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Nehemiah 1





1. The words <1697> of Nehemiah <5166> the son < 1121> of
Hachaliah <2446>. And it came <1961> to pass in the month <2320>
Chisleu <3691>, in the twentieth <6242> year < 8141>, as I was in
Shushan <7800> the palace <1002>,



2 That Hanani <2607>, one <0259> of my brethren < 0251>, came
<0935>, he and [certain] men <0582> of Judah < 3063>; and I asked
<7592> them concerning <5921> the Jews <3064> that had escaped
<6413>, which <0834> were left <7604> of the captivity <7628>,
and concerning <5921> Jerusalem <3389>.



3 And they said <0559> unto me, The remnant <7604> that are
left <7604> of the captivity <7628> there <8033> in the province
<4082> [are] in great <1419> affliction <7451> and reproach
<2781>: the wall <2346> of Jerusalem <3389> also [is] broken
<6555> down, and the gates <8179> thereof are burned <3341> with
fire <0784>.



4 And it came <1961> to pass, when I heard <8085> these <0428>
words <1697>, that I sat <3427> down and wept < 1058>, and
mourned <56> [certain] days <3117>, and fasted < 6684>, and
prayed <6419> before <6440> the God <0430> of heaven <8064>,



5. And said <0559>, I beseech <0577> thee, O LORD <3068> God
<0430> of heaven <8064>, the great <1419> and terrible <3372>
God <0410>, that keepeth <8104> covenant <1285> and mercy <2617>
for them that love <0157> him and observe <8104> his
commandments <4687>:



6 Let thine ear <0241> now <4994> be attentive < 7183>, and
thine eyes <5869> open <6605>, that thou mayest hear <8085> the
prayer <8605> of thy servant <5650>, which < 0834> I pray <6419>
before <6440> thee now <3117>, day <3119> and night <3915>, for
the children <1121> of Israel <3478> thy servants < 5650>, and
confess <3034> the sins <2403> of the children < 1121> of Israel
<3478>, which <0834> we have sinned <2398> against thee: both I
and my father's <1> house <1004> have sinned < 2398>.



7 We have dealt very corruptly <2254> against thee, and have
not kept <8104> the commandments <4687>, nor the statutes <2706>,
nor the judgments <4941>, which <0834> thou commandedst <6680>
thy servant <5650> Moses <4872>.



8 Remember <2142>, I beseech <4994> thee, the word <1697> that
thou commandedst <6680> thy servant <5650> Moses < 4872>, saying
<0559>, [If] ye transgress <4603>, I will scatter < 6327> you
abroad <6327> among the nations <5971>:



9 But [if] ye turn <7725> unto me, and keep <8104> my
commandments <4687>, and do <6213> them; though < 0518> there
were of you cast <5080> out unto the uttermost <7097> part of
the heaven <8064>, [yet] will I gather <6908> them from thence
<8033>, and will bring <0935> them unto the place < 4725> that I
have chosen <0970> to set <7931> my name <8034> there <8033>.



10 Now these <1992> [are] thy servants <5650> and thy people
<5971>, whom <0834> thou hast redeemed <6299> by thy great
<1419> power <3581>, and by thy strong <2389> hand <3027>.



11 O Lord <0136>, I beseech <0577> thee, let now < 4994> thine
ear <0241> be attentive <7183> to the prayer < 8605> of thy
servant <5650>, and to the prayer <8605> of thy servants <5650>,
who desire <2655> to fear <3372> thy name <8034> : and prosper
<6743>, I pray <4994> thee, thy servant <5650> this day <3117>,
and grant <5414> him mercy <7356> in the sight < 6440> of this
<2088> man <0376>. For I was the king's <4428> cupbearer <4945>.



Nehemiah 2



1. And it came <1961> to pass in the month <2320> Nisan <5212>,
in the twentieth <6242> year <8141> of Artaxerxes < 0783> the
king <4428>, [that] wine <3196> [was] before < 6440> him: and I
took <5375> up the wine <3196>, and gave <5414> [it] unto the
king <4428>. Now I had not been <1961> [beforetime] sad <7451>
in his presence <6440>.



