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Nehemiah 1





1. The words <01697> of Nehemiah <05166> the son < 01121> of
Hachaliah <02446>. And it came <01961> to pass in the month
<02320> Chisleu <03691>, in the twentieth < 06242> year <08141>,
as I was in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>,



2 That Hanani <02607>, one <0259> of my brethren < 0251>, came
<0935>, he and [certain] men <0582> of Judah < 03063>; and I
asked <07592> them concerning <05921> the Jews < 03064> that had
escaped <06413>, which <0834> were left <07604> of the captivity
<07628>, and concerning <05921> Jerusalem < 03389>.



3 And they said <0559> unto me, The remnant <07604> that are
left <07604> of the captivity <07628> there < 08033> in the
province <04082> [are] in great <01419> affliction <07451> and
reproach <02781>: the wall <02346> of Jerusalem < 03389> also
[is] broken <06555> down, and the gates <08179> thereof are
burned <03341> with fire <0784>.



4 And it came <01961> to pass, when I heard <08085> these
<0428> words <01697>, that I sat <03427> down and wept <01058>,
and mourned <056> [certain] days <03117>, and fasted <06684>,
and prayed <06419> before <06440> the God <0430> of heaven
<08064>,



5. And said <0559>, I beseech <0577> thee, O LORD <03068> God
<0430> of heaven <08064>, the great <01419> and terrible <03372>
God <0410>, that keepeth <08104> covenant < 01285> and mercy
<02617> for them that love <0157> him and observe < 08104> his
commandments <04687>:



6 Let thine ear <0241> now <04994> be attentive < 07183>, and
thine eyes <05869> open <06605>, that thou mayest hear <08085>
the prayer <08605> of thy servant <05650>, which < 0834> I pray
<06419> before <06440> thee now <03117>, day <03119> and night
<03915>, for the children <01121> of Israel < 03478> thy servants
<05650>, and confess <03034> the sins <02403> of the children
<01121> of Israel <03478>, which <0834> we have sinned <02398>
against thee: both I and my father's <01> house < 01004> have
sinned <02398>.



7 We have dealt very corruptly <02254> against thee, and have
not kept <08104> the commandments <04687>, nor the statutes
<02706>, nor the judgments <04941>, which <0834> thou
commandedst <06680> thy servant <05650> Moses < 04872>.



8 Remember <02142>, I beseech <04994> thee, the word <01697>
that thou commandedst <06680> thy servant <05650> Moses <04872>,
saying <0559>, [If] ye transgress <04603>, I will scatter
<06327> you abroad <06327> among the nations < 05971>:



9 But [if] ye turn <07725> unto me, and keep <08104> my
commandments <04687>, and do <06213> them; though < 0518> there
were of you cast <05080> out unto the uttermost < 07097> part of
the heaven <08064>, [yet] will I gather <06908> them from thence
<08033>, and will bring <0935> them unto the place <04725> that
I have chosen <0970> to set <07931> my name < 08034> there
<08033>.



10 Now these <01992> [are] thy servants <05650> and thy people
<05971>, whom <0834> thou hast redeemed <06299> by thy great
<01419> power <03581>, and by thy strong <02389> hand <03027>.



11 O Lord <0136>, I beseech <0577> thee, let now < 04994> thine
ear <0241> be attentive <07183> to the prayer < 08605> of thy
servant <05650>, and to the prayer <08605> of thy servants
<05650>, who desire <02655> to fear <03372> thy name <08034>:
and prosper <06743>, I pray <04994> thee, thy servant <05650>
this day <03117>, and grant <05414> him mercy < 07356> in the
sight <06440> of this <02088> man <0376>. For I was the king's
<04428> cupbearer <04945>.



Nehemiah 2



1. And it came <01961> to pass in the month <02320> Nisan
<05212>, in the twentieth <06242> year <08141> of Artaxerxes
<0783> the king <04428>, [that] wine <03196> [was] before
<06440> him: and I took <05375> up the wine < 03196>, and gave
<05414> [it] unto the king <04428>. Now I had not been <01961>
[beforetime] sad <07451> in his presence <06440>.



2 Wherefore the king <04428> said <0559> unto me, Why <04069>
[is] thy countenance <06440> sad <07451>, seeing thou [art] not
sick <02470>? this <02088> [is] nothing <0369> [else] but sorrow
<07455> of heart <03820>. Then I was very < 03966> sore <07235>
afraid <03372>,



3 And said <0559> unto the king <04428>, Let the king <04428>
live <02421> for ever <05769>: why <04069> should not my
countenance <06440> be sad <07489>, when <0834> the city <05892>,
the place <01004> of my fathers <01>' sepulchres < 06913>,
[lieth] waste <02720>, and the gates <08179> thereof are
consumed <0398> with fire <0784>?



4 Then the king <04428> said <0559> unto me, For what <04100>
dost thou make request <01245>? So I prayed <06419> to the God
<0430> of heaven <08064>.



5 And I said <0559> unto the king <04428>, If < 0518> it please
<02895> the king <04428>, and if <0518> thy servant <05650> have
found favour <03190> in thy sight <06440>, that thou wouldest
send <07971> me unto Judah <03063>, unto the city < 05892> of my
fathers <01>' sepulchres <06913>, that I may build <01129> it.



6 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto me, (the queen <07694>
also sitting <03427> by him,) For how <05704> long <05704> shall
thy journey <04109> be? and when <04970> wilt thou return
<07725>? So it pleased <03190> the king <04428> to send <07971>
me; and I set <05414> him a time <02165>.



7 Moreover I said <0559> unto the king <04428>, If it please
<02895> the king <04428>, let letters <0107> be given <05414> me
to the governors <06346> beyond <05676> the river < 05104>, that
they may convey <05674> me over <05674> till < 05704> I come
<0935> into <0413> Judah <03063>;



8 And a letter <0107> unto Asaph <0623> the keeper <08104> of
the king's <04428> forest <06508>, that he may give <05414> me
timber <06086> to make beams <07136> for the gates <08179> of
the palace <01002> which <0834> [appertained] to the house
<01004>, and for the wall <02346> of the city < 05892>, and for
the house <01004> that I shall enter <0935> into < 05921>. And
the king <04428> granted <05414> me, according to the good
<02896> hand <03027> of my God <0430> upon me.



9. Then I came <0935> to the governors <06346> beyond <05676>
the river <05104>, and gave <05414> them the king's <04428>
letters <0107>. Now the king <04428> had sent < 07971> captains
<08269> of the army <02428> and horsemen <06571> with me.



10 When Sanballat <05571> the Horonite <02772>, and Tobiah
<02900> the servant <05650>, the Ammonite < 05984>, heard <08085>
[of it], it grieved <07489> them exceedingly <01419> that there
was come <0935> a man <0120> to seek <01245> the welfare <02896>
of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.



11 So I came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>, and was there <08033>
three <07969> days <03117>.



12 And I arose <06965> in the night <03915>, I and some <04592>
few <04592> men <0582> with me; neither <03808> told <05046> I
[any] man <0120> what <04100> my God <0430> had put <05414> in
my heart <03820> to do <06213> at Jerusalem < 03389>: neither
<0369> [was there any] beast <0929> with me, save the beast
<0929> that I rode <07392> upon.



13 And I went <03318> out by night <03915> by the gate <08179>
of the valley <01516>, even before the dragon <08577> well
<02869>, and to the dung <0830> port <08179>, and viewed <07663>
the walls <02346> of Jerusalem <03389>, which < 0834> were broken
<06555> down, and the gates <08179> thereof were consumed <0398>
with fire <0784>.



14 Then I went <05674> on <0413> to the gate < 08179> of the
fountain <05869>, and to the king's <04428> pool < 01295>: but
[there was] no <0369> place <04725> for the beast < 0929> [that
was] under <08478> me to pass <05674>.



15 Then went <05927> I up in the night <03915> by the brook
<05158>, and viewed <07663> the wall <02346>, and turned <07725>
back <07725>, and entered <0935> by the gate < 08179> of the
valley <01516>, and [so] returned <07725>.



16 And the rulers <05461> knew <03045> not whither <0575> I
went <01980>, or what <04100> I did <06213>; neither <03808> had
I as yet told <05046> [it] to the Jews <03064>, nor to the
priests <03548>, nor to the nobles <02715>, nor to the rulers
<05461>, nor to the rest <03499> that did < 06213> the work
<04399>.



17 Then said <0559> I unto them, Ye see <07200> the distress
<07451> that we [are] in, how <0834> Jerusalem < 03389> [lieth]
waste <02720>, and the gates <08179> thereof are burned <03341>
with fire <0784>: come <03212>, and let us build < 01129> up the
wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389>, that we be no < 03808> more
<05720> a reproach <02781>.



18 Then I told <05046> them of the hand <03027> of my God
<0430> which <0834> was good <02896> upon me; as also <0637> the
king's <04428> words <01697> that he had spoken < 0559> unto me.
And they said <0559>, Let us rise <06965> up and build <01129>.
So they strengthened <02388> their hands <03027> for [this] good
<02896> [work].



19 But when Sanballat <05571> the Horonite <02772>, and Tobiah
<02900> the servant <05650>, the Ammonite < 05984>, and Geshem
<01654> the Arabian <06163>, heard <08085> [it], they laughed
<03932> us to scorn, and despised <0959> us, and said <0559>,
What <04100> [is] this <02088> thing <01697> that ye do <06213>?
will ye rebel <04775> against <05921> the king < 04428>?



20 Then answered <01697> I them, and said <0559> unto them, The
God <0430> of heaven <08064>, he will prosper < 06743> us;
therefore we his servants <05650> will arise <06965> and build
<01129>: but ye have no <0369> portion <02506>, nor right
<06666>, nor memorial <02146>, in Jerusalem < 03389>.



Nehemiah 3



1. Then Eliashib <0475> the high <01419> priest < 03548> rose
<06965> up with his brethren <0251> the priests < 03548>, and
they builded <01129> the sheep <06629> gate < 08179>; they
sanctified <06942> it, and set <05975> up the doors <01817> of
it; even unto the tower <04026> of Meah <03968> they sanctified
<06942> it, unto the tower <04026> of Hananeel < 02606>.



2 And next unto him builded <01129> the men <0582> of Jericho
<03405>. And next to them builded <01129> Zaccur < 02139> the son
<01121> of Imri <0556>.



3 But the fish <01709> gate <08179> did the sons < 01121> of
Hassenaah <05574> build <01129>, who <01992> [also] laid the
beams <07136> thereof, and set <05975> up the doors <01817>
thereof, the locks <04514> thereof, and the bars < 01280> thereof.



4 And next unto them repaired <02388> Meremoth < 04822> the son
<01121> of Urijah <0223>, the son <01121> of Koz <06976>. And
next unto them repaired <02388> Meshullam <04918> the son
<01121> of Berechiah <01296>, the son <01121> of Meshezabeel
<04898>. And next unto them repaired <02388> Zadok <06659> the
son <01121> of Baana <01195>.



5 And next unto them the Tekoites <08621> repaired < 02388>; but
their nobles <0117> put <0935> not their necks < 06677> to the
work <05656> of their Lord <0113>.



6 Moreover the old <03465> gate <08179> repaired < 02388>
Jehoiada <03111> the son <01121> of Paseah < 06454>, and
Meshullam <04918> the son <01121> of Besodeiah < 01152>; they
laid the beams <07136> thereof, and set <05975> up the doors
<01817> thereof, and the locks <04514> thereof, and the bars
<01280> thereof.



7 And next unto them repaired <02388> Melatiah < 04424> the
Gibeonite <01393>, and Jadon <03036> the Meronothite <04824>,
the men <0582> of Gibeon <01391>, and of Mizpah < 04709>, unto
the throne <03678> of the governor <06346> on this side <05676>
the river <05104>.



8 Next unto him repaired <02388> Uzziel <05816> the son <01121>
of Harhaiah <02736>, of the goldsmiths <06884>. Next unto him
also repaired <02388> Hananiah <02608> the son < 01121> of [one
of] the apothecaries <07543>, and they fortified < 05800>
Jerusalem <03389> unto the broad <07342> wall < 02346>.



9 And next unto them repaired <02388> Rephaiah < 07509> the son
<01121> of Hur <02354>, the ruler <08269> of the half <02677>
part <06418> of Jerusalem <03389>.



10 And next unto them repaired <02388> Jedaiah < 03042> the son
<01121> of Harumaph <02739>, even over <05048> against <05048>
his house <01004>. And next unto him repaired <02388> Hattush
<02407> the son <01121> of Hashabniah <02813>.



