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The People Pledge to Obey the Teaching
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“In view of all this, we make this pledge and put it in writing; and on the sealed copy [are subscribed] our officials, our Levites, and our priests. “On the sealed copy [are subscribed]: Nehemiah…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Intermarriage, Leadership, Sabbath, Temple, Priest/priesthood
The Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem
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At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites, wherever they lived, were sought out and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate a joyful dedication with thanks-giving and with song, accompanied…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Jerusalem, Temple, Music, Holidays, Leadership
Letter to King Artaxerxes and the King’s Reply
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And in the time of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and their colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes of Persia, a letter written in Aramaic and translated. Aramaic: Rehum the commissioner and…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Temple, Leadership, Samaritans, Monarchy, Jerusalem, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters