Ezra, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The book called Ezra in Protestant Bibles and the First Book of Esdras in the Douay: the return from Babylon and the rebuilding of the Temple. This is Ezra as it stands in the first tome of the Douay Old Testament (Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609), the English College of Douai’s Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate, in its original spelling. The page gives the matter that the edition prints at the head of this part of the Old Testament and every chapter with its printed summary, the verse text and the marginal notes.

THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKES OF ESDRAS.

ESDRAS a holie Prieſt and Scribe; of the ſtocke of Aaron, by the line [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩. Eſ⟨illegible⟩r. 7▪] [Margin: The two bookes of Eſdras and Nehemias are but one in the Hebrew. The third and fourth are not canonical.] of Eleazar, vvriteth the hiſtorie of Gods people, in, and preſently after their captiuitie in Babilon: vvhich Nehemias an other godlie Prieſt proſecuteth, vvhoſe booke is alſo called the ſecond of Eſdras, becauſe in the Hebrevv and Greke they are but one booke, relating the acts of them both. The other two books called the third and fourth of Eſdras, touching the ſame matter, are not in the Hebrew, nor receiued into the Canon of holie Scripture, though the Greke Church hold the third booke as Canonicall, and pla⟨illegible⟩eth it firſt, becauſe it conteyneth thinges donne before the other.

In the two here folowing, vvhich are vndoubtedly holie Scripture S. Ierom [Margin: Epiſt. ad Paulin.] [Margin: This hiſtorie hath alſo a ſpiritual ſenſe] ſayth, that Eſdras and Nehemias (to witte the Helper, and Comforter from God) reſtored the Temple, and built the walles of the citie; adding that al the troope of the people returning into their countrie, alſo the deſcription of Prieſtes, Leuites, Iſraelites, Proſelites, and the workes of walles and to wres diuided by ſeueral families, aliud in cortice praeferunt, aliud in medulla▪ retinent, ſhew one thing in the barke, kepe an other thing in the marrow: ſignifying that this hiſtorie hath both a literal, and a myſtical ſenſe. According to the [Margin: Firſt booke diuided into two partes.] letter, this firſt booke shevveth the reduction of Gods people from Babylon; In the firſt ſix chapters. In the other ſoure, their inſtruction by Eſdras after their returne.

THE FIRST BOOKE OF ESDRAS.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. Cyrus king of Perſia moued by divine inſpiration, releaſeth Gods people from captiuitie, with licenſe to returne and build the Temple in Ieruſalem: 7. reſtoring the holie veſſel, which Nabuchodoneſor had taken from thence.

1 IN THE firſt yeare of Cyrus king of the Perſians, that the word of our Lord by the mouth of Ieremie might be accompliſhd, our Lord rayſed vp the ſpirit of Cyrus king of Perſians: and he made proclamation in al his kingdom, yea by wryting, ſaying:

2 Thus ſayth Cyrus king of the Perſians: Al the kingdomes of the earth hath the Lord the God of heauen geuen me, & he hath commanded me that I ſhould build him a houſe in Ieruſalem, which is in Iewrie.

3 Who is there among you of al his people? His God be with him. Let him goe vp into Ieruſalem, which is in Iewrie, and build the houſe of the Lord the God of Iſrael, he is the God that is in Ieruſalem.

4 And let al the reſt in al places wherſoeuer they dwel, let euery man of his place helpe him, with ſiluer and gold, and ſubſtance, and cattel, beſides that which they offer voluntarily to the temple of God, which is in Ieruſalem.

5 And there roſe vp the princes of the fathers of Iuda and Beniamin, & the Prieſtes, and Leuites, and euerie one, whoſe ſpirit God rayſed vp, to goe vp to build the temple of our Lord, which was in Ieruſalem.

6 And al that were round about, [::] did helpe their handes in veſſels of ſiluer, and of gold, in ſubſtance, and beaſtes, in furniture, beſides thoſe thinges which they had offered voluntarily.

7 King Cyrus alſo brought forth the veſſels of the temple of our Lord, which Nabuchodonoſor had taken of Ieruſalem, and had put them in the temple of his God.

8 But Cyrus the king of Perſians brought them forth by the hand of Mithridates the ſonne of Gazabar, & numbred them to Saſſabaſar the prince of Iuda.

9 And this is the number of them; Phials of gold thirtie, phials of ſiluer a thouſand, kniues twentie nine, goblettes of gold thirtie,

10 goblettes of ſiluer of the ſecond order, foure hundred tenne: other veſſels a thouſand.

11 Al the veſſels of gold and ſiluer, fiue thouſand foure hundred: Saſſabaſar tooke al with them, that went vp from the tranſmigration of Babylon into Ieruſalem.

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

• 1 The firſt part. The returne of gods people from Babylon.
• 1 Iſaiae 44. 45▪ Ierem. 25. 29.
• 6 [::] Liberally gaue ſuch thinges into their handes.

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. The names and number of ſpecial men, which returned vnder the conduct of Zorobabel into leruſalem. 66. their ſubſtance of cattel, 68. and their oblations for the reedifying of the Temple.

1 AND [::] theſe are the children of the prouince, that went vp from the captiuitie, which Nabuchodonoſor the king of Babylon had tranſported into Babylon, and returned into Ieruſalem and Iuda, euerie man into his citie.

2 They that came with Zorobabel, Ioſue, Nehemia, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mardochai, Belſan, Meſphar, Beguai, Rehum, Baana: The number of the men of the people of Iſrael:

3 The children of Pharos two thouſand an hundred ſeuentie two.

4 The children of Sephatia, three hundred ſeuentie two.

5 The children of Area, ſeuen hundred ſeuentie fiue.

6 The children of Phahath Moab, of the children of Ioſue: Iohab, two thouſand eight hundred twelue.

7 The children of Aelam. a thouſand two hundred fiftie foure.

8 The children of Zethua, nine hundred fourtie fiue.

9 The children of Zachai, ſeuen hundred ſixtie.

10 The children of Bani ſix hundred fourtie two.

11 The children of Bebai, ſix hundred twentie three.

12 The children of Azgad, a thouſand two hundred twentie two.

13 The children of Adonicam, ſix hundred ſixtie ſix.

14 The children of Beguai, two thouſand fiftie ſix.

15 The children of Adin, foure hundred fiftie foure.

16 The children of Ather, which were of Ezechias, ninetie eight.

17 The children of Beſai, three hundred and twentie three.

18 The children of Iora, an hundred twelue.

19 The childre of Haſum, two hundred twentie three.

20 The children of Gebbar, ninetie fiue.

21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twentie three. † The men of Nerupha, fiftie ſix.

