The Levites make confession Before CHRIST e Ex. 4to 14 chapter. (Ex. 18, 11. Ex. 9, 16. e CHAPTER X. Beure CHRIST 435. t Judg. 2, of God's goodness, &'c. 10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pha- to turn them to thee; and they wrought great proraoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of vocations. his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly 27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand against them so didst thou get thee a name, as it is of their enemies, who vexed them and in the "time i this day. of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou Zech. 13 heardest them from heaven; and, according to thy manifold mercies, thou gavest them saviours, who x Judges 2, saved them out of the hand of their enemies. 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry Ex. 14,2 land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the ¡ Ex. 15, 21. deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. Ps. 99, 7. 1 Ex. 19, 20. m John 3, 13. Heb. 12, 25. n Fs. 19, 8, 8, 10. 12 Moreover, thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 13 Thou camest down also upon 'mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments: n 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabGen. 2, 3. bath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and Ex. 20, laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: p Ex. 16, 14. 1 Cur. 10, 5, 4. 15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they Num. 20, 3. should go in to possess the land which thou hadst #2 Chr., 1. sworn to give them. q Ex. 17,6. $1 Kings 11, 7. 16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and "hearkened not to thy Ps. 106, 5, commandments, 31 Nevertheless, for thy 'great mercies' sake, thou 42, 24. didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; Ps. 106, 7, for thou art a gracious and merciful God. g Jer. 4, 27. 32 Now therefore, our God, "the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mer- 67. cy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that i Isa. 40. ). hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of k 2 Kings Assyria unto this day. 33 Howbeit, thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our n Dan. 9, 8. priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. 47. 35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and o Deut. 2o, in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. 36 Behold, we are servants this day; and for the p Rom. 2, 5. land that thou gavest uhto our fathers, to eat the Deut. 22, fruit thereof, and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: r q 47. r Deut. 28, 37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our a sureness. cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. Ezra 10, s. 38 And because of all this, we make a † sure Hebre covenant, and write it: and our princes, Levites, and ing. priests, † seal unto it. CHAPTER X. The names of them that sealed the covenant. with their kings, and the people of the land, that they shatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, might do with them as they would. 25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, Isa. 2,8 and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, Hosea 12,7. Vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abunHos. 5, 5. dance so they did eat, and were filled, and became Mat. 17,4. fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled Mar 21 against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, Acts 7 52 and slew thy prophets, which testified against them? r PR. 50, 17. Mat. 25 & 23,37. N 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, C 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, at the seal a verses 2 24 Ezek. 20,37, 38. bch. 11, 11. e ch. 3, 10. d Ezra 8 2 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the chap. 8.4 priests. The names of those that sealed the covenant. NEHEMIAH. CHRIST Those who dwelt at Jerusalem. 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Aza-{ chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of Before niah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites 10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Ke- might have the || tithes in all the cities of our tillage. lita, Pelaiah, Hanan, f 11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, m 14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-ure-house. chap. 7, 8 moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, t chap. 2,4. i Ezra 8, 4. k chap. 2, 9. 1 ch. 11, 5. m Ezra 2,2. n 2 Chr. 23, 5. Ezra 2, 70. Ezra 2, 43. p 2 Cor. 6, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, k 20 Magpiash,Meshullam, Hezir, 28 1 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having q1 Pet. 5,7. r knowledge, and having understanding; 17. r Rom. 14, 23. 38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with 24. the Levites, when the Levites take tithes and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the g house of our God, to the "chambers, into the treas- Deut. 14,22 39 For the children of Israel and the children of 2chr. 31, Levi, shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will Psalm 27,4 not forsake the house of our God. CHAPTER XI. A catalogue of those who dwelt at Jerusalem. b 11. och. 13, 10 Heb. 10, 25. Psal. AND the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: 1722 e b Judg 20, c ch. 10, S4. 2 And the people blessed all the men that willingly 6,13 offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. Jer. 3, 14. Psal 119,3 3 Now these are the chief of the province that 5. dwelt in Jerusalem, (but in the cites of Judah dwelt e Judg. 5.9. every one in his possession in their cities,) to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants. f Ezra 2, 1. g Ezra 2,48 21. 4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children h1 Kings 8, 29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the Ezra 2, 55. entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the i 1 Chr. 9,3 Isa. 65, 5, God's law, which was given " by Moses the servant son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of of God, and to observe and do all the command-Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children 15. & 29, 12, ments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments, of Perez; Eccl. 8, 2. and his statutes; 34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law; 35 And to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD: 15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of olim." Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, 94. 14. the son of Bunni: 16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of f Josh. 15, 34. g 1. 36, 2. 26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-} phelet, C 27 And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof, 28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, 29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at 6 Josh. 21, Jarmuth, 17. 31. e 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at 1 Sam. 14, 8 Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom. k Joshua 1, 28. 31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and 'Beth-el, and in their m Josh. 21, villages, 18. k 32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, D 33 Hazor, Ramah, P Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. 36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, 91 Sam. 13, and in Benjamin. 