2 Wherefore the king <4428> said <0559> unto me, Why <4069>
[is] thy countenance <6440> sad <7451>, seeing thou [art] not
sick <2470>? this <2088> [is] nothing <0369> [else] but sorrow
<7455> of heart <3820>. Then I was very <3966> sore <7235>
afraid <3372>,



3 And said <0559> unto the king <4428>, Let the king <4428>
live <2421> for ever <5769>: why <4069> should not my
countenance <6440> be sad <7489>, when <0834> the city <5892>,
the place <1004> of my fathers <1>' sepulchres < 6913>, [lieth]
waste <2720>, and the gates <8179> thereof are consumed <0398>
with fire <0784>?



4 Then the king <4428> said <0559> unto me, For what <4100>
dost thou make request <1245>? So I prayed <6419> to the God
<0430> of heaven <8064>.



5 And I said <0559> unto the king <4428>, If < 0518> it please
<2895> the king <4428>, and if <0518> thy servant <5650> have
found favour <3190> in thy sight <6440>, that thou wouldest send
<7971> me unto Judah <3063>, unto the city < 5892> of my fathers
<1>' sepulchres <6913>, that I may build <1129> it.



6 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto me, (the queen <7694>
also sitting <3427> by him,) For how <5704> long < 5704> shall
thy journey <4109> be? and when <4970> wilt thou return <7725>?
So it pleased <3190> the king <4428> to send < 7971> me; and I
set <5414> him a time <2165>.



7 Moreover I said <0559> unto the king <4428>, If it please
<2895> the king <4428>, let letters <0107> be given <5414> me to
the governors <6346> beyond <5676> the river < 5104>, that they
may convey <5674> me over <5674> till <5704> I come <0935> into
<0413> Judah <3063>;



8 And a letter <0107> unto Asaph <0623> the keeper <8104> of
the king's <4428> forest <6508>, that he may give < 5414> me
timber <6086> to make beams <7136> for the gates < 8179> of the
palace <1002> which <0834> [appertained] to the house <1004>,
and for the wall <2346> of the city <5892>, and for the house
<1004> that I shall enter <0935> into <5921>. And the king
<4428> granted <5414> me, according to the good < 2896> hand
<3027> of my God <0430> upon me.



9. Then I came <0935> to the governors <6346> beyond <5676> the
river <5104>, and gave <5414> them the king's < 4428> letters
<0107>. Now the king <4428> had sent <7971> captains <8269> of
the army <2428> and horsemen <6571> with me.



10 When Sanballat <5571> the Horonite <2772>, and Tobiah <2900>
the servant <5650>, the Ammonite <5984>, heard < 8085> [of it],
it grieved <7489> them exceedingly <1419> that there was come
<0935> a man <0120> to seek <1245> the welfare <2896> of the
children <1121> of Israel <3478>.



11 So I came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389>, and was there <8033>
three <7969> days <3117>.



12 And I arose <6965> in the night <3915>, I and some <4592>
few <4592> men <0582> with me; neither <3808> told <5046> I
[any] man <0120> what <4100> my God <0430> had put <5414> in my
heart <3820> to do <6213> at Jerusalem <3389>: neither <0369>
[was there any] beast <0929> with me, save the beast < 0929> that
I rode <7392> upon.



13 And I went <3318> out by night <3915> by the gate <8179> of
the valley <1516>, even before the dragon <8577> well <2869>,
and to the dung <0830> port <8179>, and viewed < 7663> the walls
<2346> of Jerusalem <3389>, which <0834> were broken <6555> down,
and the gates <8179> thereof were consumed <0398> with fire
<0784>.



14 Then I went <5674> on <0413> to the gate < 8179> of the
fountain <5869>, and to the king's <4428> pool < 1295>: but
[there was] no <0369> place <4725> for the beast < 0929> [that
was] under <8478> me to pass <5674>.



15 Then went <5927> I up in the night <3915> by the brook
<5158>, and viewed <7663> the wall <2346>, and turned <7725>
back <7725>, and entered <0935> by the gate < 8179> of the valley
<1516>, and [so] returned <7725>.



