And  now 
 you  are rekindling  his an ger  against Is ra el  by 
profaning  the Sab bath! ”
19  When shad ows be gan  to  fall  on  the  city 
 gates  of Je ru sa lem  just be fore  the Sab bath,  I 
 gave or ders  that  the  city  gates  be  closed  and 
 not  opened un til af ter  the Sab bath. I post ed 
 some  of  my  men  at  the  gates,  so  that  no  goods 
 could en ter dur ing  the Sab bath  day .


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20  Once 
 or  twice  the mer chants  and  those  who  sell 
 all  kinds  of  goods  camped out side Je ru sa lem, 
21  but  I  warned  them, “ Why  are  you camp-
ing  in  front  of  the  wall? If  you  do  it  again, 
a 12:46 Alt Hb tradition reads there was a head   b 13:1 Lit read in the ears of   c 13:4 Or an associate
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 I’ll  use  force a  against  you.” Af ter  that  they 
 did  not  come  again  on  the Sab bath. 22  Then  I 
in struct ed  the Le vites  to pu ri fy them selves 
 and  guard  the  city  gates  in or der  to  keep  the 
Sab bath  day  holy .


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Re mem ber  me  for  this  also,  my  God,  and 
 look  on  me  with com pas sion ac cord ing  to 
 the abun dance  of  your faith ful  love. 23  In  those  days  I  also  saw  Jews  who  had 
mar ried wom en  from Ash dod, Am mon,  and 
 Moab. 24  Half  of  their chil dren  spoke  the lan-
guage  of Ash dod  or  the lan guage  of  one  of  the 
oth er peo ples  but  could  not  speak He brew . b 
25  I re buked  them,  cursed  them,  beat  some  of 
 their  men,  and  pulled  out  their  hair. I  forced 
 them  to  take  an  oath be fore  God  and  said, 
“ You  must  not  give  your daugh ters  in mar-
riage  to  their  sons  or  take  their daugh ters  as 
 wives  for  your  sons  or your selves! 26  Didn’t 
 King Sol o mon  of Is ra el  sin  in mat ters  like 
 this?


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There  was  not  a  king  like  him  among 
 many na tions. He  was  loved  by  his  God,  and 
 God  made  him  king  over  all Is ra el,  yet for-
eign wom en  drew  him  into  sin. 27  Why  then 
 should  we  hear  about  you do ing  all  this ter-
ri ble  evil  and act ing un faith ful ly  against  our 
 God  by mar ry ing for eign wom en? ” 28  Even 
 one  of  the  sons  of Je hoi a da,  son  of  the  high 
 priest Eli a shib,  had be come  a son-in-law 
 to San bal lat  the Hor o nite. So  I  drove  him 
 away  from  me. 29 Re mem ber  them,  my  God,  for de fil ing 
 the priest hood  as  well  as  the cov enant  of  the 
priest hood  and  the Le vites. 30  So  I pu ri fied  them  from ev ery thing for-
eign  and as signed spe cifi  c du ties  to  each  of 
 the  priests  and Le vites. 31  I  also ar ranged  for 
 the do na tion  of  wood  at  the ap point ed  times 
 and  for  the first fruits.


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Re mem ber  me,  my  God,  with fa vor. a13:21 Lit again, I will send a hand   b13:24 Lit Judahite
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esTher
VASHTI ANGERS THE KING
1 
 These  events  took  place dur ing  the  days  of 
Ahas u e rus,  who  ruled  127 prov inces  from 
In dia  to  Cush. 2  In  those  days  King Ahas u e rus 
 reigned  from  his roy al  throne  in  the for tress 
 at  Susa. 3  He  held  a  feast  in  the  third  year  of  his 
 reign  for  all  his off  i cials  and  staff,  the  army  of 
Per sia  and Me dia,  the no bles,  and  the off  i cials 
 from  the prov inces. 4  He dis played  the glo ri ous 
 wealth  of  his king dom  and  the mag nifi   cent 
splen dor  of  his great ness  for  a to tal  of  180  days. 5  At  the  end  of  this  time,  the  king  held  a 
week-long ban quet  in  the gar den court yard 
 of  the roy al pal ace  for  all  the peo ple,  from 
 the great est  to  the  least,  who  were pre sent  in 
 the for tress  of  Susa. 6  White  and violet lin en 
hang ings  were fas tened  with  fine  white  and 
pur ple lin en  cords  to sil ver  rods  on mar ble a 
col umns.


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Gold  and sil ver couch es  were ar-
ranged  on  a mo sa ic pave ment  of  red feldspar, b 
mar ble, mother-of-pearl,  and pre cious  stones. 7  Drinks  were  served  in  an ar ray  of  gold gob-
lets,  each  with  a diff  er ent de sign.


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Roy al  wine 
 flowed free ly , ac cord ing  to  the  king’s boun ty . 8  The drink ing  was ac cord ing  to roy al de cree: 
“ There  are  no re stric tions.”  The  king  had or-
dered ev ery  wine stew ard  in  his house hold  to 
 serve what ev er  each per son want ed. 9  Queen 
V ash ti  also  gave  a  feast  for  the wom en  of  King 
Ahas u e rus’s pal ace. 10  On  the sev enth  day ,  when  the  king  was 
feel ing  good  from  the  wine, Ahas u e rus com-
mand ed Me hu man, Biz tha, Har bo na, Big tha, 
Abag tha, Ze thar,  and Carkas  —   the sev en eu-
nuchs  who per son al ly  served  him — 11  to  bring 
 Queen V ash ti be fore  him  with  her roy al  crown. He want ed  to  show  off  her beau ty  to  the peo-
ple  and  the off  i cials, be cause  she  was  very 
beau ti ful.


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12  But  Queen V ash ti re fused  to  come 
 at  the  king’s com mand  that  was de liv ered  by 
 his eu nuchs.


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The  king be came fu ri ous  and  his 
an ger  burned with in  him. THE KING’S DECREE
13  The  king con sult ed  the  wise  men  who un-
der stood  the  times, c  for  it  was  his normal 
pro ce dure  to con fer  with ex perts  in  law 
 and jus tice. 14  The  most trust ed  ones d  were 
Car she na, She thar, Ad ma tha, Tar shish, Me-
res, Mar se na,  and Me mu can. They  were  the 
sev en off  i cials  of Per sia  and Me dia  who  had 
per son al ac cess  to  the  king  and oc cu pied  the 
high est po si tions  in  the king dom. 15  The  king 
 asked, “ Ac cord ing  to  the  law ,  what  should  be 
 done  with  Queen V ash ti,  since  she re fused  to 
 obey  King Ahas u e rus’s com mand  that  was 
de liv ered  by  the eu nuchs? ”
16 Me mu can  said  in  the pres ence  of  the  king 
 and  his off  i cials, “ Queen V ash ti  has  wronged 
 not  only  the  king,  but  all  the off  i cials  and  the 
peo ples  who  are  in ev ery  one  of  King Ahas u-
e rus’s prov inces. 17  For  the  queen’s ac tion  will 
be come pub lic knowl edge  to  all  the wom en 
 and  cause  them  to de spise  their hus bands  and 
 say , ‘ King Ahas u e rus or dered  Queen V ash ti 
 brought be fore  him,  but  she  did  not  come.’ 
18 Be fore  this  day  is  over,  the no ble wom en  of 
Per sia  and Me dia  who  hear  about  the  queen’s 
 act  will  say  the  same  thing  to  all  the  king’s of-
fi cials, resulting  in  more con tempt  and  fury . 19 “ If  it  meets  the  king’s ap prov al,  he  should 
per son al ly is sue  a roy al de cree. Let  it  be re cord-
ed  in  the  laws  of Per sia  and Me dia,  so  that  it 
can not  be re voked: V ash ti  is  not  to en ter  King 
Ahas u e rus’s pres ence,  and  her roy al po si tion 
 is  to  be giv en  to an oth er wom an  who  is  more 
wor thy  than  she. 20  The de cree  the  king is sues 
 will  be  heard through out  his  vast king dom, 
 so  all wom en  will hon or  their hus bands,  from 
 the great est  to  the  least.”
21  The  king  and  his coun sel ors ap proved  the 
pro pos al,  and  he fol lowed Me mu can’s ad vice. 22  He  sent let ters  to  all  the roy al prov inces,  to 
 each prov ince  in  its  own  script  and  to  each 
ethnic  group  in  its  own lan guage,  that ev ery 
 man  should  be mas ter  of  his  own  house  and 
 speak  in  the lan guage  of  his  own peo ple. THE SEARCH FOR A NEW QUEEN
2 
 Some  time lat er,  when  King Ahas u e rus’s 
 rage  had cooled  down,  he re mem bered 
V ash ti,  what  she  had  done,  and  what  was de cid-
ed  against  her. 2  The  king’s per son al at ten dants 
sug gest ed, “ Let  a  search  be  made  for beau ti-
ful  young vir gins  for  the  king. 3  Let  the  king 
ap point com mis sion ers  in  each prov ince  of 
a 1:6 Or alabaster   b 1:6 Or of porphyry   c 1:13 Or understood propitious times   d 1:14 Lit Those near him
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 his king dom,  so  that  they  may gath er  all  the 
beau ti ful  young vir gins  to  the har em  at  the 
for tress  of  Susa. Put  them un der  the su per vi-
sion  of Heg ai,  the  king’s eu nuch, keep er  of  the 
wom en,  and  give  them  the re quired beau ty 
treat ments. 4  Then  the  young wom an  who 
pleas es  the  king  will be come  queen in stead 
 of V ash ti.”  This sug ges tion  pleased  the  king, 
 and  he  did ac cord ing ly . 5  In  the for tress  of  Susa,  there  was  a Jew-
ish  man  named Mor de cai  son  of  Jair,  son  of 
Shim ei,  son  of  Kish,  a Ben ja min ite. 6  He  had 
 been tak en  into ex ile  from Je ru sa lem  with  the 
oth er cap tives  when  King Neb u chad nez zar 
 of Bab ylon  took  King Jec o ni ah  of Ju dah  into 
ex ile. 7 Mor de cai  was  the le gal guard ian  of  his 
cous in a Ha das sah ( that  is, Es ther), be cause 
 she  had  no fa ther  or moth er.


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The  young wom-
an  had  a beau ti ful fig ure  and  was ex treme ly 
good-looking. When  her fa ther  and moth er 
 died, Mor de cai  had adopt ed  her  as  his  own 
daugh ter. 8  When  the  king’s com mand  and  edict 
be came pub lic knowl edge  and  when  many 
 young wom en  were gath ered  at  the for tress 
 of  Susa un der Heg ai’s su per vi sion, Es ther 
 was tak en  to  the pal ace,  into  the su per vi-
sion  of Heg ai, keep er  of  the wom en. 9  The 
 young wom an  pleased  him  and  gained  his 
fa vor  so  that  he accelerated  the process  of 
 the beau ty treat ments  and  the spe cial  diet 
 that  she re ceived.


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He as signed sev en hand-
picked fe male ser vants  to  her  from  the pal ace 
 and trans ferred  her  and  her ser vants  to  the 
har em’s  best quar ters. 10 Es ther  did  not re veal  her ethnicity  or  her 
fam i ly back ground, be cause Mor de cai  had 
or dered  her  not  to  make  them  known. 11 Ev-
ery  day Mor de cai  took  a  walk  in  front  of  the 
har em’s court yard  to  learn  how Es ther  was 
do ing  and  to  see  what  was hap pen ing  to  her. 12 Dur ing  the  year be fore  each  young wom-
an’s  turn  to  go  to  King Ahas u e rus,  the har em 
reg u la tion re quired  her  to re ceive beau ty treat-
ments  with  oil  of  myrrh  for  six  months  and 
 then  with per fumes  and cos met ics  for an oth er 
 six  months. 13  When  the  young wom an  would 
 go  to  the  king,  she  was giv en what ev er  she 
re quest ed  to  take  with  her  from  the har em  to 
 the pal ace. 14  She  would  go  in  the eve ning,  and 
 in  the morn ing  she  would re turn  to  a sec ond 
har em un der  the su per vi sion  of  the  king’s 
eu nuch Sha ash gaz, keep er  of  the con cu bines. She nev er  went  to  the  king  again, un less  he 
de sired  her  and sum moned  her  by  name. ESTHER BECOMES QUEEN
15 Es ther  was  the daugh ter  of Ab i hail,  the un-
cle  of Mor de cai  who  had adopt ed  her  as  his 
 own daugh ter. When  her  turn  came  to  go  to 
 the  king,  she  did  not  ask  for any thing ex cept 
 what Heg ai,  the  king’s eu nuch, keep er  of  the 
wom en, sug gest ed.


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Es ther  gained fa vor  in  the 
 eyes  of ev ery one  who  saw  her. 16  She  was tak en  to  King Ahas u e rus  in  the 
pal ace  in  the  tenth  month,  the  month Te beth, 
 in  the sev enth  year  of  his  reign. 17  The  king 
 loved Es ther  more  than  all  the oth er wom en. She  won  more fa vor  and ap prov al  from  him 
 than  did  any  of  the oth er vir gins. He  placed 
 the roy al  crown  on  her  head  and  made  her 
 queen  in  place  of V ash ti. 18  The  king  held  a 
 great ban quet  for  all  his off  i cials  and  staff.


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It 
 was Es ther’s ban quet. He  freed  his prov inces 
 from  tax pay ments  and  gave  gifts wor thy  of 
 the  king’s boun ty . MORDECAI SAVES THE KING
19  When  the vir gins  were gath ered  a sec ond 
 time, Mor de cai  was sit ting  at  the  King’s  Gate. 20 (Es ther  had  not re vealed  her fam i ly back-
ground  or  her ethnicity ,  as Mor de cai  had di-
rect ed. She  obeyed Mor de cai’s or ders,  as  she 
al ways  had  while  he  raised  her.)
21 Dur ing  those  days  while Mor de cai  was 
sit ting  at  the  King’s  Gate, Big than  and Te resh, 
 two  of  the  king’s eu nuchs  who guard ed  the 
en trance, be came in fu ri at ed  and  planned  to 
as sas si nate b  King Ahas u e rus. 22  When Mor de-
cai  learned  of  the  plot,  he re port ed  it  to  Queen 
Es ther,  and  she  told  the  king  on Mor de cai’s 
be half. 23  When  the re port  was in ves ti gat ed 
 and ver i fied,  both  men  were  hanged  on  the 
gal lows.


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This event  was re cord ed  in  the His-
tor i cal Rec ord  in  the  king’s pres ence. HAMAN’S PLAN TO KILL THE JEWS
3 
Af ter  all  this  took  place,  King Ahas u e rus 
hon ored Ha man,  son  of Ham me da tha  the 
Ag ag ite. He pro mot ed  him  in  rank  and  gave  him 
 a high er po si tion  than  all  the oth er off  i cials.


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2  The en tire roy al  staff  at  the  King’s  Gate  bowed 
 down  and  paid hom age  to Ha man, be cause 
 the  king  had com mand ed  this  to  be  done  for 
 him. But Mor de cai  would  not  bow  down  or 
 pay hom age. 3  The mem bers  of  the roy al  staff 
a 2:7 Lit uncle’s daughter   b 2:21 Lit and they sought to stretch out a hand against
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 at  the  King’s  Gate  asked Mor de cai, “ Why  are 
 you dis obey ing  the  king’s com mand? ” 4  When 
 they  had  warned  him  day af ter  day  and  he  still 
 would  not lis ten  to  them,  they  told Ha man  in 
or der  to  see  if Mor de cai’s ac tions  would  be 
tol er at ed,  since  he  had  told  them  he  was  a  Jew . 5  When Ha man  saw  that Mor de cai  was  not 
bow ing  down  or pay ing  him hom age,  he  was 
 filled  with  rage. 6  And  when  he  learned  of Mor-
de cai’s ethnic identity ,  it  seemed repugnant  to 
Ha man  to  do  away  with a Mor de cai  alone. He 
 planned  to de stroy  all  of Mor de cai’s peo ple, 
 the  Jews, through out Ahas u e rus’s king dom. 7  In  the  first  month,  the  month  of Ni san,  in 
 King Ahas u e rus’s  twelfth  year,  the  Pur  —   that 
 is,  the  lot  —   was  cast be fore Ha man  for  each 
 day  in  each  month,  and  it  fell  on  the  twelfth 
 month,  the  month  Adar. 8  Then Ha man in-
formed  King Ahas u e rus, “ There  is  one ethnic 
 group, scat tered through out  the peo ples  in 
ev ery prov ince  of  your king dom, keep ing 
them selves sep a rate.


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Their  laws  are diff  er ent 
 from ev ery one  else’s  and  they  do  not  obey  the 
 king’s  laws.


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It  is  not  in  the  king’s  best in ter est 
 to tol er ate  them. 9  If  the  king ap proves,  let  an 
or der  be  drawn  up au tho riz ing  their de struc-
tion,  and  I  will  pay  375  tons  of sil ver  to b  the 
off  i cials  for de pos it  in  the roy al trea sury .”
10  The  king re moved  his sig net  ring  from 
 his fin ger  and  gave  it  to Ha man  son  of Ham-
me da tha  the Ag ag ite,  the en e my  of  the Jew-
ish peo ple. 11  Then  the  king  told Ha man, “ The 
mon ey  and peo ple  are giv en  to  you  to  do  with 
 as  you  see  fit.”
12  The roy al  scribes  were sum moned  on  the 
thir teenth  day  of  the  first  month,  and  the or der 
 was writ ten ex act ly  as Ha man com mand ed. It 
 was in tend ed  for  the roy al sa traps,  the gov er-
nors  of  each  of  the prov inces,  and  the off  i cials 
 of  each ethnic  group  and writ ten  for  each 
prov ince  in  its  own  script  and  to  each ethnic 
 group  in  its  own lan guage. It  was writ ten  in 
 the  name  of  King Ahas u e rus  and  sealed  with 
 the roy al sig net  ring. 13 Let ters  were  sent  by 
cou ri ers  to  each  of  the roy al prov inces tell ing 
 the off  i cials  to de stroy ,  kill,  and an ni hi late  all 
 the Jew ish peo ple  —   young  and  old, wom en 
 and chil dren  —   and plun der  their pos ses sions 
 on  a sin gle  day ,  the thir teenth  day  of  Adar,  the 
 twelfth  month. c
14  A  copy  of  the  text, is sued  as  law through-
out ev  ery prov ince,  was dis trib ut ed  to  all 
 the peo ples  so  that  they  might  get  ready  for 
 that  day .


