As they were able,<n id="1" /> they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas<n id="2" /> of gold, 5,000 minas<n id="3" /> of silver, and 100 priestly robes.<n id="4" />p>

So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives,<n id="1" /> Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah<n id="2" />), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives<n id="3" /> the Levites.

They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the <sc>Lordsc> had given them joy and had changed the opinion<n id="1" /> of the king of Assyria<n id="2" /> toward them, so that he assisted<n id="3" /> them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.p>

However, the people are numerous and it is the rainy season.<n id="1" /> We are unable to stand here outside. Furthermore, this business cannot be resolved in a day or two, for we have sinned greatly in this matter.

In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work,<n id="2" /> along with the rest of their associates,<n id="3" /> the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed<n id="4" /> the Levites who were at least twenty years old<n id="5" /> to take charge of the work on the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.