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

The book called Nehemiah in Protestant Bibles and the Second Book of Esdras in the Douay: the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. This is Nehemiah 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 edition’s Argument of the book and every chapter with its printed summary, the verse text and the marginal notes.

THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKE OF NEHEMIAS.

THIS booke beareth Title both of the author Nehemias, who writ [Margin: Duble title of this booke.] it, and of the ſecond booke of Eſdras, who in the former writ the hiſtorie of the Iſraelites after theyr relaxation from captiuitie, to the building againe of the Temple, with other thinges done the ſame time. VVhereunto [Margin: The cōtentes.] Nehemias ioyneth thinges ſucceding, eſpecially the new erection [Margin: S. Ierom. Epiſt. ad Paulin.] of walles and towers about the citie of Ieruſalem. And it may be diuided into three partes. In the two firſt chapters, he sheweth his compaſsion [Margin: Diuided into three partes.] of his countries miſſerie: and his cōming to aſſiſt them. In the tenne folowing, he reciteth the good effectes in repayring, and ſtrengthning the citie with wall⟨illegible⟩s and people. In the laſt chapter, the correction of errors & euil maners, which he found amongſt them.

THE BOOKE OF NEHEMIAS. which alſo is called: THE SECOND OF ESDRAS.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. Nehemias hearing the miſerable state of his countrie men in Iurie, 4. lamenteth, [Margin: The firſt part▪ Nehemias his cōmiſeration of his countrie.] faſteth, and prayeth God for their relief.

1 THE wordes of [::] Nehemias the ſonne of Helchias. And it came to paſſe in the moneth of Caſleu, the twenteth yeare, and I was in Suſis the caſtel.

2 And Hanani one of my brethren came, him ſelſe and men of Iuda, and I aſked them of the Iewes, that remayned, and were left aliue of the captiuitie, and of Ieruſalem.

3 And they ſayd to me. They that remayned, and are left of the captiuitie there in the prouince, are in great affliction, and in reproche: and the wal of Ieruſalem is broken downe, and the gates therof are burnt with fire.

4 And when I had heard theſe maner of wordes, I ſate, and wept, and mourned many dayes: and faſted, and prayed before the face of the God of heauen.

5 And I ſayd: I beſech thee Lord God of heauen, ſtrong, great, and terrible, which keepeſt couenant & mercie with them that loue thee, and keepe thy cōmandmentes:

6 let thine eares be harkning, and thine eyes open, to heare the prayer of thy ſeruant, which I pray before thee this day, night & day for the children of Iſrael thy ſeruantes: and I confeſſe for the ſinnes of the children of Iſrael, in which they haue ſinned to thee: I & my fathers houſe haue ſinned,

7 we haue bene ſeduced with vanitie, and haue not kept thy commandments, and cerimonies and iudgement, which thou haſt commanded to Moyſes thy ſeruant.

8 Remember the word, that thou didſt command vnto Moyſes thy ſeruant, ſaying: When you ſhal tranſgreſſe, I will depreſſe you into peoples:

9 and if you returne to me, and keepe my precepts, and doe them, although you ſhal be led away to the vttermoſt partes of heauen, thence wil I gather you, and bring you backe into the place, which I haue choſen that my name ſhould dwel there.

10 And they are thy ſeruantes, and thy people: whom thou haſt redemed in thy great ſtrength, and in thy mighty hand.

11 I beſech thee Lord, let thine eare be attent to the prayer of thy ſeruant, and to the prayer of thy ſeruants, which will feare thy name: and direct thy ſeruant this day, and giue him mercy before this man. for I was the kings cupbearer

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

• 1 [::] Nehemias by his legacie, being ſent from a king▪ by his name which ſignifieth comforter from our Lord; and by his building againe the walles of Ieruſalem; prefigured our Sauiour, who was ſent from God the Father, himſelfe being the comforter of mankind, and the ſend⟨illegible⟩ of an other comforter the Holie Ghoſt, to remaine with his Church. S. Beda. prolog in Nehemiam.

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. Nehemias obtaining commiſsion from king Artaxerxes cometh to Ieruſalem: 11. ſecretty vieweth the broken walles, and ruines of the citie, 17. and exhorteth al the Iewes to the reedifying therof.

1 AND it came to paſſe in the moneth of Niſan, the twentith yeare of Artaxerxes the king: and there was wine before him, and I lifted vp the wine, and gaue to the king: and I was as it were languiſhing before his face.

2 And the king ſayd to me: Why is thy countenance ſad, whereas I doe not ſee thee ſicke? this is not without cauſe, but ſome euil I know not what, is in thy hart. And I was very much and excedingly afrayd:

3 and I ſayd to the king: O king for euer mayſt thou liue: why ſhould not my countenance be heauie, becauſe the citie of the houſe of the ſepulchres of my fathers is deſolate, and the gates therof are burnt with fire?

4 And the king ſayd to me: For what thing makeſt thou requeſt? And I prayed the God of heauen,

5 and I ſayd to the king: If it ſeme good to the king, and if thy ſeruant do pleaſe before thy face, thou ſend me into Iewrie to the citie of the ſepulchre of my father, and I wil build it.

6 And the king ſayd to me, and the Queene that ⟨illegible⟩ate by him: Vnto what time wil thy iourney be, and when wilt thou returne? And it pleaſed before the king, and he ſent me: and I appoynted him a time.

7 And I ſayd to the king: If it ſeme good to the king, let him geue me letters to the gouernours of the country beyond the Riuer, that they conduct me, til I come into Iewrie:

8 and a letter to Aſaph the keeper of the kings foreſt, to geue me timber that I may couer the gates of the towre of the houſe, and the walles of the citie, and the houſe that I ſhal enter into. And the king gaue according to the good hand of my God with me.

9 And I came to the dukes of the countrie beyond the Riuer, and gaue them the kings letters. And the king had ſent with me captaynes of ſoldiers, and horſemen.

10 And Sanaballat an Horonite, and Tobias a ſeruant an Ammonite heard it, and [::] were greiued with great affliction, that a man was come, which ſought the proſperitie of the children of Iſrael.

11 And I came to Ieruſalem and was there three dayes.

12 and I aroſe in the night, I and a few men with me, and I told not anie man what God had put in my hart to doe in Ieruſalem, and there was no beaſt with me, but the beaſt wheron I ſate.

13 And I went out by the gate of the valley by night, and before the fountayne of the dragon, and to the gate of the dung, and I viewed the wal of Ieruſalem broken downe, and the gates therof conſumed with fire.

14 And I paſſed to the gate of the fountayne, and to the kinges conduite, and there was no place for the beaſt where on I ſat, to paſſe.

15 And I went vp by the torrent in the night, and viewed the wal, and going backe I came to the gate of the valley, and returned.

16 But the magiſtraſtes knew not whither I went, or what I did: yea and to the Iewes, and the Prieſtes, and the nobles, and the magiſtrates, and the reſt that did the worke vntil then I had ſhewed nothing.

17 And I ſayd to them: You know the affliction wherin we are, becauſe Ieruſalem is made deſolate, and the gates thereof are conſumed with fire: Come, and let vs build the walles of Ieruſalem, and let vs be no longer a reproch.

18 And I ſhewed them [::] the hand of my God, that it was good with me, and the kings wordes, which he had ſpoken to me, and I ſayd: Let vs riſe, and let vs build. And their handes were incouraged in good.

19 But Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the ſeruant an Ammanite, and Goſem an Arabian heard of it, and they ſcorned vs, and deſpyſed vs, and ſayd: What is this thing, that you doe? Why do you rebel againſt the king?

20 And I anſwered them, and ſayd to them: The God of heauen he helpeth vs, and we are his ſeruants: let vs riſe and build: but you haue no part, nor iuſtice, nor memorie in Ieruſalem.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

• 10 [::] Infideles & Heretikes are greued, that others endeuoure to repayre the ruines of the Church in any countrie.
• 18 [::] Gods hand was clearly ſhewed in the effect of obtaining the kings fauourable letters.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. The High Prieſt and others beginne to repaire Ieruſalem ſtreingthning it with [Margin: The ſecond part. How the citie was repayred with walles & people.] an vttermoſt, 19. middle, 28. and innermoſt wall with towres and gates.

1 AND Eliaſib the high Prieſt aroſe, and his bretheren the Prieſtes: and they built the gate of the flocke: they ſanctified it, and ſet the doores therof, and vnto the towre of an hundred cubites they [::] ſanctified it, vnto the towre of Hananeel.

2 And beſides him did the men of Iericho build, and beſides him built Zachur the ſonne of Amri.

3 But the fishgate the children of Aſnaa did builde: they couered it, and ſet vp the doores therof, and the lockes, and barres. And beſides them built Marimuth the ſonne of Vrias the ſonne of Accas.