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15  The cou ri ers  left,  spurred  on  by 
roy al com mand,  and  the  law  was is sued  in 
 the for tress  of  Susa. The  king  and Ha man  sat 
 down  to  drink,  while  the  city  of  Susa  was  in 
con fu sion. MORDECAI APPEALS TO ESTHER
4 
 When Mor de cai  learned  all  that  had oc-
curred,  he  tore  his  clothes,  put  on sack-
cloth  and ash es,  went  into  the mid dle  of  the 
 city ,  and  cried loud ly  and bit ter ly . 2  He  went 
 only  as  far  as  the  King’s  Gate,  since  the  law 
prohibited any  one wear ing sack cloth  from 
en ter ing  the  King’s  Gate. 3  There  was  great 
mourn ing  among  the Jew ish peo ple  in ev ery 
prov ince  where  the  king’s com mand  and  edict 
 came. They fast ed,  wept,  and la ment ed,  and 
 many  lay  in sack cloth  and ash es. 4 Es ther’s fe male ser vants  and  her eu nuchs 
 came  and re port ed  the  news  to  her,  and  the 
 queen  was over come  with  fear. She  sent  clothes 
 for Mor de cai  to  wear  so  that  he  would  take 
 off  his sack cloth,  but  he  did  not ac cept  them. 5 Es ther sum moned Ha thach,  one  of  the  king’s 
eu nuchs  who at tend ed  her,  and dis patched 
 him  to Mor de cai  to  learn  what  he  was do ing 
 and  why .


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d 6  So Ha thach  went  out  to Mor de cai 
 in  the  city  square  in  front  of  the  King’s  Gate. 7 Mor de cai  told  him ev ery thing  that  had hap-
pened  as  well  as  the ex act  amount  of mon ey 
Ha man  had prom ised  to  pay  the roy al trea sury 
 for  the slaugh ter  of  the  Jews. 8 Mor de cai  also  gave  him  a  copy  of  the writ-
ten de cree is sued  in  Susa ordering  their de-
struc tion,  so  that Ha thach  might  show  it  to 
Es ther, ex plain  it  to  her,  and com mand  her 
 to ap proach  the  king, im plore  his fa vor,  and 
 plead  with  him per son al ly  for  her peo ple. 9 Ha thach  came  and re peat ed Mor de cai’s re-
sponse  to Es ther. 10 Es ther  spoke  to Ha thach  and com mand ed 
 him  to  tell Mor de cai, 11 “ All  the roy al off  i cials 
 and  the peo ple  of  the roy al prov inces  know 
 that  one  law ap plies  to ev ery  man  or wom an 
 who ap proach es  the  king  in  the in ner court-
yard  and  who  has  not  been sum moned  —   the 
 death pen al ty  —   un less  the  king ex tends  the 
 gold scep ter, al low ing  that per son  to  live. I 
 have  not  been sum moned  to ap pear be fore 
 the  king  for  the  last e thir ty  days.” 12 Es ther’s 
re sponse  was re port ed  to Mor de cai.


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a  3:6 Lit to stretch out a hand against   b 3:9 Lit will weigh 10,000 silver talents on the hands of   c 3:13 LXX adds the text of 
Ahasuerus’s letter here. d 4:5 Lit what is this and why is this   e 4:11 Lit king these
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13 Mor de cai  told  the mes sen ger  to re ply  to 
Es ther, “ Don’t  think  that  you  will es cape  the 
 fate  of  all  the  Jews be cause  you  are  in  the  king’s 
pal ace. 14  If  you  keep si lent  at  this  time, re-
lief  and de liv er ance  will  come  to  the Jew ish 
peo ple  from an oth er  place,  but  you  and  your 
fa ther’s fam i ly  will  be de stroyed. Who  knows, 
per haps  you  have  come  to  your roy al po si tion 
 for  such  a  time  as  this.”
15 Es ther  sent  this re ply  to Mor de cai: 16 “ Go 
 and as sem ble  all  the  Jews  who  can  be  found 
 in  Susa  and  fast  for  me. Don’t  eat  or  drink  for 
 three  days,  night  or  day .


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Af ter  that, 
 I  will  go  to  the  king  even  if  it  is  against  the  law . If  I per ish,  I per ish.” 17  So Mor de cai  went  and 
 did ev ery thing Es ther  had com mand ed  him. ESTHER APPROACHES THE KING
5 
 On  the  third  day , Es ther  dressed  in  her roy al 
cloth ing  and  stood  in  the in ner court yard 
 of  the pal ace fac ing  it. The  king  was sit ting 
 on  his roy al  throne  in  the roy al courtroom, a 
fac ing  its en trance. 2  As  soon  as  the  king  saw 
 Queen Es ther stand ing  in  the court yard,  she 
 gained fa vor  in  his  eyes. The  king ex tend ed 
 the  gold scep ter  in  his  hand to ward Es ther, 
 and  she ap proached  and  touched  the  tip  of 
 the scep ter. 3 “ What  is  it,  Queen Es ther?


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”  the  king  asked 
 her. “What ev er  you  want,  even  to  half  the king-
dom,  will  be giv en  to  you.”
4 “ If  it pleas es  the  king,” Es ther re plied, “ may 
 the  king  and Ha man  come to day  to  the ban-
quet  I  have pre pared  for  them.”
5  The  king  said, “Hur ry ,  and  get Ha man  so 
 we  can  do  as Es ther  has re quest ed.”  So  the 
 king  and Ha man  went  to  the ban quet Es ther 
 had pre pared. 6  While drink ing  the b  wine,  the  king  asked 
Es ther, “What ev er  you  ask  will  be giv en  to  you. What ev er  you  want,  even  to  half  the king dom, 
 will  be  done.”
7 Es ther an swered, “ This  is  my pe ti tion  and 
 my re quest: 8  If  I  have  found fa vor  in  the  eyes 
 of  the  king,  and  if  it pleas es  the  king  to  grant 
 my pe ti tion  and per form  my re quest,  may  the 
 king  and Ha man  come  to  the ban quet  I  will 
pre pare  for  them. To mor row  I  will  do  what 
 the  king  has  asked.”
9  That  day Ha man  left  full  of  joy  and  in  good 
spir its. c  But  when Ha man  saw Mor de cai  at 
 the  King’s  Gate,  and Mor de cai  didn’t  rise  or 
trem ble  in  fear  at  his pres ence, Ha man  was 
 filled  with  rage to ward Mor de cai. 10  Yet Ha-
man con trolled him self  and  went  home.


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He 
 sent  for  his  friends  and  his  wife Ze resh  to  join 
 him. 11  Then Ha man de scribed  for  them  his 
glo ri ous  wealth  and  his  many  sons. He  told 
 them  all  how  the  king  had hon ored  him  and 
pro mot ed  him  in  rank  over  the oth er off  i cials 
 and  the roy al  staff. 12 “ What’s  more,” Ha man 
add ed, “ Queen Es ther in vit ed  no  one  but  me 
 to  join  the  king  at  the ban quet  she  had pre-
pared.


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I  am in vit ed  again to mor row  to  join 
 her  with  the  king. 13  Still,  none  of  this sat is fies 
 me  since  I  see Mor de cai  the  Jew sit ting  at  the 
 King’s  Gate  all  the  time.”
14  His  wife Ze resh  and  all  his  friends  told 
 him, “ Have  them  build  a gal lows seventy-five 
 feet d  tall. Ask  the  king  in  the morn ing  to  hang 
Mor de cai  on  it.


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Then  go  to  the ban quet  with  the 
 king  and en joy your self.”  The ad vice  pleased 
Ha man,  so  he  had  the gal lows con struct ed. MORDECAI HONORED BY THE KING
6 
 That  night  sleep es caped  the  king,  so  he 
or dered  the  book recording dai ly  events  to 
 be  brought  and  read  to  the  king. 2  They  found 
 the writ ten re port  of  how Mor de cai  had in-
formed  on Big tha na  and Te resh,  two  of  the 
 king’s eu nuchs  who guard ed  the en trance, 
 when  they  planned  to as sas si nate  King Ahas-
u e rus. 3  The  king in quired, “ What hon or  and 
spe cial rec og ni tion  have  been giv en  to Mor-
de cai  for  this  act? ”
 The  king’s per son al at ten dants re plied, 
“Noth ing  has  been  done  for  him.”
4  The  king  asked, “ Who  is  in  the  court? ”  Now 
Ha man  was  just en ter ing  the out er  court  of 
 the pal ace  to  ask  the  king  to  hang Mor de cai 
 on  the gal lows  he  had pre pared  for  him. 5  The  king’s at ten dants an swered  him, “Ha-
man  is  there, stand ing  in  the  court.”
“ Have  him en ter,”  the  king or dered. 6 Ha man 
en tered,  and  the  king  asked  him, “ What  should 
 be  done  for  the  man  the  king  wants  to hon or? ”
Ha man  thought  to him self, “ Who  is  it  the 
 king  would  want  to hon or  more  than  me? ” 
7 Ha man  told  the  king, “ For  the  man  the  king 
 wants  to hon or: 8  Have  them  bring  a roy al 
gar ment  that  the  king him self  has  worn  and  a 
 horse  the  king him self  has rid den,  which  has 
 a roy al  crown  on  its  head. 9  Put  the gar ment 
 and  the  horse un der  the  charge  of  one  of  the 
 king’s  most no ble off  i cials. Have  them  clothe 
a  5:1 Lit house   b  5:6 Lit During the banquet of   c  5:9 Lit left rejoicing and good of heart   d 5:14 Lit 50 cubits
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 the  man  the  king  wants  to hon or, pa rade  him 
 on  the  horse  through  the  city  square,  and pro-
claim be fore  him, ‘ This  is  what  is  done  for  the 
 man  the  king  wants  to hon or.’ ”
10  The  king  told Ha man, “Hur ry ,  and  do  just 
 as  you pro posed. Take  a gar ment  and  a  horse 
 for Mor de cai  the  Jew ,  who  is sit ting  at  the 
 King’s  Gate. Do  not  leave  out any thing  you 
 have sug gest ed.”
11  So Ha man  took  the gar ment  and  the  horse. He  clothed Mor de cai  and paraded  him  through 
 the  city  square, cry ing  out be fore  him, “ This 
 is  what  is  done  for  the  man  the  king  wants 
 to hon or.”
12  Then Mor de cai re turned  to  the  King’s 
 Gate,  but Ha man hur ried  off  for  home, mourn-
ful  and  with  his  head cov ered. 13 Ha man  told 
 his  wife Ze resh  and  all  his  friends ev ery thing 
 that  had hap pened. His ad vis ers  and  his  wife 
Ze resh  said  to  him, “ Since Mor de cai  is Jew ish, 
 and  you  have be gun  to  fall be fore  him,  you 
 won’t over come  him, be cause  your down fall 
 is cer tain.” 14  While  they  were  still speak ing 
 with  him,  the  king’s eu nuchs ar rived  and 
 rushed Ha man  to  the ban quet Es ther  had 
pre pared. HAMAN IS EXECUTED
7 
 The  king  and Ha man  came  to  feast a  with 
Es ther  the  queen. 2  Once  again,  on  the sec-
ond  day  while drink ing  wine,  the  king  asked 
Es ther, “ Queen Es ther, what ev er  you  ask  will 
 be giv en  to  you. What ev er  you  seek,  even  to 
 half  the king dom,  will  be  done.”
3  Queen Es ther an swered, “ If  I  have  found 
fa vor  in  your  eyes,  Your Maj es ty ,  and  if  the  king 
 is  pleased,  spare  my  life;  this  is  my re quest. And  spare  my peo ple;  this  is  my de sire.


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If  we  had mere ly 
 been  sold  as  male  and fe male  slaves,  I  would 
 have  kept si lent. In deed,  the trou ble  wouldn’t 
 be  worth bur den ing  the  king.”
5  King Ahas u e rus  spoke  up  and  asked  Queen 
Es ther, “ Who  is  this,  and  where  is  the  one  who 
 would de vise  such  a  scheme? ” b
6 Es ther an swered, “ The ad ver sary  and en-
e my  is  this  evil Ha man.”
Ha man  stood ter ri fied be fore  the  king  and 
 queen. 7  The  king  arose  in an ger  and  went  from 
 where  they  were drink ing  wine  to  the pal ace 
gar den. c Ha man re mained  to  beg  Queen Es ther 
 for  his  life be cause  he re al ized  the  king  was 
plan ning some thing ter ri ble  for  him. 8  Just 
 as  the  king re turned  from  the pal ace gar den 
 to  the ban quet  hall, d Ha man  was fall ing  on 
 the  couch  where Es ther  was re clin ing. The 
 king ex claimed, “ Would  he ac tu al ly vi o late 
 the  queen  while  I  am  in  the  house? ”  As  soon 
 as  the state ment  left  the  king’s  mouth,  they 
cov ered Ha man’s  face. 9 Har bo na,  one  of  the  king’s eu nuchs,  said: 
“ There  is  a gal lows seventy-five  feet e  tall  at 
Ha man’s  house  that  he  made  for Mor de cai, 
 who  gave  the re port  that  saved f  the  king.”
 The  king  said, “ Hang  him  on  it.”
10  They  hanged Ha man  on  the gal lows  he 
 had pre pared  for Mor de cai. Then  the  king’s 
an ger sub sid ed.


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ESTHER INTERVENES FOR THE JEWS
8 
 That  same  day  King Ahas u e rus awarded 
 Queen Es ther  the es tate  of Ha man,  the en-
e my  of  the  Jews. Mor de cai en tered  the  king’s 
pres ence be cause Es ther  had re vealed  her 
re la tion ship  to Mor de cai. 2  The  king re moved 
 his sig net  ring  he  had re cov ered  from Ha man 
 and  gave  it  to Mor de cai,  and Es ther  put  him 
 in  charge  of Ha man’s es tate. 3  Then Es ther ad dressed  the  king  again. She 
 fell  at  his  feet,  wept,  and  begged  him  to re voke 
 the  evil  of Ha man  the Ag ag ite  and  his  plot 
 he  had de vised  against  the  Jews. 4  The  king 
ex tend ed  the  gold scep ter to ward Es ther,  so 
 she  got  up  and  stood be fore  the  king. 5  She  said, “ If  it pleas es  the  king  and  I  have 
 found fa vor be fore  him,  if  the mat ter  seems 
 right  to  the  king  and  I  am pleas ing  in  his  eyes, 
 let  a roy al  edict  be writ ten. Let  it re voke  the 
doc u ments  the schem ing Ha man  son  of Ham-
me da tha  the Ag ag ite  wrote  to de stroy  the  Jews 
 who  are  in  all  the  king’s prov inces.


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How  could  I  bear  to  see 
 the de struc tion  of  my rel a tives? ”
7  King Ahas u e rus  said  to Es ther  the  queen 
 and  to Mor de cai  the  Jew , “ Look,  I  have giv en 
Ha man’s es tate  to Es ther,  and  he  was  hanged 
 on  the gal lows be cause  he at tacked g  the  Jews. 8  Write  in  the  king’s  name what ev er pleas es 
 you con cern ing  the  Jews,  and  seal  it  with  the 
roy al sig net  ring. A doc u ment writ ten  in  the 
 king’s  name  and  sealed  with  the roy al sig net 
 ring can not  be re voked.”
a  7:1 Lit drink   b 7:5 Lit who would fill his heart to do this   c  7:7 Lit the garden of the house, also in v . 8   d 7:8 Or the house of 
wine   e  7:9 Lit 50 cubits   f  7:9 Lit who spoke good for   g  8:7 Lit stretched out his hand against
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9  On  the twenty-third  day  of  the  third  month   
—   that  is,  the  month Si van  —    the roy al  scribes 
 were sum moned. Ev ery thing  was writ ten ex-
act ly  as Mor de cai com mand ed  for  the  Jews, 
 to  the sa traps,  the gov er nors,  and  the off  i-
cials  of  the  127 prov inces  from In dia  to  Cush. The  edict  was writ ten  for  each prov ince  in  its 
 own  script,  for  each ethnic  group  in  its  own 
lan guage,  and  to  the  Jews  in  their  own  script 
 and lan guage. 10 Mor de cai  wrote  in  King Ahas u e rus’s  name 
 and  sealed  the  edicts  with  the roy al sig net  ring. He  sent  the doc u ments  by mount ed cou ri ers, 
 who  rode  fast hors es  bred  in  the roy al stables. 11  The  king’s  edict  gave  the  Jews  in  each  and 
ev ery  city  the  right  to as sem ble  and de fend 
them selves,  to de stroy ,  kill,  and an ni hi late 
ev ery ethnic  and pro vin cial  army hos tile  to 
 them, in clud ing wom en  and chil dren,  and  to 
 take  their pos ses sions  as  spoils  of  war. 12  This 
 would  take  place  on  a sin gle  day through-
out  all  the prov inces  of  King Ahas u e rus,  on 
 the thir teenth  day  of  the  twelfth  month,  the 
 month  Adar. 13  A  copy  of  the  text, is sued  as  law through-
out ev ery prov ince,  was dis trib ut ed  to  all  the 
peo ples  so  the  Jews  could  be  ready  to  avenge 
them selves  against  their en e mies  on  that  day .


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14  The cou ri ers  rode  out  in  haste  on  their roy-
al hors es  at  the  king’s ur gent com mand.


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The 
 law  was  also is sued  in  the for tress  of  Susa. 15 Mor de cai  went  from  the  king’s pres ence 
 clothed  in roy al pur ple  and  white,  with  a  great 
 gold  crown  and  a pur ple  robe  of  fine lin en. The 
 city  of  Susa shout ed  and re joiced, 16  and  the 
 Jews cel e brat ed a  with glad ness,  joy ,  and hon or. 17  In ev ery prov ince  and ev ery  city , wher ev-
er  the  king’s com mand  and  his  law  reached, 
 joy  and re joic ing  took  place  among  the  Jews. There  was  a cel e bra tion  and  a hol i day . b  And 
 many  of  the ethnic  groups  of  the  land pro-
fessed them selves  to  be  Jews be cause  fear  of 
 the  Jews  had over come  them. VICTORIES OF THE JEWS
9 
 The  king’s com mand  and  law  went  into 
eff  ect  on  the thir teenth  day  of  the  twelfth 
 month,  the  month  Adar. On  the  day  when  the 
 Jews’ en e mies  had  hoped  to over pow er  them, 
 just  the op po site hap pened.