11 Malchijah <04441> the son <01121> of Harim < 02766>, and
Hashub <02815> the son <01121> of Pahathmoab < 06355>, repaired
<02388> the other <08145> piece <04060>, and the tower <04026>
of the furnaces <08574>.



12 And next unto him repaired <02388> Shallum <07967> the son
<01121> of Halohesh <03873>, the ruler <08269> of the half
<02677> part <06418> of Jerusalem <03389>, he and his daughters
<01121>.



13 The valley <01516> gate <08179> repaired < 02388> Hanun
<02586>, and the inhabitants <03427> of Zanoah < 02182>; they
built <01129> it, and set <05975> up the doors < 01817> thereof,
the locks <04514> thereof, and the bars <01280> thereof, and a
thousand <0505> cubits <0520> on the wall < 02346> unto the dung
<0830> gate <08179>.



14 But the dung <0830> gate <08179> repaired < 02388> Malchiah
<04441> the son <01121> of Rechab <07394>, the ruler <08269> of
part <06418> of Bethhaccerem <01021>; he built < 01129> it, and
set <05975> up the doors <01817> thereof, the locks <04514>
thereof, and the bars <01280> thereof.



15 But the gate <08179> of the fountain <05869> repaired
<02388> Shallun <07968> the son <01121> of Colhozeh <03626>, the
ruler <08269> of part <06418> of Mizpah <04709>; he built
<01129> it, and covered <02926> it, and set < 05975> up the doors
<01817> thereof, the locks <04514> thereof, and the bars <01280>
thereof, and the wall <02346> of the pool <01295> of Siloah
<07975> by the king's <04428> garden <01588>, and unto the
stairs <04609> that go <03381> down <03381> from the city
<05892> of David <01732>.



16 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Nehemiah < 05166> the son
<01121> of Azbuk <05802>, the ruler <08269> of the half <02677>
part <06418> of Bethzur <01049>, unto [the place] over <05048>
against <05048> the sepulchres <06913> of David < 01732>, and to
the pool <01295> that was made <06213>, and unto the house
<01004> of the mighty <01368>.



17 After <0310> him repaired <02388> the Levites < 03881>, Rehum
<07348> the son <01121> of Bani <01137>. Next unto him repaired
<02388> Hashabiah <02811>, the ruler <08269> of the half <02677>
part <06418> of Keilah <07084>, in his part < 06418>.



18 After <0310> him repaired <02388> their brethren <0251>,
Bavai <0942> the son <01121> of Henadad <02582>, the ruler
<08269> of the half <02677> part <06418> of Keilah <07084>.



19 And next to him repaired <02388> Ezer <05829> the son
<01121> of Jeshua <03442>, the ruler <08269> of Mizpah <04709>,
another <08145> piece <04060> over <05048> against <05048> the
going <05927> up to the armoury <05402> at the turning <04740>
[of the wall].



20 After <0310> him Baruch <01263> the son < 01121> of Zabbai
<02079> earnestly <02734> repaired <02388> the other <08145>
piece <04060>, from the turning <04740> [of the wall] unto the
door <06607> of the house <01004> of Eliashib < 0475> the high
<01419> priest <03548>.



21 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Meremoth < 04822> the son
<01121> of Urijah <0223> the son <01121> of Koz <06976> another
<08145> piece <04060>, from the door <06607> of the house
<01004> of Eliashib <0475> even to the end < 08503> of the house
<01004> of Eliashib <0475>.



22 And after <0310> him repaired <02388> the priests <03548>,
the men <0582> of the plain <03603>.



23 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Benjamin < 01144> and
Hashub <02815> over <05048> against <05048> their house <01004>.
After <0310> him repaired <02388> Azariah < 05838> the son
<01121> of Maaseiah <04641> the son <01121> of Ananiah <06055>
by his house <01004>.



24 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Binnui < 01131> the son
<01121> of Henadad <02582> another <08145> piece <04060>, from
the house <01004> of Azariah <05838> unto the turning <04740>
[of the wall], even unto the corner <06438>.



25 Palal <06420> the son <01121> of Uzai <0186> , over <05048>
against <05048> the turning <04740> [of the wall], and the tower
<04026> which lieth <03318> out from the king's < 04428> high
<05945> house <01004>, that [was] by the court < 02691> of the
prison <04307>. After <0310> him Pedaiah <06305> the son <01121>
of Parosh <06551>.



26 Moreover the Nethinims <05411> dwelt <03427> in Ophel
<06077>, unto [the place] over <05048> against < 05048> the water
<04325> gate <08179> toward the east <04217>, and the tower
<04026> that lieth <03318> out.



27 After <0310> them the Tekoites <08621> repaired <02388>
another <08145> piece <04060>, over <05048> against <05048> the
great <01419> tower <04026> that lieth <03318> out, even unto
the wall <02346> of Ophel <06077>.



28 From above the horse <05483> gate <08179> repaired <02388>
the priests <03548>, every <0376> one <0376> over <05048>
against <05048> his house <01004>.



29 After <0310> them repaired <02388> Zadok < 06659> the son
<01121> of Immer <0564> over <05048> against <05048> his house
<01004>. After <0310> him repaired <02388> also Shemaiah <08098>
the son <01121> of Shechaniah <07935>, the keeper < 08104> of the
east <04217> gate <08179>.



30 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Hananiah < 02608> the son
<01121> of Shelemiah <08018>, and Hanun <02586> the sixth
<08345> son <01121> of Zalaph, another <08145> piece <04060>.
After <0310> him repaired <02388> Meshullam < 04918> the son
<01121> of Berechiah <01296> over <05048> against <05048> his
chamber <05393>.



31 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Malchiah < 04441> the
goldsmith's <06885> son <01121> unto the place < 01004> of the
Nethinims <05411>, and of the merchants <07402>, over <05048>
against <05921> the gate <08179> Miphkad <04663> , and to the
going <05944> up of the corner <06438>.



32 And between <0996> the going <05944> up of the corner
<06438> unto the sheep <06629> gate <08179> repaired <02388> the
goldsmiths <06884> and the merchants <07402>.



Nehemiah 4



1. But it came <01961> to pass, that when <0834> Sanballat
<05571> heard <08085> that we builded <01129> the wall <02346>,
he was wroth <02734>, and took great <07235> indignation <03707>,
and mocked <03932> the Jews <03064>.



2 And he spake <0559> before <06440> his brethren <0251> and
the army <02428> of Samaria <08111>, and said < 0559>, What
<04100> do <06213> these feeble <0537> Jews < 03064>? will they
fortify <05800> themselves <01992>? will they sacrifice <02076>?
will they make an end <03615> in a day <03117>? will they revive
<02421> the stones <068> out of the heaps < 06194> of the rubbish
<06083> which <01992> are burned <08313>?



3 Now Tobiah <02900> the Ammonite <05984> [was] by him, and he
said <0559>, Even <01571> that which <0834> they build <01129>,
if <0518> a fox <07776> go <05927> up, he shall even break
<06565> down their stone <068> wall <02346>.



4 Hear <08085>, O our God <0430>; for we are despised <0939>:
and turn <07725> their reproach <02781> upon their own head
<07218>, and give <05414> them for a prey <0961> in the land
<0776> of captivity <07633>:



5 And cover <03680> not their iniquity <05771>, and let not
their sin <02403> be blotted <04229> out from before <06440>
thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger <03707> before
<05048> the builders <01129>.



6 So built <01129> we the wall <02346>; and all < 03605> the
wall <02346> was joined <07194> together unto the half <02677>
thereof: for the people <05971> had <01961> a mind <03820> to
work <06213>.



7. But it came <01961> to pass, [that] when <0834> Sanballat
<05571>, and Tobiah <02900>, and the Arabians < 06163>, and the
Ammonites <05984>, and the Ashdodites <0796>, heard <08085> that
the walls <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> were made up, [and] that
the breaches <06555> began <02490> to be stopped < 05640>, then
they were very <03966> wroth <02734>,



8 And conspired <07194> all <03605> of them together <03162> to
come <0935> [and] to fight <03898> against Jerusalem <03389>,
and to hinder it.



9 Nevertheless we made our prayer <06419> unto our God < 0430>,
and set <05975> a watch <04929> against <05921> them day <03119>
and night <03915>, because <06440> of them.



10 And Judah <03063> said <0559>, The strength < 03581> of the
bearers <05449> of burdens <05449> is decayed < 03782>, and
[there is] much <07235> rubbish <06083>; so that we are not able
<03201> to build <01129> the wall <02346>.



11 And our adversaries <06862> said <0559>, They shall not know
<03045>, neither <03808> see <07200>, till < 05704> we come
<0935> in the midst <08432> among <08432> them, and slay <02026>
them, and cause the work <04399> to cease <07673>.



12 And it came <01961> to pass, that when <0834> the Jews
<03064> which dwelt <03427> by them came <0935>, they said
<0559> unto us ten <06235> times <06471>, From all <03605>
places <04725> whence <0370> ye shall return < 07725> unto us
[they will be upon you].



13 Therefore set <05975> I in the lower <08482> places <04725>
behind <0310> the wall <02346>, [and] on the higher <06706>
places, I even set <05975> the people <05971> after their
families <04940> with their swords <02719>, their spears <07420>,
and their bows <07198>.



14 And I looked <06437>, and rose <06965> up, and said <0559>
unto the nobles <02715>, and to the rulers <05461>, and to the
rest <03499> of the people <05971>, Be not ye afraid <03372> of
them: remember <02142> the Lord <0136>, [which is] great <01419>
and terrible <03372>, and fight <03898> for your brethren <0251>,
your sons <01121>, and your daughters <01121>, your wives
<0802>, and your houses <01004>.



15 And it came <01961> to pass, when <0834> our enemies <0341>
heard <08085> that it was known <03045> unto us, and God <0430>
had brought <06565> their counsel <06098> to nought <06565>,
that we returned <07725> all <03605> of us to the wall <02346>,
every <0376> one <0376> unto his work <04399>.



16. And it came <01961> to pass from that time < 03117> forth,
[that] the half <02677> of my servants <05288> wrought <06213>
in the work <04399>, and the other half <02677> of them held
<02388> both the spears <07420>, the shields < 04043>, and the
bows <07198>, and the habergeons <08302>; and the rulers <08269>
[were] behind <0310> all <03605> the house < 01004> of Judah
<03063>.



17 They which builded <01129> on the wall <02346>, and they
that bare <05375> burdens <05447>, with those that laded <06006>,
[every <0376> one] with one <0259> of his hands < 03027> wrought
<06213> in the work <04399>, and with the other < 0259> [hand]
held <02388> a weapon <07973>.



18 For the builders <01129>, every <0376> one < 0376> had his
sword <02719> girded <0631> by his side <04975>, and [so]
builded <01129>. And he that sounded <08628> the trumpet <07782>
[was] by me.



19 And I said <0559> unto the nobles <02715>, and to the rulers
<05461>, and to the rest <03499> of the people < 05971>, The work
<04399> [is] great <07235> and large <07342>, and we are
separated <06504> upon the wall <02346>, one far < 07350> from
another <0250>.



20 In what <0834> place <04725> [therefore] ye hear <08085> the
sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>, resort < 06908> ye thither
<08033> unto us: our God <0430> shall fight < 03898> for us.



21 So we laboured <06213> in the work <04399>: and half <02677>
of them held <02388> the spears <07420> from the rising <05927>
of the morning <07837> till <05704> the stars < 03556> appeared
<03318>.



22 Likewise <01571> at the same <01931> time < 06256> said
<0559> I unto the people <05971>, Let every < 0376> one <0376>
with his servant <05650> lodge <03885> within < 08432> Jerusalem
<03389>, that in the night <03915> they may be a guard <04929>
to us, and labour <04399> on the day <03117>.



23 So neither <0369> I, nor my brethren <0251>, nor my servants
<05288>, nor the men <0582> of the guard <04929> which <0834>
followed <0310> me, none <0369> of us put < 06584> off our
clothes <0899>, [saving that] every <0376> one < 0376> put
<07973> them off for washing <04325>.



Nehemiah 5



1. And there was a great <01419> cry <06818> of the people
<05971> and of their wives <0802> against <0413> their brethren
<0251> the Jews <03064>.



2 For there were that said <0559>, We, our sons < 01121>, and
our daughters <01121>, [are] many <07227>: therefore we take
<03947> up corn <01715> [for them], that we may eat <0398>, and
live <02421>.



3 [Some] also there were that said <0559>, We have mortgaged
<06148> our lands <07704>, vineyards <03754>, and houses <01004>,
that we might buy <03947> corn <01715>, because of the dearth
<07458>.



4 There were also that said <0559>, We have borrowed < 03867>
money <03701> for the king's <04428> tribute < 04060>, [and that
upon] our lands <07704> and vineyards <03754>.



