And when he had spent some time there, he  ¹went off, passing through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, confirming all the disciples.

And a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, arrived at Ephesus, and he was powerful in the Scriptures.

This man was instructed in the  ¹way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew  ²only the baptism of John.

And this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him to themselves and expounded the way of God to him more accurately.

And when he intended to pass through into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he arrived there, he helped much through  ¹grace those who had believed;

For he vigorously confuted the Jews publicly, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

Now while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came down to Ephesus and found some disciples,

And he said to them, Did you  ¹receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? And they said to him, On the contrary, we did  ²not even hear whether there is a Holy Spirit.

And he said, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into  ¹John's baptism.

And Paul said, John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe into the One coming after him, that is, into Jesus.

And when they heard this, they were baptized  ¹into the name of the Lord Jesus.

And when Paul  ¹laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came  ²upon them, and they  ³spoke in tongues and prophesied.

And there were in all about twelve men.

And he  ¹entered into the  ²synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them in the things concerning the  ³kingdom of God.

But when some were hardened and would not be persuaded, speaking evil of the  ¹Way before the multitude, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of  ²Tyrannus.

And this took place for two years, so that all those dwelling in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

And God did  ¹works of power of no ordinary kind through the hands of Paul,

So that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his  ¹body to the sick, and their diseases left them, and the evil  ²spirits went out.

But some of the Jewish exorcists who also went about took it upon themselves to name over those who had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.

And there were seven sons of a certain Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, doing this.

And the evil spirit answered and said to them, Jesus I know of, and with Paul I am acquainted; but who are you?

And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped upon them, subdued both of them, and overpowered them, so that they escaped out of that house naked and wounded.

And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

And many of those who had believed came,  ¹confessing and making known their  ²practices.

And a considerable number of those who practiced magic brought their books together and  ¹burned them before all; and they counted up the price of them and found it to be fifty thousand  ²pieces of silver.

 ¹Thus, the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.

Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the rulers and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who had first come up, and I found this written in it:

These are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each man to his city;

Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.

The children of Arah, six hundred fifty-two.

The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred eighteen.

The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.

The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five.

The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.

The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight.

The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight.

The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two.

The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-seven.

The children of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven.

The children of Adin, six hundred fifty-five.

The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty-eight.

The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-four.

The children of Hariph, one hundred twelve.

The children of Gibeon, ninety-five.

The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred eighty-eight.

The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.

The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two.

The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.

The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.

The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.

The men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred twenty-three.

The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.

The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.

The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.

The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.

The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one.

The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred thirty.

The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.

The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.

The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.

The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.

The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.

The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight.

The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, one hundred thirty-eight.

The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,

The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,

The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,

The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,

The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,

The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,

The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,

The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,

The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon.

All the temple servants and the children of Solomon's servants were three hundred ninety-two.

And these were those who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not give evidence of their fathers' houses nor their descendants, whether they were of Israel:

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty-two.

And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife from among the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called after their name.

These sought their registry among those who were enrolled by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were considered defiled and were excluded from the priesthood.

And the governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim.

The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,

Besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred forty-five male singers and female singers.

 ¹Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;

Their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.

And some from among the heads of fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests' garments.

And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.

And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold and two thousand minas of silver and sixty-seven priests' garments.

So the priests and the Levites and the gatekeepers and the singers and some of the people and the temple servants and all Israel dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

And all the people gathered as one man in the open area that was before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the  ¹law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel.

And  ¹Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

And he read in it before the open area that was before the Water Gate from first light until midday in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a wooden platform that had been made for that purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah at his right hand; and at his left hand, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people); and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

And Ezra blessed Jehovah the great God; and all the people answered,  ¹Amen, Amen, lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.

Also Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites helped the people understand the law; and the people stood in their place.

And they read in the book, in the law of God, interpreting and giving the sense, so that they understood the reading.

And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who helped the people understand said to all the people, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

Then he said to them, Go your way; eat the fat, and drink the sweet wine, and send portions to him for whom nothing has been prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not be grieved.

And all the people went their way to eat and to drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

And on the second day the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered to Ezra the scribe, that is, in order to gain  ¹insight into the words of the law.

And they found it written in the law that Jehovah had commanded through Moses that the children of Israel dwell in  ¹booths during the feast in the seventh month,

And that they publish and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and bring olive branches and wild olive branches and myrtle branches and palm branches and branches of other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.

So the people went out and brought them, and all made booths for themselves on their roofs and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God and in the open area before the Water Gate and in the open area before the Gate of Ephraim.

And all the assembly of those who returned from the captivity made booths and dwelt in the booths, for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so; and there was very great rejoicing.

And day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they held the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the  ¹ordinance.