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The  Jews over pow-
ered  those  who hat ed  them. 2  In  each  of  King 
Ahas u e rus’s prov inces  the  Jews as sem bled 
 in  their cit ies  to at tack  those  who in tend ed 
 to  harm  them. c  Not  a sin gle per son  could 
with stand  them;  fear  of  them  fell  on ev ery 
na tion al i ty . 3  All  the off  i cials  of  the prov inces,  the sa-
traps,  the gov  er nors,  and  the roy  al civil ad-
min is tra tors d aided  the  Jews be cause  they 
 feared Mor de cai. 4  For Mor de cai ex er cised 
 great pow er  in  the pal ace,  and  his  fame  spread 
through out  the prov inces  as  he be came  more 
 and  more pow er ful. 5  The  Jews  put  all  their en e mies  to  the  sword, 
kill ing  and de stroy ing  them.


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They  did  what 
 they  pleased  to  those  who hat ed  them. 6  In  the 
for tress  of  Susa  the  Jews  killed  and de stroyed 
 five hun dred  men, 7 in clud ing Par shan da tha, 
Dal phon, As pa tha, 8 Po ra tha, Ada lia, Arid a-
tha, 9 Par mash ta, Aris ai, Arid ai,  and V ai za tha. 10  They  killed  these  ten  sons  of Ha man  son  of 
Ham me da tha,  the en e my  of  the  Jews. How ev er, 
 they  did  not  seize e  any plun der. 11  On  that  day  the num ber  of peo ple  killed  in 
 the for tress  of  Susa  was re port ed  to  the  king. 12  The  king  said  to  Queen Es ther, “ In  the for tress 
 of  Susa  the  Jews  have  killed  and de stroyed  five 
hun dred  men, in clud ing Ha man’s  ten  sons. What  have  they  done  in  the  rest  of  the roy al 
prov inces?


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What ev er  you  ask  will  be giv en 
 to  you. What ev er  you  seek  will  also  be  done.”
13 Es ther an swered, “ If  it pleas es  the  king, 
 may  the  Jews  who  are  in  Susa  also  have to-
mor row  to car ry  out to day’s  law ,  and  may 
 the bod ies  of Ha man’s  ten  sons  be  hung  on 
 the gal lows.” 14  The  king  gave  the or ders  for 
 this  to  be  done,  so  a  law  was an nounced  in 
 Susa,  and  they  hung  the bod ies  of Ha man’s 
 ten  sons. 15  The  Jews  in  Susa as sem bled  again 
 on  the four teenth  day  of  the  month  of  Adar 
 and  killed  three hun dred  men  in  Susa,  but 
 they  did  not  seize  any plun der.


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16  The  rest  of  the  Jews  in  the roy al prov inces 
as sem bled, de fend ed them selves,  and  gained 
re lief  from  their en e mies. They  killed seven-
ty-five thou sand f  of  those  who hat ed  them,  but 
 they  did  not  seize  any plun der. 17  They  fought 
 on  the thir teenth  day  of  the  month  of  Adar 
 and rest ed  on  the four teenth,  and  it be came 
 a  day  of feast ing  and re joic ing. 18  But  the  Jews  in  Susa  had as sem bled  on 
 the thir teenth  and  the four teenth  days  of  the 
 month. They rest ed  on  the fif teenth  day  of  the 
 month,  and  it be came  a  day  of feast ing  and 
a 8:16 Lit had light   b 8:17 Lit good day   c  9:2 Lit cities to send out a hand against the seekers of their evil   d  9:3 Lit and 
those who do the king’s work ; Est 3:9   e  9:10 Lit not put their hands on, also in vv . 15,16   f 9:16 Some LXX mss read 10,107 ; other 
LXX mss read 15,000
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re joic ing. 19  This ex plains  why  the ru ral  Jews 
 who  live  in vil lages ob serve  the four teenth 
 day  of  the  month  of  Adar  as  a  time  of re joic ing 
 and feast ing. It  is  a hol i day  when  they  send 
 gifts  to  one an oth er. 20 Mor de cai re cord ed  these  events  and  sent 
let ters  to  all  the  Jews  in  all  of  King Ahas u e rus’s 
prov inces,  both  near  and  far. 21  He or dered 
 them  to cel e brate  the four teenth  and fif teenth 
 days  of  the  month  of  Adar ev ery  year 22 be-
cause dur ing  those  days  the  Jews  gained re lief 
 from  their en e mies. That  was  the  month  when 
 their sor row  was  turned  into re joic ing  and 
 their mourn ing  into  a hol i day . They  were  to 
 be  days  of feast ing, re joic ing,  and  of send ing 
 gifts  to  one an oth er  and  to  the  poor. 23  So  the  Jews  agreed  to con tin ue  the prac-
tice  they  had be gun,  as Mor de cai  had writ ten 
 them  to  do. 24  For Ha man  son  of Ham me da tha 
 the Ag ag ite,  the en e my  of  all  the  Jews,  had 
plot ted  against  the  Jews  to de stroy  them. He 
 cast  the  Pur  —   that  is,  the  lot  —   to  crush  and 
de stroy  them.


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25  But  when  the mat ter  was 
 brought be fore  the  king,  he com mand ed 
 by let ter  that  the  evil  plan Ha man  had de-
vised  against  the  Jews re turn  on  his  own 
 head  and  that  he  should  be  hanged  with 
 his  sons  on  the gal lows. 26  For  this rea son 
 these  days  are  called Pu rim,  from  the  word 
 Pur. Be cause  of  all  the in struc tions  in  this 
let ter  as  well  as  what  they  had wit nessed 
 and  what  had hap pened  to  them, 27  the  Jews 
 bound them selves,  their de scen dants,  and 
 all  who  joined  with  them  to  a commitment 
 that  they  would  not  fail  to cel e brate  these 
 two  days  each  and ev ery  year ac cord ing  to 
 the writ ten in struc tions  and ac cord ing  to 
 the  time ap point ed. 28  These  days  are re mem-
bered  and cel e brat ed  by ev ery gen er a tion, 
fam i ly , prov ince,  and  city ,  so  that  these  days 
 of Pu rim  will  not  lose  their significance  in 
Jew ish  life a  and  their mem o ry  will  not  fade 
 from  their de scen dants. 29  Queen Es ther, daugh ter  of Ab i hail,  along 
 with Mor de cai  the  Jew ,  wrote  this sec ond let ter 
 with  full au thor i ty  to con firm  the let ter  about 
Pu rim. 30  He  sent let ters  with assurances  of 
 peace  and se cu ri ty b  to  all  the  Jews  who  were 
 in  the  127 prov inces  of  the king dom  of Ahas-
u e rus, 31  in or der  to con firm  these  days  of Pu-
rim  at  their prop er  time  just  as Mor de cai  the   
Jew  and Es ther  the  queen  had es tab lished  them 
 and  just  as  they  had com mit ted them selves 
 and  their de scen dants  to  the prac tic es  of fast-
ing  and lam en ta tion. 32  So Es ther’s com mand 
con firmed  these cus toms  of Pu rim,  which 
 were  then writ ten  into  the rec ord. MORDECAI’S FAME
10 
 King Ahas u e rus im posed  a  tax through-
out  the  land  even  to  the far thest  shores. c 
2  All  of  his pow er ful  and mag nifi   cent ac com-
plish ments  and  the de tailed ac count  of Mor-
de cai’s  great  rank  with  which  the  king  had 
hon ored  him,  have  they  not  been writ ten  in 
 the  Book  of  the His tor i cal  Events  of  the  Kings 
 of Me dia  and Per sia? 3 Mor de cai  the  Jew  was 
sec ond  only  to  King Ahas u e rus.


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He con tin ued  to pur sue 
pros per i ty  for  his peo ple  and  to  speak  for  the 
well-being  of  all  his de scen dants. a 9:28 LXX reads will be celebrated into all times   b 9:30 Or of peace and faithfulness   c 10:1 Or imposed forced labor on the 
land and the coasts of the sea
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Job
JOB AND HIS FAMILY
1 
 There  was  a  man  in  the coun try  of  Uz  named 
 Job. He  was  a  man  of com plete in teg ri ty ,  who 
 feared  God  and  turned  away  from  evil.


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2  He  had 
sev en  sons  and  three daugh ters. 3  His es tate 
in clud ed sev en thou sand  sheep  and  goats, 
 three thou sand cam els,  five hun dred  yoke 
 of  oxen,  five hun dred fe male don keys,  and 
 a  very  large num ber  of ser vants. Job  was  the 
great est  man  among  all  the peo ple  of  the  east. 4  His  sons  used  to  take  turns hav ing ban-
quets  at  their  homes. They  would  send  an in-
vi ta tion  to  their  three sis ters  to  eat  and  drink 
 with  them. 5 When ev er  a  round  of banqueting 
 was  over,  Job  would  send  for  his chil dren  and 
pu ri fy  them, ris ing ear ly  in  the morn ing  to 
off  er  burnt off  er ings  for a  all  of  them. For  Job 
 thought, “Per haps  my chil dren  have  sinned, 
hav ing  cursed  God  in  their  hearts.”  This  was 
 Job’s reg u lar prac tice. SATAN’S FIRST TEST OF JOB
6  One  day  the  sons  of  God  came  to pre sent them-
selves be fore  the  L ord,  and Sa tan b  also  came 
 with  them. 7  The  L ord  asked Sa tan, “ Where 
 have  you  come  from? ”
“ From roam ing  through  the  earth,” Sa tan 
an swered  him, “ and walk ing  around  on  it.”
8  Then  the  L ord  said  to Sa tan, “ Have  you 
con sid ered  my ser vant  Job? No  one  else  on 
 earth  is  like  him,  a  man  of per fect in teg ri ty , 
 who  fears  God  and  turns  away  from  evil.”
9 Sa tan an swered  the  L ord, “ Does  Job  fear 
 God  for noth ing? 10  Haven’t  you  placed  a  hedge 
 around  him,  his house hold,  and ev ery thing 
 he  owns?


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You  have  blessed  the  work  of  his 
 hands,  and  his pos ses sions  have in creased 
 in  the  land. 11  But  stretch  out  your  hand  and 
 strike ev ery thing  he  owns,  and  he  will sure ly 
 curse  you  to  your  face.”
12 “ V ery  well,”  the  L ord  told Sa tan, “ev ery-
thing  he  owns  is  in  your pow er. How ev er,  do 
 not  lay  a  hand  on  Job him self.”  So Sa tan  left 
 the  L ord’ s pres ence. 13  One  day  when  Job’s  sons  and daugh ters 
 were eat ing  and drink ing  wine  in  their old est 
broth er’s  house, 14  a mes sen ger  came  to  Job 
 and re port ed: “ While  the  oxen  were plow ing 
 and  the don keys graz ing near by , 15  the Sa be-
ans swooped  down  and  took  them  away . They 
 struck  down  the ser vants  with  the  sword,  and 
 I  alone  have es caped  to  tell  you!


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”
16  He  was  still speak ing  when an oth er mes-
sen ger  came  and re port ed: “ God’s  fire  fell  from 
heav en. It  burned  the  sheep  and  the ser vants 
 and de voured  them,  and  I  alone  have es caped 
 to  tell  you! ”
17  That mes sen ger  was  still speak ing  when 
 yet an oth er  came  and re port ed: “ The Chal-
de ans  formed  three  bands,  made  a  raid  on 
 the cam els,  and  took  them  away . They  struck 
 down  the ser vants  with  the  sword,  and  I  alone 
 have es caped  to  tell  you! ”
18  He  was  still speak ing  when an oth er mes-
sen ger  came  and re port ed: “ Your  sons  and 
daugh ters  were eat ing  and drink ing  wine 
 in  their old est broth er’s  house. 19 Sud den ly 
 a pow er ful  wind  swept  in  from  the desert 
 and  struck  the  four cor ners  of  the  house.


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It 
col lapsed  on  the  young peo ple  so  that  they 
 died,  and  I  alone  have es caped  to  tell  you! ”
20  Then  Job  stood  up,  tore  his  robe,  and 
 shaved  his  head. He  fell  to  the  ground  and 
wor shiped, 21 say ing:
  Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
  and naked I will leave this life. c
  The Lord gives, and the Lord  
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Blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 Through out  all  this  Job  did  not  sin  or  blame 
 God  for any thing. d
SATAN’S SECOND TEST OF JOB
2 
 One  day  the  sons  of  God  came  again  to 
pre sent them selves be fore  the  L ord,  and 
Sa tan  also  came  with  them  to pre sent him-
self be fore  the  L ord. 2  The  L ord  asked Sa tan, 
“ Where  have  you  come  from? ”
“ From roam ing  through  the  earth,” Sa tan 
an swered  him, “ and walk ing  around  on  it.”
3  Then  the  L ord  said  to Sa tan, “ Have  you 
con sid ered  my ser vant  Job? No  one  else  on 
 earth  is  like  him,  a  man  of per fect in teg ri ty , 
 who  fears  God  and  turns  away  from  evil. He 
 still re tains  his in teg ri ty ,  even  though  you 
a1:5 Lit for the number of   b1:6 Or the adversary   c1:21 Lit will return there ; Ps 139:13,15   d1:22 Lit or ascribe blame to God
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in cit ed  me  against  him,  to de stroy  him  for 
 no  good rea son.”
4 “ Skin  for  skin! ” Sa tan an swered  the  L ord.


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“ A  man  will  give  up ev ery thing  he  owns  in 
ex change  for  his  life. 5  But  stretch  out  your 
 hand  and  strike  his  flesh  and  bones,  and  he 
 will sure ly  curse  you  to  your  face.”
6 “ V ery  well,”  the  L ord  told Sa tan, “ he  is  in 
 your pow er;  only  spare  his  life.” 7  So Sa tan  left 
 the  L ord’ s pres ence  and in fect ed  Job  with ter-
ri ble  boils  from  the  soles  of  his  feet  to  the  top 
 of  his  head. 8  Then  Job  took  a  piece  of bro ken 
pot tery  to  scrape him self  while  he  sat  among 
 the ash es. 9  His  wife  said  to  him, “ Are  you  still hold-
ing  on  to  your in teg ri ty?


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”
10 “ You  speak  as  a fool ish wom an  speaks,” 
 he  told  her. “ Should  we ac cept  only  good  from 
 God  and  not ad ver si ty? ” Through out  all  this 
 Job  did  not  sin  in  what  he  said. a
JOB’S THREE FRIENDS
11  Now  when  Job’s  three  friends  —  El i phaz  the 
Te man ite, Bil dad  the Shu hite,  and Zo phar  the 
Na a ma thite  —   heard  about  all  this ad ver si ty 
 that  had hap pened  to  him,  each  of  them  came 
 from  his  home. They  met to geth er  to  go  and 
sym pa thize  with  him  and com fort  him.


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12  When 
 they  looked  from  a dis tance,  they  could bare ly 
rec og nize  him. They  wept  aloud,  and  each  man 
 tore  his  robe  and  threw  dust  into  the  air  and 
 on  his  head. 13  Then  they  sat  on  the  ground 
 with  him sev en  days  and  nights,  but  no  one 
 spoke  a  word  to  him be cause  they  saw  that 
 his suff  er ing  was  very in tense. JOB’S OPENING SPEECH
3 
Af ter  this,  Job be gan  to  speak  and  cursed 
 the  day  he  was  born. 2  He  said:
 3 May the day I was born perish,
  and the night that said,
  “ A boy is conceived.”
 4 If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above not care about it,
  or light shine on it.


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5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it,
  and a cloud settle over it. May what darkens the day terrify it. 6 If only darkness had taken 
that night away! May it not appear  b among the days 
of the year
  or be listed in the calendar. c
 7 Yes, may that night be barren;
  may no joyful shout be heard in it. 8 Let those who curse days
  condemn it,
  those who are ready 
to rouse Leviathan. 9 May its morning stars grow dark. May it wait for daylight but have none;
  may it not see the breaking  d of dawn. 10 For that night did not shut
  the doors of my mother’s womb,
  and hide sorrow from my eyes. 11 Why was I not stillborn;
  why didn’t I die as I came 
from the womb? 12 Why did the knees receive me,
  and why were there breasts for me 
to nurse? 13 Now I would certainly be lying down 
in peace;
  I would be asleep. Then I would be at rest
 14 with the kings and counselors 
of the earth,
  who rebuilt ruined cities 
for themselves,
 15 or with princes who had gold,
  who filled their houses with silver. 16 Or why was I not hidden 
like a miscarried child,
  like infants who never see daylight? 17 There the wicked cease 
to make trouble,
  and there the weary find rest. 18 The captives are completely at rest;
  they do not hear a taskmaster’s voice. 19 Both small and great are there,
  and the slave is set free 
from his master. 20 Why is light given to one burdened 
with grief,
  and life to those whose existence 
is bitter,
 21 who wait for death, 
but it does not come,
  and search for it more than 
for hidden treasure,
 22 who are filled with much joy
  and are glad when they reach the grave? 23 Why is life given to a man whose path 
is hidden,
a2:10 Lit sin with his lips   b3:6 LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg; MT reads rejoice   c3:6 Lit or enter the number of months   d3:9 Lit the eyelids
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  whom God has hedged in? 24 I sigh when food is put before me,  a
  and my groans pour out like water. 25 For the thing I feared 
has overtaken me,
  and what I dreaded has happened 
to me. 26 I cannot relax or be calm;
  I have no rest, for turmoil has come. FIRST SERIES OF SPEECHES
ELIPHAZ SPEAKS
4 
 Then El i phaz  the Te man ite re plied:
 2 Should anyone try to speak with you
  when you are exhausted? Yet who can keep from speaking?


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3 Indeed, you have instructed many
  and have strengthened weak hands. 4 Your words have steadied the one 
who was stumbling
  and braced the knees 
that were buckling. 5 But now that this has happened to you,
  you have become exhausted.


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It strikes you, and you are dismayed. 6 Isn’t your piety your confidence,
  and the integrity of your life  b 
your hope? 7 Consider: Who has perished when he 
was innocent?