5 Yet now <06258> our flesh <01320> [is] as the flesh <01320>
of our brethren <0251>, our children <01121> as their children
<01121>: and, lo <02009>, we bring <03533> into bondage <03533>
our sons <01121> and our daughters <01121> to be servants
<05650>, and [some] of our daughters <01121> are brought <03533>
unto bondage <03533> [already]: neither <0369> [is it] in our
power <03027> [to redeem them]; for other <0312> men <0582> have
our lands <07704> and vineyards <03754>.



6. And I was very <03966> angry <02734> when < 0834> I heard
<08085> their cry <02201> and these <0428> words <01697>.



7 Then I consulted <04427> with myself, and I rebuked < 07378>
the nobles <02715>, and the rulers <05461>, and said <0559> unto
them, Ye exact <05378> usury <05383>, every < 0376> one <0376> of
his brother <0251>. And I set <05414> a great < 01419> assembly
<06952> against <05921> them.



8 And I said <0559> unto them, We after <01767> our ability
<01767> have redeemed <07069> our brethren < 0251> the Jews
<03064>, which were sold <04376> unto the heathen < 01471>; and
will ye even <01571> sell <04376> your brethren < 0251>? or shall
they be sold <04376> unto us? Then held <02790> they their peace
<02790>, and found <04672> nothing <03808> [to answer <01696>].



9 Also I said <0559>, It [is] not good <02896> that ye do
<06213>: ought ye not to walk <03212> in the fear < 03374> of our
God <0430> because of the reproach <02781> of the heathen
<01471> our enemies <0341>?



10 I likewise <01571>, [and] my brethren <0251>, and my
servants <05288>, might exact <05383> of them money <03701> and
corn <01715>: I pray <04994> you, let us leave < 05800> off this
<02088> usury <05383>.



11 Restore <07725>, I pray <04994> you, to them, even this day
<03117>, their lands <07704>, their vineyards < 03754>, their
oliveyards <02132>, and their houses <01004>, also the hundredth
<03967> [part] of the money <03701>, and of the corn <01715>,
the wine <08492>, and the oil <03323>, that ye exact <05383> of
them.



12 Then said <0559> they, We will restore <07725> [them], and
will require <01245> nothing <03808> of them; so < 03651> will we
do <06213> as thou sayest <0559>. Then I called < 07121> the
priests <03548>, and took an oath <07650> of them, that they
should do <06213> according to this <02088> promise <01697>.



13 Also <01571> I shook <05287> my lap <02684>, and said <0559>,
So <03602> God <0430> shake <05287> out every man <0376> from
his house <01004>, and from his labour <03018>, that performeth
<06965> not this <02088> promise <01697>, even <03602> thus
<03602> be he shaken <05287> out, and emptied < 07386>. And all
<03605> the congregation <06951> said <0559>, Amen <0543>, and
praised <01984> the LORD <03068>. And the people < 05971> did
<06213> according to this <02088> promise < 01697>.



14. Moreover <01571> from the time <03117> that I was appointed
<06680> to be their governor <06346> in the land < 0776> of Judah
<03063>, from the twentieth <06242> year <08141> even unto the
two <08147> and thirtieth <07970> year <08141> of Artaxerxes
<0783> the king <04428>, [that is], twelve years < 08141>, I and
my brethren <0251> have not eaten <0398> the bread <03899> of
the governor <06346>.



15 But the former <07223> governors <06346> that [had been]
before <06440> me were chargeable <03513> unto the people
<05971>, and had taken <03947> of them bread < 03899> and wine
<03196>, beside <0310> forty <0705> shekels < 08255> of silver
<03701>; yea <01571>, even their servants < 05288> bare <07980>
rule <07980> over <05921> the people <05971>: but so <03651> did
<06213> not I, because <06440> of the fear < 03374> of God <0430>.



16 Yea <01571>, also <01571> I continued < 02388> in the work
<04399> of this <02063> wall <02346>, neither <03808> bought
<07069> we any land <07704>: and all <03605> my servants <05288>
[were] gathered <06908> thither <08033> unto the work <04399>.



17 Moreover [there were] at <05921> my table <07979> an hundred
<03967> and fifty <02572> of the Jews <03064> and rulers <05461>,
beside those that came <0935> unto us from among < 04480> the
heathen <01471> that [are] about us.



18 Now [that] which <0834> was prepared <06213> [for me] daily
[was] one <0259> ox <07794> [and] six <08337> choice <01305>
sheep <06629>; also fowls <06833> were prepared < 06213> for me,
and once <0996> in ten <06235> days <03117> store <07235> of all
<03605> sorts of wine <03196>: yet for all < 05973> this <02088>
required <01245> not I the bread <03899> of the governor <06346>,
because <03588> the bondage <05656> was heavy < 03513> upon this
<02088> people <05971>.



19 Think <02142> upon me, my God <0430>, for good <02896>,
[according] to all <03605> that I have done <06213> for this
<02088> people <05971>.



Nehemiah 6



1. Now it came <01961> to pass, when <0834> Sanballat <05571>,
and Tobiah <02900>, and Geshem <01654> the Arabian <06163>, and
the rest <03499> of our enemies <0341>, heard < 08085> that I had
builded <01129> the wall <02346>, and [that] there was no
<03808> breach <06556> left <03498> therein; (though at <05704>
that time <06256> I had not set <05975> up the doors <01817>
upon the gates <08179>;)



2 That Sanballat <05571> and Geshem <01654> sent < 07971> unto
me, saying <0559>, Come <03212>, let us meet < 03259> together
<03162> in [some one of] the villages <03715> in the plain
<01237> of Ono <0207>. But they thought <02803> to do <06213> me
mischief <07451>.



3 And I sent <07971> messengers <04397> unto them, saying
<0559>, I [am] doing <06213> a great <01419> work <04399>, so
that I cannot <0369> come <03381> down <03381>: why <04100>
should the work <04399> cease <07673>, whilst < 0834> I leave
<07503> it, and come <03381> down <03381> to you?



4 Yet they sent <07971> unto me four <0702> times <06471> after
this <02088> sort <01697>; and I answered < 07725> them after the
same <02088> manner <01697>.



5 Then sent <07971> Sanballat <05571> his servant <05650> unto
me in like <02088> manner <01697> the fifth < 02549> time <06471>
with an open <06605> letter <0107> in his hand < 03027>;



6 Wherein [was] written <03789>, It is reported < 08085> among
the heathen <01471>, and Gashmu <01654> saith < 0559> [it, that]
thou and the Jews <03064> think <02803> to rebel < 04775>: for
which <03651> cause thou buildest <01129> the wall <02346>, that
thou mayest be their king <04428>, according to these < 0428>
words <01697>.



7 And thou hast also <01571> appointed <05975> prophets <05030>
to preach <07121> of thee at Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559>,
[There is] a king <04428> in Judah <03063>: and now <06258>
shall it be reported <08085> to the king <04428> according to
these <0428> words <01697>. Come <03212> now <06258> therefore,
and let us take counsel <03289> together <03162>.



8 Then I sent <07971> unto him, saying <0559>, There are no
<03808> such <0428> things <01697> done as thou sayest <0559>,
but thou feignest <0908> them out of thine own heart < 03820>.



9 For they all <03605> made us afraid <03372>, saying <0559>,
Their hands <03027> shall be weakened <07503> from the work
<04399>, that it be not done <06213>. Now < 06258> therefore, [O
God], strengthen <02388> my hands <03027>.



10. Afterward I came <0935> unto the house <01004> of Shemaiah
<08098> the son <01121> of Delaiah <01806> the son <01121> of
Mehetabeel <04105>, who <01931> [was] shut < 06113> up; and he
said <0559>, Let us meet <03259> together in the house <01004>
of God <0430>, within <08432> the temple <01964> , and let us
shut <05462> the doors <01817> of the temple < 01964>: for they
will come <0935> to slay <02026> thee; yea, in the night <03915>
will they come <0935> to slay <02026> thee.



11 And I said <0559>, Should such <03644> a man < 0376> as I
flee <01272>? and who <04310> [is there], that, [being] as I
[am], would go <0935> into <0413> the temple < 01964> to save
<02425> his life <02425>? I will not go <0935> in.



12 And, lo <02009>, I perceived <05234> that God < 0430> had not
sent <07971> him; but that he pronounced <01696> this prophecy
<05016> against <05921> me: for Tobiah <02900> and Sanballat
<05571> had hired <07936> him.



13 Therefore [was] he hired <07936>, that I should be afraid
<03372>, and do <06213> so <03651>, and sin < 02398>, and [that]
they might have [matter] for an evil <07451> report < 08034>,
that they might reproach <02778> me.



14 My God <0430>, think <02142> thou upon Tobiah < 02900> and
Sanballat <05571> according to these <0428> their works <04639>,
and on the prophetess <05031> Noadiah <05129>, and the rest
<03499> of the prophets <05030>, that would have put me in fear
<03372>.



15. So the wall <02346> was finished <07999> in the twenty
<06242> and fifth <02568> [day] of [the month] Elul <0435>, in
fifty <02572> and two <08147> days <03117>.



16 And it came <01961> to pass, that when <0834> all <03605>
our enemies <0341> heard <08085> [thereof], and all <03605> the
heathen <01471> that [were] about us saw <07200> [these things],
they were much <03966> cast <05307> down <05307> in their own
eyes <05869>: for they perceived <03045> that this <02063> work
<04399> was wrought <06213> of our God <0430>.



17 Moreover <01571> in those <01992> days < 03117> the nobles
<02715> of Judah <03063> sent <01980> many < 07235> letters
<0107> unto Tobiah <02900>, and [the letters] of Tobiah <02900>
came <0935> unto them.



18 For [there were] many <07227> in Judah <03063> sworn unto
him, because <03588> he [was] the son <02860> in law <02859> of
Shechaniah <07935> the son <01121> of Arah < 0733>; and his son
<01121> Johanan <03076> had taken <03947> the daughter <01323>
of Meshullam <04918> the son <01121> of Berechiah < 01296>.



19 Also <01571> they reported <0559> his good < 02896> deeds
before <06440> me, and uttered <03318> my words < 01697> to him.
[And] Tobiah <02900> sent <07971> letters <0107> to put me in
fear <03372>.



Nehemiah 7



1. Now it came <01961> to pass, when <0834> the wall <02346>
was built <01129>, and I had set <05975> up the doors <01817>,
and the porters <07778> and the singers <07891> and the Levites
<03881> were appointed <06485>,



2 That I gave my brother <0251> Hanani <02607>, and Hananiah
<02608> the ruler <08269> of the palace <01002>, charge <06680>
over <05921> Jerusalem <03389>: for he [was] a faithful <0571>
man <0376>, and feared <03372> God <0430> above many <07227>.



3 And I said <0559> unto them, Let not the gates < 08179> of
Jerusalem <03389> be opened <06605> until < 05704> the sun
<08121> be hot <02527>; and while <05704> they stand <05975> by,
let them shut <01479> the doors <01817>, and bar < 0270> [them]:
and appoint <05975> watches <04931> of the inhabitants <03427>
of Jerusalem <03389>, every <0376> one <0376> in his watch
<04929>, and every <0376> one <0376> [to be] over <05048>
against <05048> his house <01004>.



4 Now the city <05892> [was] large and great <01419>: but the
people <05971> [were] few <04592> therein, and the houses [were]
not builded <01129>.



5. And my God <0430> put <05414> into <0413> mine heart <03820>
to gather <06908> together the nobles <02715>, and the rulers
<05461>, and the people <05971>, that they might be reckoned
<03187> by genealogy <03188>. And I found < 04672> a register
<05612> of the genealogy <03188> of them which came <05927> up
at the first <07223>, and found <04672> written < 03789> therein,



6 These <0428> [are] the children <01121> of the province
<04082>, that went <05927> up out of the captivity <07628>, of
those that had been carried <01473> away <01473>, whom <0834>
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> had
carried <01540> away <01546>, and came <07725> again <07725> to
Jerusalem <03389> and to Judah <03063>, every < 0376> one <0376>
unto his city <05892>;



7 Who came <0935> with Zerubbabel <02216>, Jeshua <03442>,
Nehemiah <05166>, Azariah <05838>, Raamiah < 07485>, Nahamani
<05167>, Mordecai <04782>, Bilshan <01114>, Mispereth <04559>,
Bigvai <0902>, Nehum <05149>, Baanah <01195>. The number <04557>,
[I say], of the men <0582> of the people <05971> of Israel
<03478> [was this];



8 The children <01121> of Parosh <06551>, two < 08147> thousand
<0505> an hundred <03967> seventy <07657> and two <08147>.