16 And the rulers <5461> knew <3045> not whither < 0575> I went
<1980>, or what <4100> I did <6213>; neither <3808> had I as yet
told <5046> [it] to the Jews <3064>, nor to the priests <3548>,
nor to the nobles <2715>, nor to the rulers <5461>, nor to the
rest <3499> that did <6213> the work <4399>.



17 Then said <0559> I unto them, Ye see <7200> the distress
<7451> that we [are] in, how <0834> Jerusalem < 3389> [lieth]
waste <2720>, and the gates <8179> thereof are burned <3341>
with fire <0784>: come <3212>, and let us build < 1129> up the
wall <2346> of Jerusalem <3389>, that we be no < 3808> more
<5720> a reproach <2781>.



18 Then I told <5046> them of the hand <3027> of my God <0430>
which <0834> was good <2896> upon me; as also < 0637> the king's
<4428> words <1697> that he had spoken <0559> unto me. And they
said <0559>, Let us rise <6965> up and build < 1129>. So they
strengthened <2388> their hands <3027> for [this] good <2896>
[work].



19 But when Sanballat <5571> the Horonite <2772>, and Tobiah
<2900> the servant <5650>, the Ammonite <5984>, and Geshem
<1654> the Arabian <6163>, heard <8085> [it], they laughed
<3932> us to scorn, and despised <0959> us, and said <0559>,
What <4100> [is] this <2088> thing <1697> that ye do <6213>?
will ye rebel <4775> against <5921> the king < 4428>?



20 Then answered <1697> I them, and said <0559> unto them, The
God <0430> of heaven <8064>, he will prosper < 6743> us;
therefore we his servants <5650> will arise <6965> and build
<1129>: but ye have no <0369> portion <2506>, nor right <6666>,
nor memorial <2146>, in Jerusalem <3389>.



Nehemiah 3



1. Then Eliashib <0475> the high <1419> priest < 3548> rose
<6965> up with his brethren <0251> the priests < 3548>, and they
builded <1129> the sheep <6629> gate <8179>; they sanctified
<6942> it, and set <5975> up the doors <1817> of it; even unto
the tower <4026> of Meah <3968> they sanctified < 6942> it, unto
the tower <4026> of Hananeel <2606>.



2 And next unto him builded <1129> the men <0582> of Jericho
<3405>. And next to them builded <1129> Zaccur < 2139> the son
<1121> of Imri <0556>.



3 But the fish <1709> gate <8179> did the sons < 1121> of
Hassenaah <5574> build <1129>, who <1992> [also] laid the beams
<7136> thereof, and set <5975> up the doors < 1817> thereof, the
locks <4514> thereof, and the bars <1280> thereof.



4 And next unto them repaired <2388> Meremoth <4822> the son
<1121> of Urijah <0223>, the son <1121> of Koz <6976>. And next
unto them repaired <2388> Meshullam <4918> the son <1121> of
Berechiah <1296>, the son <1121> of Meshezabeel < 4898>. And next
unto them repaired <2388> Zadok <6659> the son < 1121> of Baana
<1195>.



5 And next unto them the Tekoites <8621> repaired < 2388>; but
their nobles <0117> put <0935> not their necks < 6677> to the
work <5656> of their Lord <0113>.



6 Moreover the old <3465> gate <8179> repaired < 2388> Jehoiada
<3111> the son <1121> of Paseah <6454>, and Meshullam <4918> the
son <1121> of Besodeiah <1152>; they laid the beams <7136>
thereof, and set <5975> up the doors <1817> thereof, and the
locks <4514> thereof, and the bars <1280> thereof.



7 And next unto them repaired <2388> Melatiah <4424> the
Gibeonite <1393>, and Jadon <3036> the Meronothite <4824>, the
men <0582> of Gibeon <1391>, and of Mizpah < 4709>, unto the
throne <3678> of the governor <6346> on this side < 5676> the
river <5104>.