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Where have the honest  c 
been destroyed? 8 In my experience, 
those who plow injustice
  and those who sow trouble reap 
the same. 9 They perish at a single blast from God
  and come to an end by the breath 
of his nostrils. 10 The lion may roar and the fierce 
lion growl,
  but the teeth of young lions are broken. 11 The strong lion dies if it catches 
no prey ,
  and the cubs of the lioness 
are scattered. 12 A word was brought to me in secret;
  my ears caught a whisper of it. 13 Among unsettling thoughts 
from visions in the night,
  when deep sleep comes over men,
 14 fear and trembling came over me
  and made all my bones shake. 15 I felt a draft d on my face,
  and the hair on my body stood up. 16 A figure stood there,
  but I could not recognize 
its appearance;
  a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a whispering voice:
 17 “Can a mortal be righteous before God? Can a man be more pure 
than his Maker? ”
 18 If God puts no trust in his servants
  and he charges his angels 
with foolishness,  e
 19 how much more those who dwell 
in clay houses,
  whose foundation is in the dust,
  who are crushed like a moth! 20 They are smashed to pieces from dawn 
to dusk;
  they perish forever 
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21 Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom. 5 
Call out! Will anyone answer you?


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Which of the holy ones will you 
turn to? 2 For anger kills a fool,
  and jealousy slays the gullible. 3 I have seen a fool taking root,
  but I immediately pronounced a curse 
on his home. 4 His children are far from safety .


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They are crushed at the city gate,
  with no one to rescue them. 5 The hungry consume his harvest,
  even taking it out of the thorns. f
  The thirsty  g pant 
for his children’s wealth. 6 For distress does not grow 
out of the soil,
  and trouble does not sprout 
from the ground. 7 But humans are born for trouble
  as surely as sparks fly upward. 8 However, if I were you, I would appeal 
to God
  and would present my case to him. a3:24 Or My sighing serves as my food   b4:6 Lit ways   c4:7 Or the upright, or  those with integrity   d4:15 Or a spirit    
e4:18 Or error ; Hb obscure   f5:5 Hb obscure   g5:5 Aq, Sym, Syr , Vg; MT reads snares
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 9 He does great and unsearchable things,
  wonders without number. 10 He gives rain to the earth
  and sends water to the fields. 11 He sets the lowly on high,
  and mourners are lifted to safety . 12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
  so that they a achieve no success. 13 He traps the wise in their craftiness
  so that the plans of the deceptive
  are quickly brought to an end. 14 They encounter darkness by day ,
  and they grope at noon
  as if it were night. 15 He saves the needy 
from their sharp words  b
  and from the clutches of the powerful. 16 So the poor have hope,
  and injustice shuts its mouth. 17 See how happy is the person whom 
God corrects;
  so do not reject the discipline 
of the Almighty . 18 For he wounds but he also bandages;
  he strikes, but his hands also heal. 19 He will rescue you from six calamities;
  no harm will touch you in seven. 20 In famine he will redeem you 
from death,
  and in battle, from the power 
of the sword. 21 You will be safe from slander  c
  and not fear destruction 
when it comes. 22 You will laugh at destruction 
and hunger
  and not fear the land’s wild creatures. 23 For you will have a covenant 
with the stones of the field,
  and the wild animals will be at peace 
with you. 24 You will know that your tent is secure,
  and nothing will be missing 
when you inspect your home. 25 You will also know that your offspring 
will be many
  and your descendants like the grass 
of the earth. 26 You will approach the grave 
in full vigor,
  as a stack of sheaves is gathered 
in its season. 27 We have investigated this, and it is true!


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Hear it and understand it for yourself. JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ
6 
 Then  Job an swered:
 2 If only my grief could be weighed
  and my devastation placed with it 
on the scales. 3 For then it would outweigh the sand 
of the seas!


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That is why my words are rash. 4 Surely the arrows of the Almighty 
have pierced d me;
  my spirit drinks their poison. God’s terrors are arrayed against me. 5 Does a wild donkey bray 
over fresh grass
  or an ox low over its fodder?


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e
 7 I refuse to touch them;
  they are like contaminated food. 8 If only my request would be granted
  and God would provide what I hope for:
 9 that he would decide to crush me,
  to unleash his power and cut me off! 10 It would still bring me comfort,
  and I would leap for joy 
in unrelenting pain
  that I have not denied  f the words 
of the Holy One. 11 What strength do I have, that I should 
continue to hope?


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What is my future, that I should 
be patient? 12 Is my strength that of stone,
  or my flesh made of bronze? 13 Since I cannot help myself,
  the hope for success has been banished 
from me. 14 A despairing man should receive 
loyalty from his friends,  g
  even if he abandons the fear 
of the Almighty . 15 My brothers are as treacherous 
as a wadi,
  as seasonal streams that overflow
 16 and become darkened  h because of ice,
  and the snow melts into them. a5:12 Lit their hands   b5:15 Lit from the sword of their mouth ; Ps 55:21; 59:7   c5:21 Lit be hidden from the whip of the tongue   
d6:4 Lit Almighty are in   e6:6 Hb obscure   f6:10 Lit hidden   g6:14 Lit To the despairing his friend loyalty   h6:16 Or turbid
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 17 The wadis evaporate in warm weather;
  they disappear from their channels 
in hot weather. 18 Caravans turn away from their routes,
  go up into the desert, and perish. 19 The caravans of Tema look 
for these streams. The traveling merchants of Sheba hope 
for them. 20 They are ashamed because they 
had been confident of finding water. When they arrive there, 
they are disappointed. 21 So this is what you have now become 
to me.


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  When you see something dreadful, 
you are afraid. 22 Have I ever said: “Give me something”
  or “Pay a bribe for me 
from your wealth”
 23 or “Deliver me from the enemy’s hand”
  or “Redeem me from the hand 
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Help me understand what I did wrong. 25 How painful honest words can be! But what does your rebuke prove? 26 Do you think that you can disprove 
my words
  or that a despairing man’s words are 
mere wind? 27 No doubt you would cast lots 
for a fatherless child
  and negotiate a price to sell your friend. 28 But now , please look at me;
  I will not lie to your face.


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29 Reconsider; don’t be unjust. Reconsider; my righteousness is still 
the issue. 30 Is there injustice on my tongue
  or can my palate not taste disaster? 7 
Isn’t each person consigned 
to forced labor on earth?


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Are not his days like those 
of a hired worker? 2 Like a slave he longs for shade;
  like a hired worker he waits for his pay . 3 So I have been made to inherit months 
of futility ,
  and troubled nights have been assigned 
to me. 4 When I lie down I think,
  “When will I get up? ”
  But the evening drags on endlessly ,
  and I toss and turn until dawn. 5 My flesh is clothed with maggots 
and encrusted with dirt. b
  My skin forms scabs  c and then oozes. 6 My days pass more swiftly 
than a weaver’s shuttle;
  they come to an end without hope. 7 Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see 
anything good. 8 The eye of anyone who looks on me
  will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I 
will be gone. 9 As a cloud fades away and vanishes,
  so the one who goes down to Sheol 
will never rise again. 10 He will never return to his house;
  his hometown will no longer 
remember d him. 11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth.


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I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
  I will complain in the bitterness 
of my soul. 12 Am I the sea e or a sea monster,
  that you keep me under guard? 13 When I say , “My bed will comfort me,
  and my couch will ease my complaint,”
 14 then you frighten me with dreams,
  and terrify me with visions,
 15 so that I prefer strangling  f —
  death rather than life in this body . g
 16 I give up!


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Leave me alone, for my days are 
a breath. h
 17 What is a mere human, that you think 
so highly of him
  and pay so much attention to him? 18 You inspect him every morning,
  and put him to the test every moment. 19 Will you ever look away from me,
  or leave me alone long enough 
to swallow? i
 20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
a6:21 Alt Hb tradition reads So you have now become nothing   b7:5 Or and dirty scabs   c7:5 Lit skin hardens   d7:10 Lit know   
e7:12 Or the sea god   f7:15 Or suffocation   g7:15 Lit than my bones   h7:16 Or are futile   i7:19 Lit swallow my saliva? JOB 6-7 444
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  Watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target,
  so that I have become a burden to you? a
 21 Why not forgive my sin
  and pardon my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the grave.


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You will eagerly seek me, but I 
will be gone. BILDAD SPEAKS
8 
 Then Bil dad  the Shu hite re plied:
 2 How long will you go on saying 
these things? Your words are a blast of wind.


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Does the Almighty pervert what is right? 4 Since your children sinned against him,
  he gave them over to their rebellion. 5 But if you earnestly seek God
  and ask the Almighty for mercy ,
 6 if you are pure and upright,
  then he will move even now 
on your behalf
  and restore the home where 
your righteousness dwells. 7 Then, even if your beginnings 
were modest,
  your final days will be 
full of prosperity . 8 For ask the previous generation,
  and pay attention to what 
their fathers discovered,
 9 since we were born only yesterday 
and know nothing. Our days on earth are but a shadow . 10 Will they not teach you and tell you
  and speak from their understanding? 11 Does papyrus grow where there is 
no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water? 12 While still uncut shoots,
  they would dry up quicker than 
any other plant. 13 Such is the destiny  b of all 
who forget God;
  the hope of the godless will perish. 14 His source of confidence is fragile;  c
  what he trusts in is a spider’s web. 15 He leans on his web, but it doesn’t 
stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up. 16 He is a well-watered plant 
in the sunshine;
  his shoots spread out over his garden. 17 His roots are intertwined around a pile 
of rocks. He looks for a home among the stones. 18 If he is uprooted  d from his place,
  it will deny knowing him, saying, 
“I never saw you.”
 19 Surely this is the joy of his way of life;
  yet others will sprout from the dust. 20 Look, God does not reject a person 
of integrity ,
  and he will not support  e evildoers. 21 He will yet fill your mouth 
with laughter
  and your lips with a shout of joy . 22 Your enemies will be clothed 
with shame;
  the tent of the wicked will no longer 
exist. JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD
9 
 Then  Job an swered:
 2 Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,
  but how can a person be justified 
before God? 3 If one wanted to take him to court,
  he could not answer God  f once 
in a thousand times.


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Who has opposed him 
and come out unharmed? 5 He removes mountains 
without their knowledge,
  overturning them in his anger. 6 He shakes the earth from its place
  so that its pillars tremble. 7 He commands the sun not to shine
  and seals off the stars. 8 He alone stretches out the heavens
  and treads on the waves of the sea. g
 9 He makes the stars: the Bear,  h Orion,
  the Pleiades, and the constellations  i 
of the southern sky . 10 He does great and unsearchable things,
  wonders without number. 11 If he passed by me, I wouldn’t see him;
  if he went by , I wouldn’t recognize him. 12 If he snatches something, 
who can stop j him?


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Who can ask him, “What are you doing? ”
a7:20 Alt Hb tradition, LXX; MT , Vg read myself   b8:13 Lit Such are the ways   c8:14 Or cut off ; Hb obscure   d8:18 Or destroyed   
e8:20 Lit grasp the hand of   f9:3 Or court, God would not answer him   g9:8 Or and walks on the back of the sea god    
h9:9 Or Aldebaran   i9:9 Or chambers   j9:12 Or dissuade
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 13 God does not hold back his anger;
  Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear 
beneath him! 14 How then can I answer him
  or choose my arguments against him?


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15 Even if I were in the right, 
I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy . 16 If I summoned him 
and he answered me,
  I do not believe he would 
pay attention to what I said. 17 He batters me with a whirlwind
  and multiplies my wounds 
without cause. 18 He doesn’t let me catch my breath
  but fills me with bitter experiences. 19 If it is a matter of strength, look, he is 
the powerful one! If it is a matter of justice, who can 
summon him? a
 20 Even if I were in the right, 
my own mouth would condemn me;
  if I were blameless, my mouth would 
declare me guilty . 21 Though I am blameless,
  I no longer care about myself;
  I renounce my life.


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22 It is all the same. Therefore I say ,
  “He destroys both the blameless 
and the wicked.”
 23 When catastrophe b brings sudden death,
  he mocks the despair of the innocent. 24 The earth c is handed over 
to the wicked;
  he blindfolds  d its judges.


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25 My days fly by faster than a runner;  e
  they flee without seeing any good. 26 They sweep by like boats made 
of papyrus,
  like an eagle swooping down 
on its prey . 27 If I said, “I will forget my complaint,
  change my expression, and smile,”
 28 I would still live in terror of all 
my pains. I know you will not acquit me. 29 Since I will be found guilty ,
  why should I struggle in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow ,
  and cleanse my hands with lye,
 31 then you dip me in a pit of mud,
  and my own clothes despise me! 32 For he is not a man like me, that I can 
answer him,
  that we can take each other to court.


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33 There is no mediator between us,
  to lay his hand on both of us. 34 Let him take his rod away from me
  so his terror will no longer frighten me. 35 Then I would speak and not fear him. But that is not the case; I am 
on my own. 10 
I am disgusted with my life. I will give vent to my complaint
  and speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I will say to God,
  “Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why you prosecute me. 3 Is it good for you to oppress,
  to reject the work of your hands,
  and favor  f the plans of the wicked? 4 Do you have eyes of flesh,
  or do you see as a human sees? 5 Are your days like those of a human,
  or your years like those of a man,
 6 that you look for my iniquity
  and search for my sin,
 7 even though you know that 
I am not wicked
  and that there is no one who can rescue 
from your power? 8 “Your hands shaped me and formed me.


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Will you now turn and destroy me? 9 Please remember that you formed me 
like clay . Will you now return me to dust? 10 Did you not pour me out like milk
  and curdle me like cheese? 11 You clothed me with skin and flesh,
  and wove me together with bones 
and tendons. 12 You gave me life and faithful love,
  and your care has guarded my life. 13 “Yet you concealed these thoughts 
in your heart;
a9:19 LXX; MT reads me   b9:23 Or whip ; Hb obscure   c9:24 Or land   d9:24 Lit covers the faces of   e9:25 = a royal messenger   
f10:3 Lit shine on
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  I know that this was your hidden plan:  a
 14 if I sin, you would notice,  b
  and would not acquit me of my iniquity . 15 If I am wicked, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot 
lift up my head. I am filled with shame
  and have drunk deeply of c 
my affliction. 16 If I am proud,  d you hunt me like a lion
  and again display 
your miraculous power against me. 17 You produce new witnesses  e 
against me
  and multiply your anger toward me. Hardships assault me, wave after wave. f
 18 “Why did you bring me out of 
the womb? I should have died and never been seen. 19 I wish g I had never existed
  but had been carried from the womb 
to the grave. 20 Are my days not few?


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h
  Leave me alone, so that I can smile 
a little
 21 before I go to a land of darkness 
and gloom,
  never to return. 22 It is a land of blackness 
like the deepest darkness,
  gloomy and chaotic,
  where even the light is 
like i the darkness.”
ZOPHAR SPEAKS
11 
 Then Zo phar  the Na a ma thite re plied:
2 Should this abundance of words 
go unanswered
  and such a talker  j be acquitted? 3 Should your babbling put others 
to silence,
  so that you can keep on ridiculing
  with no one to humiliate you?


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4 You have said, “My teaching is sound,
  and I am pure in your sight.”
 5 But if only God would speak
  and open his lips against you! 6 He would show you the secrets 
of wisdom,
  for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God has chosen 
to overlook some of your iniquity . 7 Can you fathom the depths of God
  or discover the limits of the Almighty? 8 They are higher than the heavens  —  
what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol  —  what can 
you know? 9 Their measure is longer than the earth
  and wider than the sea. 10 If he passes by and throws 
someone in prison
  or convenes a court, who can stop him? 11 Surely he knows which people 
are worthless. If he sees iniquity , will he not take note 
of it? 12 But a stupid person 
will gain understanding
  as soon as a wild donkey is born 
a human! 13 As for you, if you redirect your heart
  and spread out your hands to him 
in prayer —
 14 if there is iniquity in your hand, 
remove it,
  and don’t allow injustice to dwell 
in your tents —
 15 then you will hold your head high, 
free from fault. You will be firmly established 
and unafraid.


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16 For you will forget your suffering,
  recalling it only as water 
that has flowed by . 17 Your life will be brighter than noonday;
  its darkness  k will be like the morning. 18 You will be confident, because 
there is hope. You will look carefully about 
and lie down in safety . 19 You will lie down with no one to 
frighten you,
  and many will seek your favor. 20 But the sight of the wicked will fail.


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Their way of escape will be cut off,
  and their only hope is their last breath. a10:13 Lit was with you   b10:14 Lit notice me   c10:15 Or and look at   d10:16 Lit If he lifts up   e10:17 Or You bring fresh 
troops   f10:17 Lit Changes and a host are with me   g10:19 Lit As if   h10:20 Alt Hb tradition reads Will he not leave my few 
days alone? i10:22 Lit chaotic, and shines as   j11:2 Lit a man of lips   k11:17 T ext emended; MT reads noonday; you are 
dark, you
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JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR
12 
 Then  Job an swered:
2 No doubt you are the people,
  and wisdom will die with you! 3 But I also have a mind like you;
  I am not inferior to you.


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Who doesn’t know the things you are 
talking about? a
 4 I am a laughingstock to my  b friends,
  by calling on God, who answers me. c
  The righteous and upright man is 
a laughingstock. 5 The one who is at ease holds calamity 
in contempt
  and thinks it is prepared for those 
whose feet are slipping. 6 The tents of robbers are safe,
  and those who trouble God are secure;
  God holds them in his hands. d
 7 But ask the animals, and they will 
instruct you;
  ask the birds of the sky , and they will 
tell you. 8 Or speak to the earth, and it will 
instruct you;
  let the fish of the sea inform you. 9 Which of all these does not know
  that the hand of the Lord  
has done this? 10 The life of every living thing is 
in his hand,
  as well as the breath of all mankind. 11 Doesn’t the ear test words
  as the palate tastes food? 12 Wisdom is found with the elderly ,
  and understanding comes 
with long life.


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13 Wisdom and strength belong to God;
  counsel and understanding are his. 14 Whatever he tears down cannot 
be rebuilt;
  whoever he imprisons cannot 
be released. 15 When he withholds water, everything 
dries up,
  and when he releases it, it destroys 
the land. 16 True wisdom and power belong to him.