9 The children <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, three <07969>
hundred <03967> seventy <07657> and two <08147>.



10 The children <01121> of Arah <0733>, six < 08337> hundred
<03967> fifty <02572> and two <08147>.



11 The children <01121> of Pahathmoab <06355>, of the children
<01121> of Jeshua <03442> and Joab <03097>, two thousand <0505>
and eight <08083> hundred <03967> [and] eighteen.



12 The children <01121> of Elam <05867>, a thousand <0505> two
hundred <03967> fifty <02572> and four <0702>.



13 The children <01121> of Zattu <02240>, eight < 08083> hundred
<03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>.



14 The children <01121> of Zaccai <02140>, seven < 07651>
hundred <03967> and threescore <08346>.



15 The children <01121> of Binnui <01131>, six < 08337> hundred
<03967> forty <0705> and eight <08083>.



16 The children <01121> of Bebai <0893>, six < 08337> hundred
<03967> twenty <06242> and eight <08083>.



17 The children <01121> of Azgad <05803>, two < 08147> thousand
<0505> three <07969> hundred <03967> twenty < 06242> and two
<08147>.



18 The children <01121> of Adonikam <0140>, six < 08337> hundred
<03967> threescore <08346> and seven <07651>.



19 The children <01121> of Bigvai <0902>, two thousand <0505>
threescore <08346> and seven <07651>.



20 The children <01121> of Adin <05720>, six < 08337> hundred
<03967> fifty <02572> and five <02568>.



21 The children <01121> of Ater <0333> of Hezekiah <02396>,
ninety <08673> and eight <08083>.



22 The children <01121> of Hashum <02828>, three < 07969>
hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and eight <08083> .



23 The children <01121> of Bezai <01209>, three < 07969> hundred
<03967> twenty <06242> and four <0702>.



24 The children <01121> of Hariph <02756>, an hundred <03967>
and twelve.



25 The children <01121> of Gibeon <01391>, ninety <08673> and
five <02568>.



26 The men <0582> of Bethlehem <01035> and Netophah <05199>, an
hundred <03967> fourscore <08084> and eight < 08083>.



27 The men <0582> of Anathoth <06068>, an hundred <03967>
twenty <06242> and eight <08083>.



28 The men <0582> of Bethazmaveth <01041>, forty < 0705> and two
<08147>.



29 The men <0582> of Kirjathjearim <07157>, Chephirah <03716>,
and Beeroth <0881>, seven <07651> hundred < 03967> forty <0705>
and three <07969>.



30 The men <0582> of Ramah <07414> and Geba < 01387>, six
<08337> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and one <0259>.



31 The men <0582> of Michmas <04363>, an hundred < 03967> and
twenty <06242> and two <08147>.



32 The men <0582> of Bethel <01008> and Ai < 05857>, an hundred
<03967> twenty <06242> and three <07969>.



33 The men <0582> of the other <0312> Nebo < 05015>, fifty
<02572> and two <08147>.



34 The children <01121> of the other <0312> Elam < 05867>, a
thousand <0505> two hundred <03967> fifty < 02572> and four
<0702>.



35 The children <01121> of Harim <02766>, three < 07969> hundred
<03967> and twenty <06242>.



36 The children <01121> of Jericho <03405>, three <07969>
hundred <03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>.



37 The children <01121> of Lod <03850>, Hadid < 02307>, and Ono
<0207>, seven <07651> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and one
<0259>.



38 The children <01121> of Senaah <05570>, three < 07969>
thousand <0505> nine <08672> hundred <03967> and thirty <07970>.



39 The priests <03548>: the children <01121> of Jedaiah <03048>,
of the house <01004> of Jeshua <03442>, nine < 08672> hundred
<03967> seventy <07657> and three <07969>.



40 The children <01121> of Immer <0564>, a thousand <0505>
fifty <02572> and two <08147>.



41 The children <01121> of Pashur <06583>, a thousand <0505>
two hundred <03967> forty <0705> and seven < 07651>.



42 The children <01121> of Harim <02766>, a thousand <0505> and
seventeen <07651>.



43 The Levites <03881>: the children <01121> of Jeshua <03442>,
of Kadmiel <06934>, [and] of the children <01121> of Hodevah
<01937>, seventy <07657> and four <0702>.



44 The singers <07891>: the children <01121> of Asaph <0623>,
an hundred <03967> forty <0705> and eight < 08083>.



45 The porters <07778>: the children <01121> of Shallum <07967>,
the children <01121> of Ater <0333>, the children <01121> of
Talmon <02929>, the children <01121> of Akkub < 06126>, the
children <01121> of Hatita <02410>, the children < 01121> of
Shobai <07630>, an hundred <03967> thirty < 07970> and eight
<08083>.



46 The Nethinims <05411>: the children <01121> of Ziha <06727>,
the children <01121> of Hashupha <02817>, the children <01121>
of Tabbaoth <02884>,



47 The children <01121> of Keros <07026>, the children <01121>
of Sia <05517>, the children <01121> of Padon < 06303>,



48 The children <01121> of Lebana <03848>, the children <01121>
of Hagaba <02286>, the children <01121> of Shalmai <08014>,



49 The children <01121> of Hanan <02605>, the children <01121>
of Giddel <01435>, the children <01121> of Gahar < 01515>,



50 The children <01121> of Reaiah <07211>, the children <01121>
of Rezin <07526>, the children <01121> of Nekoda < 05353>,



51 The children <01121> of Gazzam <01502>, the children <01121>
of Uzza <05798>, the children <01121> of Phaseah < 06454>,



52 The children <01121> of Besai <01153>, the children <01121>
of Meunim <04586>, the children <01121> of Nephishesim <05300>,



53 The children <01121> of Bakbuk <01227>, the children <01121>
of Hakupha <02709>, the children <01121> of Harhur <02744>,



54 The children <01121> of Bazlith <01213>, the children
<01121> of Mehida <04240>, the children <01121> of Harsha
<02797>,



55 The children <01121> of Barkos <01302>, the children <01121>
of Sisera <05516>, the children <01121> of Tamah < 08547>,



56 The children <01121> of Neziah <05335>, the children <01121>
of Hatipha <02412>.



57 The children <01121> of Solomon's <08010> servants <05650>:
the children <01121> of Sotai <05479>, the children <01121> of
Sophereth <05618>, the children <01121> of Perida < 06514>,



58 The children <01121> of Jaala <03279>, the children <01121>
of Darkon <01874>, the children <01121> of Giddel < 01435>,



59 The children <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, the children
<01121> of Hattil <02411>, the children <01121> of Pochereth
<06380> of Zebaim <06380>, the children <01121> of Amon <0526>.



60 All <03605> the Nethinims <05411>, and the children <01121>
of Solomon's <08010> servants <05650>, [were] three <07969>
hundred <03967> ninety <08673> and two <08147>.



61 And these <0428> [were] they which went <05927> up [also]
from Telmelah <08528>, Telharesha <08521>, Cherub < 03743>, Addon
<0114>, and Immer <0564>: but they could <03201> not shew
<05046> their father's house <01004>, nor their seed <02233>,
whether <0518> they [were] of Israel <03478>.



62 The children <01121> of Delaiah <01806>, the children
<01121> of Tobiah <02900>, the children <01121> of Nekoda
<05353>, six <08337> hundred <03967> forty < 0705> and two
<08147>.



63 And of the priests <03548>: the children <01121> of Habaiah
<02252>, the children <01121> of Koz <06976>, the children
<01121> of Barzillai <01271>, which <0834> took <03947> [one] of
the daughters <01121> of Barzillai <01271> the Gileadite <01569>
to wife <0802>, and was called <07121> after < 05921> their name
<08034>.



64 These <0428> sought <01245> their register < 03791> [among]
those that were reckoned <03187> by genealogy <03188>, but it
was not found <04672>: therefore were they, as polluted < 01351>,
put from the priesthood <03550>.



65 And the Tirshatha <08660> said <0559> unto them, that they
should not eat <0398> of the most <06944> holy < 06944> things,
till <05704> there stood <05975> [up] a priest < 03548> with Urim
<0224> and Thummim <08550>.



66 The whole <03605> congregation <06951> together <0259> [was]
forty and two thousand <0505> three <07969> hundred <03967> and
threescore <08346>,



67 Beside <0905> their manservants <05650> and their
maidservants <0519>, of whom <0428> [there were] seven <07651>
thousand <0505> three <07969> hundred <03967> thirty <07970> and
seven <07651>: and they had two hundred <03967> forty <0705> and
five <02568> singing <07891> men and singing < 07891> women.



68 Their horses <05483>, seven <07651> hundred < 03967> thirty
<07970> and six <08337>: their mules <06505>, two hundred
<03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>:



69 [Their] camels <01581>, four <0702> hundred < 03967> thirty
<07970> and five <02568>: six <08337> thousand <0505> seven
<07651> hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> asses <02543>.



70 And some <07097> of the chief <07218> of the fathers <01>
gave <05414> unto the work <04399>. The Tirshatha < 08660> gave
<05414> to the treasure <0214> a thousand <0505> drams <01871>
of gold <02091>, fifty <02572> basons <04219>, five <02568>
hundred <03967> and thirty <07970> priests < 03548>' garments
<03801>.



71 And [some] of the chief <07218> of the fathers < 01> gave
<05414> to the treasure <0214> of the work < 04399> twenty
<07239> thousand <07239> drams <01871> of gold <02091>, and two
thousand <0505> and two hundred <03967> pound < 04488> of silver
<03701>.



72 And [that] which <0834> the rest <07611> of the people
<05971> gave <05414> [was] twenty <07239> thousand <0505> drams
<01871> of gold <02091>, and two thousand < 07239> pound <04488>
of silver <03701>, and threescore <08346> and seven <07651>
priests <03548>' garments <03801>.



73 So the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>, and the
porters <07778>, and the singers <07891>, and [some] of the
people <05971>, and the Nethinims <05411>, and all <03605>
Israel <03478>, dwelt <03427> in their cities < 05892>; and when
the seventh <07637> month <02320> came <05060>, the children
<01121> of Israel <03478> [were] in their cities < 05892>.



Nehemiah 8



1. And all <03605> the people <05971> gathered < 0622>
themselves together as one <0259> man <0376> into < 0413> the
street <07339> that [was] before <06440> the water <04325> gate
<08179>; and they spake <0559> unto Ezra <05830> the scribe
<05608> to bring <0935> the book <05612> of the law <08451> of
Moses <04872>, which <0834> the LORD <03068> had commanded
<06680> to Israel <03478>.



2 And Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> brought < 0935> the law
<08451> before <06440> the congregation <06951> both of men
<0376> and women <0802>, and all <03605> that could hear <08085>
with understanding <0995>, upon the first <0259> day <03117> of
the seventh <07637> month <02320>.



3 And he read <07121> therein before <06440> the street <07339>
that [was] before <06440> the water <04325> gate < 08179> from
the morning <0216> until <05704> midday, before < 05048> the men
<0582> and the women <0802>, and those that could understand
<0995>; and the ears <0241> of all <03605> the people <05971>
[were attentive] unto the book <05612> of the law < 08451>.



4 And Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> stood < 05975> upon a
pulpit <04026> of wood <06086>, which <0834> they had made
<06213> for the purpose <01697>; and beside < 0681> him stood
<05975> Mattithiah <04993>, and Shema <08087>, and Anaiah
<06043>, and Urijah <0223>, and Hilkiah <02518>, and Maaseiah
<04641>, on <05921> his right <03225> hand < 03225>; and on his
left <08040> hand <08040>, Pedaiah <06305>, and Mishael <04332>,
and Malchiah <04441>, and Hashum <02828>, and Hashbadana <02806>,
Zechariah <02148>, [and] Meshullam <04918>.



5 And Ezra <05830> opened <06605> the book < 05612> in the sight
<05869> of all <03605> the people <05971>; (for he was above
<05921> all <03605> the people <05971>;) and when he opened
<06605> it, all <03605> the people <05971> stood <05975> up:



6 And Ezra <05830> blessed <01288> the LORD < 03068>, the great
<01419> God <0430>. And all <03605> the people <05971> answered
<06030>, Amen <0543>, Amen <0543>, with lifting <04607> up their
hands <03027>: and they bowed <06915> their heads, and
worshipped <07812> the LORD <03068> with [their] faces <0639> to
the ground <0776>.



7 Also Jeshua <03442>, and Bani <01137>, and Sherebiah <08274>,
Jamin <03226>, Akkub <06126>, Shabbethai <07678> , Hodijah
<01940>, Maaseiah <04641>, Kelita <07042>, Azariah <05838>,
Jozabad <03107>, Hanan <02605>, Pelaiah <06411>, and the Levites
<03881>, caused the people <05971> to understand < 0995> the law
<08451>: and the people <05971> [stood] in their place <05977>.