22 The men of Anathoth an hundred twentie eight.

23 The children of Azmaueth, fourtie two.

24 The children of Cariathiarim, Cephira, and Beroth, ſeuen hundred fourtie three.

25 The children of Rama and Gabaa, ſix hundred twentie one.

26 The men of Machmas, an hundred twentie two.

27 The men of Bethel and Hai, two hundred twentie three.

28 The children of Nebo, fiftie two.

29 The children of Megbis, an hundred fiftie ſix.

30 The children of an other Aelam, a thouſand two hundred fiftie foure.

31 The children of Harim, three hundred twentie.

32 The children of Lod Hadid and Ono, ſeuen hundred twentie fiue.

33 The children of Iericho, three hundred fourtie fiue.

34 The children of Senaa, three thouſand ⟨illegible⟩x hundred thirtie.

35 The Prieſtes: The children of Iadaia in the houſe of Ioſue, nine hundred ſeuentie three.

36 The children of Emmer, a thouſand fiftie two.

37 The children of Pheſhur, a thouſand two hundred fourtie ſeuen.

38 The children of Harim, a thouſand and ſeuentie.

39–40 The Leuites: The children of Ioſue and Cedmiel, the children of Odouia, ſeuentie foure.

41 The ſinging men: The children of Aſaph, an hundred twentie eight.

42 The children of the Porters: the children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of T⟨illegible⟩lmon, the children of Accub, the children of Hatita, the children of Sobai: al an hundred thirtie nine.

43 The Natheneites: The children of Siha, the children of Haſupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

44 the children of Ceros, the children of Siaa, the children of Phadon,

45 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Accub,

46 The children of Hagab, the children of Semlai, the children of Hanan,

47 The children of Gaddel, the children of Gaher, the children of Raaia,

48 The children of Raſin, the children of Necoda, the children of Gazam,

49 The children of Aza, the children of Phaſea, the children of Beſee,

50 The children of Aſena, the children of Mun⟨illegible⟩m, the children Nephuſim,

51 The children of Bacbuc, the children of Hacupha, the children of Harhur,

52 The children of Beſluth, the children of Mahida, the children of Harſa,

53 The children of Bercos, the children of Siſara, the children of Thema,

54 The children of Naſia, the children of Hatipha,

55 The children of the ſeruants of Salomon, the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Pharuda,

56 The children of Iala, the children of D⟨illegible⟩rcon, the childrē of Geddel,

57 The children of Saphatia, the children of Hatil, the children of Phochereth, which were of Aſebaim, the children of Ami.

58 Al the Nathineites, and the children of the ſeruantes of Salomon, three hundred ninetie two.

59 And theſe are they that came vp from Thelmela, Thelharſa, Cherub, and Adon, and Emer. And they could not ſhew the houſe of their fathers and their ſeede, whether they were of Iſrael.

60 The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of Necoda, ſix hundred fiftie two.

61 And of the children of the Prieſtes: The children of Hobia, the children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who tooke a wife of the daughters of Berzellai the Galaadite, and was called by their name:

62 theſe ſought the writing of their genealogie, and [::] found it not, and they were caſt out of the Prieſthood.

63 And Atherſatha ſaid to them, that they ſhould not eate of the Holie of holies, til there roſe a prieſt learned and perfect. Al the multitude as it were one man, :: fourtie two thouſand three hundred ſixtie:

64–65 beſide their men ſeruantes, & wemen ſeruantes, which were ſeuen thouſand three hundred thirtie ſeuen: and among them ſinging men, and ſinging wemen two hundred.

66 Their horſes ſeuen hundred thirtie ſix, their mules two hundred fourtie fiue,

67 their cameles, foure hundred thirtie fiue, their aſſes ſix thouſand ſeuen hundred twentie.

68 And of the princes of the fathers, when they entred into the temple of our Lord, which is in Ieruſalem, they offered voluntarily vnto the houſe of our Lord to build it in his place.

69 According to their abilities, they gaue the expenſes of the worke, of gold ſixtie one thouſand ſoldes, of ſiluer fiue thouſand poundes, & garmentes for the prieſtes an hundred.

70 The Prieſtes therfore & the Leuites, and they of the people, and the ſinging men, and the potters, and the Nathinaites dwelt in their cities, and al Iſrael in their cities.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

• 1 [::] This enumeration of the Iſraelites, which aſeended into Ieruſalem, ſignifieth the Elect which aſcend from the militant Chuch to the triumphant.
• 62 [::] Such as ſay they are prieſtes and can not ſhew their vocatiō, muſt not exerciſe, that functon... Al aboue numbred of the tribes of Iuda, Beniamin, & Leui, do not amoūt to 30. thouſand three hundred. So in this general number are contained aboue twelue thouſand of other tribes, not recited among the reſt. as Rabbi Salomoa explicateth the difficultie.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. An Altar is built for ſacrifice, 4 The feaſt of Tabernacles ſolemnly celebrated 8. And in the ſecond yeare (a⟨illegible⟩ter their returne) the Temple is founded with great ioy of the people, and mourning of ſome.

1 AND now the ſeuenth moneth was come, and the children of Iſrael were in their cities: the people therfore was gathered together as it were one man into Ieruſalem.

2 And Ioſue the ſonne of Ioſedec roſe vp, and his brethren the Prieſtes, and Zorobabel the ſonne of Salathiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Iſrael, that they might offer on it holocauſtes, as it is writen in the law of Moyſes the man of God.

3 And they placed the altar of God vpon his feete, the people of the lands round about putting them [::] in feare, & they offered vpon it holocauſt to our Lord morning and euening.

4 And they made the ſolemnitie of tabernacles, as it is writen, and holocauſt euery day by order according to the praecept, the worke of the day in his day.

5 And after theſe thinges the continual holocauſt, as wel in the Calendes, as in al the ſolemnities of our Lord, that were conſecrated, and in al wherein there was offered voluntarily a gift to our Lord.

6 From the firſt day of the ſeuenth moneth they began to offer holocauſt to our Lord: moreouer the temple of God was not yet founded.

7 And they gaue money to hewers of ſ⟨illegible⟩ones and to maſons: meate alſo and drinke, and oyle to the Sidonians and Tyrians, that they ſhould bring ceder trees from Libanus to the ſea vnto Ioppe, according to that which Cyrus the king of the Perſians had commanded them.