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The deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leads counselors away barefoot
  and makes judges go mad. 18 He releases the bonds  e put on by kings
  and fastens a belt around their waists. 19 He leads priests away barefoot
  and overthrows established leaders. 20 He deprives trusted advisers of speech
  and takes away the elders’ 
good judgment. 21 He pours out contempt on nobles
  and disarms  f the strong. 22 He reveals mysteries  
from the darkness
  and brings the deepest darkness 
into the light. 23 He makes nations great, 
then destroys them;
  he enlarges nations, 
then leads them away . 24 He deprives the world’s leaders 
of reason,
  and makes them wander 
in a trackless wasteland. 25 They grope around in darkness 
without light;
  he makes them stagger like a drunkard. 13 
Look, my eyes have seen all this;
my ears have heard and understood it. 2 Everything you know , I also know;
  I am not inferior to you.


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3 Yet I prefer to speak to the Almighty
  and argue my case before God. 4 You use lies like plaster;
  you are all worthless healers. 5 If only you would shut up
  and let that be your wisdom! 6 Hear now my argument,
  and listen to my defense. g
 7 Would you testify unjustly 
on God’s behalf
  or speak deceitfully for him? 8 Would you show partiality to him
  or argue the case in his defense? 9 Would it go well if he examined you? Could you deceive him 
as you would deceive a man? 10 Surely he would rebuke you
  if you secretly showed partiality . 11 Would God’s majesty not terrify you?


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a12:3 Lit With whom are not such things as these? b12:4 Lit his   c12:4 Lit him   d12:6 Or secure; to those who bring their 
god in their hands   e12:18 T ext emended; MT reads discipline   f12:21 Lit and loosens the belt of   g13:6 Lit to the claims of 
my lips
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 12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs 
of ash;
  your defenses are made of clay . 13 Be quiet, a and I will speak.


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Let whatever comes happen to me. 14 I will put b myself at risk c
  and take my life in my own hands. 15 Even if he kills me, I will hope in him. d
  I will still defend my ways before him. 16 Yes, this will result in my deliverance,
  for no godless person can appear 
before him. 17 Pay close attention to my words;
  let my declaration ring in your ears. 18 Now then, I have prepared my case;
  I know that I am right. 19 Can anyone indict me?


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If so, I will be silent and die. 20 Only grant these two things  
to me, God,
  so that I will not have to hide 
from your presence:
 21 remove your hand from me,
  and do not let your terror frighten me. 22 Then call, and I will answer,
  or I will speak, and you can respond 
to me. 23 How many iniquities and sins 
have I committed? e
  Reveal to me my transgression and sin. 24 Why do you hide your face
  and consider me your enemy? 25 Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf?


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Will you chase after dry straw? 26 For you record bitter accusations 
against me
  and make me inherit the iniquities 
of my youth. 27 You put my feet in the stocks
  and stand watch over all my paths,
  setting a limit for the soles  f of my feet. 28 A person wears out 
like something rotten,
  like a moth-eaten garment. 14 
Anyone born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble. 2 He blossoms like a flower, then withers;
  he flees like a shadow and does not last.


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Will you bring me into judgment 
against you? g
 4 Who can produce something pure 
from what is impure?


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No one! 5 Since a person’s days are determined
  and the number of his months depends 
on you,
  and since you have set  h limits 
he cannot pass,
 6 look away from him and let him rest
  so that he can enjoy his day 
like a hired worker. 7 There is hope for a tree:
  If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
  and its shoots will not die. 8 If its roots grow old in the ground
  and its stump starts to die in the soil,
 9 the scent of water makes it thrive
  and produce twigs like a sapling. 10 But a person dies and fades away;
  he breathes his last  —  where is he? 11 As water disappears from a lake
  and a river becomes parched and dry ,
 12 so people lie down never to rise again. They will not wake up until the heavens 
are no more;
  they will not stir from their sleep. 13 If only you would hide me in Sheol
  and conceal me 
until your anger passes. If only you would appoint a time for me
  and then remember me. 14 When a person dies, will he come back 
to life? If so, I would wait all the days 
of my struggle
  until my relief comes. 15 You would call, and I would answer you. You would long for the work 
of your hands. 16 For then you would count my steps
  but would not take note of my sin. 17 My rebellion would be sealed up 
in a bag,
  and you would cover over my iniquity . 18 But as a mountain collapses 
and crumbles
a13:13 Lit quiet before me   b13:14 LXX; MT reads Why do I put   c13:14 Lit I take my flesh in my teeth   d13:15 Some Hb mss 
read I will be without hope   e13:23 Lit sins are to me   f13:27 Lit paths. You mark a line around the roots   g14:3 LXX, Syr , Vg 
read him   h14:5 Lit set his
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  and a rock is dislodged from its place,
 19 as water wears away stones
  and torrents wash away the soil 
from the land,
  so you destroy a man’s hope. 20 You completely overpower him, and he 
passes on;
  you change his appearance 
and send him away . 21 If his sons receive honor, he does not 
know it;
  if they become insignificant, 
he is unaware of it.


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22 He feels only the pain  
of his own body
  and mourns only for himself. SECOND SERIES OF SPEECHES
ELIPHAZ SPEAKS
15 
 Then El i phaz  the Te man ite re plied:
2 Does a wise man answer 
with empty a counsel
  or fill himself  b with the hot east wind? 3 Should he argue with useless talk
  or with words that serve 
no good purpose?


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4 But you even undermine the fear 
of God
  and hinder meditation before him. 5 Your iniquity teaches you what to say ,
  and you choose the language 
of the crafty . 6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I;
  your own lips testify against you. 7 Were you the first human ever born,
  or were you brought forth 
before the hills? 8 Do you listen in on the council of God,
  or have a monopoly on wisdom?


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What do you understand that 
is not clear to us? 10 Both the gray-haired and the elderly 
are with us—
  older than your father. 11 Are God’s consolations not enough 
for you,
  even the words that deal gently 
with you?


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12 Why has your heart misled you,
  and why do your eyes flash
 13 as you turn your anger  c against God
  and allow such words to leave 
your mouth? 14 What is a mere human, that he 
should be pure,
  or one born of a woman, that he 
should be righteous? 15 If God puts no trust in his holy ones
  and the heavens are not pure 
in his sight,
 16 how much less one who is revolting 
and corrupt,
  who drinks injustice like water? 17 Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
 18 what the wise have declared and 
not concealed,   
  that came from their ancestors,
 19 to whom alone the land was given
  when no foreigner passed 
among them. 20 A wicked person writhes in pain 
all his days,
  throughout the number of 
years reserved for the ruthless. 21 Dreadful sounds fill his ears;
  when he is at peace, a robber 
attacks him. 22 He doesn’t believe he will return 
from darkness;
  he is destined for the sword. 23 He wanders about for food, asking, 
“Where is it? ”
  He knows the day of darkness is 
at hand. 24 Trouble and distress terrify him,
  overwhelming him like a king 
prepared for battle. 25 For he has stretched out his hand 
against God
  and has arrogantly opposed 
the Almighty . 26 He rushes headlong at him
  with his thick, studded shields. 27 Though his face is covered with fat  d
  and his waistline bulges with it,
 28 he will dwell in ruined cities,
  in abandoned houses destined 
to become piles of rubble. 29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth 
will not endure. a15:2 Lit windy ; Jb 16:3   b15:2 Lit his belly   c15:13 Or spirit   d15:27 Lit with his fat
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  His possessions  a will not increase 
in the land. 30 He will not escape from the darkness;
  flames will wither his shoots,
  and by the breath of God’s mouth, 
he will depart. 31 Let him not put trust 
in worthless things, being led astray ,
  for what he gets in exchange 
will prove worthless. 32 It will be accomplished before his time,
  and his branch will not flourish. 33 He will be like a vine that drops 
its unripe grapes
  and like an olive tree that sheds 
its blossoms. 34 For the company of the godless 
will have no children,
  and fire will consume the tents of those 
who offer bribes. 35 They conceive trouble and give birth 
to evil;
  their womb prepares deception. JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ
16 
 Then  Job an swered:
2 I have heard many things like these.


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3 Is there no end to your empty  b words? What provokes you that you 
continue testifying? 4 If you were in my place I could also talk 
like you.


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I could string words together 
against you
  and shake my head at you. 5 Instead, I would encourage you 
with my mouth,
  and the consolation from my lips 
would bring relief. 6 If I speak, my suffering is not relieved,
  and if I hold back, does any of it leave 
me? 7 Surely he c has now exhausted me. You have devastated my entire family . 8 You have shriveled me up d  —  
it has become a witness;
  my frailty rises up against me 
and testifies to my face. 9 His anger tears at me, 
and he harasses me. He gnashes his teeth at me. My enemy pierces me with his eyes. 10 They open their mouths against me
  and strike my cheeks with contempt;
  they join themselves together 
against me. 11 God hands me over to the unjust;  e
  he throws me to the wicked. 12 I was at ease, but he shattered me;
  he seized me by the scruff of the neck
  and smashed me to pieces. He set me up as his target;
 13 his archers f surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy
  and pours my bile on the ground. 14 He breaks through my defenses again 
and again; g
  he charges at me like a warrior. 15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;
  I have buried my strength  h in the dust. 16 My face has grown red with weeping,
  and darkness covers my eyes,
 17 although my hands are free 
from violence
  and my prayer is pure. 18 Earth, do not cover my blood;
  may my cry for help find 
no resting place. 19 Even now my witness is in heaven,
  and my advocate is in the heights! 20 My friends scoff at me
  as I weep before God. 21 I wish that someone might argue 
for a man with God
  just as anyone i would for a friend. 22 For only a few years will pass
  before I go the way of no return. 17 
My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished.


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A graveyard awaits me. 2 Surely mockers surround  j me,
  and my eyes must gaze 
at their rebellion. 3 Accept my pledge!


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Who else will be my sponsor? k
 4 You have closed their minds 
to understanding,
a15:29 T ext emended; MT reads Their gain   b16:3 Lit windy ; Jb 15:2   c16:7 Or it   d16:8 Or have seized me ; Hb obscure    
e16:11 LXX, Vg; MT reads to a boy   f16:13 Or arrows   g16:14 Lit through me, breach on breach   h16:15 Lit horn   i16:21 Lit a 
son of man   j17:2 Lit are with   k17:3 Or Who is there that will shake hands with me? 451 JOB 15-17
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  therefore you will not honor them. 5 If a man denounces his friends 
for a price,
  the eyes of his children will fail. 6 He has made me an object of scorn 
to the people;
  I have become a man people spit at. a
 7 My eyes have grown dim from grief,
  and my whole body has become 
but a shadow . 8 The upright are appalled at this,
  and the innocent are roused 
against the godless. 9 Yet the righteous person will hold 
to his way ,
  and the one whose hands are clean 
will grow stronger. 10 But come back and try again, all of you.


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b
  I will not find a wise man among you. 11 My days have slipped by;
  my plans have been ruined,
  even the things dear to my heart.


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12 They turned night into day
  and made light seem near in the face 
of darkness. 13 If I await Sheol as my home,
  spread out my bed in darkness,
 14 and say to corruption, “You are 
my father,”
  and to the maggot, “My mother” 
or “My sister,”
 15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?


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16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,
  or will we descend together 
to the dust? BILDAD SPEAKS
18 
 Then Bil dad  the Shu hite re plied:
2 How long until you stop talking?


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3 Why are we regarded as cattle,
  as stupid in your sight? 4 You who tear yourself in anger  c —
  should the earth be abandoned 
on your account,
  or a rock be removed from its place? 5 Yes, the light of the wicked 
is extinguished;
  the flame of his fire does not glow . 6 The light in his tent grows dark,
  and the lamp beside him is put out. 7 His powerful stride is shortened,
  and his own schemes trip him up. 8 For his own feet lead him into a net,
  and he strays into its mesh. 9 A trap catches him by the heel;
  a noose seizes him. 10 A rope lies hidden for him 
on the ground,
  and a snare waits for him 
along the path. 11 Terrors frighten him on every side
  and harass him at every step. 12 His strength is depleted;
  disaster lies ready for him to stumble. d
 13 Parts of his skin are eaten away;
  death’s firstborn consumes his limbs. 14 He is ripped from the security 
of his tent
  and marched away to the king 
of terrors. 15 Nothing he owned remains in his tent. Burning sulfur is scattered 
over his home. 16 His roots below dry up,
  and his branches above wither away . 17 All memory of him perishes 
from the earth;
  he has no name anywhere. e
 18 He is driven from light to darkness
  and chased from the inhabited world. 19 He has no children or descendants 
among his people,
  no survivor where he used to live. 20 Those in the west are appalled 
at his fate,
  while those in the east tremble 
in horror. 21 Indeed, such is the dwelling of the 
unjust man,
  and this is the place of the one 
who does not know God. JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD
19 
 Then  Job an swered:
2 How long will you torment me
  and crush me with words?


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3 You have humiliated me ten times now ,
  and you mistreat f me without shame. 4 Even if it is true that I have sinned,
a17:6 Lit become a spitting to the faces   b17:10 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read them   c18:4 Lit He who tears 
himself in his anger   d18:12 Or disaster hungers for him   e18:17 Or name in the streets   f19:3 Hb obscure
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  my mistake concerns only  a me. 5 If you really want to appear superior 
to me
  and would use my disgrace as evidence 
against me,
 6 then understand that it is God 
who has wronged me
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” 
but get no response;
  I call for help, but there is no justice. 8 He has blocked my way so that I cannot 
pass through;
  he has veiled my paths with darkness. 9 He has stripped me of my honor
  and removed the crown from my head. 10 He tears me down on every side so that 
I am ruined. b
  He uproots my hope like a tree. 11 His anger burns against me,
  and he regards me as one of 
his enemies. 12 His troops advance together;
  they construct a ramp  c against me
  and camp around my tent. 13 He has removed my brothers from me;
  my acquaintances  
have abandoned me. 14 My relatives stop coming by ,
  and my close friends 
have forgotten me. 15 My house guests  d and female servants 
regard me as a stranger;
  I am a foreigner in their sight. 16 I call for my servant, but he 
does not answer,
  even if I beg him with my own mouth. 17 My breath is offensive to my wife,
  and my own family e finds me repulsive. 18 Even young boys scorn me. When I stand up, they mock me. 19 All of my best friends  f despise me,
  and those I love have turned 
against me. 20 My skin and my flesh cling 
to my bones;
  I have escaped with only the skin 
of my teeth. 21 Have mercy on me, my friends, 
have mercy ,
  for God’s hand has struck me. 22 Why do you persecute me as God does?


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Will you never get enough of my flesh? 23 I wish that my words 
were written down,
  that they were recorded on a scroll
 24 or were inscribed in stone forever
  by an iron stylus and lead! 25 But I know that my Redeemer lives,  g
  and at the end he will stand on the dust. 26 Even after my skin 
has been destroyed,  h
  yet I will see God in  i my flesh. 27 I will see him myself;
  my eyes will look at him, and not 
as a stranger. j
  My heart longs  k within me. 28 If you say , “How will we pursue him,
  since the root of the problem lies 
with him? ” l
 29 then be afraid of the sword,
  because wrath brings punishment 
by the sword,
  so that you may know there is 
a judgment. ZOPHAR SPEAKS
20 
 Then Zo phar  the Na a ma thite re plied:
2 This is why my unsettling thoughts 
compel me to answer,
  because I am upset!


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4 Don’t you know that ever since antiquity ,
  from the time a human was placed 
on earth,
 5 the joy of the wicked has been brief
  and the happiness of the godless 
has lasted only a moment? 6 Though his arrogance reaches heaven,
  and his head touches the clouds,
 7 he will vanish forever like his own dung.


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Those who know o him will ask, 
“Where is he? ”
a19:4 Lit mistake lives with   b19:10 Lit gone   c19:12 Lit they raise up their way   d19:15 Or The resident aliens in my 
household   e19:17 Lit and the sons of my belly   f19:19 Lit of the men of my council   g19:25 Or know my living Redeemer   
h19:26 Lit skin which they destroyed, or  skin they destroyed in this way   i19:26 Or apart from   j19:27 Or not a stranger   
k19:27 Lit My kidneys grow faint   l19:28 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read me   m20:2 Lit because of my feeling within 
me   n20:3 Lit and a spirit from my understanding   o20:7 Lit have seen
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 8 He will fly away like a dream and never 
be found;
  he will be chased away like a vision 
in the night. 9 The eye that saw him will see him 
no more,
  and his household will no longer 
see him. 10 His children will beg from  a the poor,
  for his own hands must give back 
his wealth.


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11 His frame may be full of youthful vigor,
  but it will lie down with him in dust. 12 Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth
  and he conceals it under his tongue,
 13 though he cherishes it and will not 
let it go
  but keeps it in his mouth,
 14 yet the food in his stomach turns
  into cobras’ venom inside him. 15 He swallows wealth but must 
vomit it up;
  God will force it from his stomach. 16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
  a viper’s fangs  b will kill him. 17 He will not enjoy the streams,
  the rivers flowing with honey 
and curds. 18 He must return the fruit of his labor 
without consuming it;
  he doesn’t enjoy the profits 
from his trading. 19 For he oppressed and abandoned 
the poor;
  he seized a house he did not build. 20 Because his appetite is never satisfied,  c
  he does not let anything 
he desires escape. 21 Nothing is left for him to consume;
  therefore, his prosperity will not last. 22 At the height of his success  d 
distress will come to him;
  the full weight of misery  e 
will crush him. 23 When he fills his stomach,
  God will send his burning anger 
against him,
  raining it down on him 
while he is eating. f
 24 If he flees from an iron weapon,
  an arrow from a bronze bow 
will pierce him. 25 He pulls it out of his back,
  the flashing tip out of his liver.


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26 Total darkness is reserved 
for his treasures. A fire unfanned by human hands 
will consume him;
  it will feed on what is left in his tent. 27 The heavens will expose his iniquity ,
  and the earth will rise up against him. 28 The possessions in his house 
will be removed,
  flowing away on the day of God’s anger. 29 This is the wicked person’s lot from God,
  the inheritance God ordained for him. JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR
21 
 Then  Job an swered:
2 Pay close attention to my words;
  let this be the consolation you offer. 3 Bear with me while I speak;
  then after I have spoken, you may 
continue mocking.