8 So they read <07121> in the book <05612> in the law <08451>
of God <0430> distinctly <06567>, and gave < 07760> the sense
<07922>, and caused [them] to understand <0995> the reading
<04744>.



9. And Nehemiah <05166>, which <01931> [is] the Tirshatha
<08660>, and Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> the scribe <05608>,
and the Levites <03881> that taught <0995> the people <05971>,
said <0559> unto all <03605> the people <05971>, This day
<03117> [is] holy <06918> unto the LORD <03068> your God <0430>;
mourn <056> not, nor <0408> weep <01058>. For all <03605> the
people <05971> wept <01058>, when they heard < 08085> the words
<01697> of the law <08451>.



10 Then he said <0559> unto them, Go <03212> your way <01870>,
eat <0398> the fat <04924>, and drink <08354> the sweet <04477>,
and send <07971> portions <04490> unto them for whom nothing
<03808> is prepared <03559>: for [this] day < 03117> [is] holy
<06918> unto our Lord <0113>: neither <0408> be ye sorry <06087>;
for the joy <02304> of the LORD <03068> is your strength
<04581>.



11 So the Levites <03881> stilled <02814> all < 03605> the
people <05971>, saying <0559>, Hold <02013> your peace <02013>,
for the day <03117> [is] holy <06918>; neither < 0408> be ye
grieved <06087>.



12 And all <03605> the people <05971> went < 03212> their way
<01870> to eat <0398>, and to drink <08354>, and to send <07971>
portions <04490>, and to make <06213> great < 01419> mirth
<08057>, because <03588> they had understood < 0995> the words
<01697> that were declared <03045> unto them.



13. And on the second <08145> day <03117> were gathered <0622>
together the chief <07218> of the fathers <01> of all <03605>
the people <05971>, the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>,
unto Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608>, even to understand
<07919> the words <01697> of the law <08451>.



14 And they found <04672> written <03789> in the law <08451>
which <0834> the LORD <03068> had commanded < 06680> by Moses
<04872>, that the children <01121> of Israel < 03478> should
dwell <03427> in booths <05521> in the feast < 02282> of the
seventh <07637> month <02320>:



15 And that they should publish <08085> and proclaim < 05674> in
all <03605> their cities <05892>, and in Jerusalem <03389>,
saying <0559>, Go <03318> forth <03318> unto the mount <02022>,
and fetch <0935> olive <02132> branches <05929>, and pine
branches <05929>, and myrtle <01918> branches < 05929>, and palm
<08558> branches <05929>, and branches <05929> of thick <05687>
trees <06086>, to make <06213> booths <05521>, as [it is]
written <03789>.



16 So the people <05971> went <03318> forth < 03318>, and
brought <0935> [them], and made <06213> themselves <01992>
booths <05521>, every <0376> one <0376> upon the roof <01406> of
his house, and in their courts <02691>, and in the courts
<02691> of the house <01004> of God <0430>, and in the street
<07339> of the water <04325> gate <08179>, and in the street
<07339> of the gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669>.



17 And all <03605> the congregation <06951> of them that were
come <07725> again <07725> out of the captivity < 07628> made
<06213> booths <05521>, and sat <03427> under the booths <05521>:
for since the days <03117> of Jeshua <03442> the son <01121> of
Nun <05126> unto that day <03117> had not the children <01121>
of Israel <03478> done <06213> so <03651>. And there was very
<03966> great <01419> gladness <08057>.



18 Also day <03117> by day <03117>, from the first <07223> day
<03117> unto the last <0314> day <03117>, he read <07121> in the
book <05612> of the law <08451> of God <0430>. And they kept
<06213> the feast <02282> seven <07651> days <03117>; and on the
eighth <08066> day <03117> [was] a solemn < 06116> assembly
<06116>, according unto the manner <04941>.



Nehemiah 9



1. Now in the twenty <06242> and fourth <0702> day <03117> of
this <02088> month <02320> the children <01121> of Israel
<03478> were assembled <0622> with fasting < 06685>, and with
sackclothes <08242>, and earth <0127> upon them.



2 And the seed <02233> of Israel <03478> separated <0914>
themselves from all <03605> strangers, and stood < 05975> and
confessed <03034> their sins <02403>, and the iniquities <05771>
of their fathers <01>.



3 And they stood <06965> up in their place <05977>, and read
<07121> in the book <05612> of the law <08451> of the LORD
<03068> their God <0430> [one] fourth <07243> part of the day
<03117>; and [another] fourth <07243> part they confessed
<03034>, and worshipped <07812> the LORD <03068> their God
<0430>.



4. Then stood <06965> up upon the stairs <04608>, of the
Levites <03881>, Jeshua <03442>, and Bani < 01137>, Kadmiel
<06934>, Shebaniah <07645>, Bunni <01137>, Sherebiah <08274>,
Bani <01137>, [and] Chenani <03662>, and cried < 02199> with a
loud <01419> voice <06963> unto the LORD <03068> their God
<0430>.



5 Then the Levites <03881>, Jeshua <03442>, and Kadmiel <06934>,
Bani <01137>, Hashabniah <02813>, Sherebiah < 08274>, Hodijah
<01940>, Shebaniah <07645>, [and] Pethahiah < 06611>, said <0559>,
Stand <06965> up [and] bless <01288> the LORD < 03068> your God
<0430> for ever <05769> and ever <05769>: and blessed <01288> be
thy glorious <03519> name <08034>, which is exalted <07311>
above <05921> all <03605> blessing <01293> and praise <08416>.



6 Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD <03068> alone <0905>; thou hast
made <06213> heaven <08064>, the heaven <08064> of heavens
<08064>, with all <03605> their host <06635>, the earth <0776>,
and all <03605> [things] that [are] therein <05921>, the seas
<03220>, and all <03605> that [is] therein, and thou preservest
<02421> them all <03605>; and the host <06635> of heaven <08064>
worshippeth <07812> thee.



7 Thou [art] the LORD <03068> the God <0430>, who <0834> didst
choose <0977> Abram <087>, and broughtest < 03318> him forth
<03318> out of Ur <0218> of the Chaldees <03778> , and gavest
<07760> him the name <08034> of Abraham <085>;



8 And foundest <04372> his heart <03824> faithful <0539> before
<06440> thee, and madest <03772> a covenant < 01285> with him to
give <05414> the land <0776> of the Canaanites < 03669>, the
Hittites <02850>, the Amorites <0567>, and the Perizzites
<06522>, and the Jebusites <02983>, and the Girgashites <01622>,
to give <05414> [it, I say], to his seed <02233>, and hast
performed <06965> thy words <01697>; for thou [art] righteous
<06662>:



9 And didst see <07200> the affliction <06040> of our fathers
<01> in Egypt <04714>, and heardest <08085> their cry <02201> by
the Red <05488> sea <03220>;



10 And shewedst <05414> signs <0226> and wonders < 04159> upon
Pharaoh <06547>, and on all <03605> his servants < 05650>, and on
all <03605> the people <05971> of his land < 0776>: for thou
knewest <03045> that they dealt proudly <02102> against <05921>
them. So didst thou get <06213> thee a name <08034>, as [it is]
this <02088> day <03117>.



11 And thou didst divide <01234> the sea <03220> before <06440>
them, so that they went <05674> through <08432> the midst
<08432> of the sea <03220> on the dry <03004> land; and their
persecutors <07291> thou threwest <07993> into the deeps <04688>,
as a stone <068> into the mighty <05794> waters < 04325>.



12 Moreover thou leddest <05148> them in the day < 03119> by a
cloudy <06051> pillar <05982>; and in the night < 03915> by a
pillar <05982> of fire <0784>, to give them light < 0216> in the
way <01870> wherein <0834> they should go < 03212>.



13 Thou camest <03381> down <03381> also upon mount <02022>
Sinai <05514>, and spakest <01696> with them from heaven <08064>,
and gavest <05414> them right <03477> judgments < 04941>, and
true <0571> laws <08451>, good <02896> statutes <02706> and
commandments <04687>:



14 And madest <03045> known <03045> unto them thy holy <06944>
sabbath <07676>, and commandedst <06680> them precepts <04687>,
statutes <02706>, and laws <08451>, by the hand < 03027> of Moses
<04872> thy servant <05650>:



15 And gavest <05414> them bread <03899> from heaven <08064>
for their hunger <07457>, and broughtest <03318> forth <03318>
water <04325> for them out of the rock <05553> for their thirst
<06772>, and promisedst <0559> them that they should go <0935>
in to possess <03423> the land <0776> which < 0834> thou hadst
sworn <05375> to give <05414> them.



16 But they and our fathers <01> dealt proudly < 02102>, and
hardened <07185> their necks <06203>, and hearkened <08085> not
to thy commandments <04687>,



17 And refused <03985> to obey <08085>, neither < 03808> were
mindful <02142> of thy wonders <06381> that thou didst <06213>
among <05973> them; but hardened <07185> their necks <06203>,
and in their rebellion <04805> appointed <05414> a captain
<07218> to return <07725> to their bondage < 05659>: but thou
[art] a God <0430> ready to pardon <05547>, gracious <02587> and
merciful <07349>, slow <0750> to anger <0639>, and of great
<07227> kindness <02617>, and forsookest <05800> them not.



18 Yea <0637>, when <03588> they had made < 06213> them a molten
<04541> calf <05695>, and said <0559>, This < 02088> [is] thy God
<0430> that brought <05927> thee up out of Egypt < 04714>, and
had wrought <06213> great <01419> provocations < 05007>;



19 Yet thou in thy manifold <07227> mercies <07356> forsookest
<05800> them not in the wilderness <04057>: the pillar <05982>
of the cloud <06051> departed <05493> not from them by day
<03119>, to lead <05148> them in the way <01870> ; neither the
pillar <05982> of fire <0784> by night <03915>, to shew them
light <0216>, and the way <01870> wherein <0834> they should go
<03212>.



20 Thou gavest <05414> also thy good <02896> spirit <07307> to
instruct <07919> them, and withheldest <04513> not thy manna
<04478> from their mouth <06310>, and gavest < 05414> them water
<04325> for their thirst <06772>.



21 Yea, forty <0705> years <08141> didst thou sustain <03557>
them in the wilderness <04057>, [so that] they lacked < 02637>
nothing <03808>; their clothes <08008> waxed not old <01086>,
and their feet <07272> swelled <01216> not.



22 Moreover thou gavest <05414> them kingdoms <04467> and
nations <05971>, and didst divide <02505> them into corners
<06285>: so they possessed <03423> the land < 0776> of Sihon
<05511>, and the land <0776> of the king <04428> of Heshbon
<02809>, and the land <0776> of Og <05747> king <04428> of
Bashan <01316>.



23 Their children <01121> also multipliedst <07235> thou as the
stars <03556> of heaven <08064>, and broughtest < 0935> them into
<0413> the land <0776>, concerning which <0834> thou hadst
promised <0559> to their fathers <01>, that they should go
<0935> in to possess <03423> [it].



24 So the children <01121> went <0935> in and possessed <03423>
the land <0776>, and thou subduedst <03665> before <06440> them
the inhabitants <03427> of the land <0776>, the Canaanites
<03669>, and gavest <05414> them into their hands < 03027>, with
their kings <04428>, and the people <05971> of the land <0776>,
that they might do <06213> with them as they would.



25 And they took <03920> strong <01219> cities < 05892>, and a
fat <08082> land <0127>, and possessed <03423> houses <01004>
full <04392> of all <03605> goods <02898>, wells <0953> digged
<02672>, vineyards <03754>, and oliveyards < 02132>, and fruit
<03978> trees <06086> in abundance <07230>: so they did eat
<0398>, and were filled <07646>, and became < 08080> fat <08082>,
and delighted <05727> themselves in thy great <01419> goodness
<02898>.



26 Nevertheless they were disobedient <04784>, and rebelled
<04775> against thee, and cast <07993> thy law < 08451> behind
<0310> their backs <01458>, and slew <02026> thy prophets
<05030> which <0834> testified <05749> against them to turn
<07725> them to thee, and they wrought <06213> great <01419>
provocations <05007>.



27 Therefore thou deliveredst <05414> them into the hand
<03027> of their enemies <06862>, who vexed < 06887> them: and in
the time <06256> of their trouble <06869>, when they cried
<06817> unto thee, thou heardest <08085> [them] from heaven
<08064>; and according to thy manifold <07227> mercies <07356>
thou gavest <05414> them saviours <03467>, who saved <03467>
them out of the hand <03027> of their enemies <06862>.