8 And in the ſecond yeare of their coming to the temple of God in Ieruſalem, the ſecond moneth, began Zorobabel the ſonne of Salathiel, and Ioſue the ſonne of Ioſedec, and the reſt of their brethren the Prieſtes, and the Leuites, and al that were come from the captiuitie into Ieruſalem, and they appoynted Leuites from twentie yeares and vpward, that they ſhould haſten forward the worke of our Lord.

9 And Ioſue ſtood and his ſonnes, and his brethren, Cedmihel, and his ſonnes, and the children of Iuda, as it were one man, that they might be inſtant vpon them, that did the worke in the temple of God: the ſonnes of Henadad, and their ſonnes, and their brethren Leuites.

10 The temple therfore of our Lord being founded by the maſons, the Prieſtes ſtood in their attyro with trumpettes: and the Leuites the children of Aſaph in cymbals, to prayſe God [::] by the handes of Dauid the king of Iſrael

11 And they ſang together in hymnes, and confeſſion to our Lord: Becauſe he is good, becauſe his mercie is for euer vpon Iſrael. Al the people alſo made a ſhoute with a lowde crie in prayſing our Lord, becauſe the temple of our Lord was founded.

12 Verie manie alſo of the Prieſtes and the Leuires, and the princes of the fathers, & the ancients, that had ſeene the former temple; when they ſaw this temple founded, [::] they wept with a lowd voyce: and manie ſhouting in ioy, lifted vp their voyce.

13 Neither could anie man diſcerne the voice of the crie of them that reioyced, and the voice of the weeping of the people: for one with an other the people ⟨illegible⟩howted with alowd crie, and the voice was heard far of.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

• 3 [::] Notwithſtanding the terrour of infideles, Gods ſeruantes too ⟨illegible⟩ corage to offer ſacrifice.
• 10 [::] By the ordinance of Dauid. 1. Pa⟨illegible⟩ 25
• 12 [::] By their weping they teſtified that the new temple was not ſo excellent as the former. And therfore Agg⟨illegible⟩u▪ prophetie (c. 2.) can not be vnderſtood of this temple, but of the Church of Chriſt. ⟨illegible⟩ Aug li. 18. ci⟨illegible⟩it. ⟨illegible⟩. 45.

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. The schiſmatical Samaritanes, becauſe they are not admitted to communicate With the lewes, endeuour to hinder the building of the Temple. 5. Which neuertheles procedeth, al the dayes of king Cyrus. 7. but is hundered by Artaxerxes, til the ſecond yeare of Darius.

1 BVT the enemies of Iuda and Beniamin heard that the children of the captiuitie built a temple to our Lord the God of Iſrael.

2 And coming to Zorobabel, and the princes of the fathers, they ſayd to them. Let vs build with you, becauſe [::] euen as you, ſo do we ſeeke your God: Behold we haue immolated victimes from the dayes of Aſor Haddan the king of Aſſur, which brought vs hither.

3 And Zorobabel ſayd to them, and Ioſue, and the reſt of the princes of the fathers of Iſrael: It is not for you and vs to build a houſe to our God, but we our ſelues alone wil build to the Lord our God, as Cyrus the king of the Perſians hath cōmanded vs.

4 It came to paſſe therfore that the people of the land hindred the handes of the people of Iuda, and trubled them in building.

5 And they hyred counſelers agaynſt them, to deſtroy theyr counſel al the dayes of Cyrus the king of the Perſians, & vntil the reigne of Darius theking of the Perſians▪

6 And in the reigne of Aſſuerus in the begining of his reigne, they wrote an accuſation againſt the inhabitantes of Iuda and Ieruſalem.

7 And in the dayes of Artaxerxes B⟨illegible⟩ſelam, Mitridates, & ▪ Thabeel, & the reſt that were in theyr counſel writ to Artaxcrxes king of the Perſians: and the epiſtle of the accuſation was writen in Syriake, and was read in the Sirian language.

8 Reum Beelreem, and Samſai ſcribe wrote one epiſtle from Ieruſalem to Artaxerxes the king, of this tenure:

9 Reum Beelteem, and Samſai ſcribe, and the reſt of their counſelers, the Dineites, and the Apharſathaceites, the Terphaleites, the the Apharſei⟨illegible⟩es, the Erchueites, the Babylonians, the Suſanecheites, the Dieuites, and the Aelamites,

10 and the reſt of the Gentiles, which Aſenaphar the great and glorious tranſported: and made them dwel in the cities of Samaria, and in the reſt of the countries beyond the Riuer in peace: (

11 this is the copie of the epiſtle, which they ſent to him) To Artaxerxes the king, thy ſeruantes, the men that are beyond the Riuer, ſend greeting.

12 Be it knowen to the king, that the lewes, which came vp from thee to vs, are come into Ieruſalem a rebellious and naughtie citie, which they build making the rampyres thereof, and repayring the walles.

13 Now therfore be it knowen to the king, that if that citie ſhal be built, and the walles therof repayred, they will not geue tribute, and tolle, & yearly rentes, and this damage wil come euen to the kinges.

14 But we mindful of the ſalt that we haue eaten in the palace, and becauſe we count it heynous to ſee the kings harmes, therfore we haue ſent and certified the king,

15 that thou recount in the bookes of the hiſtories of thy fathers, and thou ſhalt finde writen in the commentaries: and ſhalt know that that citie is a rebellious citie, and hurtful to the kinges, and prouinces, and battels are rayſed in it of old time: for the which cauſe alſo the citie it ſelfe was deſtroyed.

16 We certifie the king, that if that citie ſhal be built, and the walles therof repayred, thou ſhalt haue no poſſeſſion beyond the Riuer.

17 The king ſent word to Reum Beelteem, and Samſai ſcribe, and to the reſt that were in their counſel inhabitantes of Samaria, and to the reſt beyond the Riuer, ſending greeting and peace.

18 The accuſation, which you haue ſent to vs, was openly read before me.

19 and I gaue commandment: and they recounted, and haue found, that that citie of old time rebelleth agaynſt the kinges, and ſeditions and battels are rayſed in it.

20 For there haue beene alſo moſt valiant kinges in Ieruſalem, which alſo had dominion ouer al the countrie, that is beyond the Riuer. They tooke alſo tribute, and rolle, and rentes.

21 Now therfore heare the ſentence: Prohibite ye thoſe men, that that citie be not built, til it perhaps ſhal be commanded by me.