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4 As for me, is my complaint 
against a human being? Then why shouldn’t I be impatient? 5 Look at me and shudder;
  put your hand over your mouth. 6 When I think about it, I am terrified
  and my body trembles in horror. 7 Why do the wicked continue to live,
  growing old and becoming powerful? 8 Their children are established 
while they are still alive,  h
  and their descendants, 
before their eyes. 9 Their homes are secure and free of fear;
  no rod from God strikes them. 10 Their bulls breed without fail;
  their cows calve and do not miscarry . 11 They let their little ones run 
around like lambs;
  their children skip about,
 12 singing to the tambourine and lyre
  and rejoicing at the sound of the flute.


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13 They spend i their days in prosperity
  and go down to Sheol in peace. a20:10 Or children must compensate   b20:16 Lit tongue   c20:20 Lit Because he does not know ease in his stomach    
d20:22 Lit In the fullness of his excess   e20:22 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read the hand of everyone in misery   
f20:23 T ext emended; MT reads him, against his flesh   g20:25 Or gallbladder   h21:8 Lit established before them with them   
i21:13 Alt Hb tradition reads fully enjoy
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 14 Yet they say to God, “Leave us alone! We don’t want to know your ways. 15 Who is the Almighty , that we 
should serve him,
  and what will we gain by pleading 
with him? ”
 16 But their prosperity is not 
of their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far 
from me! 17 How often is the lamp of the wicked 
put out? Does disaster  a come on them?


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Does he apportion destruction 
in his anger? 18 Are they like straw before the wind,
  like chaff a storm sweeps away? 19 God reserves a person’s punishment 
for his children. Let God repay the person himself, 
so that he may know it. 20 Let his own eyes see his demise;
  let him drink from 
the Almighty’s wrath! 21 For what does he care about his family 
once he is dead,
  when the number of his months 
has run out? 22 Can anyone teach God knowledge,
  since he judges the exalted ones? b
 23 One person dies in excellent health,  c
  completely secure  d and at ease. 24 His body is e well fed, f
  and his bones are full of marrow . g
 25 Yet another person dies 
with a bitter soul,
  having never tasted prosperity . 26 But they both lie in the dust,
  and worms cover them.


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27 I know your thoughts very well,
  the schemes by which you would 
wrong me. 28 For you say , “Where now is 
the nobleman’s house? ”
  and “Where are the tents the wicked 
lived in? ”
 29 Have you never consulted 
those who travel the roads?


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Don’t you accept their reports? h
 30 Indeed, the evil person is spared 
from the day of disaster,
  rescued from the day of wrath. 31 Who would denounce his behavior 
to his face?


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Who would repay him for what 
he has done? 32 He is carried to the grave,
  and someone keeps watch over 
his tomb. 33 The dirt on his grave is  i sweet to him. Everyone follows behind him,
  and those who go before him are 
without number. 34 So how can you offer me 
such futile comfort?


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Your answers are deceptive. THIRD SERIES OF SPEECHES
ELIPHAZ SPEAKS
22 
 Then El i phaz  the Te man ite re plied:
2 Can a man be of any use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to him?


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3 Does it delight the Almighty if you 
are righteous? Does he profit if you perfect 
your behavior? 4 Does he correct you and take you 
to court
  because of your piety? 5 Isn’t your wickedness abundant
  and aren’t your iniquities endless? 6 For you took collateral 
from your brothers without cause,
  stripping off their clothes 
and leaving them naked. 7 You gave no water to the thirsty
  and withheld food from the famished,
 8 while the land belonged 
to a powerful man
  and an influential man lived on it. 9 You sent widows away  
empty-handed,
  and the strength of the fatherless 
was j crushed. 10 Therefore snares surround you,
  and sudden dread terrifies you,
 11 or darkness, so you cannot see,
  and a flood of water covers you. a21:17 Lit their disaster   b21:22 Probably angels   c21:23 Lit in bone of his perfection   d21:23 T ext emended; MT reads health, 
all at ease   e21:24 Or His sides are ; Hb obscure   f21:24 Lit is full of milk   g21:24 Lit and the marrow of his bones is watered   
h21:29 Lit signs   i21:33 Lit The clods of the wadi are   j22:9 LXX, Syr , Vg, Tg read you have
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 12 Isn’t God as high as the heavens? And look at the highest stars  —  
how lofty they are! 13 Yet you say , “What does God know?


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Can he judge through total darkness? 14 Clouds veil him so that he cannot see,
  as he walks on the circle of the sky .”
 15 Will you continue on the ancient path
  that wicked men have walked? 16 They were snatched away 
before their time,
  and their foundations 
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17 They were the ones who said to God, 
“Leave us alone! ”
  and “What can the Almighty do  
to us? ” a
 18 But it was he who filled their houses 
with good things. The counsel of the wicked is 
far from me! 19 The righteous see this and rejoice;
  the innocent mock them, saying,
 20 “Surely our opponents are destroyed,
  and fire has consumed 
what they left behind.”
 21 Come to terms with God and be 
at peace;
  in this way b good will come to you. 22 Receive instruction from his mouth,
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23 If you return to the Almighty , you will 
be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent
 24 and consign your gold to the dust,
  the gold of Ophir to the stones 
in the wadis,
 25 the Almighty will be your gold
  and your finest silver. 26 Then you will delight in the Almighty
  and lift up your face to God. 27 You will pray to him, and he will 
hear you,
  and you will fulfill your vows. 28 When you make a decision, it will be 
carried out,  c
  and light will shine on your ways. 29 When others are humiliated 
and you say , “Lift them up,”
  God will save the humble. d
 30 He will even rescue the guilty one,
  who will be rescued by the purity 
of your hands. JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ
23 
 Then  Job an swered:
2 Today also my complaint is bitter.


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3 If only I knew how to find him,
  so that I could go to his throne. 4 I would plead my case before him
  and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would learn how g he would 
answer me;
  and understand what he would say 
to me. 6 Would he prosecute me forcefully? No, he would certainly pay attention 
to me. 7 Then an upright man could reason 
with him,
  and I would escape 
from my Judge h forever. 8 If I go east, he is not there,
  and if I go west, I cannot perceive him. 9 When he is at work to the north, 
I cannot see him;
  when he turns south, I cannot find him. 10 Yet he knows the way I have taken; i
  when he has tested me, I will emerge 
as pure gold. 11 My feet have followed in his tracks;
  I have kept to his way and not 
turned aside. 12 I have not departed 
from the commands from his lips;
  I have treasured j the words 
from his mouth
  more than my daily food. 13 But he is unchangeable; who can 
oppose him? He does what he desires. 14 He will certainly accomplish 
what he has decreed for me,
  and he has many more things like these 
in mind. k
 15 Therefore I am terrified 
in his presence;
  when I consider this, I am afraid 
of him. a22:17 LXX, Syr; MT reads them   b22:21 Lit peace; by them   c22:28 Lit out for you   d22:29 Lit bowed of eyes   e23:2 Syr , 
Tg, Vg; MT reads rebellion   f23:2 LXX, Syr; MT reads My   g23:5 Lit the words   h23:7 Or judgment   i23:10 Lit way with me   
j23:12 LXX, Vg read treasured in my bosom   k23:14 Lit these with him
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 16 God has made my heart faint;
  the Almighty has terrified me. 17 Yet I am not destroyed a 
by the darkness,
  by the thick darkness that covers 
my face. 24 
Why does the Almighty not reserve 
times for judgment? Why do those who know him never see 
his days?


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2 The wicked displace 
boundary markers. They steal a flock and provide pasture 
for it. 3 They drive away the donkeys owned 
by the fatherless
  and take the widow’s ox as collateral. 4 They push the needy off the road;
  the poor of the land are forced 
into hiding. 5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,
  the poor go out to their task of foraging 
for food;
  the desert provides nourishment 
for their children. 6 They gather their fodder in the field
  and glean the vineyards of the wicked. 7 Without clothing, they spend 
the night naked,
  having no covering against the cold. 8 Drenched by mountain rains,
  they huddle against  b the rocks, 
shelterless. 9 The fatherless infant is snatched 
from the breast;
  the nursing child of the poor is seized 
as collateral. c
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they wander about naked.


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They carry sheaves but go hungry . 11 They crush olives in their presses;  d
  they tread the winepresses, 
but go thirsty . 12 From the city , men e groan;
  the mortally wounded cry for help,
  yet God pays no attention to this crime. 13 The wicked are those who rebel 
against the light. They do not recognize its ways
  or stay on its paths. 14 The murderer rises at dawn
  to kill the poor and needy ,
  and by night he becomes a thief. 15 The adulterer’s eye watches 
for twilight,
  thinking, “No eye will see me,”
  and he covers his face. 16 In the dark they break  f into houses;
  by day they lock themselves in,  g
  never experiencing the light. 17 For the morning is like darkness 
to them. Surely they are familiar 
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Their section of the land is cursed,
  so that they never go to their vineyards. 19 As dry ground and heat snatch away 
the melted snow ,
  so Sheol steals those who have sinned. 20 The womb forgets them;
  worms feed on them;
  they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree. 21 They prey on i the childless woman 
who is unable to conceive,
  and do not deal kindly with the widow . 22 Yet God drags away j the mighty 
by his power;
  when he rises up, they have 
no assurance of life. 23 He gives them a sense of security , 
so they can rely on it,
  but his eyes watch over their ways. 24 They are exalted for a moment, 
then gone;
  they are brought low and shrivel up 
like everything else.


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25 If this is not true, then who 
can prove me a liar
  and show that my speech is worthless? BILDAD SPEAKS
25 
 Then Bil dad  the Shu hite re plied:
2 Dominion and dread belong to him,
  the one who establishes harmony 
in his heights. a23:17 Or silenced   b24:8 Lit they embrace   c24:9 T ext emended; MT reads breast; they seize collateral against the 
poor   d24:11 Lit olives between their rows   e24:12 One Hb ms, Syr read the dying   f24:16 Lit dig   g24:16 Lit they seal for 
themselves   h24:18 Lit are insignificant   i24:21 LXX, Tg read They harm   j24:22 Or God prolongs the life of   k24:24 LXX 
reads like a mallow plant in the heat
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 3 Can his troops be numbered? Does his light not shine on everyone? 4 How can a human be justified 
before God? How can one born of woman be pure? 5 If even the moon does not shine
  and the stars are not pure in his sight,
 6 how much less a human, who is 
a maggot,
  a son of man, a who is a worm! JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD
26 
 Then  Job an swered:
2 How you have helped  
the powerless
  and delivered the arm that is weak!


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Whose breath came out of your mouth? 5 The departed spirits tremble
  beneath the waters and all that 
inhabit them. 6 Sheol is naked before God,
  and Abaddon has no covering. 7 He stretches the northern skies 
over empty space;
  he hangs the earth on nothing. 8 He wraps up the water in his clouds,
  yet the clouds do not burst 
beneath its weight. 9 He obscures the view of his throne,
  spreading his cloud over it. 10 He laid out the horizon on the surface 
of the waters
  at the boundary between light 
and darkness. 11 The pillars that hold up  
the sky tremble,
  astounded at his rebuke. 12 By his power he stirred the sea,
  and by his understanding 
he crushed Rahab. 13 By his breath the heavens gained 
their beauty;
  his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. b
 14 These are but the fringes of his ways;
  how faint is the word we hear of him! Who can understand 
his mighty thunder? 27 
 Job con tin ued  his dis course, say ing:
2 As God lives, who has deprived me 
of justice,
  and the Almighty who has 
made me bitter,
 3 as long as my breath is still in me
  and the breath from God remains 
in my nostrils,
 4 my lips will not speak unjustly ,
  and my tongue will not utter deceit. 5 I will never affirm that you are right.


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I will maintain my integrity  c until I die. 6 I will cling to my righteousness 
and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me 
as long as I live! 7 May my enemy be like the wicked
  and my opponent like the unjust. 8 For what hope does 
the godless person have when he is 
cut off,
  when God takes away his life? 9 Will God hear his cry
  when distress comes on him? 10 Will he delight in the Almighty?


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Will he call on God at all times? 11 I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal what the Almighty 
has planned.


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d
 12 All of you have seen this for yourselves,
  why do you keep up this empty talk? 13 This is a wicked man’s lot from God,
  the inheritance the ruthless receive 
from the Almighty . 14 Even if his children increase, 
they are destined for the sword;
  his descendants will never 
have enough food. 15 Those who survive him will be buried 
by the plague,
  yet their widows will not weep 
for them. 16 Though he piles up silver like dust
  and heaps up fine clothing like clay —
 17 he may heap it up, but the righteous 
will wear it,
  and the innocent will divide up 
his silver. 18 The house he built is 
like a moth’s cocoon
a25:6 Or a mere mortal   b26:13 = Leviathan   c27:5 Lit will not remove my integrity from me   d27:11 Lit what is with the 
Almighty
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  or a shelter set  up by  a  watchman. 19 He lies down wealthy , but will do so 
no
 
more;
 
 when he opens his
 
eyes, it
 
is
 
gone. 20 Terrors overtake him like a flood;
 
 a storm wind sw
eeps
 
him away 
at
 
night. 21 An east wind picks  him up, 
and
 
he
 
is
 
gone;
 
 it carries him a
way from
 
his
 
place. 22 It blasts at him without  mercy ,
 
 while he flees despera
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from
 
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force.


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23 It claps its  hands at him
 
 and scoffs a
t him from
 
its
 
place. A HYMN TO WISDOM
28 
Surely there is a  mine for silver
and a p
lace where
 
gold is
 
refined. 2 Iron is taken from  the ground,
 
 and copper is
 
smelted from
 
ore.


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3 A miner puts an  end to the darkness;
  
he probes a the deepest recesses
 
 f
or ore in
 
the
 
gloomy
 
darkness. 4 He cuts a shaft far 
from
 
human
 
habitation,
 
 in p
laces unknown to
 
those who
 
walk 
above
 
ground. Suspended f
ar
 
away from
 
people,
 
 the miners swing
 
back and
 
forth. 5 Food may come from  the earth,
 
 but belo
w the surface the
 
earth 
is
 
transformed as
 
by
 
fire. 6 Its rocks are a  source of lapis lazuli,
 
 containing flecks of
 
gold. 7 No bird of prey knows that  path;
 
 no f
alcon’s eye has
 
seen
 
it. 8 Proud beasts have  never walked on it;
 
 no lion has ev
er
 
prowled over
 
it. 9 The miner uses a  flint tool
 
 and turns up
 
ore from
 
the
 
root 
of
 
the
 
mountains. 10 He cuts out channels in  the rocks,
 
 and his ey
es spot every
 
treasure.


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11 He dams up the  streams from  flowing b
  so tha t he may  bring to  light 
what
 
is
 
hidden. 12 But where can  wisdom be found,
 
 and where is
 
understanding located?


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13 No one can know its  value, c
  since it cannot be  found in  the  land 
of
 
the
 
living. 14 The ocean depths say , “It’s not in me,”
 
 while the sea declares
, “I
 
don’t have
 
it.”
 15 Gold cannot be  exchanged for it,
 
 and sil
ver cannot
 
be
 
weighed
 
out 
for
 
its
 
price. 16 Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold 
of
 
Ophir,
 
 in precious on
yx or
 
lapis lazuli. 17 Gold and glass do  not compare with  it,
 
 and articles of
 
fine
 
gold 
cannot
 
be
 
exchanged for
 
it. 18 Coral and quartz are not 
w
orth
 
mentioning. The price of
 
wisdom is
 
beyond
 
pearls. 19 Topaz from Cush cannot  compare 
with
 
it,
 
 and it cannot be
 
valued in
 
pure
 
gold. 20 Where then does wisdom come  from,
 
 and where is understanding loca
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21 It is hidden from  the eyes 
of
 
every
 
living
 
thing
 
 and concealed from
 
the
 
birds 
of
 
the
 
sky . 22 Abaddon and  Death say ,
 
 “W
e have heard news of
 
it 
with
 
our
 
ears.”
 23 But God understands the  way 
to
 
wisdom,
 
 and he kno
ws its
 
location. 24 For he looks to  the ends of the earth
 
 and sees ev
erything  
under the heavens. 25 When God fixed the  weight of the wind
 
 and distributed the
 
water by
 
measure,
 26 when he established a  limit d 
for
 
the
 
rain
 
 and a pa
th for
 
the
 
lightning,
 27 he considered wisdom and  evaluated it;
 
 he estab
lished it and
 
examined
 
it. 28 He said to mankind,
 
 “The f
ear of
 
the
 
Lord—that
 
is
 
wisdom. And to turn from
 
evil 
is
 
understanding.”
JOB’S FINAL CLAIM OF INNOCENCE
29 
 Job con tin ued  his dis  course, say  ing:
2 If only I could be as  in months 
gone
 
by ,
 
 in the da
ys when God watched
 
over
 
me,
 3 when his lamp shone above  my head,
 
 and I w
alked through
 
darkness 
by
 
his
 
light! a28:3 Lit probes all   b28:11 LXX, Vg read He explores the sources of the streams   c28:13 LXX reads way   d28:26 Or decree
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 4 I would be as I was in the days 
of my youth
  when God’s friendship rested 
on my tent,
 5 when the Almighty was still with me
  and my children were around me,
 6 when my feet were bathed in curds
  and the rock poured out streams of oil 
for me! 7 When I went out to the city gate
  and took my seat in the town square,
 8 the young men saw me and withdrew ,
  while older men stood to their feet.


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9 City officials stopped talking
  and covered their mouths 
with their hands. 10 The noblemen’s voices were hushed,
  and their tongues stuck to the roof 
of their mouths. 11 When they heard me, they blessed me,
  and when they saw me, they spoke well 
of me. a
 12 For I rescued the poor who cried out 
for help,
  and the fatherless child who had 
no one to support him. 13 The dying blessed me,
  and I made the widow’s heart rejoice. 14 I clothed myself in righteousness,
  and it enveloped me;
  my just decisions were like a robe 
and a turban. 15 I was eyes to the blind
  and feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the needy ,
  and I examined the case of the stranger. 17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust
  and snatched the prey from his teeth. 18 So I thought, “I will die in my own nest
  and multiply my days as the sand. b
 19 My roots will have access to water,
  and the dew will rest on my branches 
all night. 20 My whole being will be refreshed 
within me,
  and my bow will be renewed 
in my hand.”
 21 Men listened to me with expectation,
  waiting silently for my advice. 22 After a word from me they did not 
speak again;
  my speech settled on them like dew .