4 And beſides him built Moſollam the ſonne of Bazachias, the ſonne of Merezebel, and beſides them built Sadoc the ſonne of Baana.

5 And beſide them builded the Thecuenes: but their great men did not put vnder their neckes in the worke of their Lord.

6 And Ioiada the ſonne of Phaſea, and Moſollam the ſonne of Beſodia built the oldgate couered it, and ſet vp the doores therof, and the lockes, and barres.

7 And beſide them built Meltias a Gabaonite, and Iadon a Meronathite, men of Gabaon and Maſpha, for the duke that was in the country beyond the Riuer.

8 And beſide him built Ezrel the ſonne of Araia a goldſmith: and beſide him built Ananias the ſonne of a Pigmentarie: and they leift Ieruſalem vnto the wal of the broder ſtreate.

9 And beſide him built Raphaia the ſonne of Hur, prince of the ſtreate of Ieruſalem.

10 And beſide them Iedaia the ſonne of Haromaph againſt his houſe: and beſide him built Hattus the ſonne of Haſebomia.

11 The halfe part of the ſtreate built Melchias the ſonne of Herem, and Haſub the ſonne of Phahath Moab, and the towre of the fornaces.

12 And beſide him built Sellum the ſonne of Alohes prince of the halfe part of the ſtreate of Ieruſalem, he and his daughters.

13 And the gate of the valley built Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoe: they built it, and ſette vp the dores therof, and the lockes, and barres, and a thouſand cubires in the wal vnto the gate of the dunghil.

14 And the gate of the dunghil built Melchias the ſonne of Rechab, the prince of the ſtreate of Bethacaram: he built it, and ſette vp the dores therof, and the lockes, and barres.

15 And the gate of the fountayne Sellum builded the ſonne of Colhoza, prince of the village of Maſpha: he built it, and couered it, and ſet vp the doores therof, & the lockes, & barres, and the walles of the poole of Siloe vnto the kings gardē, and vnto the ſteppes that goe downe from the citie of Dauid.

16 After him built Nehemias the ſonne of Azboc prince of the halfe part of the ſtreate of Bethſur, as far as ouer againſt the ſepulchre of Dauid, and vnto the poole, that is built with great worke, and vnto the houſe of the valiants.

17 After him the Leuites builded, Rehum the ſonne of Benni. After him built Haſebias prince of the halfe part of the ſtreate of Ceila in his ſtreate.

18 After him built their bretheren Bauai the ſonne of Enadad, prince of the halfe part of Ceila.

19 And beſide him built Azer the ſonne of Ioſue, the prince of Maſpha the ſecond meaſure, againſt the viſiting of the moſt ſure corner.

20 After him in the mount built Baruch the ſonne of Zachai the ſecond meaſure, from the corner vnto the gate of the houſe of Eliaſib the high Prieſt.

21 After him built Merimuth the ſonne of Vrias the ſonne of Haccus, the ſecōd meaſure, from the gate of the houſe of Eliaſib, as far as the houſe of Eliaſib extended.

22 And after him built the Prieſts, men of the champayne of Iordan.

23 After him built Beniamin & Haſub againſt their houſe: & after him built Azarias the ſonne of Maſias the ſonne of Ananias againſt his houſe.

24 After him built Bennui the ſonne of Hanadad the ſecond meaſure, from the houſe of Azarias vnto the bending, and vnto the corner

25 Phalel the ſonne of Ozi againſt the bending and the towre, which appeareth from out of the kings high houſe, that is, in the court of the priſon: after him Phadaia the ſonne of Pharos.

26 And the Nathineites dwelt in Ophel, as far as ouer againſt the gate of waters toward the Eaſt, and the towre that ſtoode out.

27 After him the Thecuenes builded the ſecond meaſure ouer againſt, from the great and eminent towre vnto the wall of the temple.

28 And vpward to the gate of horſes the Prieſtes built, euery man againſt his houſe.

29 After them built Sadoc the ſonne of Emmer againſt his houſe. And after him built Semaia the ſonne of Sechenias, keeper of the Eaſt gate.

30 After him built Hanania the ſonne of Selemia, and Hanun the ſonne of Seleph the ſixth, the ſecond meaſure: after him built Moſollam the ſonne of Barachias, againſt his treaſurie. After him Melchias a goldſmith ſonne vnto the houſe of the Natheneites, and of them that ſold old ſtuffe againſt the iudgement gate, and vnto the vpper chamber of the corner.

31 And within the vpper chamber of the corner in the gate of the flocke, the goldſmithes and marchants builded.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

• 1 [::] Finiſhing the gate they dedicated it to Gods ſeruice, being for defence of his holie citie and ſo ſanctified it

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. Notwithſtanding the enimies rage and oppoſe againſt the building of walles, 4. the Iewes build with one hand, and hold their ſwordes in the other. Nehemias encorageth them, and the worke proceedeth.

1 AND it came to paſſe, when Sanaballat had heard that we builded the wal, he was very angrie: and being moued excedingly he ſcorned the Iewes.

2 and ſayd before his bretheren, and the multitude of the Samaritanes: What doe [::] the ſillie Iewes? Wil the gentiles let them alone? Shal they ſacrifice and accompliſh in one day? Why, are they able to build vp the ſtones out of the heapes of duſt, that are burnt?

3 Yea Tobias alſo the Ammanite his neighbour ſayd: Let them build: if a fox come vp, he ſhal leape ouer their ſtone wal.

4 Heare our God, becauſe we are had in diſpiſe: turne the reproch vpon their head, and giue them into diſpite in a Land of captiuitie.

5 Couer not their iniquitie, and let not their ſinne be put out before thy face, becauſe they haue mocked thy builders.

6 Therfore we built the wal, and ioyned together the whole vnto the halfe part: and the hart of the people was prouoked to worke.

7 And it came to paſſe, when Sanaballat had heard, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammanites, and the Azotians, that the breach of the wal of Ieruſalem was cloſed vp, and the gates began to be ſtopped, they were wrath excedingly.

8 And they were al aſſembled together, to come, and to fight againſt Ieruſalem, and to prepare embuſhments.

9 And we prayed our God, and ſet watchmen vpon the wal day and night againſt them.

10 And Iudas ſayd: The ſtrength of him that carrieth is weakened, & the morter is very much, and we ſhal not be able to build the wal.

11 And our enimies ſayd: Let them not know, and let them be ignorant, til we come into the mideſt of them, and kil them, and make their worke to ceaſe.

12 And it came to paſſe, the Iewes that dwelt beſide them, coming and telling vs ten times, out of al places from whence they came to vs,

13 I ſette the people in a place behind the wal round about in order, with their ſwordes, and ſpeares, and bowes.

14 And I looked and roſe vp: & I ſayd to the princes and magiſtrates, and to the reſt of the common people: Be not afrayd at their face: Remember our Lord great and terrible, and fight for your bretheren, your ſonnes, and your daughters, and your wiues, and your houſes.

15 And it came to paſſe, when our enimies had heard that it was told vs, God defeted their counſel. And we returned al to the walles, euery man to his worke.

16 And it came to paſſe from that day, the halfe part of their yongmen did the worke, and halfe was ready to battel, and ſpeares, & ſheilds, and bowes, and cotes of mayle, and the princes behind them in al the houſe of Iuda

17 of them that built in the wal, and that carried burdens, and that laded them: with one of his hands he did the worke, & with the other he held a ſword:

18 for euery one of the builders was girded with a ſword about his reynes. And they builded, and ſounded with the trumpet nere me.

19 And I ſayd to the princes, and to the magiſtrates, & to the reſt of the common people: The worke is great and broad, and we are ſeperated in the wal one far from an other:

20 in what place ſoeuer you ſhal heare the ſound of the trumpet, thither runne together vnto vs: our God wil fight for vs.

21 And let vs our ſelues doe the worke: and let the halfe part of vs hold ſpeares from the ryſing of the morning, til the ſtarres appeare.

22 At that time alſo I ſayd to the people: Let euery man with his ſeruant tarry in the middes of Ieruſalem, and let there be courſes among vs by day and night to worke.

23 And I and my bretheren, and my ſeruants, and the watchmen, that were behinde me, did not put of our clothes: euery man was made bare only to waſhing.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

• 2 [::] It was Gods prouidence that the enemies mocking at the reparation of Ieruſalem did not ſo furiouſly reſiſt, til the worke was performed: ſo ſometimes heretikes ſcoffe at the ende⟨illegible⟩ of poore prieſtes laboring to reſtore Catholique religion: but whether they ſcoffe or rage, Gods holie worke procedeth and proſpereth.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. Nehemias blameth couetous richmen, for oppreſsing the poore. 14. himſelfe geueth largely of his owne to the needie.

