1
In Bavel the captives were distributed through districts and settlements.
2
Some were assigned labor, others service, and others were permitted to build households under foreign rule.
3
They wept when they remembered Tziyon.
4
Their songs became difficult in a strange land.
5
Yet the Torah remained among them.
6
Elders taught children the words of Mosheh so that captivity would not erase the memory of the Covenant.