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23 They waited for me as for the rain
  and opened their mouths as for 
spring showers. 24 If I smiled at them, they couldn’t 
believe it;
  they were thrilled at  c the light 
of my countenance. 25 I directed their course and presided 
as chief.


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I lived as a king among his troops,
  like one who comforts 
those who mourn. 30 
But now they mock me,
men younger than I am,
  whose fathers I would have refused 
to put
  with my sheep dogs. 2 What use to me was the strength 
of their hands?


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Their vigor had left them. 3 Emaciated from poverty and hunger,
  they gnawed the dry land,
  the desolate wasteland by night. 4 They plucked mallow  d 
among the shrubs,
  and the roots of the broom tree were 
their food. 5 They were banished 
from human society;
  people shouted at them 
as if they were thieves. 6 They are living on the slopes 
of the wadis,
  among the rocks and in holes 
in the ground. 7 They bray among the shrubs;
  they huddle beneath the thistles. 8 Foolish men, without even a name.


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They were forced to leave the land. 9 Now I am mocked by their songs;
  I have become an object of scorn 
to them. 10 They despise me and keep 
their distance from me;
  they do not hesitate to spit in my face. 11 Because God has loosened 
my e bowstring and oppressed me,
a29:11 Lit When an ear heard, it called me blessed, and when an eye saw, it testified for me   b29:18 Or as the phoenix   
c29:24 Lit they did not cast down   d30:4 Or saltwort   e30:11 Alt Hb tradition, LXX, Vg read his
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  they have cast off restraint 
in my presence. 12 The rabble a rise up at my right;
  they trap  b my feet
  and construct their siege ramp  c 
against me. 13 They tear up my path;
  they contribute to my destruction,
  without anyone to help them. 14 They advance as through 
a gaping breach;
  they keep rolling in through the ruins. 15 Terrors are turned loose against me;
  they chase my dignity away 
like the wind,
  and my prosperity has passed by 
like a cloud. 16 Now my life is poured out before me,
  and days of suffering have seized me. 17 Night pierces my bones,
  but my gnawing pains never rest. 18 My clothing is distorted with great force;
  he chokes me by the neck 
of my garment. a
 19 He throws me into the mud,
  and I have become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry out to you for help, but you do not 
answer me;
  when I stand up, you merely look at me. 21 You have turned against me 
with cruelty;
  you harass me with your strong hand. 22 You lift me up on the wind 
and make me ride it;
  you scatter me in the storm. 23 Yes, I know that you will lead me 
to death —
  the place appointed for all who live. 24 Yet no one would stretch out his hand
  against a ruined person  d
  when he cries out to him for help
  because of his distress. 25 Have I not wept for those 
who have fallen on hard times?


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Has my soul not grieved for the needy? 26 But when I hoped for good, evil came;
  when I looked for light, darkness came. 27 I am churning within  e and cannot rest;
  days of suffering confront me. 28 I walk about blackened, but not 
by the sun. f
  I stood in the assembly and cried out 
for help. 29 I have become a brother to jackals
  and a companion of ostriches. 30 My skin blackens and flakes off,  g
  and my bones burn with fever. 31 My lyre is used for mourning
  and my flute for the sound of weeping. 31 
I have made a covenant with my eyes.


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h
 2 For what portion would I have 
from God above,
  or what inheritance from the Almighty 
on high? 3 Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust
  and misfortune to evildoers?


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4 Does he not see my ways
  and number all my steps? 5 If I have walked in falsehood
  or my foot has rushed to deceit,
 6 let God weigh me on accurate scales,
  and he will recognize my integrity . 7 If my step has turned from the way ,
  my heart has followed my eyes,
  or impurity has stained my hands,
 8 let someone else eat what I have sown,
  and let my crops be uprooted. 9 If my heart has gone astray over a 
woman
  or I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
 10 let my own wife grind grain 
for another man,
  and let other men sleep with  i her. 11 For that would be a disgrace;
  it would be an iniquity 
deserving punishment.


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12 For it is a fire that consumes down 
to Abaddon;
  it would destroy my entire harvest. 13 If I have dismissed the case of my male 
or female servants
  when they made a complaint against me,
 14 what could I do when God stands up 
to judge? a30:12,18 Hb obscure   b30:12 Lit stretch out   c30:12 Lit and raise up their destructive paths   d30:24 Lit a heap of ruins   
e30:27 Lit My bowels boil   f30:28 Or walk in sunless gloom   g30:30 Lit blackens away from me   h31:1 Or a virgin    
i31:10 Lit men kneel down over
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  How should I answer him 
when he calls me to account? 15 Did not the one who made me 
in the womb also make them?


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Did not the same God form us both 
in the womb? 16 If I have refused the wishes of the poor
  or let the widow’s eyes go blind,
 17 if I have eaten my few crumbs alone
  without letting the fatherless 
eat any of it —
 18 for from my youth, I raised him 
as his father,
  and since the day I was born  a I guided 
the widow —
 19 if I have seen anyone dying for lack 
of clothing
  or a needy person without a cloak,
 20 if he b did not bless me
  while warming himself with the fleece 
from my sheep,
 21 if I ever cast my vote  c 
against a fatherless child
  when I saw that I had support 
in the city gate,
 22 then let my shoulder blade fall 
from my back,
  and my arm be pulled from its socket. 23 For disaster from God terrifies me,
  and because of his majesty 
I could not do these things.


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24 If I placed my confidence in gold
  or called fine gold my trust,
 25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth 
is great
  or because my own hand has acquired 
so much,
 26 if I have gazed at the sun 
when it was shining
  or at the moon moving in splendor,
 27 so that my heart was secretly enticed
  and I threw them a kiss,  d
 28 this would also be an iniquity 
deserving punishment,
  for I would have denied God above. 29 Have I rejoiced over 
my enemy’s distress,
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30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin
  by asking for his life with a curse. 31 Haven’t the members 
of my household said,
  “Who is there who has not had enough 
to eat at Job’s table? ”
 32 No stranger had to spend the night 
on the street,
  for I opened my door to the traveler. 33 Have I covered my transgressions 
as others do e
  by hiding my iniquity in my heart
 34 because I greatly feared the crowds
  and because the contempt of the clans 
terrified me,
  so I grew silent and would not 
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Here is my signature; let the Almighty 
answer me. Let my Opponent compose 
his indictment. 36 I would surely carry it on my shoulder
  and wear it like a crown. 37 I would give him an account of all 
my steps;
  I would approach him like a prince. 38 If my land cries out against me
  and its furrows join in weeping,
 39 if I have consumed its produce 
without payment
  or shown contempt for its tenants,  f
 40 then let thorns grow instead of wheat
  and stinkweed instead of barley . The  words  of  Job  are con clud ed. ELIHU’S ANGRY RESPONSE
32 
 So  these  three  men  quit an swer ing  Job, 
be cause  he  was righ teous  in  his  own 
 eyes. 2  Then Eli hu  son  of Barachel  the Bu zite 
 from  the fam i ly  of  Ram be came an gry . He  was 
an gry  at  Job be cause  he  had jus ti fied him self 
rath er  than  God. 3  He  was  also an gry  at  Job’s 
 three  friends be cause  they  had  failed  to re fute 
 him  and  yet  had con demned  him. g
4  Now Eli hu  had wait ed  to  speak  to  Job be-
cause  they  were  all old er  than  he. 5  But  when 
 he  saw  that  the  three  men  could  not an swer 
 Job,  he be came an gry . a31:18 Lit and from my mother’s womb   b31:20 Lit his loins   c31:21 Lit I raise my hand   d31:27 Lit and my hand kissed 
my mouth   e31:33 Or as Adam   f31:39 Lit or caused the breath of its tenants to breathe out   g32:3 Alt Hb tradition reads  
condemned God
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6  So Eli hu  son  of Barachel  the Bu zite re plied:
  I am young in years,
  while you are old;
  therefore I was timid and afraid
  to tell you what I know . 7 I thought that age should speak
  and maturity should teach wisdom.


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8 But it is the spirit in a person—
  the breath from the Almighty—
  that gives anyone understanding. 9 It is not only the old who are wise
  or the elderly who understand 
how to judge.


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10 Therefore I say , “Listen to me. I too will declare what I know .”
 11 Look, I waited for your conclusions;
  I listened to your insights
  as you sought for words. 12 I paid close attention to you. Yet no one proved Job wrong;
  not one of you refuted his arguments. 13 So do not claim, 
“We have found wisdom;
  let God deal with him, not man.”
 14 But Job has not directed his argument 
to me,
  and I will not respond to him 
with your arguments. 15 Job’s friends are dismayed and can 
no longer answer;
  words have left them.


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16 Should I continue to wait now that 
they are silent,
  now that they stand there 
and no longer answer? 17 I too will answer;  a
  yes, I will tell what I know .


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18 For I am full of words,
  and my spirit b compels me to speak. 19 My heart c is like unvented wine;
  it is about to burst  
like new wineskins. 20 I must speak so that I can find relief;
  I must open my lips and respond. 21 I will be partial to no one,
  and I will not give anyone 
an undeserved title. 22 For I do not know how to give 
such titles;
  otherwise, my Maker would remove me 
in an instant. ELIHU CONFRONTS JOB
33 
But now , Job, pay attention 
to my speech,
  and listen to all my words. 2 I am going to open my mouth;
  my tongue will form words on my palate. 3 My words come from my upright heart,
  and my lips speak with sincerity 
what they know . 4 The Spirit of God has made me,
  and the breath of the Almighty 
gives me life. 5 Refute me if you can.


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Prepare your case against me; 
take your stand. 6 I am just like you before God;
  I was also pinched off 
from a piece of clay . 7 Fear of me should not terrify you;
  no pressure from me should weigh you 
down. 8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
  and I have heard these very  d words:
 9 “I am pure, without transgression;
  I am clean and have no iniquity . 10 But he finds reasons to oppose me;
  he regards me as his enemy . 11 He puts my feet in the stocks;
  he stands watch over all my paths.”
 12 But I tell you that you are wrong 
in this matter,
  since God is greater than man. 13 Why do you take him to court
  for not answering anything 
a person asks? e
 14 For God speaks time and again,
  but a person may not notice it. 15 In a dream, a vision in the night,
  when deep sleep comes over people
  as they slumber on their beds,
 16 he uncovers their ears
  and terrifies them  f with warnings,
 17 in order to turn a person 
from his actions
  and suppress the pride of a person. 18 God spares his soul from the Pit,
  his life from crossing the river 
of death. g
 19 A person may be disciplined on his bed 
with pain
a32:17 Lit answer my part   b32:18 Lit and the spirit of my belly   c32:19 Lit belly   d33:8 Lit heard a sound of   e33:13 Lit 
court, for he does not answer all his words   f33:16 LXX; MT reads and seals   g33:18 Or from perishing by the sword
 463 JOB 32-33
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  and constant distress in his bones,
 20 so that he detests bread,
  and his soul despises his favorite food. 21 His flesh wastes away to nothing,  a
  and his unseen bones stick out. 22 He draws near to the Pit,
  and his life to the executioners. 23 If there is an angel on his side,
  one mediator out of a thousand,
  to tell a person what is right for him  b
 24 and to be gracious to him and say ,
  “Spare him from going down to the Pit;
  I have found a ransom,”
 25 then his flesh will be healthier  c than 
in his youth,
  and he will return to the days 
of his youthful vigor. 26 He will pray to God, and God 
will delight in him. That person will see his face 
with a shout of joy ,
  and God will restore his righteousness 
to him. 27 He will look at men and say ,
  “I have sinned and perverted 
what was right;
  yet I did not get what I deserved. d
 28 He redeemed my soul from going down 
to the Pit,
  and I will continue to see the light.”
 29 God certainly does all these things
  two or three times to a person
 30 in order to turn him back from the Pit,
  so he may shine with the light of life. 31 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me.


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Be quiet, and I will speak. 32 But if you have something to say , e 
answer me;
  speak, for I would like to justify you. 33 If not, then listen to me;
  be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom. 34 
 Then Eli hu con tin ued, f say ing:
2 Hear my words, you wise ones,
  and listen to me, 
you knowledgeable ones. 3 Doesn’t the ear test words
  as the palate tastes food?


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4 Let us judge for ourselves what is right;
  let us decide together what is good. 5 For Job has declared, “I am righteous,
  yet God has deprived me of justice. 6 Would I lie about my case? My wound  g is incurable,
  though I am without transgression.”
 7 What man is like Job? He drinks derision like water.


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8 He keeps company with evildoers
  and walks with wicked men. 9 For he has said, “ A man gains nothing
  when he becomes God’s friend.”
 10 Therefore listen to me, you men 
of understanding. It is impossible for God to do wrong,
  and for the Almighty to act unjustly . 11 For he repays a person according to 
his deeds,
  and he gives him what his conduct 
deserves. h 
 12 Indeed, it is true that God does not 
act wickedly
  and the Almighty does not 
pervert justice. 13 Who gave him authority over the earth?


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Who put him in charge of 
the entire world? 14 If he put his mind to it
  and withdrew the spirit and breath 
he gave,
 15 every living thing 
would perish together
  and mankind would return to the dust. 16 If you have understanding, hear this;
  listen to what I have to say . 17 Could one who hates justice 
govern the world? Will you condemn the mighty 
Righteous One,
 18 who says to a king, “Worthless man! ”
  and to nobles, “Wicked men!


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”? 19 God is not partial to princes
  and does not favor the rich 
over the poor,
  for they are all the work of his hands. 20 They die suddenly in the middle 
of the night;
  people shudder, then pass away . Even the mighty are removed 
without effort. 21 For his eyes watch over a man’s ways,
  and he observes all his steps. a33:21 Lit away from sight   b33:23 Or to vouch for a person’s uprightness   c33:25 Hb obscure   d33:27 Lit and the same 
was not to me   e33:32 Lit If there are words   f34:1 Lit answered   g34:6 Lit arrow   h34:11 Lit and like a path of a man, he 
causes him to find
JOB 33-34 464
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 22 There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
  where evildoers can hide. 23 God does not need to examine 
a person further,
  that one should a approach him in court. 24 He shatters the mighty 
without an investigation
  and sets others in their place. 25 Therefore, he recognizes their deeds
  and overthrows them by night, 
and they are crushed. 26 In full view of the public,  b
  he strikes them for their wickedness,
 27 because they turned aside 
from following him
  and did not understand any of his ways
 28 but caused the poor to cry out to him,
  and he heard the outcry of the needy . 29 But when God is silent, who can declare 
him guilty?


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When he hides his face, who can 
see him? Yet he watches over both individuals 
and nations,
 30 so that godless men should not rule
  or ensnare the people. 31 Suppose someone says to God,
  “I have endured my punishment;
  I will no longer act wickedly . 32 Teach me what I cannot see;
  if I have done wrong, I won’t 
do it again.”
 33 Should God repay you on your terms
  when you have rejected his? You must choose, not I!


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So declare what you know . 34 Reasonable men will say to me,
  along with the wise men who hear me,
 35 “Job speaks without knowledge;
  his words are without insight.”
 36 If only Job were tested to the limit,
  because his answers are like those 
of wicked men. 37 For he adds rebellion to his sin;
  he scornfully claps in our presence,
  while multiplying his words against God. 35 
 Then Eli hu con tin ued, say ing:
2 Do you think it is just when you say ,
  “I am righteous before God”? 3 For you ask, “What does it profit you,  c
  and what benefit comes to me, 
if I do not sin?


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”
 4 I will answer you
  and your friends with you. 5 Look at the heavens and see;
  gaze at the clouds high above you. 6 If you sin, how does it affect God?


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If you multiply your transgressions, 
what does it do to him? 7 If you are righteous, what do you 
give him,
  or what does he receive from your hand? 8 Your wickedness affects a person 
like yourself,
  and your righteousness, a son of man. d
 9 People cry out because of 
severe oppression;
  they shout for help because of 
the power of the mighty . 10 But no one asks, “Where is God 
my Maker,
  who provides us with songs in the night,
 11 who gives us more understanding 
than the animals of the earth
  and makes us wiser than the birds 
of the sky? ”
 12 There they cry out, 
but he does not answer,
  because of the pride of evil people. 13 Indeed, God does not listen 
to empty cries,
  and the Almighty does not take note 
of it —
 14 how much less when  e you complain f
  that you do not see him,
  that your case is before him
  and you are waiting for him. 15 But now , because God’s anger 
does not punish
  and he does not pay attention 
to transgression,  g
 16 Job opens his mouth in vain
  and multiplies words 
without knowledge. 36 
 Then Eli hu con tin ued, say ing:
2 Be patient with me a little longer, 
and I will inform you,
  for there is still more to be said 
on God’s behalf. 3 I will get my knowledge from a 
distant place
a34:23 Some emend to God has not appointed a time for man to   b34:26 Lit In a place of spectators   c35:3 Some emend 
to me   d35:8 Or a mere mortal   e35:14 Or how then can   f35:14 Lit say   g35:15 LXX, Vg; MT reads folly, or arrogance ; Hb 
obscure
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  and ascribe justice to my Maker. 4 Indeed, my words are not false;
  one who has complete knowledge is 
with you. 5 Yes, God is mighty , but he despises 
no one;
  he understands all things. a
 6 He does not keep the wicked alive,
  but he gives justice to the oppressed. 7 He does not withdraw his gaze 
from the righteous,
  but he seats them forever 
with enthroned kings,
  and they are exalted. 8 If people are bound with chains
  and trapped by the cords of affliction,
 9 God tells them what they have done
  and how arrogantly 
they have transgressed. 10 He opens their ears to correction
  and tells them to repent from iniquity . 11 If they listen and serve him,
  they will end their days in prosperity
  and their years in happiness. 12 But if they do not listen,
  they will cross the river of death  b
  and die without knowledge. 13 Those who have a godless heart 
harbor anger;
  even when God binds them, 
they do not cry for help. 14 They die in their youth;
  their life ends among 
male cult prostitutes. 15 God rescues the afflicted by 
their affliction;
  he instructs them by their torment. 16 Indeed, he lured you from the jaws  c 
of distress
  to a spacious and unconfined place.