8 Next unto him repaired <2388> Uzziel <5816> the son <1121> of
Harhaiah <2736>, of the goldsmiths <6884>. Next unto him also
repaired <2388> Hananiah <2608> the son <1121> of [one of] the
apothecaries <7543>, and they fortified <5800> Jerusalem <3389>
unto the broad <7342> wall <2346>.



9 And next unto them repaired <2388> Rephaiah <7509> the son
<1121> of Hur <2354>, the ruler <8269> of the half <2677> part
<6418> of Jerusalem <3389>.



10 And next unto them repaired <2388> Jedaiah <3042> the son
<1121> of Harumaph <2739>, even over <5048> against <5048> his
house <1004>. And next unto him repaired <2388> Hattush <2407>
the son <1121> of Hashabniah <2813>.



11 Malchijah <4441> the son <1121> of Harim < 2766>, and Hashub
<2815> the son <1121> of Pahathmoab <6355>, repaired <2388> the
other <8145> piece <4060>, and the tower <4026> of the furnaces
<8574>.



12 And next unto him repaired <2388> Shallum <7967> the son
<1121> of Halohesh <3873>, the ruler <8269> of the half <2677>
part <6418> of Jerusalem <3389>, he and his daughters <1121>.



13 The valley <1516> gate <8179> repaired < 2388> Hanun <2586>,
and the inhabitants <3427> of Zanoah <2182>; they built <1129>
it, and set <5975> up the doors <1817> thereof, the locks <4514>
thereof, and the bars <1280> thereof, and a thousand < 0505>
cubits <0520> on the wall <2346> unto the dung < 0830> gate
<8179>.



14 But the dung <0830> gate <8179> repaired < 2388> Malchiah
<4441> the son <1121> of Rechab <7394>, the ruler <8269> of part
<6418> of Bethhaccerem <1021>; he built <1129> it, and set
<5975> up the doors <1817> thereof, the locks < 4514> thereof,
and the bars <1280> thereof.



15 But the gate <8179> of the fountain <5869> repaired <2388>
Shallun <7968> the son <1121> of Colhozeh <3626> , the ruler
<8269> of part <6418> of Mizpah <4709>; he built <1129> it, and
covered <2926> it, and set <5975> up the doors < 1817> thereof,
the locks <4514> thereof, and the bars <1280> thereof, and the
wall <2346> of the pool <1295> of Siloah <7975> by the king's
<4428> garden <1588>, and unto the stairs <4609> that go <3381>
down <3381> from the city <5892> of David <1732> .



16 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Nehemiah < 5166> the son
<1121> of Azbuk <5802>, the ruler <8269> of the half <2677> part
<6418> of Bethzur <1049>, unto [the place] over < 5048> against
<5048> the sepulchres <6913> of David <1732>, and to the pool
<1295> that was made <6213>, and unto the house < 1004> of the
mighty <1368>.



17 After <0310> him repaired <2388> the Levites < 3881>, Rehum
<7348> the son <1121> of Bani <1137>. Next unto him repaired
<2388> Hashabiah <2811>, the ruler <8269> of the half <2677>
part <6418> of Keilah <7084>, in his part <6418> .



18 After <0310> him repaired <2388> their brethren <0251>,
Bavai <0942> the son <1121> of Henadad <2582>, the ruler <8269>
of the half <2677> part <6418> of Keilah <7084>.



19 And next to him repaired <2388> Ezer <5829> the son <1121>
of Jeshua <3442>, the ruler <8269> of Mizpah < 4709>, another
<8145> piece <4060> over <5048> against < 5048> the going <5927>
up to the armoury <5402> at the turning <4740> [of the wall].



20 After <0310> him Baruch <1263> the son < 1121> of Zabbai
<2079> earnestly <2734> repaired <2388> the other <8145> piece
<4060>, from the turning <4740> [of the wall] unto the door
<6607> of the house <1004> of Eliashib <0475> the high <1419>
priest <3548>.



21 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Meremoth < 4822> the son
<1121> of Urijah <0223> the son <1121> of Koz <6976> another
<8145> piece <4060>, from the door <6607> of the house <1004> of
Eliashib <0475> even to the end <8503> of the house <1004> of
Eliashib <0475>.