1 AND there was [::] a great crie of the people, and of their wiues againſt their brethren the Iewes.

2 And there were that ſaid. Our ſonnes and our daughters are verie manie: let vs take corne for the price of them, and let vs eate, and liue.

3 And there were that ſayd: Let vs pledge our fieldes, and vineyardes, and our houſes, and let vs take corne in famine.

4 And others ſayd: Let vs borow money for the kings tributes, and let vs giue our fields and vineyardes,

5 and now as the fleſh of our bretheren, ſo is our fleſh: and as their children ſo alſo our children. behold we ſubdew our ſonnes, and our daughters into bondage, and our daughters there are bond we men▪ neither haue we where with they may be redemed, and our fieldes and our vineyardes other men doe poſſeſſe.

6 And I was exceding angrie, when I had heard their crie according to theſe wordes.

7 And my hart thought with my ſelfe: and I rebuked the princes and magiſtrates, and ſayd to them: Do you euery one exact vſuries of your brethen? and I gathered againſt them a great aſſemblie,

8 and I ſayd to them: We as you know, haue redemed our bretheren the Iewes, that were ſold to the gentiles, according to our abilitie: and wil you therfore ſel your bretheren, and ſhal we redeme them? And they held their peace, neither did they find what to anſwer.

9 And I ſayd to them: The thing is not good, which you doe: why walke you not in the feare of our God, leſt we be vpbrayded with al the gentiles our enimies?

10 I alſo and my bretheren, and my ſeruantes, haue lent money and corne to very manie: let vs not aske this againe in common, let vs remitte them the debt, that is dewe to vs.

11 Reſtore ye to them their fieldes this day, and their vineyards, and their oliuets, and their houſes: yea the hundreth part alſo of money, corne, wine and oyle, which you were wont to exact of them, giue it rather for them.

12 And they ſayd: We wil reſtore, and we wil ſeeke nothing of them: and we wil do ſo as thou ſpeakeſt. And I called the Prieſtes, and adiured them, to do according to that which I had ſayd.

13 Moreouer I ſhooke my boſome, and ſayd: God ſo ſhake euery man, that ſhal not accomplish this word, out of his houſe, and out of his labours, ſo be he shaken out, and made emptie. And al the multitude ſayd: Amen. And they prayſed God. And the people did as it was ſayd.

14 And from that day, wherin the king commended me to the duke in the land of Iuda, from the twenteth yeare til the two & thirteth yeare of Artaxerxes the king for twelue yearees, I and my bretheren did not eate the yearly allowance, that was dewe to the dukes.

15 But the former dukes, that had bene before me, burdened the people, and tooke of them in bread, and wine, and money euery day fourtie ſicles: yea and their officers oppreſſed the people. But I did not ſo for the feare of God.

16 Yea I builded rather in the worke of the wal, and field I bought not, and al my ſeruantes were gathered together to the worke.

17 Tke Iewes alſo and the magiſtrates an hundred fiftie men, and they that came to vs out of the nations, that were round about vs were at the table.

18 And there was prepared for me day by day one oxe, ſix choſen rammes, beſide foules, and within ten dayes diuers wines, & many other things did I giue. Moreouer alſo the yearly allowance of my dukedome I ſought not, for the people was very much empoueriſhed.

19 [::] Remember me my God to good, according to al things, which I haue done to this people

Marginal notes to Chapter 5

• 1 [::] S Beda in his time lamented that ſome ſpiritual Superiors neglected to feede their flock, either ſpiritually or temporally, and yet exacted temporal reuenewes, and oppreſſed the poore people, li 3. c. 21. in ⟨illegible⟩ſd. How much more may we with him, wiſh an other Nehemias, that is a comforter from our Lord to correct this fault, & to releeue poore Catholiques diſtreſſed?
• 10 :: A right propertie of a true paſtor, to do that good which he preacheth to others▪ S. Beda ibidem.
• 19 [::] A good conſcience hath great confidence in God and iuſtly hopeth for reward.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. The enemies guilfully offer to make league with the Iewes 3. but Nehemias procedeth in building the walles: 16. and al bordering nations feare them.

1 AND it came to paſſe, when Sanaballat had heard, and Tobias, and Goſſem the Arabian, and the reſt of our enimies, that I did build the wal, and there was no breach remayning in it (how beit at that time I had not put the doores in the gates)

2 Sanaballat and Goſſem ſent to me, ſaying: Come, and [::] let vs make a league together in the villages, in the field of Ono: But they thought to doe me euil.

3 I ſent therfore meſſengers to them, ſaying: I am doing a great worke, and I can not goe downe, leſt perhaps it be neglected when I ſhal come, and deſcend to you.

4 But they ſent to me according to this word, foure times: and I anſwered them according to the former word.

5–6 And Sanaballat ſent his ſeruant to me the fifth time according to the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this maner: Among the Gentiles it is heard, and Goſſem hath ſayd, that thou and the Iewes meane to rebel, and therfore thou buildeſt the wal, and wil aduance thy ſelfe king ouer them: for which cauſe

7 thou haſt ſette vp prophettes alſo, which should preach of thee in Ieruſalem, ſaying: There is a king in Iurie: The king wil heare of theſe thinges: therfore come now, that we may take counſel together.

8 And I ſent to them, ſaying: It is not done according to theſe words, which thou ſpeakeſt: for thou frameſt theſe things of thine owne hart.

9 For al theſe terrified vs, thinking that our hands would ceaſe from the worke, and we would leaue of. For which cauſe I did the more ſtrengthen my hands:

10 and I entred into the houſe of Samaia the ſonne of Dalaia the ſonne of Metabeel ſecretly▪ who ſayd: Let vs conſult with our ſelues in the houſe of God in the middes of the temple: and Let vs ſhutte the doores of the temple becauſe they wil come to kil thee, and in the night they wil come to ſlea thee.

11 And I ſayd: Doth any man that is like vnto me flee? and who being as I am, wil goe into the temple, and liue? I wil not goe in.

12 And I vnderſtood that God had not ſent him, but as it were prophicying he had ſpoken to me, and Tobias, and Sanaballat had hyred him.

13 For he had taken a price, that I being terrified ſhould do it, and ſinne, and they might haue ſome euil to vpbraid me withal.

14 Remember me Lord for Tobias and Sanaballat, according to ſuch their workes. Yea and Noadias the prophete, and the reſt of the prophetes that terrified me

15 But the wal was finiſhed the fiue and twenteth day of the moneth of Elul, in two and fiftie dayes.

16 It came topaſſe therfore when al our enimies had heard it, that al nations which were round about vs, feared, & were diſmayed within them ſelues, and knew that this worke was done of God.

17 But in thoſe dayes alſo many letters of the principal Iewes were ſent to Tobias, and from Tobias there came tothem.

18 For there were many in Iurie ſworne vnto him, becauſe he was the ſonne in law of Sechenias the ſonne of Area, and Iohanan his ſonne had taken the daughter of Moſollam the ſonne of Barachias.

19 Yea and they prayſed him before me, and they reported my words vnto him: and Tobias ſent letters to terrifie me.

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

• 2 [::] VVhen heretikes & other aduerſaries of the Church finde them ſelues not able to ſuppreſſe Catholiques, they offer conditions of peace, and libertie to al▪ ſo when proteſtātes beganne & where they are weake, they would haue none perſecuted for anie opinions in religion; but where they are ſtrōg they hardly grant toleration to Catholiques,

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. Nehemias appointeth watchmen in Ieruſalem, 5. and calling the people together reciteth the number of thoſe, which came firſt from Babylon. 68. likewiſe of their cattel, 70. and the giftes of certaine chiefe men towards the reparations.

1 AND after the wal was built, & I had put on the doores, and numbred the porters, and ſinging men▪ and Leuites:

2 I commanded Hanani my brother, and Hananias prince of the houſe of Ieruſalem (for the ſemed as it were a true man, and one that feared God aboue the reſt)

3 and I ſayd to them: Let not the gates of Ieruſalem be opened vntil the heate of the ſunne. And when they yet ſtood by, the gates were ſhut, and barred: and I ſette[::] watchmen of the inhabitants of Ieruſalem, euery one by their courſes, and euery man againſt his houſe.

4 And the citie was exceding large and great, and the people few in the middes therof, & there were no houſes built.

5 But God gaue me in my hart, and I aſſembled the princes and magiſtrates, and common people, that I might number them: and I found a booke of the number of them, that came vp firſt, and there was found written in it:

6 Theſe are the children of the prouince, which came vp from the captiuirie of them that were tranſported, whom Nabuchodonoſor the king of Babylon had tranſported, and returned into lurie, euery one into his owne citie.