28 But after they had rest <05117>, they did <06213> evil
<07451> again <07725> before <06440> thee: therefore leftest
<05800> thou them in the hand of their enemies <0341>, so that
they had the dominion <07287> over them: yet when they returned
<07725>, and cried <02199> unto thee, thou heardest <08085>
[them] from heaven <08064>; and many <07227> times <06256> didst
thou deliver <05337> them according to thy mercies < 07356>;



29 And testifiedst <05749> against them, that thou mightest
bring <07725> them again <07725> unto thy law < 08451>: yet they
dealt proudly <02102>, and hearkened <08085> not unto thy
commandments <04687>, but sinned <02398> against thy judgments
<04941>, (which if a man <0120> do <06213>, he shall live
<02421> in them;) and withdrew the shoulder <03802>, and
hardened <07185> their neck <06203>, and would not hear <08085>.



30 Yet many <07227> years <08141> didst thou forbear <04900>
them, and testifiedst <05749> against them by thy spirit <07307>
in thy prophets <05030>: yet would they not give ear < 0238>:
therefore gavest <05414> thou them into the hand < 03027> of the
people <05971> of the lands <0776>.



31 Nevertheless for thy great <07227> mercies <07356> ' sake
thou didst not utterly consume <03615> them, nor < 03808> forsake
<05800> them; for thou [art] a gracious <02587> and merciful
<07349> God <0410>.



32 Now <06258> therefore, our God <0430>, the great <01419>,
the mighty <01368>, and the terrible <03372> God < 0410>, who
keepest <08104> covenant <01285> and mercy < 02617>, let not all
<03605> the trouble <08513> seem <04591> little <04591> before
<06440> thee, that hath come <04672> upon us, on our kings
<04428>, on our princes <08269>, and on our priests <03548>, and
on our prophets <05030>, and on our fathers <01>, and on all
<03605> thy people <05971>, since the time < 03117> of the kings
<04428> of Assyria <0804> unto this <02088> day <03117>.



33 Howbeit thou [art] just <06662> in all <03605> that is
brought <0935> upon us; for thou hast done <06213> right <0571>,
but we have done wickedly <07561>:



34 Neither <03808> have our kings <04428>, our princes <08269>,
our priests <03548>, nor <03808> our fathers < 01>, kept <06213>
thy law <08451>, nor <03808> hearkened <07181> unto thy
commandments <04687> and thy testimonies <05715>, wherewith
<0834> thou didst testify <05749> against them.



35 For they have not served <05647> thee in their kingdom
<04438>, and in thy great <07227> goodness < 02898> that thou
gavest <05414> them, and in the large <07342> and fat <08082>
land <0776> which <0834> thou gavest <05414> before <06440> them,
neither <03808> turned <07725> they from their wicked <07451>
works <04611>.



36 Behold <02009>, we [are] servants <05650> this day <03117>,
and [for] the land <0776> that thou gavest <05414> unto our
fathers <01> to eat <0398> the fruit <06529> thereof and the
good <02898> thereof, behold <02009>, we [are] servants <05650>
in it:



37 And it yieldeth <07235> much <07235> increase < 08393> unto
the kings <04428> whom <0834> thou hast set < 05414> over <05921>
us because of our sins <02403>: also they have dominion < 04910>
over <05921> our bodies <01472>, and over < 05921> our cattle
<0929>, at their pleasure <07522>, and we [are] in great <01419>
distress <06869>.



38 And because of all <03605> this <02063> we make <03772> a
sure <0548> [covenant], and write <03789> [it]; and our princes
<08269>, Levites <03881>, [and] priests <03548>, seal <02856>
[unto it].



Nehemiah 10



1. Now those that sealed <02856> [were], Nehemiah < 05166>, the
Tirshatha <08660>, the son <01121> of Hachaliah < 02446>, and
Zidkijah,



2 Seraiah <08304>, Azariah <05838>, Jeremiah < 03414>,



3 Pashur <06583>, Amariah <0568>, Malchijah < 04441>,



4 Hattush <02407>, Shebaniah <07645>, Malluch < 04409>,



5 Harim <02766>, Meremoth <04822>, Obadiah < 05662>,



6 Daniel <01840>, Ginnethon <01599>, Baruch < 01263>,



7 Meshullam <04918>, Abijah <029>, Mijamin < 04326>,



8 Maaziah <04590>, Bilgai <01084>, Shemaiah < 08098>: these
<0428> [were] the priests <03548>.



9 And the Levites <03881>: both Jeshua <03442> the son <01121>
of Azaniah <0245>, Binnui <01131> of the sons < 01121> of Henadad
<02582>, Kadmiel <06934>;



10 And their brethren <0251>, Shebaniah <07645>, Hodijah
<01940>, Kelita <07042>, Pelaiah <06411>, Hanan <02605>,



11 Micha <04316>, Rehob <07340>, Hashabiah < 02811>,



12 Zaccur <02139>, Sherebiah <08274>, Shebaniah < 07645>,



13 Hodijah <01940>, Bani <01137>, Beninu < 01148>.



14 The chief <07218> of the people <05971>; Parosh <06551>,
Pahathmoab <06355>, Elam <05867>, Zatthu, Bani < 01137>,



15 Bunni <01137>, Azgad <05803>, Bebai <0893>,



16 Adonijah <0138>, Bigvai <0902>, Adin <05720> ,



17 Ater <0333>, Hizkijah <02396>, Azzur <05809> ,



18 Hodijah <01940>, Hashum <02828>, Bezai < 01209>,



19 Hariph <02756>, Anathoth <06068>, Nebai < 05109>,



20 Magpiash <04047>, Meshullam <04918>, Hezir < 02387>,



21 Meshezabeel <04898>, Zadok <06659>, Jaddua < 03037>,



22 Pelatiah <06410>, Hanan <02605>, Anaiah < 06043>,



23 Hoshea <01954>, Hananiah <02608>, Hashub < 02815>,



24 Hallohesh <03873>, Pileha <06401>, Shobek < 07733>,



25 Rehum <07348>, Hashabnah <02812>, Maaseiah < 04641>,



26 And Ahijah <0281>, Hanan <02605>, Anan < 06052>,



27 Malluch <04409>, Harim <02766>, Baanah < 01195>.



28 And the rest <07605> of the people <05971>, the priests
<03548>, the Levites <03881>, the porters < 07778>, the singers
<07891>, the Nethinims <05411>, and all <03605> they that had
<01961> separated <0914> themselves from the people <05971> of
the lands <0776> unto the law <08451> of God < 0430>, their wives
<0802>, their sons <01121>, and their daughters < 01121>, every
<03605> one having knowledge <03045>, and having < 05414>
understanding <0995>;



29 They clave <02388> to their brethren <0251>, their nobles
<0117>, and entered <0935> into a curse <0423>, and into an oath
<07621>, to walk <03212> in God's <0430> law <08451>, which
<0834> was given <05414> by Moses <04872> the servant <05650> of
God <0430>, and to observe <08104> and do < 06213> all <03605>
the commandments <04687> of the LORD <03068> our Lord <0113>,
and his judgments <04941> and his statutes <02706>;



30 And that we would not give <05414> our daughters < 01121>
unto the people <05971> of the land <0776>, nor < 03808> take
<03947> their daughters <01121> for our sons < 01121>:



31 And [if] the people <05971> of the land <0776> bring <0935>
ware <04728> or any victuals <07668> on the sabbath <07676> day
<03117> to sell <04376>, [that] we would not buy < 03947> it of
them on the sabbath <07676>, or on the holy <06944> day <03117>:
and [that] we would leave <05203> the seventh <07637> year
<08141>, and the exaction <04855> of every < 03605> debt <03027>.



32. Also we made <05975> ordinances <04687> for us, to charge
<05414> ourselves yearly <08141> with the third < 07992> part of
a shekel <08255> for the service <05656> of the house <01004> of
our God <0430>;



33 For the shewbread, and for the continual <08548> meat
offering <04503>, and for the continual <08548> burnt <05930>
offering, of the sabbaths <07676>, of the new <02320> moons
<02320>, for the set <04150> feasts <04150>, and for the holy
<06944> [things], and for the sin <02403> offerings to make an
atonement <03722> for Israel <03478>, and [for] all <03605> the
work <04399> of the house <01004> of our God < 0430>.



34 And we cast <05307> the lots <01486> among the priests
<03548>, the Levites <03881>, and the people < 05971>, for the
wood <06086> offering <07133>, to bring <0935> [it] into the
house <01004> of our God <0430>, after <0310> the houses <01004>
of our fathers <01>, at times <06256> appointed < 02163> year
<08141> by year <08141>, to burn <01197> upon the altar <04196>
of the LORD <03068> our God <0430>, as [it is] written <03789>
in the law <08451>:



35 And to bring <0935> the firstfruits <01061> of our ground
<0127>, and the firstfruits <01061> of all < 03605> fruit <06529>
of all <03605> trees <06086>, year <08141> by year <08141>, unto
the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>:



36 Also the firstborn <01060> of our sons <01121>, and of our
cattle <0929>, as [it is] written <03789> in the law <08451>,
and the firstlings <01062> of our herds <01241> and of our
flocks <06629>, to bring <0935> to the house < 01004> of our God
<0430>, unto the priests <03548> that minister < 08334> in the
house <01004> of our God <0430>:



37 And [that] we should bring <0935> the firstfruits < 07225> of
our dough <06182>, and our offerings <08641>, and the fruit
<06529> of all <03605> manner of trees <06086>, of wine <08492>
and of oil <03323>, unto the priests <03548>, to the chambers
<03957> of the house <01004> of our God <0430>; and the tithes
<04643> of our ground <0127> unto the Levites < 03881>, that the
same <01992> Levites <03881> might have the tithes <06237> in
all <03605> the cities <05892> of our tillage < 05656>.



38 And the priest <03548> the son <01121> of Aaron <0175> shall
be with the Levites <03881>, when the Levites <03881> take
tithes <06237>: and the Levites <03881> shall bring <05927> up
the tithe <04643> of the tithes <04643> unto the house <01004>
of our God <0430>, to the chambers <03957>, into the treasure
<0214> house <01004>.



39 For the children <01121> of Israel <03478> and the children
<01121> of Levi <03878> shall bring <0935> the offering <08641>
of the corn <01715>, of the new <08492> wine < 08492>, and the
oil <03323>, unto the chambers <03957>, where < 08033> [are] the
vessels <03627> of the sanctuary <04720>, and the priests
<03548> that minister <08334>, and the porters < 07778>, and the
singers <07891>: and we will not forsake <05800> the house
<01004> of our God <0430>.



Nehemiah 11



1. And the rulers <08269> of the people <05971> dwelt <03427>
at Jerusalem <03389>: the rest <07605> of the people <05971>
also cast <05307> lots <01486>, to bring <0935> one <0259> of
ten <06235> to dwell <03427> in Jerusalem < 03389> the holy
<06944> city <05892>, and nine <08672> parts <03027> [to dwell
<03427>] in [other] cities <05892>.



2 And the people <05971> blessed <01288> all < 03605> the men
<0582>, that willingly offered themselves to dwell < 03427> at
Jerusalem <03389>.



3 Now these <0428> [are] the chief <07218> of the province
<04082> that dwelt <03427> in Jerusalem <03389>: but in the
cities <05892> of Judah <03063> dwelt <03427> every <0376> one
<0376> in his possession <0272> in their cities < 05892>, [to
wit], Israel <03478>, the priests <03548>, and the Levites
<03881>, and the Nethinims <05411>, and the children <01121> of
Solomon's <08010> servants <05650>.



4 And at Jerusalem <03389> dwelt <03427> [certain] of the
children <01121> of Judah <03063>, and of the children <01121>
of Benjamin <01144>. Of the children <01121> of Judah <03063>;
Athaiah <06265> the son <01121> of Uzziah < 05818>, the son
<01121> of Zechariah <02148>, the son <01121> of Amariah <0568>,
the son <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, the son < 01121> of
Mahalaleel <04111>, of the children <01121> of Perez <06557>;



5 And Maaseiah <04641> the son <01121> of Baruch < 01263>, the
son <01121> of Colhozeh <03626>, the son <01121> of Hazaiah
<02382>, the son <01121> of Adaiah <05718>, the son <01121> of
Joiarib <03114>, the son <01121> of Zechariah < 02148>, the son
<01121> of Shiloni <08023>.



6 All <03605> the sons <01121> of Perez <06557> that dwelt
<03427> at Jerusalem <03389> [were] four <0702> hundred <03967>
threescore <08346> and eight <08083> valiant < 02428> men.



