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Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom.