22 See that you doe not negligently accompliſh this thing, and by litle there grow euil agaynſt the kinges.

23 Therfore the copie of the edict of Attaxerxes the king was read before Reum Beelteem, and Samſai the ſcribe, and their counſelers: and they went in haſt into Ieruſalem to the Iewes, & prohibited them with arme and ſtrength.

24 Then was the worke of the houſe of our Lord in Ieruſalem intermitted, and was not done vntil the ſecond yeare of the reigne of Darius the king of the Perſians.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

• 2 [::] Schiſmatikes and Here-tikes may not be admitte⟨illegible⟩ to communicate in ſacrifice with Catholiques.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. By the exhortation of Aggaeus, and Zacharias, the people procede in building the ſemple. 3. VVhich their enimies ſtriuing to hinder, 5. for deciſion of the cauſe, both parties write to king Darius.

1 AND there prophecied Aggeus the Prophete, & Zacharias the ſonne of Addo, prophecying to the Iewes, that were in Iewrie and Ieruſalem, in the name of the God of Iſrael.

2 Then roſe vp Zorobabel the ſonne of Salathiel, and Ioſue the ſonne of Ioſedec, and began to build the temple of God in Ieruſalem, and with them the prophetes of God helping them.

3 But at the ſame time there came to them Thathanai, who was prince beyond the Riuer, and Stharbuzanai, and their counſelers: and ſayd thus to them: Who hath geuen you counſel to build this houſe, and to repayre the walles?

4 Wherto we anſwered them, what the names were of the men that were authors of that building.

5 And [::] the eye of theyr God was ſet vpon the ancientes of the Iewes, and they could not inhibite them. And it pleaſed them that the matter ſhould be reſerred to Darius, and then they would ſatisfie agaynſt that accuſation.

6 The copie of the epiſtle, which Thathanai prince of the countrie beyond the Riuer ſent, and Stharbuzanai, and his counſelers the Arphaſacheites, which were beyond the Riuer, to Darius the king.

7 The word, which they ſent him, was writen thus: To Darius the king al peace.

8 Be it knowen to the king, that we went to Iurie, the prouince, to the houſe of the great God, which is in building with ſtone vnpoliſhed, and timber is put in the walles: and that worke is in building diligently, and groweth in their handes.

9 We therfore demanded of thoſe ancientes, and thus we ſayd to them: Who hath geuen you authoritie to build this houſe, & to repaire theſe walles?

10 Yea and their names we asked of them, that we might certifie thee: and we writte the names of thoſe men, that are the chiefe amongſt them.

11 And they anſwered vs theſe wordes, ſayng: We are the ſeruantes of the God of heauen & earth, and we do build a temple, that was built theſe manie yeares before, and which a great king of Iſrael built and ſet vp.

12 But after that our fathers prouoked the God of heauen to wrath, he deliuered them into the handes of Nabuchodonoſor the king of Babylon the Chaldee: this houſe alſo he deſtroyed, and his people he tranſported into Babylon.

13 But in the firſt yeare of Cyrus the king of Babylon, Cyrus the king put forth an edict, that this houſe of God ſhould be built.

14 For the veſſeles alſo of the temple of God, of gold and of ſiluer, which Nabuchodonoſor had taken out of the temple, that was in Ieruſale⟨illegible⟩m, and had caried them into the temple of Babylon, Cyrus the king brought forth out of the temple of Babylon, and they were geuen to Saſſabaſar ſo called, whom alſo he appointed the chiefe,

15 and ſayd to him: Take theſe veſſels, and goe, and put them in the temple, that is in Ieruſalem, and let the houſe of God be built in his place.

16 Then therfore came this Saſſabaſar, and layd the foundations of the temple of God in Ieruſalem, and from that time vntil now it is in building, and is not yet finiſhed.

17 Now therfore if it ſeeme good to the king, let him ſearch in the kings librarie, which is in Babylon, whether it hath beene commanded by Cyrus the king, that the houſe of God in Ieruſalem ſhould be built, and let him ſend the kings pleaſure concerning this thing vnto vs.

Marginal notes to Chapter 5

• 5 [::] God geuing corege to his ſeruantes, ſtricke their enemies with terrour, and ſo made them ceaſe from hinderuig his worke as they before intended.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. Darius finding in the regiſter, that Cyrus gaue licence to build the Temple, commandeth that none binder it. 8. geueth alſo money towardes the charges, and hoſtes for ſacrifice.

1 Then Darius the king commanded, and they ſearched in the librarie of the bookes, that were layd vp in Babylon,

2 and there was found in Ecbatanis, which is a caſtle in the prouince Medena, one volume, and there was ſuch a cōmentarie writen therein:

3 In the firſt yeare of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the houſe of God ſhould be built, which is in Ieruſalem, in the place where they immolate hoſtes, and that they lay the foundations ſupporting the height of threeſcore cubites, & the bredth of threeſcore cubites,

4 three rewes of ſtones vnpoliſhed, & ſo rewes of new timber: and the coſtes ſhal be geuen out of the kings houſe.

5 Yea & the veſſels of the temple of God, of gold & of ſiluer which Nabuchodonoſor had taken out of the Temple of Ieruſalem, and had brought them into Babylon, let them be reſtored, & brought ba⟨illegible⟩ke into the temple of Ieruſalem vnto their place, which alſo were put in the temple of God.

6 Now therfore Thathanai prince of the countrie, that is beyond the Riuer, Stharubazanai, and your counſelers the Apharſacheites, which are beyond the Riuer, depart farre from them,

7 and ſuffer that temple of God to be made of the duke of the Iewes, and of their ancientes, that they may build that houſe of God in his place.

8 Alſo there is cōmandment geuen from me what muſt be done of thoſe ancientes of the Iewes, that the houſe of God may be built, to witre, that of the kings coffer, that is, of the tributes, that are geuen out of the countrie beyond the Riuer, the charges be diligently geuen to thoſe men, leſt the worke be hindred.

9 And if it ſhal be neceſſarie, calues alſo, and lambes, and kiddes, for holocauſt to the God of heauen, wheate, ſalt, wyne, and oyle, according to the rite of the Prieſtes▪ that are in Ieruſalem, let there be geuen them day dy day, that there be no complaynte in any thing.

10 And let them offer oblations to the God of heauen, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.

11 By me therfore there is a decree made; That euerie man, which ſhal alter this commandement, there be a beame taken of his houſe, and ſet vp, and he be faſt hanged vpon it, and his houſe be confiſcate.

