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So I ordered that people be sta-tioned behind the wall, there in the lowest part. I stationed them by families, with their swords, spears, and bows. (Nehemiah 4, 7)
I told the nobles, the counselors and the rest of the people, "The extent of the work is great and we are scattered along the wall, far from one another, (Nehemiah 4, 13)
They answered me, "We will return these and demand nothing from them. We will do as you have said." So I called the priests, and before them made all of them swear an oath that they would fulfill their promise. (Nehemiah 5, 12)
Then I shook out the folds of my mantle, saying, "So may God shake out of his house and his inheritance all who do not fulfill this word, and may he be so shaken that nothing is left of him." The whole assembly answered, "Amen" and praised Yahweh. And the people fulfilled their promise. (Nehemiah 5, 13)
At my table a hundred and fifty men, leaders and counselors were seated, besides those who came to us from neighboring nations. (Nehemiah 5, 17)
A male calf, six choice rams and fowls were slaughtered daily, and every ten days a great quantity of wine was brought. But though all these were charged to my account, I never asked for the governor's bread, because the people were already burdened enough with the task of reconstruction. (Nehemiah 5, 18)
But I answered him, "Should a man like me flee? Why should a man like me seek sanctuary to save my life? I will not go." (Nehemiah 6, 11)
God inspired in me the idea to assemble the leaders, the counselors and the people to take a census. I found the registry book of the census of those who had returned from exile in the beginning. I found the following written in it: (Nehemiah 7, 5)
These people searched for their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood. (Nehemiah 7, 64)
In the seventh month, all the people gathered as one man in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which Yahweh had given to Israel. (Nehemiah 8, 1)
Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God; and all the people lifted up their hands and answered, "Amen! Amen!" And they bowed their heads to the ground. (Nehemiah 8, 6)
Then he said to them, "Go and eat rich foods, drink sweet wine and share with him who has nothing prepared. This day is dedicated to the Lord, so do not be sad. The joy of Yahweh is our strength." (Nehemiah 8, 10)