7 They that came with Zorobabel, Ioſue, Nehemias, Azarias, Rahamias, Nahamani, Mardochaeus, Belſam, Meſpharath, Begoai, Nahum, Baana. The number of the men of the people of Iſrael.

8 The children of Pharos, two thouſand an hundred ſeuenty two.

9 The children of Saphatia, three hundred ſeuentie two.

10 The children of Area, ſix hundred fiftie two.

11 The children of Phahathmoab of the children of Ioſue and Ioab, two thouſand eight hundred eightene.

12 The children of Aelam, a thouſand two hundred fiftie foure▪

13 The children Zethua, eight hundred fourtie fiue.

14 The childeren of Zachai, ſeuen hundred ſixtie.

15 The childeren of Bannui, ſix hundred fourtie eight.

16 The children of Bebai, ſix hundred twentie eight.

17 The children of Azgad, two thouſand three hundred twentie two.

18 The childeren of Adonicam, ſix hundred ſixtie ſeuen.

19 The children of Beguai, two thouſand ſixtie ſeuen.

20 The childeren of Adin, ſix hundred fiftie fiue.

21 The childeren of Ater, childeren of Hezecias ninetie eight.

22 The childeren of Haſem, three hundred twentie eight.

23 The children of Beſai, three hundred twentie foure.

24 The children of Hareph, an hundred twelue

25 The children of Gabaon, nyntie fiue.

26 The childeren of Betlehem, and Netupha, an hundred eightie eight.

27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twentie eight:

28 The men of Bethazmoth, fourtie two.

29 The men of Cariathiarim, Cephira, and Beroth ſeuen hundred fourtie three.

30 The men of Rama and Geba, ſix hundred twentie one.

31 The men of Machmas, an hundred twentie two.

32 The men of Bethel and Hai, an hundred twentie three.

33 The men of an other Nebo, fiftie two.

34 The men of an other Aelam, a thouſand, two hundred fiftie foure.

35–36 The childeren of Harem, three hundred twentie. The childeren of Iericho, three hundred fourtie fiue.

37 The childeren of Lod Hadid and Ono, ſeuen hundred twentie one.

38 The childeren of Senaa, three thouſand nine hundred thirtitie.

39 The Prieſts: The children of Idaia in the houſe of Ioſue, nine hundred three.

40 The childeren of Emmer, a thouſand fiftie two.

41 The childeren of Phaſhur, a thouſand two hundred fourtie ſeuen.

42 The children of Arem, a thouſand ſeuentene. The Leuites:

43 The children of Ioſue & Cedmiel, the children

44 of Cenia, ſeuentie foure: The ſinging men:

45 the childeren of Aſaph, an hundred fourtie eight.

46 The porters: The childeren of Sellum, the childeren of Ater, the childeren of Telmon, the childeren of Accub, the childeren of Hatita, the childeren of Sobai: an hundred thirtie eight.

47 The Nathineites: The childeren of Soha, the childeren of Haſupha, the childeren of Tebbaath,

48 the childeren of Ceros, the childeren of Siaa, the childeren of Phadon, the childeren of Lebana, the childeren of Haguba, the childeren of Seimai,

49 the childeren of Hanan, the childeren of Geddel, the childeren of Gaher,

50 the childeren of Raaia, the childeren of Raſin, the childeren of Necoda,

51 the childeren of Geſem, the childeren of Aza, the childeren of Phaſea,

52 the childeren of Beſai, the childeren of Munim, the childeren of Nephuſſim,

53 the childeren of Bacbuc, the childeren of Hacupha, the childeren of Harur,

54 the childeren of Beſloth, the childeren of Mahida, the childeren of Harſa,

55 the childeren of Bercos, the childeren of Siſara, the childeren of Thema,

56 the childeren of Naſia, the childeren of Hatipha,

57 the childeren of the ſeruantes of Salomon, the childeren of Sotai, the childeren of Sophereth, the childeren of Pharida,

58 the childeren of Iahala, the childeren of Darcon, the childeren of Ieddel,

59 the childeren of Saphia, the childeren of Hatil, the chideren of Phohereth, who was borne vnto Sabaim, the ſonne of Amon.

60 Al Natheneites, and the childeren of the ſeruantes of Salomon, three hundred nyntie two.

61 But theſe be they which came vp from Thelmela, Thelharſa, Cherub, Addon, and Emmer: and could not ſhew the houſe of their fathers, and their ſeed, whether they were of Iſrael.

62 The children of Dalaia, the childeren of Tobia, the childeren of Necoda, ſix hundred fourtie two.

63 And of the Prieſts, the childeren of Habia, the childeren of Accos, the childeren of Berzellai, who tooke a wife of the daughters of Berzellai a Galeadite, and he was called by their name.

64 Theſe ſought their writing in the regiſter, and found it not: & they were caſt out of the Prieſthood.

65 And Atherſatha ſaid to them, that they ſhould not eate of the Holies of holies, vntil there ſtood vp a Prieſt learned and cunning.

66 Al the multitude as it were one man fourtie two thouſand three hundred ſixtie,

67 beſide their men ſeruants and wemen ſeruantes, which were ſeuen thouſand three hundred thirtie ſeuen: and among them ſinging men, & ſinging wemen, two hundred fourtie fiue.

68 Their horſes, two hundred fourtie ſix their mules two hundred fourtie fiue,

69 their camels, foure hundred thirtie fiue, aſſes ſix thouſand ſeuē hundred twentie.

Hitherto is reported what was written in the Regiſter. From this place forward goeth on in order the hiſtorie of Nehemias. [Margin: S. Ierom here noteth whēce he receiued eech part of this booke, which is al Canonical Scripture being al alike ſo declared by the Church.]

70 And certaine of the princes of families gaue vnto the worke. Atherſatha gaue into the treaſure of gold a thouſand drachmas, phials fiftie, tunikes for Prieſtes fiue hundred thirtie.

71 And of the princes of families there gaue into the treaſure of the worke of gold, twentie thouſand drachmas, and of ſiluer two thouſand two hundred pound.

72 And that which the reſt of the people gaue, of gold twentie thouſand drachmas, and of ſiluer two thouſand pound, and tunikes for Prieſtes ſixtie ſeuen.

73 And the Prieſtes, and Leuites, and porters, and ſinging men, and the reſt of the common people, and the Nathineites, and al Iſrael dwelt in their cities. And the ſeuenth moneth was come: and the childeren of Iſrael were in their cities.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

• 3 [::] Three ſpecial defences of a citie, are the ſtrength of walles, ſhut⟨illegible⟩ing and opening the gates in due time, & diligēt watchmen: ſo to the cuſtodie of faithful ſoules three thinges are neceſſarie; the grace of God, due regard of the outward ⟨illegible⟩enſes, and continual watch againſt out inuiſible enemies.

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII Eſdras readeth the law before the people. 9. Nehemias conforteth them. 13. They celebrate the feaſt of tabernacles ſeuen dayes: 13. & of collection the eight day.

1 AND al the people was gathered togethor as it were one man to the ſtreate, which is before the water and they ſayd to Eſdras the ſcribe, that he ſhould bring the booke of the law of Moyſes, which our Lord had commanded Iſrael.

2 Eſdras therfore the prieſt [::] brought the law before the multitude of men and wemen, and al that could vnderſtand, in the firſt day of the ſeuenth moneth.

3 And he read it playnly in the ſtreate that was before the water gate, from morning vntil midday, in the preſence of the men, and wemen, and of theſe that vnderſtood: and the eares of al the people were attent to the booke.

4 And Eſdaas the ſcribe ſtood vpon a ſteppe of wood, which he made to ſpeake vpon: and there ſtood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Vria, and Helcia, and Maaſia, on his right hand: and on the left: Phadaia, Miſael, and Melchia, and Haſum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia, and Moſollam.

5 And Eſdras opened the booke before al the people: for he appeared aboue al the people: and when he had opened it, al the people ſtood.

6 And Eſdras bleſſed our Lord the great God: and al the people anſwred: Amen, amen: lifting vp their handes, and they bowed, and adored God flatte on the earth.

7 Moerouer Ioſue, & Bani, and Serebia, Iamin, Accub, Septhai, O⟨illegible⟩ia, Maaſia, Celita, Azarias, Iozabed, Hanan, Phalaia: Leuites made ſilence in the people to heare the law: and the people ſtoode in their degree.

8 And they read in the booke of the law of God diſtinctly and playnly, for to vnderſtand: and they vnderſtood when it was read.