12 And the God, that hath made his name to dwel there, deſtroy alkingdomes, and the people that ſhal extend theyr hand to reſiſt, & to deſtroy the houſe of God, that is in Ieruſalē. ⟨illegible⟩ Darius haue made the decree, which I wil to be diligently accōpliſhed.

13 Therfore Thathanai the prince of the countrie beyond the Riuer, and Stharbuzani, and his counſelers, according to that which Darius the king had commanded, ſo did execute it diligently.

14 And the ancientes of the Iewes built, and proſpered according to the prophecie of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias the ſonne of Addo: and they built and ſet vp, the God of Iſrael commanding, and [::] Cyrus commanding, and Darius, and Artaxerxes the kings of the Perſians.

15 And they were finiſhing this houſe of God, vntil the third day of the moneth of Adar, which is the ſixth yeare of Darius the king.

16 And the children of Iſrael, the Prieſtes and the Leuites, and the reſt of the tranſmigration, made the dedication of the houſe of God in ioy.

17 And they offered in the dedication of the houſe of God, calues an hundred, rammes two hundred, lambes foure hundred, buckgoates for the ſinne of al Iſrael twelue, according to the number of the tribes of Iſrael.

18 And they ſet the Prieſtes in theyr orders, and the Leuites in theyr courſes ouer the workes of God in Ieruſalem, as it is writen in the booke of Moyſes.

19 And the children of Iſrael of the tranſmigration made the Phaſe, the fourtenth day of the firſt moneth.

20 For al the Prieſtes and the Leuites were purified as it were one man: al cleane to immolate the Phaſe for al the children of the tranſmigration, and for theyr brethren the Prieſtes, and them ſelues.

21 And the children of Iſrael that were returned from the tranſmigration, did eate, and al that had ſeparated them ſelues from the coinquination of the Gentiles of the earth vnto them, to ſeeke our Lord the God of Iſrael.

22 And they made the ſolemnitie of Azymes ſeuen dayes in ioy, becauſe our Lord had made them ioyful, and had turned the hart of the king of Aſſur to them, that he ſhould helpe theyr handes in the worke of the houſe of our Lord the God of Iſrael.

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

• 14 [::] The hart of the king is in the hand of our Lord. Prouerb. 21.

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. Eſdras, with manie other Prieſtes and Leuites, aſcendeth to ⟨illegible⟩eruſalem to teach, and aſſiſt the people. 11. bringing Artaxerxes Edict, declareth it to the people, 27. and geueth thankes to God.

1 AND after theſe thinges in the reigne of Artaxerxes king of Perſians, Eſdras the ſonne of Saraias, the ſonne of Azarias, the ſonne of Helcias,

2 the ſonne of Sellum, the ſonne of Sadoc, the ſonne of Achitob,

3 the ſonne of Amarias, the ſonne of Azarias, the ſonne of Maraioth▪

4 the ſonne of Zarahias, the ſonne of Ozi, the ſonne of Bocci,

5 the ſonne of Abiſue, the ſonne of Phinees, the ſonne of Eleazar, the ſonne of Aaron the Prieſt from the begynning.

6 The ſame Eſdras [::] came vp from Babylon, and he was a quicke ſcribe in the law of Moyſes, which our Lord God gaue to Iſrael: and the king gaue him according to the hand of our Lord his God vpon him al his petition.

7 And there came vp of the children of Iſrael, and of the children of the Prieſtes, and of the children of the Leuites, and of the ſinging men, and of the porters, and of the Nathineites into Ieruſalem in the ſeuenth▪ yeare of Artaxerxes the king.

8 And they came into Ieruſalem the fifth moneth, that is the ſeuenth yeare of the king

9 For in the firſt day of the firſt moneth he began to goe vp from Babylon, and in the firſt day of the fifth moneth▪ he came into Ieruſalem according to the good hand of his God vpon him.

10 For Eſdras prepared his hart to ſearch the law of our Lord▪ and to doe and to teach in Iſrael preceptes and iudgement.

11 And this is the copie of the epiſtle of the edict, which king Artaxerxes gaue to Eſdras the Prieſt, the learned ſcribe, in the wordes and preceptes of our Lord, and his ceremonies in Iſrael.

12 Artaxerxes the king of kings to Eſdras the Prieſt, the moſt learned ſcribe of the law of God of heauē, greeting.

13 It is decreed by me that whōſoeuer it ſhal pleaſe in my kingdom of the people of Iſrael, and of the Prieſtes and Leuites, to goe into Ieruſalē, let him goe with thee.

14 For thou art ſent from the face of the king, and of his ſeuen counſelers, that thou mayſt viſite Iewrie and Ieruſalem in the law of thy God, which is in thy hand.

15 And that thou maiſt carie the ſiluer & gold, which the king & his counſelers haue voluntarily offered to the God of Iſrael, whoſe tabernacle is in Ieruſalem.

16 And al the ſiluer and gold whatſoeuer thou ſhalt finde in al the prouince of Babylon, and the people wil offer, and of the Prieſtes that ſhal voluntarely offer to the houſe of theyr God, which is in Ieruſalem,

17 take freely, and bye diligently of this money calues, rammes, lambes, and the ſacrifices and libamentes of them, and offer them vpon the altar of the temple of your God, that is in Ieruſalem

18 Yea and if it ſhal pleaſe thee, and thy brethren to doe any thing with the reſt of the ſiluer and gold, doe ye according to the wil of your God.

19 The v⟨illegible⟩els alſo, which are geuen thee for the miniſterie of the houſe of thy God, deliuer thou in the ſight of God in Ieruſalem.

20 Yea and other thinges wherof neede shal be for the houſe of thy God, how much ſoeuer is neceſſarie for thee to ſpend, thou shalt geue it out of the treaſure, and excheker of the king, and from me.

21 I Artaxerxes the king haue appointed and decreed to al the keepers of the common coffer, that are beyond the Riuer, that whatſoeuer Eſdras the Prieſt, the ſcribe of the law of God of heauen, shal aske of you, you geue it without delay,

22 vnto an hundred talentes of ſiluer, and vnto an hundred cores of wheat, and vnto an hundred bates of wyne, and vnto an hundred bates of oyle, but ſalt without meaſure.

23 Al that pertayneth to the rite of the God of heauen, let it be geuen diligently in the houſe of the God of heauen: leſt perhaps he be angrie agaynſt the kingdom of the king, and of his ſonnes.

24 We doe you alſo to vnderſtand concerning al the Prieſtes, and Leuites, and the ſingers, and the porters, the Nathineites, and miniſters of the houſe of this God, that you haue no authoritie to put tolle and ⟨illegible⟩ribute, and yearlie rentes vpon them.

