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And whosoever shall transgress the law of thy God and of the king shall be punished diligently, whether it be by death or other punishment, by penalty of money or by imprisonment."
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Then said Ezra the scribe, "Blessed be the only Lord God of my fathers, who hath put these things into the heart of the king to glorify His house that is in Jerusalem,
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and hath honored me in the sight of the king and his counselors and all his friends and nobles.
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Therefore was I encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and gathered together men of Israel to go up with me."
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And these are the chief men, according to their families and respective dignity, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
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of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Gamael; of the sons of David, Hattush the son of Shecaniah;
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of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were counted a hundred and fifty men;
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of the sons of Pahath-moab, Elihoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred men;
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of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred men; of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him two hundred and fifty men;
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Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy men;
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of the sons of Shephatiah, Zeraiah son of Michael, and with him threescore and ten men;