9 And Nehemias ſaid (the ſame is [::] Atherſatha) and Eſdras the Prieſt and ſcribe, and the Leuites interpreting to al the people: It is a day ſanctified to the Lord our God, mourne ye not, and weepe not. For al the people wept, when they heard the wordes of the law.

10 And he ſaid to them: Goe, eate fat thinges, and drinck the ſweete wine, and ſend portions to them, that haue not prepared for themſelues: becauſe it is the holie day of our Lord, and be not ſadde: for the ioy of our Lord is our ſtrength.

11 And the Leuites made ſilence in al the people, ſaying: Hold your peace, becauſe the day is holie, and be not ſorowful.

12 Therefore al the people went to eate and drinck, and to ſend portions, and to make great ioy: becauſe they vnderſtood the wordes, that he had taught them.

13 And in the ſecond day were gathered the princes of the families of al the people, the Prieſts and Leuites to Eſdras the ſcribe, that he ſhould interpret vnto them the wordes of the law.

14 And they found written in the law, that our Lord commanded in the hand of Moyſes, that the children of Iſrael ſhould dwel in tabernacles, on the ſolemne day, the ſeuenth moneth:

15 and that they ſhould proclame and publiſh a voice in al their cities, and in Ieruſalem, ſaying: Goe ye forth into the mount, and fetch branches of the oliue tree, and branches of the moſt fayre tree, branches of the mirtle tree, and boughes of the palme trees, and branches of the thicke leaued tree, that tabernacles may be made, as it is written.

16 And the people went forth, and brought. And they made themſelues tabernacles euery man in his houſe toppe, and in his courtes, and in the courtes of the houſe of God, and in the ſtreate of the water gate, and in the ſtreate of the gate of Ephraim.

17 Therefore al the church of them, that were returned from the captiuitie, made tabernacles, and dwelt in tabernacles. For from the daies of Ioſue the ſonne of Nun the children of Iſrael had not done it in ſuch ſort, vntil that day: and there was exceeding great ioy.

18 And he reade in the booke of the law of God day by day, from the firſt day til the laſt, and they made the ſolemnitie ſeuen dayes, & in the eight day a collect according to the rite.

Marginal notes to Chapter 8

• 2 [::] The people requeſted Eſdras, to bring the booke of the law, and he brought it, neither is there anie mention that he writte the whole law out of his memorie or by miracle: which maketh it probable that al copies were not burned or loſt, but ſome reſerued by Ieremias, Eze chiel, Daniel, Aggeus. Zacha rias, or by him ſelfe or others out of which he collected one intire volume correcting faultes committed by ſcribes, & adding ſome thinges for explication ſake & ſupplement of the hiſtories: and that either by tradition o⟨illegible⟩ reuelation.
• 9 [::] Atherſatha priu⟨illegible⟩eg⟨illegible⟩, by reaſon of his fauour with king Artaxerxes. Chap. 2.
• 9 1. Eſd. 2.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. The people repenting in faſting and ſakcloth, put away their wiues of ſtrange nations. 5. Eſdras confeſſeth Gods benefites, and the peoples ingratitude. 32. prayeth for them, and maketh league with God.

1 AND in the foure and twenteth day of the moneth the children of Iſrael came together in faſting and ſackeclothes, and carth vpon them.

2 And the ſeede of the children of Iſrael was [::] ſeperated from euerie ſtrange childe: and they ſtood, and confeſſed their ſinnes, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 And they roſe vp to ſtand: and they read in the volume of the law of our Lord their God, foure times in a day, and four times they confeſſed, and adored our Lord their God.

4 And there aroſe vpon the ſteppe of the Leuites Ioſue, and Bani, Cedminel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: and they cried with a lowde voice to our Lord their God.

5 And the Leuites Ioſue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Haſebnia, Serebia, Odaia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, ſaid: Ariſe, Bleſſe our Lord your God from eternitie to eternitie: and let them bleſſe the high name of thy glorie in al bleſſing & praiſe.

6 Thou the ſame o Lord, alone thou haſt made heauen, & al the hoſt therof: the earth & al thinges that are in it: the ſeas and al thinges that are therin: and thou doſt giue life to al theſe thinges, and the hoſt of heauē adoreth thee.

7 Thou the ſame o Lord God, which didſt chooſe Abram, & broughteſt him out of the fire of the Chaldees, and gaueſt him the [::] name Abraham.

8 And thou didſt finde his hart faithful before thee: and thou madeſt a couenante with him, that thou wouldeſt geue him the land of the Chananite, of the Hetheite, and of the Amorrheite, and of the Pherezeire, and of the Iebuſeite, & of the Gergeſeite, to geue vnto his ſeede: and thou haſt fulfilled thy wordes, becauſe thou art iuſt.

9 And thou ſaweſt the afflicton of our fathers in Aegypt: & their crie thou didſt hear⟨illegible⟩ vpon the Read ſea.

10 And thou gaueſt ſignes & wonders in Pharao, and in al his ſeruants, and in al the people of his land: for thou didſt know that they had done proudly againſt them: and thou madeſt thyſelf a name, as alſo at this day.

11 And thou didſt diuide the ſea before them, and they paſſed througth the midſt of the ſea in drie land: but their perſecutors thou threweſt into the depth, as a ſtone into the rough waters.

12 And in a piller of a cloude thou waſt their leader by day, and in a piller of fire by night, that the way might appeare to them, by the which they went.

13 To mount Sinai alſo thou didſt deſcend, and ſpakeſt with them from heauen, and thou gaueſt them right iudgements, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good preceptes.

14 Thy ſanctified Sabbath thou didſt ſhew them, and the commandements, and ceremonies, and the law thou didſt command them in the hand of Moyſes thy ſeruant.

15 Bread alſo from heauen thou gaueſt them in their hunger, and water out of the rocke thou didſt bring forth to them thirſting, and thou ſaideſt to them that they ſhould enter in, and poſſeſſe the land, vpon which thou didſt lift vp thy hand to diliuer it them.

16 But they and our fathers did proudly, and hardned their neckes and heard not thy cōmandements.

17 And they[::] would not heare, and they remembred not thy merueylous workes which thou haſt done to them. And they hardned their neckes, and gaue the head to returne to their ſeruitude, as it were by contention. But thou a propitious God, and gratious, and merciful, long ſuffering and of much compaſſion, didſt not forſake them.

18 Yea and when they had made to them ſelues a molten calfe, and had ſaid: This is thy God, which brought thee out of Aegypt: and they did great blaſphemies.

19 But thou in thy manie mercies didſt not leaue them in the deſert: the piller of the cloude departed not from them by day to lead them into the way, and the piller of fire by night to ſhew them the way by which they ſhould goe.

20 And thou gaueſt them thy good ſpirite, which ſhould teach them, and thy Manna thou didſt not withhold from their mouth, and thou gaueſt them water in thirſt.

21 Fourtie yeares didſt thou feede them in the deſert, and nothing was wanting to them, their garmentes waxed not old, and their feete not worne.

22 And thou gaueſt them kingdomes, and peoples, and didſt part lottes vnto them: and they poſſeſſed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king Heſebon, and the land of Og the king of Baſan.

23 And thou didſt multiplie their children as the ſtarres of heauen, & brought them to the land wherof thou hadſt ſaid to their fathers, that they ſhould enter and poſſeſſe it.

24 And the children came, and poſſeſſed the land, and thou didſt humble before them the inhabiters of the land, the Chanan⟨illegible⟩ites, and gaueſt them into their hand, and their kinges, and the peoples of the land, that they might doe to them as it pleaſed them.

25 They therfore tooke the fenſed cities and fatte ground, and poſſeſſed houſes ful of al goodes: ceſternes made by others, vineyardes, and oliuetes, & manie trees that bare fruite: and they did eate, and were filled, and became fatte, and abounded with delicious thinges in thy great goodnes.

26 But they prouoked thee to wrath, & departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backes: & they killed thy prophetes, which admoniſhed them erneſtly to returne to thee: and they did great blaſphemies.

27 And thou gaueſt them into the handes of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, & thou from heauen didſt heare, and according to thy manie cōpaſſions gaueſt them ſauiours, that ſhould ſaue them from the hand of their enemies.

28 And when they had reſted, they returned to do euil in thyſight: & thou didſt leaue them in the hand of their enemies, and they poſſeſſed them. And they returned, & cried to thee: & thou heardeſt from heauen, and deliueredſt thē in thy mercies, manie times.

29 And thou didſt admoniſh them that they ſhould returne to thy law. But they did proudly, & heard not thy cōmandmentes, and ſinned in thy iudgementes, which a man ſhould do, and ſhal liue in them, and they gaue the reuolting ſhoulder, and hardned their necke, neither did they heare.