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Your table was spread with choice food. 17 Yet now you are obsessed 
with the judgment due the wicked;
  judgment and justice have seized you. 18 Be careful that no one lures you 
with riches;  d
  do not let a large ransom e lead you astray . 19 Can your wealth f or all 
your physical exertion
  keep you from distress? 20 Do not long for the night
  when nations will disappear 
from their places. 21 Be careful that you do not turn 
to iniquity ,
  for that is why you have been tested 
by g affliction.


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23 Who has appointed his way for him,
  and who has declared, “You have 
done wrong”? 24 Remember that you should praise 
his work,
  which people have sung about. 25 All mankind has seen it;
  people have looked at it from a distance. 26 Yes, God is exalted 
beyond our knowledge;
  the number of his years 
cannot be counted. 27 For he makes waterdrops evaporate;  h
  they distill the rain into its  i mist,
 28 which the clouds pour out
  and shower abundantly on mankind. 29 Can anyone understand how the clouds 
spread out
  or how the thunder roars 
from God’s pavilion? 30 See how he spreads his lightning 
around him
  and covers the depths of the sea. 31 For he judges the nations with these;
  he gives food in abundance. 32 He covers his hands with lightning
  and commands it to hit its mark. 33 The j thunder declares his presence;  k
  the cattle also, the approaching storm. 37 
My heart pounds at this
and leaps from my chest. l
 2 Just listen to his thunderous voice
  and the rumbling that comes 
from his mouth.


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3 He lets it loose beneath the entire sky;
  his lightning to the ends of the earth. a36:5 Lit he is mighty in strength of heart   b36:12 Or will perish by the sword   c36:16 Lit from a mouth of narrowness   
d36:18 Or you into mockery   e36:18 Or bribe   f36:19 Or cry for help   g36:21 Or for you have preferred this to   h36:27 Lit 
he draws in waterdrops   i36:27 Or his   j36:33 Lit His, or Its   k36:33 Lit thunder announces concerning him or it   l37:1 Lit 
from its place
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 4 Then there comes a roaring sound;
  God thunders with his majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning
  when his rumbling voice is heard. 5 God thunders wondrously 
with his voice;
  he does great things that 
we cannot comprehend. 6 For he says to the snow , 
“Fall to the earth,”
  and the torrential rains, 
his mighty torrential rains,
 7 serve as his sign to all mankind,
  so that all men may know his work. 8 The wild animals enter their lairs
  and stay in their dens. 9 The windstorm comes from its chamber,
  and the cold 
from the driving north winds. 10 Ice is formed by the breath of God,
  and watery expanses are frozen. 11 He saturates clouds with moisture;
  he scatters his lightning through them. 12 They swirl about,
  turning round and round 
at his direction,
  accomplishing everything 
he commands them
  over the surface of the inhabited world. 13 He causes this to happen 
for punishment,
  for his land, or for his faithful love. 14 Listen to this, Job. Stop and consider God’s wonders. 15 Do you know how God directs 
his clouds
  or makes their lightning flash? 16 Do you understand 
how the clouds float,
  those wonderful works of him who has 
perfect knowledge? 17 You whose clothes get hot
  when the south wind brings calm 
to the land,
 18 can you help God spread out the skies
  as hard as a cast metal mirror? 19 Teach us what we should say to him;
  we cannot prepare our case because of 
our darkness.


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Can a man speak when he is confused? 21 Now no one can even look at the sun
  when it is in the skies,
  after a wind has swept through and 
cleared the clouds away . a
 22 Yet out of the north he comes, 
shrouded in a golden glow;
  awesome majesty surrounds him. 23 The Almighty  —  we cannot 
reach him —
  he is exalted in power! He will not violate justice and 
abundant righteousness,
 24 therefore, men fear him.


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He does not look favorably on any 
who are wise in heart. THE LORD SPEAKS
38 
 Then  the  L ord an swered  Job  from  the 
whirl wind. He  said:
 2 Who is this who obscures my counsel
  with ignorant words? 3 Get ready to answer me like a man;
  when I question you, 
you will inform me. 4 Where were you when I established 
the earth? Tell me, if you have b understanding.


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5 Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know! Who stretched a measuring line 
across it? 6 What supports its foundations? Or who laid its cornerstone
 7 while the morning stars sang together
  and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors
  when it burst from the womb,
 9 when I made the clouds its garment
  and total darkness its blanket,  c
 10 when I determined its boundaries  d
  and put its bars and doors in place,
 11 when I declared: “You may come 
this far, but no farther;
  your proud waves stop here”? 12 Have you ever in your life commanded 
the morning
  or assigned the dawn its place,
 13 so it may seize the edges of the earth
  and shake the wicked out of it?


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14 The earth is changed as clay is by a seal;
  its hills stand out like the folds of 
a garment. a37:21 Lit and cleaned them   b38:4 Lit know   c38:9 Lit swaddling clothes   d38:10 Lit I broke my statute on it
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 15 Light a is withheld from the wicked,
  and the arm raised in violence is broken. 16 Have you traveled to the sources 
of the sea
  or walked in the depths of the oceans? 17 Have the gates of death been revealed 
to you? Have you seen the gates 
of deep darkness? 18 Have you comprehended the extent 
of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this. 19 Where is the road to the home of light? Do you know where darkness lives,
 20 so you can lead it back to its border? Are you familiar with the paths 
to its home?


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21 Don’t you know? You were 
already born;
  you have lived so long! b
 22 Have you entered the place 
where the snow is stored? Or have you seen the storehouses 
of hail,
 23 which I hold in reserve for times 
of trouble,
  for the day of warfare and battle? 24 What road leads to the place 
where light is dispersed?


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c
  Where is the source of the east wind 
that spreads across the earth? 25 Who cuts a channel 
for the flooding rain
  or clears the way for lightning,
 26 to bring rain on an uninhabited land,
  on a desert with no human life,  d
 27 to satisfy the parched wasteland
  and cause the grass to sprout? 28 Does the rain have a father?


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Who fathered the drops of dew? 29 Whose womb did the ice come from? Who gave birth to the frost of heaven
 30 when water becomes as hard as stone,  e
  and the surface of the watery depths 
is frozen? 31 Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades
  or loosen the belt of Orion? 32 Can you bring out the constellations  f 
in their season
  and lead the Bear  g and her cubs? 33 Do you know the laws of heaven? Can you impose its  h authority 
on earth? 34 Can you command  i the clouds
  so that a flood of water covers you? 35 Can you send out lightning bolts, 
and they go? Do they report to you: “Here we are”? 36 Who put wisdom in the heart  j
  or gave the mind understanding? 37 Who has the wisdom to number 
the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven
 38 when the dust hardens like cast metal
  and the clods of dirt stick together? 39 Can you hunt prey for a lioness
  or satisfy the appetite of young lions
 40 when they crouch in their dens
  and lie in wait within their lairs? 41 Who provides the raven’s food
  when its young cry out to God
  and wander about for lack of food? 39 
Do you know when mountain goats 
give birth?


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Have you watched the deer in labor? 2 Can you count the months 
they are pregnant  k
  so you can know the time 
they give birth? 3 They crouch down to give birth 
to their young;
  they deliver their newborn. l
 4 Their offspring are healthy 
and grow up in the open field.


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They leave and do not return. m
 5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey 
from its harness? 6 I made the desert its home,
  and the salty wasteland its dwelling.


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7 It scoffs at the noise of the village
  and never hears the shouts of a driver. 8 It roams the mountains 
for its pastureland,
a38:15 Lit Their light   b38:21 Lit born; the number of your days is great   c38:24 Or where lightning is distributed    
d38:26 Lit no man in it   e38:30 Lit water hides itself as the stone   f38:32 Or Mazzaroth ; Hb obscure   g38:32 Or lead 
Aldebaran   h38:33 Or God’s   i38:34 Lit lift up your voice to   j38:36 Or the inner self ; Ps 51:6   k39:2 Lit months they fulfill   
l39:3 Or they send away their labor pains   m39:4 Lit return to them
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Would it spend the night 
by your feeding trough? 10 Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow 
by its harness? Will it plow the valleys behind you? 11 Can you depend on it because 
its strength is great? Would you leave it to do 
your hard work? 12 Can you trust the wild ox to harvest 
your grain
  and bring it to your threshing floor? 13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully ,
  but are her feathers and plumage 
like the stork’s? a
 14 She abandons her eggs on the ground
  and lets them be warmed in the sand.


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15 She forgets that a foot may crush them
  or that some wild animal 
may trample them. 16 She treats her young harshly , as if 
they were not her own,
  with no fear that her labor 
may have been in vain. 17 For God has deprived her of wisdom;
  he has not endowed her 
with understanding. 18 When she proudly  a spreads her wings,
  she laughs at the horse and its rider. 19 Do you give strength to the horse? Do you adorn his neck with a mane? a
 20 Do you make him leap like a locust? His proud snorting fills one with terror. 21 He paws b in the valley and rejoices 
in his strength;
  he charges into battle. c
 22 He laughs at fear, since he is afraid 
of nothing;
  he does not run from the sword. 23 A quiver rattles at his side,
  along with a flashing spear 
and a javelin. 24 He charges ahead d with trembling rage;
  he cannot stand still 
at the trumpet’s sound. 25 When the trumpet blasts, 
he snorts defiantly . e
  He smells the battle from a distance;
  he hears the officers’ shouts 
and the battle cry . 26 Does the hawk take flight 
by your understanding
  and spread its wings to the south? 27 Does the eagle soar at your command
  and make its nest on high? 28 It lives on a cliff where it spends 
the night;
  its stronghold is on a rocky crag. 29 From there it searches for prey;
  its eyes penetrate the distance. 30 Its brood gulps down blood,
  and where the slain are, it is there. 40 
 The  L ord an swered  Job:
2 Will the one who contends 
with the Almighty correct him?


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Let him who argues with God 
give an answer. f
3  Then  Job an swered  the  L ord:
 4 I am so insignificant. How can I 
answer you?


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I place my hand over my mouth. 5 I have spoken once, and I will not reply;
  twice, but now I can add nothing. 6  Then  the  L ord an swered  Job  from  the 
whirl wind:
 7 Get ready to answer me like a man;
  When I question you, you will 
inform me. 8 Would you really challenge my justice?


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Can you thunder with a voice like his? 10 Adorn yourself with majesty 
and splendor,
  and clothe yourself with honor 
and glory . 11 Pour out your raging anger;
  look on every proud person 
and humiliate him. 12 Look on every proud person 
and humble him;
  trample the wicked where they stand. g
 13 Hide them together in the dust;
a39:13,18,19 Hb obscure   b39:21 LXX, Syr; MT reads They dig   c39:21 Lit he goes out to meet the weaponry   d39:24 Lit He 
swallows the ground   e39:25 Lit he says, “ Aha!


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”   f40:2 Lit God respond to it   g40:12 Lit wicked in their place
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  imprison them in the grave. a
 14 Then I will confess to you
  that your own right hand 
can deliver you. 15 Look at Behemoth,
  which I made along with you.


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He eats grass like cattle. 16 Look at the strength of his back  b 
  and the power in the muscles 
of his belly . 17 He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;
  the tendons of his thighs are woven 
firmly together. 18 His bones are bronze tubes;
  his limbs are like iron rods. 19 He is the foremost of God’s works;
  only his Maker can draw the sword 
against him. 20 The hills yield food for him,
  while all sorts of wild animals 
play there. 21 He lies under the lotus plants,
  hiding in the protection  c 
of marshy reeds. 22 Lotus plants cover him 
with their shade;
  the willows by the brook surround him. 23 Though the river rages, 
Behemoth is unafraid;
  he remains confident, even if 
the Jordan surges up to his mouth. 24 Can anyone capture him 
while he looks on,  d
  or pierce his nose with snares? 41 
Can you pull in Leviathan 
with a hook
  or tie his tongue down with a rope? 2 Can you put a cord  e through his nose
  or pierce his jaw with a hook? 3 Will he beg you for mercy
  or speak softly to you? 4 Will he make a covenant with you
  so that you can take him 
as a slave forever? 5 Can you play with him like a bird
  or put him on a leash  f for your girls? 6 Will traders bargain for him
  or divide him among the merchants? 7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons
  or his head with fishing spears?


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8 Lay a g hand on him. You will remember the battle
  and never repeat it! 9 Any hope of capturing him 
proves false.


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Does a person not collapse 
at the very sight of him? 10 No one is ferocious enough 
to rouse Leviathan;
  who then can stand against me? 11 Who confronted me, that I 
should repay him?


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Everything under heaven belongs 
to me. 12 I cannot be silent about his limbs,
  his power, 
and his graceful proportions. 13 Who can strip off his outer covering?


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Who can penetrate his double layer 
of armor? h
 14 Who can open his jaws,  i
  surrounded by those terrifying teeth? 15 His pride is in his rows of scales,
  closely sealed together. 16 One scale is so close to another  j
  that no air can pass between them.


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17 They are joined to one another,
  so closely connected  k they cannot 
be separated. 18 His snorting  l flashes with light,
  while his eyes are like the rays  m 
of dawn. 19 Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;
  fiery sparks fly out! 20 Smoke billows from his nostrils
  as from a boiling pot or burning reeds. 21 His breath sets coals ablaze,
  and flames pour out of his mouth. 22 Strength resides in his neck,
  and dismay dances before him. 23 The folds of his flesh 
are joined together,
  solid as metal  n and immovable. 24 His heart is as hard as a rock,
  as hard as a lower millstone! 25 When Leviathan rises, the mighty  o 
are terrified;
  they withdraw because of 
his thrashing. a40:13 Lit together; bind their faces in the hidden place   b40:16 Or waist   c40:21 Lit plants, in the hiding place    
d40:24 Lit capture it in its eyes   e41:2 Lit reed   f41:5 Lit or bind him   g41:8 Lit your   h41:13 LXX; MT reads double bridle   
i41:14 Lit open the doors of his face   j41:16 Lit One by one they approach   k41:17 Lit another; they cling together and   
l41:18 Or sneezing   m41:18 Lit eyelids   n41:23 Lit together, hard on him   o41:25 Or the divine beings
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 26 The sword that reaches him will have 
no effect,
  nor will a spear, dart, or arrow . 27 He regards iron as straw ,
  and bronze as rotten wood. 28 No arrow can make him flee;
  slingstones become like stubble to him. 29 A club is regarded as stubble,
  and he laughs at the sound of a javelin. 30 His undersides are jagged potsherds,
  spreading the mud 
like a threshing sledge. 31 He makes the depths seethe 
like a cauldron;
  he makes the sea like an ointment jar. 32 He leaves a shining wake behind him;  a
  one would think the deep had 
gray hair! 33 He has no equal on earth —
  a creature devoid of fear! 34 He surveys everything that is haughty;
  he is king over all the proud beasts. b
JOB REPLIES TO THE LORD
42 
 Then  Job re plied  to  the  L ord:
2 I c know that you can do anything
  and no plan of yours can be thwarted. 3 You asked, “Who is this who conceals 
my counsel with ignorance?


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”
  Surely I spoke about things I did not 
understand,
  things too wondrous for me to  d know . 4 You said, “Listen now , and I will speak.


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When I question you, you will 
inform me.”
 5 I had heard reports about you,
  but now my eyes have seen you. 6 Therefore, I reject my words and am 
sorry for them;
  I am dust and ashes. e,f
7 Af ter  the  L ord  had fin ished speak ing g  to 
 Job,  he  said  to El i phaz  the Te man ite: “ I  am 
an gry  with  you  and  your  two  friends,  for  you 
 have  not spo ken  the  truth  about  me,  as  my 
ser vant  Job  has. 8  Now  take sev en  bulls  and 
sev en  rams,  go  to  my ser vant  Job,  and off  er 
 a  burnt off  er ing  for your selves. Then  my ser-
vant  Job  will  pray  for  you.


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I  will sure ly ac cept 
 his  prayer  and  not  deal  with  you  as  your fol ly 
de serves. For  you  have  not spo ken  the  truth 
 about  me,  as  my ser vant  Job  has.” 9  Then El-
i phaz  the Te man ite, Bil dad  the Shu hite,  and 
Zo phar  the Na a ma thite  went  and  did  as  the 
 L ord  had  told  them,  and  the  L ord ac cept ed 
 Job’s  prayer. GOD RESTORES JOB
10 Af ter  Job  had  prayed  for  his  friends,  the 
 L ord re stored  his for tunes  and doubled  his 
pre vi ous pos ses sions. 11  All  his broth ers, sis ters, 
 and for mer ac quain tanc es  came  to  him  and 
 dined  with  him  in  his  house.


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They sym pa thized 
 with  him  and com fort ed  him con cern ing  all 
 the ad ver si ty  the  L ord  had  brought  on  him. Each  one  gave  him  a  piece  of sil ver h  and  a 
 gold ear ring. 12  So  the  L ord  blessed  the  last  part  of  Job’s  life 
 more  than  the  first. He  owned four teen thou-
sand  sheep  and  goats,  six thou sand cam els, 
 one thou sand  yoke  of  oxen,  and  one thou sand 
fe male don keys.


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13  He  also  had sev en  sons  and 
 three daugh ters. 14  He  named  his  first daugh-
ter Je mi mah,  his sec ond Ke zi ah,  and  his  third 
Keren-happuch. 15  No wom en  as beau ti ful  as 
 Job’s daugh ters  could  be  found  in  all  the  land, 
 and  their fa ther grant ed  them  an in her i tance 
 with  their broth ers. 16  Job  lived  140  years af ter  this  and  saw  his 
chil dren  and  their chil dren  to  the  fourth gen-
er a tion. 17  Then  Job  died,  old  and  full  of  days. a41:32 Lit a path   b41:34 Lit the children of pride   c42:2 Alt Hb tradition reads You   d42:3 Lit me, and I did not   e42:6 LXX 
reads I despise myself and melt; I consider myself dust and ashes   f42:6 Lit I reject and I relent, concerning dust and ashes   
g42:7 Lit speaking these words   h42:11 Lit a qesitah ; the value of this currency is unknown
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Psalms
BOOK I (Psalms 1–41)
THE TWO WAYS
1 
How happy is the one who does not
walk in the advice of the wicked
  or stand in the pathway with sinners
  or sit in the company of mockers! 2 Instead, his delight is in the 
Lord’s instruction,
  and he meditates on it day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted beside flowing 
streams a
  that bears its fruit in its season
  and whose leaf does not wither.


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