“On the seals are the names of Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah,
“Because of all this we make a firm covenant in writing; on the sealed document are the names of our princes, our Levites, and our priests.
And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel,
Now some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests' garments and 500 minas of silver.
The governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food, until there should be a priest to consult Urim and Thummim.
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