30 And thou didſt prolong manie yeares ouer them, and didſt teſtefie to charge them in thy ſpirit by the hand of thy Prophetes: and they heard not, and thou didſt deliuer them into the hand of the peoples of the nations.

31 But in thy very many mercies thou madeſt them not conſumption, neither didſt thou forſake them: becauſe a God of compaſſions and gratious art thou.

32 Now therfore O our God, great, ſtrong, and terrible, keeping couenant and mercie, turne not away from thy face al the labour, which hath found vs, our Kinges, and our Princes, and our Prieſts, and our Prophetes, and our fathers, and al the people from the daies of the king of A⟨illegible⟩ur, vntil this day.

33 And thou art iuſt in al thinges, that haue come vpon vs: becauſe thou haſt done truth, but we haue done wickedly.

34 Our Kinges, our Princes, our Prieſtes, and our fathers haue not done thy law, and haue not attended thy commandmentes, and thy teſtimonies which thou haſt teſtified among them.

35 And they in their reignes, and in thy manifold goodnes, which thou gaueſt them, and in the land moſt large and fatte, which thou didſt deliuer in their ſight, ſerued not thee, nor returned from their moſt wicked deuiſes.

36 Behold we our ſelues this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gaueſt our fathers, that they ſhould eate the bread therof, and the good thinges that are therof, and our ſelues are ſeruantes in it.

37 And the fruites therof are multiplied to the kinges, whom thon haſt ſette ouer vs for our ſinnes, and they haue dominion ouer our bodies, and ouer our beaſtes, according to their wil, and we are in great tribulation.

38 Therfore vpon al theſe thinges we our ſelues make a couenant, and write, and our Princes, our Leuites, and our Prieſtes ſigne it.

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

• 2 [::] True repentance requireth w⟨illegible⟩kes of penance, & eſpecially the ren⟨illegible⟩ou⟨illegible⟩g of occaſions of ſinne: as ſeperation from euil con panie abandoning of euil cogitations, and of much wordly pleaſure.
• 7 [::] Changing of names importeth ⟨illegible⟩ome beneficial myſterie. Gen. ⟨illegible⟩7.
• 17 [::] Free wil in ſinners.
• 17 Num 14.

Chapter 10

CHAP X. M⟨illegible⟩nie, in name of al, ſubſcribe to the couenant made with God. 30. Namely not to marrie with ſtrangers, 31. to keepe the Sabbath day, and the ſeuenth yeare. 32. To pay oblations, 35. Firſt fruites, 38. and Tithes.

1 AND the ſubſcribers were Nehemias, Atherſatha the ſonne of Hachelai, and Sedecias,

2 Saraias, Azarias, Ieremias,

3 Pheſhur, Amarias, Melchias,

4 Hattus, Sebenia, Melluch,

5 Harem, Merimuth, Obdias,

6 Daniel, Genthon, Baruch,

7 Moſollam, Abia, Miamin,

8 Maazia, Belgai, Semeia: theſe were Prieſtes.

9 Moreouer Leuites, Ioſue the ſonne of Azanias, Bennui of the children of Henadad, Cedmihel,

10 And their bretheren, Sebenia, Odaia, Celita, Phalaia, Hanan,

11 Micha, Rohob, Haſebia,

12 Zachur, Serebia, Sabania, † Odaia, Bani, Baninu.

13 The heades of the people, Pharos, Phahathmoab, Aelam, Zethu, Bani,

14 Bonni, Azgad, Bebai.

15 Adonia, Begoai, Adin,

16 Ater, Hezecia, Azur,

17 Odaia, Haſum, Beſai,

18 Hareph, Anathoth, Nebai.

19 Megphias, Moſollam, Hazir,

20 Mezſibel, Sadoc▪ Iedua.

21 Pheltia, Hanan, Anai

22 Oſee, Hanania, Haſub,

23 Alohes, Phalea, Sobec,

24 Rehum, Haſebna, Maaſia,

25 Echaia, Hanan, Anan,

26 Melluch, Haran, Baana:

27–28 And the reſt of the people, Prieſtes, Leuites, Porteres, and ſinging men, Nathineites, and al that ſeperated themſelues from the peoples of the landes to the law of God, their wiues, their ſonnes, and their daughters.

29 Al that could vnderſtand promiſing for their bretheren, their princes, and they that came to promiſe, and ſweare that they would walke in the law of God, which he gaue in the hand of Moyſes the ſeruant of God, that they would do & kepe al the cōmandments of the Lord our God, and his iudgementes and his ceremonies.

30 And that we would not geue [::] our daughters to the people of the land, and their daughters we would not take to our ſōnes.

31 The peoples of the land, which bring in things to ſel, & al thinges to be vſed, to ſel them on the Sabbath day, we wil not take it of them in the Sabbath, and in the ſanctified day. And we wil let paſſe the ſeuenth yeare, and the exaction of euerie hand.

32 And we wil ordayne preceptes vpon ourſelues, to giue the third part of a ſicle euerie yeare to the worke of the houſe of our God,

33 to the loaues of propoſition, and to the continual ſacrifice, and for a continual holocauſt in the Sabbathes, in the Calendes, in the Solemnities, and in the ſanctified, and for ſinne: that propitiation may be made for Iſrael, and vnto al vſe of the houſe of our God.

34 We therfore did caſt lotes concerning the oblation of wood betwen the Prieſtes, and the Leuites, and the people, that it ſhould be brought into the houſe of our God by the houſes of our fathers at ſet times, from yeare to yeare: that it might burne vpon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law of Moyſes:

35 And that we would bring the firſt borne of our land, and the firſt fruites of al the fruite of euerie tree, from yeare to yeare, in the houſe of our Lord.

36 and the firſt fruites of our ſonnes, and of our cattel, as it is written in the law, and the firſt fruites of our oxen, and of our ſheepe, that they might be offered in the houſe of our God, to the Prieſtes which miniſter in the houſe of our God.

37 And the firſt fruites of our meates, and of our libamentes, and the fruites of euerie tree, of vintage alſo and of oyle we wil bring to the Prieſtes, vnto the treaſurie of our God, and the tenth part of our land to the Leuites. The Leuites themſelues ſhal receiue the tithes out of al the cities of our works.

38 And the Prieſt the ſonne of Aaron ſhalbe with the Leuites in the tythes of the Leuites, and the Leuites ſhal offer the tenth part of their tythe in the houſe of our God, to the treaſurie in the treaſure houſe.

39 For the children of Iſrael and the children of Leui ſhal carie to the treaſurie the firſt fruites of corne, of wine, and of oyle: and the ſanctified veſſels ſhal be there, and the Prieſtes, and ſinging men, and porters, and miniſters, and we wil not leaue the houſe of our God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

• 30 [::] In al leagues & couenantes of peace thoſe articles are ſpecially mentioned wherin breach hath bene made in former times.

Chapter 11

CHAP. XI. New inhabitantes of Ieruſalem are recited. 20. likwiſe who dwelt in other cities of Iuda.

1 AND the princes of the people dwelt in Ieruſalem: but the reſt of the people caſt lottes, to take [::] one part of ten that ſhould dwel in Ieruſalem the holie citie, and nine partes in the cities.

2 And the people bleſſed al the men that had [::] voluntarily offered them ſelues to dwel in Ieruſalem.

3 Theſe therfore are the princes of the prouince, which dwelt in Ieruſalem, and in the cities of Iuda. And euerie one dwelt in his poſſeſſion, in their cities, Iſrael, the Prieſtes, the Leuites, the Nathineites, and the children of the ſeruants of Salomon.

4 And in Ieruſalem there dwelt of the children of Iuda, and of the children of Beniamin: of the children of Iuda, Athaias the ſonne of Aziam, the ſonne of Zacharias, the ſonne of Amarias, the ſonne of Saphatias, the ſonne of Malaleel: of the children of Phares,

5 Maaſia the ſonne of Baruch, the ſonne of Cholhoza, the ſonne of Hazia, the ſonne of Adaia, the ſonne of Ioiarib, the ſonne of Zacharias, the ſonne of a Silonite.

6 Al theſe the childeren of Phares, which dwelt in Ieruſalem, foure hundred ſixtie eight, valiant men.

7 And theſe are the childeren of Beniamin: Sellum the ſonne of Moſollam, the ſonne of Ioed, the ſonne of Phadaia, the ſonne of Colaia, the ſonne of Maſia, the ſonne of Etheel, the ſonne of Iſaia,

8 and after him Gebbai, Sellai, nine hundred twentie eight,

9 and Ioel the ſonne of Zechri the ouerſeer of them, and Iudas the ſonne of Senua ſecond ouer the citie.

