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  • The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
  • The Second Book of Moses, called Exodus
  • The Third Book of Moses, called Leviticus
  • The Fourth Book of Moses, called Numbers
  • The Fifth Book of Moses, called Deuteronomy
  • The Book of Joshua
  • The Book of Judges
  • The Book of Ruth
  • The First Book of Samuel Otherwise Called The First Book of the Kings
  • The Second Book of Samuel Otherwise Called The Second Book of the Kings
  • The First Book of the Kings, Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings
  • The Second Book of the Kings, Commonly Called the Fourth Book of the Kings
  • The First Book of the Chronicles
  • The Second Book of the Chronicles
  • Ezra
  • The Book of Nehemiah
  • The Book of Esther
  • The Book of Job
  • The Book of Psalms
  • The Proverbs
  • Ecclesiastes or, the Preacher
  • The Song of Solomon
  • The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
  • The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah
  • The Lamentations of Jeremiah
  • The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel
  • The Book of Daniel
  • Hosea
  • Joel
  • Amos
  • Obadiah
  • Jonah
  • Micah
  • Nahum
  • Habakkuk
  • Zephaniah
  • Haggai
  • Zechariah
  • Malachi
  • 1 Esdras
  • 2 Esdras
  • Tobit
  • Judith
  • The Rest of the Chapters of The Book of Esther Which are Found Neither in the Hebrew, nor in the Chaldee
  • The Wisdom of Solomon
  • The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus
  • Baruch
  • The Song of The Three Holy Children
  • The History of Susanna
  • The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon
  • The Prayer of Manasseh King of Judah When He was Held Captive in Babylon
  • The First Book of the Maccabees
  • The Second Book of the Maccabees
  • THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
  • THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MARK
  • THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE
  • THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN
  • THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
  • THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE ROMANS
  • THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS
  • THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS
  • THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE GALATIANS
  • THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE EPHESIANS
  • THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS
  • THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS
  • THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS
  • THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS
  • THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TIMOTHY
  • THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TIMOTHY
  • THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TITUS
  • THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO PHILEMON
  • THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE HEBREWS
  • THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JAMES
  • THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER
  • THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER
  • THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF JOHN
  • THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN
  • THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN
  • THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JUDE
  • THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

7

1Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions following the commandments of king Darius,

2Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients of the Jews and governors of the temple.

3And so the holy works prospered, when Aggeus and Zacharias the prophets prophesied.

4And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord God of Israel, and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artexerxes, kings of Persia.

5And thus was the holy house finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of Darius king of the Persians.

6And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and others that were of the captivity, that were added unto them, did according to the things written in the book of Moses.

7And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;

8And twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the chief of the tribes of Israel.

9The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to their kindreds, in the service of the Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses: and the porters at every gate.

10And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified.

11They that were of the captivity were not all sanctified together: but the Levites were all sanctified together.

12And so they offered the passover for all them of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

13And the children of Israel that came out of the captivity did eat, even all they that had separated themselves from the abominations of the people of the land, and sought the Lord.

14And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, making merry before the Lord,

15For that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.

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