7 And these <0428> [are] the sons <01121> of Benjamin <01144>;
Sallu <05543> the son <01121> of Meshullam < 04918>, the son
<01121> of Joed <03133>, the son <01121> of Pedaiah <06305>, the
son <01121> of Kolaiah <06964>, the son <01121> of Maaseiah
<04641>, the son <01121> of Ithiel <0384>, the son <01121> of
Jesaiah <03470>.



8 And after <0310> him Gabbai <01373>, Sallai < 05543>, nine
<08672> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and eight <08083>.



9 And Joel <03100> the son <01121> of Zichri < 02147> [was]
their overseer <06496>: and Judah <03063> the son < 01121> of
Senuah <05574> [was] second <04932> over <05921> the city
<05892>.



10 Of the priests <03548>: Jedaiah <03048> the son <01121> of
Joiarib <03114>, Jachin <03199>.



11 Seraiah <08304> the son <01121> of Hilkiah < 02518>, the son
<01121> of Meshullam <04918>, the son <01121> of Zadok <06659>,
the son <01121> of Meraioth <04812>, the son < 01121> of Ahitub
<0285>, [was] the ruler <05057> of the house < 01004> of God
<0430>.



12 And their brethren <0251> that did <06213> the work <04399>
of the house <01004> [were] eight <08083> hundred < 03967> twenty
<06242> and two <08147>: and Adaiah <05718> the son <01121> of
Jeroham <03395>, the son <01121> of Pelaliah < 06421>, the son
<01121> of Amzi <0557>, the son <01121> of Zechariah <02148>,
the son <01121> of Pashur <06583>, the son < 01121> of Malchiah
<04441>,



13 And his brethren <0251>, chief <07218> of the fathers <01>,
two <08147> hundred <03967> forty <0705> and two <08147>: and
Amashai <06023> the son <01121> of Azareel < 05832>, the son
<01121> of Ahasai <0273>, the son <01121> of Meshillemoth
<04919>, the son <01121> of Immer <0564>,



14 And their brethren <0251>, mighty <01368> men of valour
<02428>, an hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and eight <08083>:
and their overseer <06496> [was] Zabdiel <02068>, the son
<01121> of [one of] the great <01419> men.



15 Also of the Levites <03881>: Shemaiah <08098> the son
<01121> of Hashub <02815>, the son <01121> of Azrikam <05840>,
the son <01121> of Hashabiah <02811>, the son < 01121> of Bunni
<01137>;



16 And Shabbethai <07678> and Jozabad <03107>, of the chief
<07218> of the Levites <03881>, [had] the oversight <05921> of
the outward <02435> business <04399> of the house < 01004> of God
<0430>.



17 And Mattaniah <04983> the son <01121> of Micha <04316>, the
son <01121> of Zabdi <02067>, the son <01121> of Asaph <0623>,
[was] the principal <07218> to begin <08462> the thanksgiving
<03034> in prayer <08605>: and Bakbukiah <01229> the second
<04932> among his brethren <0251>, and Abda < 05653> the son
<01121> of Shammua <08051>, the son <01121> of Galal <01559>,
the son <01121> of Jeduthun <03038>.



18 All <03605> the Levites <03881> in the holy < 06944> city
<05892> [were] two hundred <03967> fourscore < 08084> and four
<0702>.



19 Moreover the porters <07778>, Akkub <06126>, Talmon <02929>,
and their brethren <0251> that kept <08104> the gates <08179>,
[were] an hundred <03967> seventy <07657> and two < 08147>.



20. And the residue <07605> of Israel <03478>, of the priests
<03548>, [and] the Levites <03881>, [were] in all < 03605> the
cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, every <0376> one <0376> in his
inheritance <05159>.



21 But the Nethinims <05411> dwelt <03427> in Ophel <06077>:
and Ziha <06727> and Gispa <01658> [were] over < 05921> the
Nethinims <05411>.



22 The overseer <06496> also of the Levites <03881> at
Jerusalem <03389> [was] Uzzi <05813> the son < 01121> of Bani
<01137>, the son <01121> of Hashabiah <02811>, the son <01121>
of Mattaniah <04983>, the son <01121> of Micha < 04316>. Of the
sons <01121> of Asaph <0623>, the singers < 07891> [were] over
<05048> the business <04399> of the house < 01004> of God <0430>.



23 For [it was] the king's <04428> commandment < 04687>
concerning <05921> them, that a certain portion should be for
the singers <07891>, due <01697> for every day < 03117>.



24 And Pethahiah <06611> the son <01121> of Meshezabeel <04898>,
of the children <01121> of Zerah <02226> the son < 01121> of
Judah <03063>, [was] at the king's <04428> hand < 03027> in all
<03605> matters <01697> concerning the people < 05971>.



25 And for the villages <02691>, with their fields < 07704>,
[some] of the children <01121> of Judah <03063> dwelt <03427> at
Kirjatharba <07153>, and [in] the villages <02691> thereof, and
at Dibon <01769>, and [in] the villages <01323> thereof, and at
Jekabzeel <03343>, and [in] the villages <01323> thereof,



26 And at Jeshua <03442>, and at Moladah <04137>, and at
Bethphelet <01046>,



27 And at Hazarshual <02705>, and at Beersheba <0884> , and [in]
the villages <01323> thereof,



28 And at Ziklag <06860>, and at Mekonah <04368>, and in the
villages <01323> thereof,



29 And at Enrimmon <05884>, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth
<03412>,



30 Zanoah <02182>, Adullam <05725>, and [in] their villages
<02691>, at Lachish <03923>, and the fields < 07704> thereof, at
Azekah <05825>, and [in] the villages <01323> thereof. And they
dwelt <02583> from Beersheba <0884> unto the valley <01516> of
Hinnom <02011>.



31 The children <01121> also of Benjamin <01144> from Geba
<01387> [dwelt] at Michmash <04363>, and Aija < 05857>, and
Bethel <01008>, and [in] their villages <01323>,



32 [And] at Anathoth <06068>, Nob <05011>, Ananiah <06055>,



33 Hazor <02674>, Ramah <07414>, Gittaim < 01664>,



34 Hadid <02307>, Zeboim <06650>, Neballat < 05041>,



35 Lod <03850>, and Ono <0207>, the valley < 01516> of craftsmen
<02796>.



36 And of the Levites <03881> [were] divisions < 04256> [in]
Judah <03063>, [and] in Benjamin <01144>.



Nehemiah 12



1. Now these <0428> [are] the priests <03548> and the Levites
<03881> that went <05927> up with Zerubbabel < 02216> the son
<01121> of Shealtiel <07597>, and Jeshua <03442> : Seraiah
<08304>, Jeremiah <03414>, Ezra <05830>,



2 Amariah <0568>, Malluch <04409>, Hattush < 02407>,



3 Shechaniah <07935>, Rehum <07348>, Meremoth < 04822>,



4 Iddo <05714>, Ginnetho <01599>, Abijah <029>,



5 Miamin <04326>, Maadiah <04573>, Bilgah < 01083>,



6 Shemaiah <08098>, and Joiarib <03114>, Jedaiah < 03048>,



7 Sallu <05543>, Amok <05987>, Hilkiah <02518>, Jedaiah <03048>.
These <0428> [were] the chief <07218> of the priests <03548>
and of their brethren <0251> in the days <03117> of Jeshua
<03442>.



8 Moreover the Levites <03881>: Jeshua <03442>, Binnui <01131>,
Kadmiel <06934>, Sherebiah <08274>, Judah < 03063>, [and]
Mattaniah <04983>, [which was] over <05921> the thanksgiving
<01960>, he and his brethren <0251>.



9 Also Bakbukiah <01229> and Unni <06042>, their brethren
<0251>, [were] over <05048> against <05048> them in the watches
<04931>.



10 And Jeshua <03442> begat <03205> Joiakim < 03113>, Joiakim
<03113> also begat <03205> Eliashib <0475>, and Eliashib <0475>
begat <03205> Joiada <03111>,



11 And Joiada <03111> begat <03205> Jonathan < 03083>, and
Jonathan <03083> begat <03205> Jaddua <03037>.



12 And in the days <03117> of Joiakim <03113> were priests
<03548>, the chief <07218> of the fathers <01>: of Seraiah
<08304>, Meraiah <04811>; of Jeremiah <03414>, Hananiah <02608>;



13 Of Ezra <05830>, Meshullam <04918>; of Amariah <0568>,
Jehohanan <03076>;



14 Of Melicu <04409>, Jonathan <03083>; of Shebaniah <07645>,
Joseph <03130>;



15 Of Harim <02766>, Adna <05733>; of Meraioth < 04812>, Helkai
<02517>;



16 Of Iddo <05714>, Zechariah <02148>; of Ginnethon <01599>,
Meshullam <04918>;



17 Of Abijah <029>, Zichri <02147>; of Miniamin < 04509>, of
Moadiah <04153>, Piltai <06408>;



18 Of Bilgah <01083>, Shammua <08051>; of Shemaiah <08098>,
Jehonathan <03083>;



19 And of Joiarib <03114>, Mattenai <04982>; of Jedaiah <03048>,
Uzzi <05813>;



20 Of Sallai <05543>, Kallai <07040>; of Amok < 05987>, Eber
<05677>;



21 Of Hilkiah <02518>, Hashabiah <02811>; of Jedaiah <03048>,
Nethaneel <05417>.



22 The Levites <03881> in the days <03117> of Eliashib <0475>,
Joiada <03111>, and Johanan <03110>, and Jaddua < 03037>, [were]
recorded <03789> chief <07218> of the fathers < 01>: also the
priests <03548>, to the reign <04438> of Darius < 01867> the
Persian <06542>.



23 The sons <01121> of Levi <03878>, the chief < 07218> of the
fathers <01>, [were] written <03789> in the book < 05612> of the
chronicles <01697>, even until <05704> the days < 03117> of
Johanan <03110> the son <01121> of Eliashib < 0475>.



24 And the chief <07218> of the Levites <03881>: Hashabiah
<02811>, Sherebiah <08274>, and Jeshua <03442> the son <01121>
of Kadmiel <06934>, with their brethren <0251> over <05980>
against <05048> them, to praise <01984> [and] to give thanks
<03034>, according to the commandment <04687> of David <01732>
the man <0376> of God <0430>, ward <04929> over <05980> against
<05980> ward <04929>.



25 Mattaniah <04983>, and Bakbukiah <01229>, Obadiah <05662>,
Meshullam <04918>, Talmon <02929>, Akkub <06126> , [were] porters
<07778> keeping <08104> the ward <04929> at the thresholds
<0624> of the gates <08179>.



26 These <0428> [were] in the days <03117> of Joiakim <03113>
the son <01121> of Jeshua <03442>, the son < 01121> of Jozadak
<03136>, and in the days <03117> of Nehemiah < 05166> the
governor <06346>, and of Ezra <05830> the priest < 03548>, the
scribe <05608>.



27. And at <05921> the dedication <02598> of the wall <02346>
of Jerusalem <03389> they sought <01245> the Levites <03881> out
of all <03605> their places <04725>, to bring < 0935> them to
Jerusalem <03389>, to keep <06213> the dedication < 02598> with
gladness <08057>, both with thanksgivings <08426>, and with
singing <07892>, [with] cymbals <04700>, psalteries <05035>, and
with harps <03658>.



28 And the sons <01121> of the singers <07891> gathered <0622>
themselves together, both out of the plain <03603> country round
<05439> about Jerusalem <03389>, and from the villages <02691>
of Netophathi <05200>;



29 Also from the house <01004> of Gilgal <01537>, and out of
the fields <07704> of Geba <01387> and Azmaveth < 05820>: for the
singers <07891> had builded <01129> them villages < 02691> round
<05439> about Jerusalem <03389>.



30 And the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> purified
<02891> themselves, and purified <02891> the people <05971>, and
the gates <08179>, and the wall <02346>.



31 Then I brought <05927> up the princes <08269> of Judah
<03063> upon the wall <02346>, and appointed < 05975> two <08147>
great <01419> [companies of them that gave] thanks < 08426>,
[whereof one] went <01980> on the right <03225> hand <03225>
upon the wall <02346> toward the dung <0830> gate < 08179>:



32 And after <0310> them went <03212> Hoshaiah < 01955>, and
half <02677> of the princes <08269> of Judah < 03063>,



33 And Azariah <05838>, Ezra <05830>, and Meshullam <04918>,



34 Judah <03063>, and Benjamin <01144>, and Shemaiah <08098>,
and Jeremiah <03414>,



35 And [certain] of the priests <03548>' sons <01121> with
trumpets <02689>; [namely], Zechariah <02148> the son <01121> of
Jonathan <03083>, the son <01121> of Shemaiah < 08098>, the son
<01121> of Mattaniah <04983>, the son <01121> of Michaiah
<04320>, the son <01121> of Zaccur <02139>, the son <01121> of
Asaph <0623>:



36 And his brethren <0251>, Shemaiah <08098>, and Azarael
<05832>, Milalai <04450>, Gilalai <01562>, Maai <04597>,
Nethaneel <05417>, and Judah <03063>, Hanani < 02607>, with the
musical <07892> instruments <03627> of David < 01732> the man
<0376> of God <0430>, and Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> before
<06440> them.