10 And of the Prieſtes, Idaia the ſonne of Ioarib, Iachim,

11 Saraia the ſonne of Helcias, the ſonne of Moſollam, the ſonne of Sadoc, the ſonne of Meraioth, the ſonne of Achitob the prince of the houſe of God,

12 and their bretheren that doe the workes of the temple: eight hundred twentie two. And Adaia the ſonne of Ieroham, the ſonne of Phelelia, the ſonne of Amſi, the ſonne of Zacharias, the ſonne of Pheſhur, the ſonne of Melchias,

13 and his bretheren the princes of the fathers: two hundred fourtie two. And Amaſſai the ſonne of Azreel, the ſonne of Ahazi, the ſonne of Moſolamoth, the ſonne of Emmer,

14 and their bretheren exceding mightie: an hundred twentie eight, and their ouerſeer Zabdiel ſonne of the mightie ones.

15 And of the Leuites Semeia the ſonne of Haſub, the ſonne of Azaricam, the ſonne of Haſabia, the ſonne of Boni,

16 and Sabathai and Iozabed, ouer al the workes, that were without the houſe of God, of the princes of the Leuites.

17 And Mathania the ſonne of Micha, the ſonne of Zebedei, the ſonne of Aſaph prince to prayſe, and to confeſſe in prayer, and Becbecia ſecond of his bretheren, and Abda the ſonne of Samua, the ſonne of Galal, the ſonne of Idithum.

18 Al the Leuites in the holie citie two hundred eightie foure.

19 And the porters, Accub, Telmon, and their bretheren, which kept the dores: an hundred ſeuentie two.

20 And the reſt of Iſrael the Prieſtes and the Leuites in al the cities of Iuda, euerie man in his poſſeſſion.

21 And the Nathineites, that dwelt in Ophel, and Siaha, and Gaſpha of the Nathineites.

22 And the ouerſeer of the Leuites in Ieruſalem, Azzi the ſonne of Bani, the ſonne of Haſabia, the ſonne of Mathania, the ſonne of Micha. Of the childeren of Aſaph, the ſinging men in the miniſterie of the houſe of God.

23 For the kings commandment was vpon them, and an order among the ſinging men day by day.

24 And Phathahia the ſonne of Meſezebel of the childeren of Zara the ſonne of Iuda in the hand of the king, according to euerie word of the people,

25 and in the houſes through al their countries. Of the children of Iuda there dwelt in Cariatharbe, & in her daughters: and in Dibon, and in her daughters, and in Cabſeel, and in the villages thereof,

26 and in Ieſue, and in Molada, and in Bethphaleth,

27 and in Haſerſual, and in Berſabee, & in her daughters.

28 and in Siceleg, and in Mochona, and in her daughters,

29 and in Remmon, and in Saraa, and in Ierimuth,

30 Zanoa, Odollam, and in their townes, Lachis and in her countries, Azeca, and in her daughters. And they abode in Berſabee vnto the vale of Ennom.

31 And the childeren of Beniamin, of Geba, Mecmas, and Hai, and Bethhel, and her daughters,

32 in Anathoth, Nob, Anania,

33 Aſor, Rama, Gethaim,

34 Hadid, Seboim, and Neballac, Lod,

35 and Ono the valley of artificers.

36 And of the Leuites were portions of Iuda and Beniamin.

Marginal notes to Chapter 11

• 1 [::] Becauſe Ieruſalem was moſt impugned by enimies fewe were willing to dwel there,
• 2 [::] yet many valient men of the tribes of Iuda Beniamin and Leui offered them ſelues: of other tribes the tenth part were choſen by lottes. wherby is gathered that many of the tenne tribes returned alſo into Chanaan, though the holie Scripture doth not ſo expreſly record what became of them as of the other tenne tribes, becauſe Ieruſalem pertained to the lote of Beniamin, Iuda was the Kinglie tribe, and Leui the Prieſtlie. S. Beda. lib. 3. cap. 31▪ in Eſdr.

Chapter 12

CHAP. XII The names and offices of Prieſtes, and Leuites, which came with Zorobabel and Ioſue to Ieruſalem 27. with great ſolemnitie of thankſgeuing▪ 31 watchmen are oppoynted on the new walles. 45. and K⟨illegible⟩peres of the holy treaſure.

1 AND theſe are the Prieſtes and Leuites, that came vp with Zorobabel the ſonne of Salathiel, and Ioſue: Saraia, Ieremias, :: Eſdras,

2 Amaria, Melluch, Hattus.

3 Sebenias, Rheum, Merimuth,

4 Addo Genthon, Abia,

5 Miamin, Madia, Belga,

6 Semeia, and Ioiarib, Idaia, Sellum, Amoc, Helcias,

7 Idaia. Theſe are the Princes of the Prieſtes, and their bretheren in the daies of Ioſue.

8 Moreouer the Leuites, Ieſua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Iuda, Mathanias, ouer the hymnes they & their bretheren:

9 And Becbecia, and Hannia and their bretheren euerie one in his office.

10 And [::] Ioſue begatte Ioacim, and Ioacim begate Eilaſib, and Eliaſib begate Ioiada,

11 and Ioiada begate Ionathan, and Ionathan begate Ieddoa.

12 And in the daies of Ioacim the Prieſtes and Princes of the families were. Of Saraia, Maraia: Of Ieremias, Hanania:

13 Of Eſdras, Moſellam: and of Amaria, Iohanan:

14 Of Milicho, Ionathan: o Sebenia, Ioſeph:

15 Of Haram, Edna▪ Of Maraioth, Helci:

16 Of Adaia, Zacharia: Of Genthon, Moſollam,

17 Of Abia, Zechri: Of Miamin and Moadia, Phelti:

18 Of Belga, Sammua: of Semaia, Ionathan:

19 Of Ioiarib, Mathanai: of Iodaia, Azzi:

20 Of Sellai, Sellai: Of Amoc, Heber:

21 Of Helcias, Haſebia: Of Idaia, Nathanael.

22 The Leuites in the daies of Eliaſib, and Ioaiada, and Iohanan, and Ieddoa, written Princes of the families, and the Prieſtes in the reigne of Darius the Perſian.

23 The children of Leui, Princes of the families, written in the booke of Cronicles of daies, and vnto the daies of Ionathan the ſonne of Eilaſib.

24 And the Princes of the Leuites, Haſebia, Serebia, and Ioſue the ſonne of Cedmihel: & their bretheren by their courſes, to praiſe and confeſſe according to the precept of Dauid the man of God, and to waite equally in order.

25 Mathania, and Becbecia, Obedia, and Moſollam, Telmon, Accub, keepers of the gates and of the entrances before the gates.

26 Theſe were in the daies of Ioacim the ſonne of Ioſue, the ſonne Ioſedec, and in the daies of Nehemias the duke, and of Eſdras the Prieſt, and Scribe.

27 And in the dedication of the wal of Ieruſalem they ſought Leuites out of al other places, to bring them into Ieruſalem, and to make the dedication and ioy in geuing of thankes, and ſongue, and in cimbales, pſalteries and harpes.

28 And the children of the ſinging men were gathered together out of the champaine about Ieruſalem, and out of the townes Nethuphati,

29 and from the houſe of Galgal, and from the countries of Geba and Azmaueth: becauſe the ſinging men did build them ſelues villages round about Ieruſalem.

30 And the Prieſtes and Leuites were cleanſed, and they cleanſed the people, and the gates, and the wall.

31 And I made the Princes of Iuda, goe vp vpon the wal, and I ſette two great quyers of them that ſhould praiſe. And they went on the right hand vpon the wal to the gate of the dunghil.

32 And after them went Oſaias, and the halfe part of the princes of Iuda,

33 and Azarias, Eſdras, and Moſollam, Iudas, and Beiamin, and Semeia, and Ieremias.

34 And of the childeren of the Prieſtes with trumpetes, Zacharias the ſonne of Ionathan, the ſonne of Semeia, the ſonne of Nathania, the ſonne of michaia, the ſonne Zechur, the ſonne Aſaph,

35 and his bretheren Semeia, and Azareel, Malalai, Galalai, Maai, Nathanael, and Iudas, and Hanani, with the inſtrumentes of the ſonge of Dauid the man of God: and Eſdras the ſcribe before them in the gate of the fountayne.

36 And againſt them there went vp in the ſtayers of the citie of Dauid, in the riſing of the wal aboue the houſe of Dauid, and vnto the gate of waters to ward the Eaſt.

37 And the ſecond quyer of thankes geuers went on the contrarie ſide, and I after it, and the halfe part of the people vpon the wal, and aboue the tower of the fornaces, & vnto the brodeſt wal,

38 and aboue the gate of Ephraim, and aboue the old gate, and aboue the gate of fiſhes and the towre of Hananeel, aud the towre of Emath, and vnto the gate of the flocke: and they ſtood in the gate of the watch,

39 and there ſtood two quyers of them that prayſed in the houſe of God, and I, and the halfe part of the magiſtrates with me.

