Ezra opened the book in plain view of all the people, for he was elevated above all the people. When he opened the book, all the people stood up.

The people gave their blessing on all the men who volunteered to settle in Jerusalem.

You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, along with all their multitude of stars, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai – 928 in all.

When they heard the law, they removed from Israel all who were of mixed ancestry.

All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392.

All of them conspired together to move with armed forces against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.

Please remember me for good, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.

I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the storeroom.

Then all of Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms.

When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw this, they were greatly disheartened. They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

Then the Levites quieted all the people saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy. Do not grieve.”

The people from Tyre who lived there were bringing fish and all kinds of merchandise and were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah – and in Jerusalem, of all places!

The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.

Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.

Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign wives?”

You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. It is we who have been in the wrong!

I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property.

So it happened that the Jews who were living near them came and warned us repeatedly about all the schemes they were plotting against us.