28. Punish those who lord it over us and in their arrogance oppress us.
29. Plant your people in your holy place, as Moses said.”
30. Then the priests sang hymns.
31. After the sacrifice was consumed, Nehemiah ordered the rest of the liquid to be poured upon large stones.
32. As soon as this was done, a flame blazed up, but its light was lost in the brilliance coming from the altar.
33. When the event became known and the king of the Persians was told that, in the very place where the exiled priests had hidden the fire, a liquid was found with which Nehemiah and his people had burned the sacrifices,
34. the king, after verifying the fact, fenced the place off and declared it sacred.