40 And the Prieſtes, Eliachim, Maaſia, Miamin, Michea, Elioenai, Zacharia, Hanania with trumpettes,

41 & Maaſia, and Semeia, and Eleazar, and Azzi, and Iohanan, and Melchia, and Aelam, and Ezer. And the ſinging men ſang alowd, and Iezraia the ouerſeer:

42 and they immolated in that day great victimes, and reioyced: for God had made them ioyful with great ioy: yea their wiues alſo and childeren reioyced, and the ioy of Ieruſalem was heard far of.

43 They numbered alſo in that day, men ouer the ſtorehouſes of the treaſure, for the libamentes, and for the firſt fruites, and for the tythes. that the princes of the citie might bring in by them in the honour of thankesgiuing, Prieſtes and Leuites: becauſe Iuda was made ioyful, in the Prieſtes & Leuites ſtanding by.

44 And they kept the watch of their God, and the obſeruance of expiation, and the ſinging men, and the porters, according to the precept of Dauid, and of Salomon his ſonne,

45 becauſe in the daies of Dauid, and Aſaph from the beginning there were princes appoynted of the ſinging men in ſong prayſing, and confeſſing to God.

46 And al Iſrael, in the daies of Zorobabel, and in the daies of Nehemias gaue portions to the ſinging men, and to the porters day by day, and they [::] ſanctified the Leuites, and the Leuites ſanctified the children of Aaron.

Marginal notes to Chapter 12

• 1 Eſdras went againe to babylon, and obtayning a fauorable commiſſion of the King brought manie with him into Ieruſalem. ⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩a⟨illegible⟩. 7.
• 10 [::] The genealogie o⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩gn P⟨illegible⟩s ⟨illegible⟩ Ioſue to leddoa otherwiſe called Iaddus.
• 46 [::] As others gaue tithes to the Leuites: ſo they gaue to Prieſtes. Num. 18. ⟨illegible⟩. 21. 28.

Chapter 13

CHAP. XIII. The law is read, 3. ſtrange wemen are diſmiſſed. 5. Faultes in diſtribution of the treaſure are amended, 10. and due portions gueen to the Leuites. 15. Breakers of the Sabbath are corrected, 23. and thoſe which maried wemen of ſtrange nations.

1 AND in that day there was read in the volume of Moyſes the people hearing it: and there was found written in it, that the Ammonites and the Moabires ſhould not enter into the Church of God for euer:

2 for that they mette not the children of Iſrael with bread and water: and they hyred againſt them Balaam, to curſe them: and our God turned the curſing into bleſſing.

3 And it came to paſſe, when they had heard the law, they ſeperated euerie ſtranger from Iſrael.

4 And ouer this thing was Eliaſib the Prieſt, who had bene made ouerſeer in the treaſurie of the houſe of our God, and neere akinne to [::] Tobias.

5 He therfore made to himſelfe a great treaſurie, and they were there before him laying vp giftes, and frankincenſe, and veſſeles, and the tythe of corne, of wine, and of oyle, the portions of the Leuites, and of the ſinging men, and of the porters, and the firſt fruites of the Prieſtes.

6 But in al theſe things I was not in Ieruſalem, becauſe in the two and thirteth yeare of Artaxerxes the king of Babylon I came to the king, and in the end of certaine dayes I deſired the king.

7 And I came to Ieruſalem, and I vnderſtood the euil, that Eliaſib had done to Tobias, to make him a treaſure in the entrances of the houſe of God.

8 And it ſemed to me exceding euil. And I threw forth the veſſels of the houſe of Tobias out of the treaſurie:

9 and I commanded and they clenſed the treaſurie: and I brought thither againe the veſſels of the houſe of God, the ſacrifice, and the frankincenſe.

10 And I knew that the portion of the Leuites had not bene geuen: and that euerie man was fled into his countrie of the Leuites, and the ſinging men, and of them that miniſtred:

11 and I pleaded the matter againſt the magiſtrates, and ſaid: Why haue we forſaken the heuſe of God? And I aſſembled them, and I made them to ſtand in their ſtandings.

12 And al Iuda caried the tythe of the corne, wine, and oyle into the ſtore houſes.

13 And we appoynted ouer the ſtorehouſes Selermas Prieſt, and Sadoc ſcribe, and Phadaia of the Leuites, and next to them Hanan the ſonne of Zachur, the ſonne of Mathania: becauſe they were approued faithful, and to them were committed the portions of t⟨illegible⟩e bretheren.

14 Remember me my God for this thing, and wipe not out my mercies, which I haue done in the houſe of my God, and in his ceremonies.

15 In thoſe daies I ſaw them in Iuda treading the preſſes on the Sabbath, carying heapes, and loding vpon aſſes wine, and grapes, and figges, and al maner of burthen, and bringing it into Ieruſalem on the Sabbath day. And I charged them, that they ſhould ſel on a day that it was lawful to ſ⟨illegible⟩lin.

16 And the Tyrians owelt in it, bringing fiſhes, and al thinges to ſel: and they ſold on the Sabbathes to the children of Iuda in Ieruſalem.

17 And I rebuked the Princes of Iuda, and ſaid to them: What is this euil thing, that you doe, and prophane the day of the Sabbath?

18 Why did not our fathers theſe thinges, and our God brought vpon vs al this euil, and vpon this citie? And you adde wrath vpon Iſrael in violating the Sabbath.

19 And it came to paſſe, when the gates of Ieruſalem had reſted on the Sabbath day, I ſpake: and they ſhut the gates, and I commanded them that they ſhould not open them til after the Sabbath: and of my ſeruantes I appoynted ouer the gates, that none ſhould bring in burdens in the Sabbath day.

20 And the merchantes, and they that ſold al merchandiſe, taried without Ieruſalem once and againe.

21 And I charged them, and I ſaid to them: Why tarie you ouer againſt the wal? if you ſhal doe ſo the ſecond time, I wil lay my hand vpon you. Therfore from that time they came not on the Sabbath.

22 I ſpake alſo to the Leuites that they ſhould be cleanſed, and ſhould come to keepe the gates, and to ſanctifie the day of the Sabbath: therfore for this alſo remember me my God, & ſpare me according to the multitude of thy mercies.

23 But in thoſe daies alſo I ſaw the Iewes marying wiues wemen of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab.

24 And their children ſpake, the halfe part the Azotian tongue, and they could not ſpeake the Iewes language, and they ſpake according to the language of the people and people.

25 And I rebuked them, and curſed them. And I beate of them ſome men, and shaued them bald, and adiured them by God, that they should not geue their daughters to their ſonnes, nor take their daughters for their ſonnes, & for themſelues, ſaying:

26 Did not Salomon the king of Iſrael ſinne in this kind of thing? and ſurely in manie nations, there was not a king like to him, & he was beloued of his God, and God ſette him king ouer al Iſrael: him therfore alſo foren wemen brought to ſinne.

27 And ſhal we alſo being diſobedient perſons doe al this great euil, to tranſgreſſe againſt our God, and to marie foren wemen?

28 And Sanaballat the Horonite was ſonne in law to one of the ſonnes of Ioiada, the ſonne of Eliaſib the high Prieſt, whom I draue from me.

29 Remember o Lord my God againſt them, that pollute the Prieſthood, and the right of Prieſtes and Leuites.

30 Therfore I ſepatared from them al ſtrangers, and I appoynted the courſes of the Prieſtes and Leuites, euerie man in his miniſterie:

31 and in the oblation of woode at times appoynted, and in the firſt fruites: [::] Remember me my God vnto good. Amen.

Marginal notes to Chapter 13

• 1 The third part Correction of faultes.
• 1 Deut. 23.
• 2 Num. 22.
• 4 [::] This Tobias was an Ammo nite & a perſecuter, c. 14. to whom Eliaſib being akine (by reaſon of vnlawful mariages) ioyned felowſhipe with him for wicked lucre which therfore Nehemias corrected, prefiguring therin ou⟨illegible⟩ Sauiours zele, who threw byers and ſellers out of the temple Mat. 21. And theſe perſecuters prefigured heretikes in their wordes and actes, as venerable Beda expoundeth. li, ⟨illegible⟩ Eſd. c. 19.
• 31 [::] A iuſt man that hath merited by good workes may pray with great confidence for reward.
• 31 THE THIRD, AND FOVRTH BOOKES OF ESDRAS, WITH THE PRAYER OF MANASSES, folow after the MACHABEES.

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⟩ (33 on this page); none has been filled in by conjecture.

In 3 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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