25 And thou Eſdras according to the wiſedom of thy God, which is in thy hand, appoy⟨illegible⟩t iu⟨illegible⟩ges and preſidentes, that they may iudge for al the people▪ that is beyond the Riuer, that is for them which know the law of thy God, yea and the ignorant teach ye frely.

26 And euerie one that ſhal not doe the law of thy God, and the law of thy king diligently, there ſhal be iudgement of him, either vnto death, or into baniſhment, or to the confiſcation of his ſubſtance, or at the leaſt into priſon.

27 Bleſſed be our Lord, the God of our fathers, which hath put this in the kinges hart, that he would glorifie the houſe of our Lord, which is in Ieruſalem,

28 and hath inclined his mercie toward me before the king and his counſelers, and al the mightie princes of the king: and Itaking courage by the hand of our Lord my God, which was on me, gathered together out of Iſrael princes that ſhould goe vp with me.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

• 1 The ſecond part▪ Eſdras inſtructeth the people.
• 6 [::] Eſdras came with the f⟨illegible⟩ from Babylon ⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩ſd▪ 12▪ ⟨illegible⟩ut returned thither and now aſcended the ſecond time ⟨illegible⟩o Ieruſalem.

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII. Eſdras reciteth thoſe that came with him from Babylon. 21. the faſt which ⟨illegible⟩e appointed. 33. and how they brought the holie veſſel into the Temple.

1 THESE therfore are the princes of the families, and the genealogie of them, that came vp with me in the reigne of Artaxerxes the king [::] out of Babylon.

2 Of the children of Phinees, Gerſom. Of the children of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the children of Dauid, Hattus.

3 Of the children of Sechenias, the children of Pharos, Zacharias: and with him were numbered an hundred fiftie men.

4 Of the children of Phahath Moab, Eleoenai the ſonne of Zareha, and with him two hundred men.

5 Of the children of Sechenias, the ſonne of Ezechiel, and with him three hundred men.

6 Of the children of Adan, Abed the ſonne of Ionathan, and with him fiftie men.

7 Of the children of Alam, Iſaias the ſonne of Athalia, and with him ſeuentie men.

8 Of the children of Saphatia, Zebedia the ſonne of Michael, and with him eightie men.

9 Of the children of Ioab, Obedia the ſonne of Iahiel, and with him two hundred and eightene men.

10 Of the children of Selomith, the ſonne of Ioſphia, and with him an hundred ſixtie men.

11 Of the children of Bebai, Zacharias the ſonne of Bebai: and with him twentie eight men.

12 Of the children of Azgad, Ioanan the ſonne of Eccetan, and with him an hundred and ten men.

13 Of the children of Adonicam, which were the laſt: and theſe are theyr names: Elipheleth, and Iehiel, and Samaias, and with them ſixtie men.

14 Of the children of Begui, Vthai and Zachu⟨illegible⟩, and with them ſeuentie men.

15 And I gathered them to the riuer, which runneth downe to Ahaua, and we taried there three daies: and I ſought among the people and among the Prieſtes for the children of Leui, and found none there.

16 Therfore I ſent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Semeias, and Elnathan, and Iarib, and other Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zacharias, and Moſollam princes: and Ioiarib, and Elnathan wiſe men.

17 And I ſent them to Eddo, which is chiefe in the place of Chaſphia, and I did put in theyr mouth the wordes that they ſhould ſpeake to Eddo, and his brethren the Nathineites in the place of Chaſphia, that they ſhould bring vs miniſters of the houſe of our God.

18 And they brought vs by the good hand of our God vpon vs a moſt learned man of the children of Mocholi the ſonne of Leui the ſonne of Iſrael, and Sarabias and his ſonnes, and his brethren eightene,

19 and Haſabias, and with him Iſaias of the children of Merari, and his brethren, and his ſonnes twentie.

20 And al the Nathineites, which Dauid gaue, and the princes for the miniſteries of the Leuites, Natineites two hundred twentie: al theſe were called by theyr names.

21 And I proclaymed there [::] a faſt beſide the Riuer of Ahaua, that we might be afflicted before the Lord our God, and might deſire of him a right way for vs and our children, and al our ſubſtance.

22 For I was aſhamed to aſke the king ayde and horſemen, that might defend vs from the enemie in the way: becauſe we had ſayd to the king: The hand of our God is vpon al them, that ſeeke him in goodneſſe: and his empire and ſtrength, and furie vpon al them that forſake him.

23 And we faſted, and beſought our God hereby: and it fel out proſperouſely vnto vs.

24 And I ſeparated twelue of the chief Prieſtes, Sarabias, and Haſabias, and with them ten of theyr brethren.

25 And I weved vnto them the ſiluer and gold, and the conſecrated veſſels of the houſe of our God, which the king had offered and his counſelers, and his princes, and al Iſrael of them, that were found:

26 and I weyed in theyr handes of ſiluer ſix hundred fiftie talentes, and veſſels of ſiluer an hundred, of gold an hundred talentes:

27 and cuppes of gold twentie, which had a thouſand ſolides, and two veſſels of the beſt ſhyning braſſe, fayre, as gold.

28 And I ſayd to them: You are the holie of our Lord, and the veſſels are holie, and the ſiluer and gold, that is voluntarely offered to our Lord the God of our fathers:

29 Watch & keepe it, vntil you deliuer it by weight before the princes of the Prieſtes, and of the Leuites, and the princes of the families of Iſrael in Ieruſalem, into the treaſure of the houſe of our Lord.

30 And the Prieſtes and the Leuites receiued the weight of the ſiluer and gold, and of the veſſels, to carie it to Ieruſalem into the houſe of our God.

31 We therfore did ſette forward from the riuer of Ahaua the twelfth day of the firſt moneth to goe on to Ieruſalem: and the hand of our God was vpon vs, and deliuered vs from the hand of the enemie, and the lyer in wayte by the way.

32 And we came to Ieruſalem, and we taried there three dayes.

33 And in the fourth day the ſiluer was weyed, and the gold, and the veſſels in the houſe of our God by the hand of Meremoth the ſonne of Vrias the Prieſt, and with him Eleazar the ſonne of Phi⟨illegible⟩ees, and with them Iozabed the ſonne of Ioſue, and Noadaia the ſonne of Bema⟨illegible⟩ Leuites,

34 according to the number and weight of al: and al the weight was deſcribed at that tyme.

