10¹ And at the head of those that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zedekiah. ² —Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, ³ Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, ⁴ Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, ⁵ Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, ⁶ Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, ⁷ Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, ⁸ Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. ⁹ —And the Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah; Binnui, of the sons of Henadad; Kadmiel, ¹⁰ and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, ¹¹ Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, ¹² Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, ¹³ Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. ¹⁴ —The chief of the people: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, ¹⁵ Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, ¹⁶ Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, ¹⁷ Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, ¹⁸ Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, ¹⁹ Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, ²⁰ Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, ²¹ Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, ²² Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, ²³ Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, ²⁴ Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, ²⁵ Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, ²⁶ and Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, ²⁷ Malluch, Harim, Baanah. ²⁸ And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, every one having knowledge [and] having understanding, ²⁹ joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which had been given by Moses the servant of God, and to keep and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes; ³⁰ and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: ³¹ and that if the peoples of the land brought wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we would not take it of them on the sabbath, or on [any] holy day; and that we would leave [the land uncultivated] the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

³² And we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God, ³³ for the bread to be set in rows, and for the continual oblation, and for the continual burnt-offering, [for that] of the sabbaths [and] of the new moons, for the set feasts and for the holy [things], and for the sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and [for] all the work of the house of our God. ³⁴ And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring [it] into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law; ³⁵ and to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year to the house of Jehovah, ³⁶ and the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law; and to bring the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests that minister in the house of our God; ³⁷ and that we should bring the first-fruits of our coarse meal and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, new wine and oil, to the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that they, the Levites, should take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. ³⁸ And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, into the chambers of the treasure-house. ³⁹ For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the corn, of the new wine and the oil, into the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the doorkeepers and the singers. And we will not forsake the house of our God.

The Residents of Jerusalem

11¹ And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem; and the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine parts in the cities. ² And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem. ³ And these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants. ⁴ And in Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Pherez; ⁵ and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. ⁶ All the children of Pherez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men. ⁷ And these are the children of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Isaiah; ⁸ and after him, Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight: ⁹ and Joel the son of Zicri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. ¹⁰ Of the priests: Jedaiah [the son of] Joiarib, Jachin, ¹¹ Seraiah the son of Hilkijah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God. ¹² And their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; ¹³ and his brethren, chief fathers, two hundred and forty-two; and Amassai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer; ¹⁴ and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred and twenty-eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Gedolim. ¹⁵ And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; ¹⁶ and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, [who were] over the outward work of the house of God; ¹⁷ and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, [who was] the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer; and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun: ¹⁸ all the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four. ¹⁹ And the doorkeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred and seventy-two.

²⁰ And the residue of Israel, the priests, [and] the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. ²¹ And the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel; and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinim. ²² And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, for the work of the house of God. ²³ For it was the king's commandment concerning them, and there was a settled portion for the singers, due for each day. ²⁴ And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

The Settlement outside of Jerusalem

²⁵ And as to the hamlets in their fields, [some] of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath-Arba and its dependent villages, and in Dibon and its dependent villages, and in Jekabzeel and its dependent villages, ²⁶ and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and in Beth-phelet, ²⁷ and in Hazar-Shual, and in Beer-sheba and its dependent villages, ²⁸ and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its dependent villages; ²⁹ and in En-Rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth, ³⁰ Zanoah, Adullam, and their hamlets, in Lachish and its fields, in Azekah and its dependent villages: and they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. ³¹ And the children of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] in Michmash and Aija and Bethel, and their dependent villages, ³² in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, ³³ Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, ³⁴ Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, ³⁵ Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. ³⁶ And of the Levites there were divisions of Judah [dwelling] in Benjamin.

Peter and John before the Council

4¹ And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, ² being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among [the] dead; ³ and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening. ⁴ But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.

⁵ And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem, ⁶ and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family; ⁷ and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have ye done this? ⁸ Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel], ⁹ if we this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how he has been healed, ¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom ye have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by him this [man] stands here before you sound [in body]. ¹¹ He is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone. ¹² And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved. ¹³ But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus. ¹⁴ And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;

¹⁵ but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another, ¹⁶ saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷ But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name. ¹⁸ And having called them, they charged [them] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹ But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye; ²⁰ for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard. ²¹ But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what had taken place; ²² for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.