37 And at the fountain <05869> gate <08179>, which was over
<05048> against <05048> them, they went <05927> up by the stairs
<04609> of the city <05892> of David <01732>, at the going
<04608> up of the wall <02346>, above <05921> the house <01004>
of David <01732>, even unto the water <04325> gate <08179>
eastward <04217>.



38 And the other <08145> [company of them that gave] thanks
<08426> went <01980> over <04136> against < 04136> [them], and I
after <0310> them, and the half <02677> of the people <05971>
upon the wall <02346>, from beyond <05921> the tower <04026> of
the furnaces <08574> even unto the broad <07342> wall <02346>;



39 And from above <05921> the gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669>,
and above <05921> the old <03465> gate <08179>, and above
<05921> the fish <01709> gate <08179>, and the tower <04026> of
Hananeel <02606>, and the tower <04026> of Meah < 03968>, even
unto the sheep <06629> gate <08179>: and they stood <05975>
still in the prison <04307> gate <08179>.



40 So stood <05975> the two <08147> [companies of them that
gave] thanks <08426> in the house <01004> of God < 0430>, and I,
and the half <02677> of the rulers <05461> with me:



41 And the priests <03548>; Eliakim <0471>, Maaseiah <04641>,
Miniamin <04509>, Michaiah <04320>, Elioenai < 0454>, Zechariah
<02148>, [and] Hananiah <02608>, with trumpets < 02689>;



42 And Maaseiah <04641>, and Shemaiah <08098>, and Eleazar
<0499>, and Uzzi <05813>, and Jehohanan <03076>, and Malchijah
<04441>, and Elam <05867>, and Ezer <05829>. And the singers
<07891> sang <07891> loud <08085>, with Jezrahiah <03156>
[their] overseer <06496>.



43 Also that day <03117> they offered <02076> great <01419>
sacrifices <02077>, and rejoiced <08055>: for God < 0430> had
made them rejoice <08055> with great <01419> joy < 08057>: the
wives <0802> also and the children <03206> rejoiced <08055>: so
that the joy <08057> of Jerusalem <03389> was heard <08085> even
afar <07350> off.



44. And at that time <03117> were some <0582> appointed <06485>
over <05921> the chambers <05393> for the treasures <0214>, for
the offerings <08641>, for the firstfruits <07225>, and for the
tithes <04643>, to gather <03664> into them out of the fields
<07704> of the cities <05892> the portions < 04521> of the law
<08451> for the priests <03548> and Levites < 03881>: for Judah
<03063> rejoiced <08057> for the priests <03548> and for the
Levites <03881> that waited <05975>.



45 And both the singers <07891> and the porters < 07778> kept
<08104> the ward <04931> of their God <0430>, and the ward
<04931> of the purification <02893>, according to the
commandment <04687> of David <01732>, [and] of Solomon <08010>
his son <01121>.



46 For in the days <03117> of David <01732> and Asaph <0623> of
old <06924> [there were] chief <07218> of the singers <07891>,
and songs <07892> of praise <08416> and thanksgiving unto God
<0430>.



47 And all <03605> Israel <03478> in the days < 03117> of
Zerubbabel <02216>, and in the days <03117> of Nehemiah <05166>,
gave <05414> the portions <04521> of the singers < 07891> and the
porters <07778>, every day <03117> his portion < 01697>: and they
sanctified <06942> [holy things] unto the Levites < 03881>; and
the Levites <03881> sanctified <06942> [them] unto the children
<01121> of Aaron <0175>.



Nehemiah 13



1. On that day <03117> they read <07121> in the book <05612> of
Moses <04872> in the audience <0241> of the people <05971>; and
therein was found <04672> written <03789>, that the Ammonite
<05984> and the Moabite <04125> should not come < 0935> into the
congregation <06951> of God <0430> for ever < 05769>;



2 Because <03588> they met <06923> not the children <01121> of
Israel <03478> with bread <03899> and with water < 04325>, but
hired <07936> Balaam <01109> against <05921> them, that he
should curse <07043> them: howbeit our God <0430> turned <02015>
the curse <07045> into a blessing <01293>.



3 Now it came <01961> to pass, when they had heard < 08085> the
law <08451>, that they separated <0914> from Israel <03478> all
<03605> the mixed <06154> multitude <06154>.



4 And before <06440> this <02088>, Eliashib < 0475> the priest
<03548>, having the oversight <05414> of the chamber <03957> of
the house <01004> of our God <0430>, [was] allied < 07138> unto
Tobiah <02900>:



5 And he had prepared <06213> for him a great <01419> chamber
<03957>, where <08033> aforetime <06440> they laid <05414> the
meat offerings <04503>, the frankincense <03828>, and the
vessels <03627>, and the tithes <04643> of the corn <01715>, the
new <08492> wine <08492>, and the oil <03323>, which was
commanded <04687> [to be given] to the Levites <03881> , and the
singers <07891>, and the porters <07778>; and the offerings
<04503> of the priests <03548>.



6 But in all <03605> this <02088> [time] was not I at Jerusalem
<03389>: for in the two <08147> and thirtieth < 07970> year
<08141> of Artaxerxes <0783> king <04428> of Babylon <0894> came
<0935> I unto the king <04428>, and after < 07093> certain days
<03117> obtained <07592> I leave <07592> of the king <04428>:



7 And I came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>, and understood <0995>
of the evil <07451> that Eliashib <0475> did < 06213> for Tobiah
<02900>, in preparing <06213> him a chamber < 05393> in the
courts <02691> of the house <01004> of God < 0430>.



8 And it grieved <07489> me sore <03966>: therefore I cast
<07903> forth all <03605> the household <01004> stuff <03627> of
Tobiah <02900> out of the chamber <03957>.



9 Then I commanded <0559>, and they cleansed <02891> the
chambers <03957>: and thither <08033> brought < 07725> I again
<07725> the vessels <03627> of the house <01004> of God <0430>,
with the meat offering <04503> and the frankincense < 03828>.



10. And I perceived <03045> that the portions <04521> of the
Levites <03881> had not been given <05414> [them]: for the
Levites <03881> and the singers <07891>, that did < 06213> the
work <04399>, were fled <01272> every <0376> one <0376> to his
field <07704>.



11 Then contended <07378> I with the rulers <05461>, and said
<0559>, Why <04069> is the house <01004> of God <0430> forsaken
<05800>? And I gathered <06908> them together, and set <05975>
them in their place <05977>.



12 Then brought <0935> all <03605> Judah < 03063> the tithe
<04643> of the corn <01715> and the new <08492> wine <08492> and
the oil <03323> unto the treasuries <0214>.



13 And I made treasurers <0686> over <05921> the treasuries
<0214>, Shelemiah <08018> the priest <03548>, and Zadok <06659>
the scribe <05608>, and of the Levites <03881>, Pedaiah <06305>:
and next to them [was] Hanan <02605> the son <01121> of Zaccur
<02139>, the son <01121> of Mattaniah <04983>: for they were
counted <02803> faithful <0539>, and their office [was] to
distribute <02505> unto their brethren <0251>.



14 Remember <02142> me, O my God <0430>, concerning <05921>
this <02088>, and wipe <04229> not out my good < 02617> deeds
that I have done <06213> for the house <01004> of my God <0430>,
and for the offices <04929> thereof.



15. In those <01992> days <03117> saw <07200> I in Judah
<03063> [some] treading <01869> wine presses on the sabbath
<07676>, and bringing <0935> in sheaves <06194>, and lading
<06006> asses <02543>; as also <0637> wine < 03196>, grapes
<06025>, and figs <08384>, and all <03605> [manner of] burdens
<04853>, which they brought <0935> into Jerusalem < 03389> on the
sabbath <07676> day <03117>: and I testified < 05749> [against
them] in the day <03117> wherein they sold <04376> victuals
<06718>.



16 There dwelt <03427> men <0582> of Tyre < 06876> also therein,
which brought <0935> fish <01709>, and all < 03605> manner of
ware <04377>, and sold <04376> on the sabbath < 07676> unto the
children <01121> of Judah <03063>, and in Jerusalem <03389>.



17 Then I contended <07378> with the nobles <02715> of Judah
<03063>, and said <0559> unto them, What <04100> evil <07451>
thing <01697> [is] this <02088> that ye do < 06213>, and profane
<02490> the sabbath <07676> day <03117>?



18 Did <06213> not your fathers <01> thus < 03541>, and did
<06213> not our God <0430> bring <0935> all < 03605> this <02088>
evil <07451> upon us, and upon this <02063> city < 05892>? yet ye
bring <0935> more <03254> wrath <02740> upon Israel <03478> by
profaning <02490> the sabbath <07676>.



19 And it came <01961> to pass, that when <0834> the gates
<08179> of Jerusalem <03389> began <06751> to be dark <06751>
before <06440> the sabbath <07676>, I commanded < 0559> that the
gates <01817> should be shut <05462>, and charged < 0559> that
they should not be opened <06605> till <05704> after <0310> the
sabbath <07676>: and [some] of my servants <05288> set <05975> I
at <05921> the gates <08179>, [that] there should no <03808>
burden <04853> be brought <0935> in on the sabbath <07676> day
<03117>.



20 So the merchants <07402> and sellers <04376> of all <03605>
kind of ware <04465> lodged <03885> without < 02351> Jerusalem
<03389> once <06471> or twice <08147>.



21 Then I testified <05749> against them, and said < 0559> unto
them, Why <04069> lodge <03885> ye about <05048> the wall
<02346>? if <0518> ye do [so] again <03138>, I will lay <07971>
hands <03027> on you. From that time <06256> forth came <0935>
they no <03808> [more] on the sabbath <07676>.



22 And I commanded <0559> the Levites <03881> that they should
cleanse <02891> themselves, and [that] they should come < 0935>
[and] keep <08104> the gates <08179>, to sanctify < 06942> the
sabbath <07676> day <03117>. Remember <02142> me, O my God
<0430>, [concerning] this <02063> also <01571>, and spare
<02347> me according to the greatness <07230> of thy mercy
<02617>.



23. In those <01992> days <03117> also <01571> saw <07200> I
Jews <03064> [that] had married <03427> wives < 0802> of Ashdod
<0795>, of Ammon <05983>, [and] of Moab <04125>:



24 And their children <01121> spake <01696> half < 02677> in the
speech <03066> of Ashdod <0795>, and could < 05234> not speak
<01696> in the Jews <03066>' language, but according to the
language <03956> of each people <05971>.



25 And I contended <07378> with them, and cursed < 07043> them,
and smote <05221> certain <0582> of them, and plucked <04803>
off their hair, and made them swear <07650> by God < 0430>,
[saying], Ye shall not give <05414> your daughters < 01121> unto
their sons <01121>, nor <0518> take <05375> their daughters
<01121> unto your sons <01121>, or for yourselves.



26 Did not Solomon <08010> king <04428> of Israel <03478> sin
<02398> by these things? yet among many <07227> nations <01471>
was there no <03808> king <04428> like <03644> him, who was
beloved <0157> of his God <0430>, and God <0430> made <05414>
him king <04428> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478>:
nevertheless <01571> even him did outlandish <05237> women
<0802> cause to sin <02398>.



27 Shall we then hearken <08085> unto you to do < 06213> all
<03605> this <02063> great <01419> evil < 07451>, to transgress
<04603> against our God <0430> in marrying < 03427> strange
<05237> wives <0802>?



28 And [one <0259>] of the sons <01121> of Joiada <03111>, the
son <01121> of Eliashib <0475> the high <01419> priest <03548>,
[was] son <02860> in law <02859> to Sanballat < 05571> the
Horonite <02772>: therefore I chased <01272> him from me.



29 Remember <02142> them, O my God <0430>, because <05921> they
have defiled <01351> the priesthood <03550>, and the covenant
<01285> of the priesthood <03550>, and of the Levites <03881>.



30 Thus cleansed <02891> I them from all <03605> strangers
<05236>, and appointed <05975> the wards <04931> of the priests
<03548> and the Levites <03881>, every <0376> one <0376> in his
business <04399>;



31 And for the wood <06086> offering <07133>, at times <06256>
appointed <02163>, and for the firstfruits <01061>. Remember
<02142> me, O my God <0430>, for good <02896>.













  
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