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4 ): " The men of the Great Synagogue wrote a document in which they voluntarily agreed to pay heave-offerings and tithes.
This document they displayed in the hall of the Temple ; the following morning they found the divine confirmation inscribed upon it.
" Since Nehemiah himself was a member, Samuel b. Marta, a pupil of Rab, quoted a phrase used by Nehemiah in his prayer ( i. 7 ) as originating with his colleagues ( Ex.
11 ), therefore, Ezra and his companions ("' Ezra wa-ḥaburato ") are mentioned, while the other version ( Cant.
) speaks merely of the " men of the Great Synagogue " ( compare the statements made above regarding the pronunciation of the Tetragram ).
2 as the leaders of the people returning from the Exile — Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Mordecai, and Bilshan — are designated as " men of the Great Synagogue.
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