35 Yea and the children of the tranſmigration that were come from the captiuitie, offered holocauſtes to the God of Iſrael, calues twelue for al the people of Iſrael, rammes nyntie ſix, lambes ſeuentie ſeuen, buckegoates for ſinne twelue: al for holocauſt to our Lord.

36 And they gaue the kings edictes to the princes, that were ouerſeers for the king, and the dukes beyond the Riuer, and they aduanced the people and the houſe of God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 8

• 1 [::] This great number which by Eſdras perſwaſion came from Babylon, ſignified the greatfiuict of ſoules conuerted from ſinne by the exhortation of holie preachers. S. Beaa. li. 2. in Eſara. c. 10.
• 21 [::] It ſuffice not to part from Babylon (that is, from ſinne) but we muſt alſo doe workes of ſatisfaction, and therfore Eſdras here proclamed an extraordinarie faſt to thoſe that were come from captiuitie.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. For mariages and other aſſociation which the Iewes had with Gentiles, Eſdr⟨illegible⟩s lamenteth, 5. and confeſsing the peoples iniquitie, prayeth God to conſerue them from vtter deſtruction.

1 AND after theſe thinges were accompliſhed, the princes came to me, ſaying: The people of Iſrael, and the Prieſts and Leuites [::] are not ſeperated from the people of the landes, and from the abhominations of them, to witte, of the Chananeite, and Hetheite, and Pherezeite, and Iebuſeite, and of the Ammonites, and Moabites, and the Aegyptians, and Amorrheites.

2 For they haue taken of their daughters to them and to their ſonnes, and haue mingled the holie ſeede with the people of the landes. The hand alſo of the princes and magiſtrates hath bene firſt in this tranſgreſſion.

3 And when I had heard this word, I rent my cloke and my coate, and plucked of the heares of my head and bearde, and ſate mourning.

4 And there aſſembled to me al that feared the God of Iſrael, for the trangreſſion of them, that were come from the captiuitie, and I ſate ſorowful, vntil the euening ſacrifice.

5 And at the euening ſacrifice I roſe out of my affliction, and my cloke and coate being rent I fell vpon my knees, and ſpred forth my hands to our Lord my God,

6 And ſaid: My God I am confounded and aſhamed to lifte vp my face to thee: becauſe our iniquities are multiplied ouer our head, and our ſinnes haue growen euen vnto heauen,

7 from the dayes of our fathers: yea and we our ſelues alſo haue ſinned greuouſly vnto this day, and in our iniquities haue we bene deliuered our ſolues, and our Kinges, and our Prieſtes into the hand of the kinges of the landes, and into the ſword, and into captuitie, and into ſpoyle, and into confuſion of countenance, as alſo at this day.

8 And now as it were a litle, and for a moment was our prayer made before the Lord our God, that a remnant might be left vs, and [::] a nayle might be geuen vs in his holie place, and that our God would illuminate our eies, and would geue vs a litle life in our bondage.

9 Becauſe we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God ⟨illegible⟩id not forſake vs, & he inclined mercie vpon vs before the king of the Perſians, to geue vs life, and to aduance the houſe of our God, and to build the deſolations therof and to geue vs▪ a hedge in Iuda and Ieruſalem.

10 And now what ſhal we fay, ô our God, after theſe thinges? becauſe we haue forſaken thy cōmandmēts,

11 which thou haſt cōmanded in the hand of thy ſeruantes the prophetes, ſaying: The land, to the which you enter to poſſeſſe it, is an vncleane land, according to the vncleanneſſe of peoples, and of other landes, by the abhominations of them that haue filled it from mouth vnto mouth in theier coinquination.

12 Now therfore geue not your daughters to their ſonnes, and their daughters take not for your ſonnes, and doe ye not ſeeke their peace, and their proſperity for euer: that you may be ſtrengthned, and may eate the goodes that are of the land, and may haue your children heyres for euer.

13 And after al thinges that come vpon vs in our moſt wicked workes, and our moſt great ſinne, becauſe thou our God haſt deliuered vs from our iniquitie, and haſt geuen vs health as it is at this day ⟨illegible⟩

14 that we ſhal not turne away, and make fruſtrate thy commandementes, neither ſhould ioyne matrimonies with the peoples of theſe abominations▪ Why art thou angrie with vs vnto vtter deſtruction, not to leaue vs a remnant vnto ſaluation?

15 Lord God of Iſrael thou artiuſt: becauſe we are leift, which ſhould be ſaued as at this day. Behold we are before thee in our ſinne, for there can be no ſtanding before thee vpon this.

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

• 1 [::] Malachias the Prophet complaineth alſo of this fault c. 2. v. 11. threatning Gods puniſhment both to ſuperiors and ſubiectes for not correcting it. ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ ⟨illegible⟩.
• 8 [::] In reſpect o⟨illegible⟩ their greatiniquities Eſdias preſumeth not to aske the conſeruation of the whole people, but ſome reliques or ⟨illegible⟩rā leſt part, as it were a little poſt or a naile of a whole houſe towards the reedifying therof.

Chapter 10

CHAP. X Eſdras calling the people together commandeth them to diſmiſse the ſtrange Wemen, which they haue married: 14 appointing officers to ſee it executed: 18 and reciteth thoſe Which had married ſuch wemen.

1 ESDRAS therfore thus praying, and beſeeching, and weeping, and lying before the temple of God, there was gathered to him of Iſrael an exceeding great companie of men and wemen and children, and the people wept with much lamentation.

2 And Sechenias the ſonne of Iehiel of the children of Aelam anſwered, and ſaid to Eſdras: We haue tranſgreſſed againſt our God, and haue taken to wiues ſtrange wemen of the peoples of the land: and now if there be penance in Iſrael vpon this,

3 let vs make a couenant with the Lord our God, to put away al the wiues, and them that are borne of them, according to the wil of our Lord, and of them that feare the precept of the Lord our God: be it done according to the law.

4 Ariſe, it is thy part to diſcerne, and we wil be with thee: take courage, and doe it.

5 Eſdras therefore roſe vp, and adiured the Princes of the Prieſtes and of the Leuites, and al Iſrael, that they ſhould doe according to this word, and they ſware.

6 And Eſdras roſe vp before the houſe of God, and went to the chamber of :: Iohanan the ſonne of Eliaſib, and entered into it, he did eate no bread, and dranke no water: for he mourned for the tranſgreſſion of them, that were come out of the captiuitie.

7 And there was a proclamation ſent in Iuda and Ieruſalem to al the children of the tranſmigration, that they ſhould aſſemble together into Ieruſalem.

8 And euerie one that ſhal not come within three dayes, according to the counſel of the princes and ancientes, al his ſubſtance ſhal be taken away, and him ſelfe ſhal be caſt out of the companie of the tranſmigration.

9 There aſſembled therfore al the men of Iuda, and Beniamin into Ierufalem within three dayes, that is the ninth moneth, the twenteth day of the moneth: and al the people ſate in the ſtreate of the houſe of God, trembling for the ſinne, and [::] the rayne.

10 And Eſdas the Prieſt aroſe, and ſayd to them: You haue tranſgreſſed, and taken ſtrange wemen to wife, to adde vpon the ſinne of Iſrael.

11 And now geue confeſſion to our Lord the God of your fathers, and doe his pleaſure, and be ſeparated from the peoples of the land, and from your wiues the ſtrangers.

12 And al the multitude anſwered, and ſayd with a lowde voyce: According to thy word vnto vs, ſo be it done.

13 Neuertheleſſe becauſe there is much people, and a tyme of rayne, and we can not abyde to ſtand without, and it is not a worke of one day or two (for we haue excedingly ſinned in this thing)

14 let there be princes appoynted in al the multitude: and let al in our cities that haue taken ſtrangers to wife, come at ſette tymes, and with them the ancientes by citie and citie, and the iudges therof, vntil the wrath of our God be turned away from vs for this ſinne.

15 Therfore Ionathan the ſonne of Azahel, and Iaazia the ſonne of Thecua were appoynted ouer this, and Meſollam and Sebethai Leuites did helpe them:

16 and the children of the tranſmigration did ſo. And Eſdras the Prieſt, and the men, princes of the families went into the houſes of theyr fathers, and al by theyr names, and they ſate in the firſt day of the tenth moneth to ſearch out the matter.

17 And al the men were fully counted that had taken ſtrangers to wife, vnto the firſt day of the firſt mos neth.

18 And there were found of the ſonnes of the Prieſtes that had taken ſtrangers to wife. Of the children of Ioſue the ſonne of Ioſedec, and his brethren, Maaſia, and Eliezer, and Iarib, and Godolia.

19 And they gaue theyr handes to put away theyr wiues, and to offer for theyr offence a ramme of the flocke.

20 And of the children of Emmer, Hanani, and Zebedia.

21 And of the children of Harim, Maaſia, and Elia, and Semeia, and Iehiel, and Ozias.

22 And of the children of Pheſhur, Elionai, Maaſia, Iſmael, Nathanael, Iozabed, and Elaſa.

23 And of the children of the Leuites, Iozabed, and Semei, and Celaia, the ſame is Calita, Phataia, Iuda, and Eliezer.

24 And of the ſinging men Eliaſib: and of the porters, Sellum, and Thelem, and Vri.

25 And of Iſrael, of the children of Pharos, Remeia, and Iezia, and Melchia, and Miamin, and Eliezer, and Melchia, and Banea.

26 And of the children of Aelam, Mathania, Zacharias, and Iehiel, and Abdi, and Ierimoth, and Elia.

27 And of the children of Zethua, Elioenai, Eliaſib, Mathania, Ierimuth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

28 And of the children of Bebai, Iohanan, Hanamia, Zabbai, Athalai:

29 And of the children of Bani, Moſollam, and Melluch, and Adaia, Iaſub, and Saal, and Ramoth.

30 And of the children of Phahath Moab, Edna and Chalal, Bananias, and Maaſias, Mathanias, Beſeleel, Bennui, and Manaſſe.

31 And of the children of Herem, Eliezer, Ioſue, Melchias, Semeias, Simeon,

32 Beniamin, Maloch, Samarias.

33 And of the children of Haſom, Mathanai, Mathatha, Zabad, Eliphelet, Iermai, Manaſſe, Semei.

34 Of the children of Bani, Maaddi, Amram, and Vel,

35 Baneas, and Badaias, Chelia⟨illegible⟩,

36 Vania, Marimuth, and Eliaſib,

37 Mathanias, Mathanai, and Iaſi,

38 and Bani, and Bennui, Semei,

39 and Salmias, and Nathan, and Adaias,

40 and Mechnedebai, Siſai, Sarai,

41 Ezrel, and Selemiau, Semeria,

42 Sellum, Amaria, Ioſeph

43 Of the children of Nebo, Iehiel, Mathathias, Zabad, Zabina, Ieddu, and Ioel. and Banaia.

44 Al theſe had taken ſtrangers to wife, and there were of them that had borne [::] children.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

• 5 ⟨illegible⟩Eſdras being extraordinarily ſent by God, to correct the people, repayreth to the high Prieſts ſonne, by his authoritie calleth the people together and ſo procedeth to make reformation. ⟨illegible⟩o S. Pauſ conferred with other Apoſtles. Gal. 2
• 9 [::] Their ⟨illegible⟩inne was puniſhed by ouer much rayne. v. 13. And ſo affliction gaue them more feeling of their faultes.
• 44 [::] Amongſt other inconueniences of vnlawful mariages one is that children are borne illegitimate.

Colophon

The holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other editions in diuers languages. With arguments of the bookes, and chapters: annotations. tables: and other helpes. By the English College of Doway. The first tome (Genesis to Job), Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609 (STC 2207). Copy: Henry E. Huntington Library, as reproduced in Early English Books Online (image set 2087).

Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A11777 (2007), released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication.

This is an archival transcription, not a Good Works Translation: the English is the Douay translators’ own, kept in the original spelling, with long s (ſ), u and v, i and j as printed. The Good Works Library converted the TCP text to this page, removing only markup, page breaks and line-end hyphens. In the print a cross (†) opens each verse and the verse number stands in the margin; here each verse is its own paragraph headed by that number. Marginal notes are gathered after each chapter under the number of the verse beside which they stand; where the print sets a reference mark in the text (a letter, four pricks ::, or a star *), the mark is kept at its place in square brackets. In prose sections the marginal notes stand at their places in square brackets. Marks that the transcription records in the text are kept as they stand: ▪ is the transcribers’ sign for a printed mark they could not set, which this edition’s key to its marks uses to point to an Annotation after the chapter, and “ is another such printed mark. Words the transcribers could not read are marked ⟨illegible⟩ (47 on this page); none has been filled in by conjecture.

In 2 places on this page the transcription has no verse cross between two numbered verses; there both numbers head a single paragraph (for example “12–13”) rather than cutting the text by guesswork. In 1 place a cross stands in the text where the printed verse numbers show no new verse; it is kept there as †.

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