18. CHAPTER XII. The solemnity of the dedication of the walls. 2,3,6 and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, L. Ezra 3,2. c ch.10, 3. d ch. 10, 4. e ch. 10, 4. (Ezra 8, 17. 3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah, 5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok,' Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were ch. 10,7 the chief of the priests, and of their brethren, in the 26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the " governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. 27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusa- Chr. 26, lem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to chap. 15, 5. bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with u ch. 5, 14. gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. 35 And certain of the priests' sons with "trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of 2 Chr. 13, Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, 12 8 Moreover, the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kad-the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, h ch. 10, 8 days of Jeshua. I chap & 4. The offices of the priests and Levites. Before CHRIST 445. NEHEMIAH. Before CHRIST cir. 431. Divers abuses reformed by Nehemiah. 36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Mi- corn, the new wine, and the oil, (which was " lalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethancel, and Judah, Hanani,manded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, with the musical instruments of David the man of and the porters,) and the offerings of the priests. 11 Chr. 16, God, and Ezra the scribe before them. 6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the P two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days? obtained I leave of the king. 42. k ch. 2, 14. 11 Chr. 11, 5. k 37 And at the fountain-gate, which was over against them, they went up by the 'stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house m ch. 2, 16. of David, even unto the water-gate eastward. 38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the " furnaces even unto the broad wall; n ch. 2, 8, 11. 39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep-gate: and they stood still in the 4 Jer. 32, prison-gate. p ch. 3, 6. iHeb. 40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: 41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; 42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, ice to be and Ezer. And the singers † sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. made their heard. 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household-stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. 52 Sam. 6, 9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the Heb. said, chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of 2 Chr. 25, the house of God, with the meat-offering and the John 2, 11. frankincense. 10 1 And I perceived that the portions of the Le-t ch. 10, 57. vites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers that did the "work were fled every one 10, 11 to his field. 12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn, and the new wine, and the oil, unto the treasuries. 13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, 21 Chr. 25 Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe; and of 2Chr. 51, the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan 12. the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful; and their office was to distri-a chap. 7, 2 bute unto their brethren. b a 1 Cor. 4, 2 14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, b Heb. 6, 10 and wipe not out my f good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof. 15 1 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine-presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. e 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in "Jerusalem. 20, d Ex. 34, 21 e Jer. 17, 21 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that 'ye i 1 Tim. 5. do, and profane the sabbath-day? 18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet yet bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. 22. k Jer. 17, Heb add fierce wrath, On that day they read in the book of Moses in 19 And i came to pass, that when the gates of de- Zech.1.4.3 it 2r. 36, c Deut. 23, found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 2 Because they met not the children of Israel Gen.11, with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against e Num. 22, them, that he should curse them; howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 11. 7. IT's. 139, 28. g Ps. 13, 7. 3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the "mixed multitude. 4 I And before this, Eliashib the priest, having i Prov. 6,23. the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, k verse 9. was allied unto Tobiah : I Mat. 23, 2, 3. 5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the "meat-offerings, the m 2 Chr. 7, frankincense, and the vessels and the tithes of the 1, 4,5 {manded that the gates should be shut, and charged 1 Ps. 125. 2 21 Then I testified against them, and said unto g 8. 13. 14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, a ver. 14, 22. the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw Ezra 7,14 15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti ac- Prov. 11, 14. a 2 Kings 25, 19. b Mal. 2, 14. before the 16 And Memucan answered + before the king and Heb the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong face. to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king 4 When he 'shewed the riches of his glorious king-Ahasuerus. Ps. 16, 8 dom, and the honour of his excellent majesty, many Luke 14, days, even a hundred and fourscore days. i Luke 5, 29. k Ps. 35, 9. 5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace ; 6 Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver Ichap. 7, 8. rings and pillars of marble: the 'beds were of gold As and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and John 13, 23. white, and black marble. in 1 Kings 7.3. dom m 7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the feline vessels being diverse one from another,) and † royal the king wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. 8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to ban. 4, every man's pleasure. n John 2, 6, 7, 8, 9. restrain, o John 2, 8. 17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their hus- d Eph. 5,89 bands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. 18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. 19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king. 18 Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. 20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. f 1 Pet. 3, 7. 21 And the saying pleased the king and the ↑ He was princes; and the king did according to the word of Eve of the 9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women 11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king, with James 1,20. the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes Jonah 4,9. her beauty: for she was fair to look on. eyes Ling. 13 Then the king said to the "wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner to-creed against her. Prov. &14, ward all that knew law and judgment: 16. 518 Dan. 6, 18 b ch. 1, 10, 11. 2 Then said the king's servants that ministered e ch. 1, 18 |