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12:44. And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of
expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the
commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
12:45. For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were
chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to
God.
12:46. And all Israel, in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of
Nehemias gave portions to the singing men, and to the porters, day by
day, and they sanctified the Levites, and the Levites sanctified the
sons of Aaron.
Sanctified... That is, they gave them that which by the law was set
aside, and sanctified for their use.
2 Esdras Chapter 13
Divers abuses are reformed.
13:1. And on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of
the people: and therein was found written, that the Ammonites and the
Moabites should not come in to the church of God for ever:
13:2. Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water:
and they hired against them Balaam, to curse them, and our God turned
the curse into blessing.
13:3. And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they
separated every stranger from Israel.
13:4. And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the
treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias.
Over this thing, etc... Or, he was faulty in this thing, or in this
kind.
13:5. And he made him a great storeroom, where before him they laid up
gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of the corn, of the
wine, and of the oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing
men, and of the porters, and the firstfruits of the priests.
13:6. But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two
and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king,
and after certain days I asked the king:
13:7. And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliasib
had done for Tobias, to make him a storehouse in the courts of the house
of God.
13:8. And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels
of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse.
13:9. And I commanded and they cleansed again the vessels of the house
of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense.
13:10. And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been
given them: and that the Levites, and the singing men, and they that
ministered were fled away every man to his own country:
13:11. And I pleaded the matter against the magistrates, and said: Why
have we forsaken the house of God? And I gathered them together, and I
made them to stand in their places.
13:12. And all Juda brought the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the
oil into the storehouses.
13:13. And we set over the storehouses Selemias the priest, and Sadoc
the scribe, and of the Levites Phadaia, and next to them Hanan the son
of Zachur, the son of Mathania: for they were approved as faithful, and
to them were committed the portions of their brethren.
13:14. Remember me, O my God, for this thing, and wipe not out my
kindnesses, which I have done relating to the house of my God and his
ceremonies.
13:15. In those days I saw in Juda some treading the presses on the
sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and lading asses with wine, and grapes,
and figs, and all manner of burthens, and bringing them into Jerusalem
on the sabbath day. And I charged them that they should sell on a day on
which it was lawful to sell.
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