"But there are manypeople;it is the rainyseasonand we are not ableto standin the open.Nor[can] the task[be done] in oneor twodays,for we have transgressedgreatlyin thismatter.
Then allthe assemblyrepliedwith a loudvoice,"That's right!As you have said,so it is our dutyto do.
"Let our leadersrepresentthe wholeassemblyand let allthose in our citieswho have marriedforeignwivescomeat appointedtimes,togetherwith the eldersand judgesof eachcity,untilthe fierceangerof our Godon accountof thismatteris turnedawayfrom us."