22 And after <0310> him repaired <2388> the priests <3548>, the
men <0582> of the plain <3603>.



23 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Benjamin < 1144> and Hashub
<2815> over <5048> against <5048> their house <1004>. After
<0310> him repaired <2388> Azariah <5838> the son <1121> of
Maaseiah <4641> the son <1121> of Ananiah <6055> by his house
<1004>.



24 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Binnui < 1131> the son
<1121> of Henadad <2582> another <8145> piece <4060>, from the
house <1004> of Azariah <5838> unto the turning < 4740> [of the
wall], even unto the corner <6438>.



25 Palal <6420> the son <1121> of Uzai <0186>, over <5048>
against <5048> the turning <4740> [of the wall], and the tower
<4026> which lieth <3318> out from the king's < 4428> high <5945>
house <1004>, that [was] by the court <2691> of the prison
<4307>. After <0310> him Pedaiah <6305> the son <1121> of Parosh
<6551>.



26 Moreover the Nethinims <5411> dwelt <3427> in Ophel <6077>,
unto [the place] over <5048> against <5048> the water <4325>
gate <8179> toward the east <4217>, and the tower < 4026> that
lieth <3318> out.



27 After <0310> them the Tekoites <8621> repaired <2388>
another <8145> piece <4060>, over <5048> against <5048> the
great <1419> tower <4026> that lieth <3318> out, even unto the
wall <2346> of Ophel <6077>.



28 From above the horse <5483> gate <8179> repaired <2388> the
priests <3548>, every <0376> one <0376> over <5048> against
<5048> his house <1004>.



29 After <0310> them repaired <2388> Zadok < 6659> the son
<1121> of Immer <0564> over <5048> against < 5048> his house
<1004>. After <0310> him repaired <2388> also Shemaiah <8098>
the son <1121> of Shechaniah <7935>, the keeper < 8104> of the
east <4217> gate <8179>.



30 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Hananiah < 2608> the son
<1121> of Shelemiah <8018>, and Hanun <2586> the sixth <8345>
son <1121> of Zalaph, another <8145> piece < 4060>. After <0310>
him repaired <2388> Meshullam <4918> the son < 1121> of Berechiah
<1296> over <5048> against <5048> his chamber <5393>.



31 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Malchiah < 4441> the
goldsmith's <6885> son <1121> unto the place < 1004> of the
Nethinims <5411>, and of the merchants <7402>, over <5048>
against <5921> the gate <8179> Miphkad <4663>, and to the going
<5944> up of the corner <6438>.



32 And between <0996> the going <5944> up of the corner <6438>
unto the sheep <6629> gate <8179> repaired < 2388> the goldsmiths
<6884> and the merchants <7402>.



Nehemiah 4



1. But it came <1961> to pass, that when <0834> Sanballat
<5571> heard <8085> that we builded <1129> the wall <2346>, he
was wroth <2734>, and took great <7235> indignation <3707>, and
mocked <3932> the Jews <3064>.



2 And he spake <0559> before <6440> his brethren < 0251> and the
army <2428> of Samaria <8111>, and said <0559>, What <4100> do
<6213> these feeble <0537> Jews <3064>? will they fortify <5800>
themselves <1992>? will they sacrifice <2076>? will they make an
end <3615> in a day <3117>? will they revive < 2421> the stones
<68> out of the heaps <6194> of the rubbish < 6083> which <1992>
are burned <8313>?



3 Now Tobiah <2900> the Ammonite <5984> [was] by him, and he
said <0559>, Even <1571> that which <0834> they build <1129>, if
<0518> a fox <7776> go <5927> up, he shall even break <6565>
down their stone <68> wall <2346>.



4 Hear <8085>, O our God <0430>; for we are despised <0939>:
and turn <7725> their reproach <2781> upon their own head <7218>,
and give <5414> them for a prey <0961> in the land <0776> of
captivity <7633>:



5 And cover <3680> not their iniquity <5771>, and let not their
sin <2403> be blotted <4229> out from before < 6440> thee: for
they have provoked [thee] to anger <3707> before < 5048> the
builders <1129>.



6 So built <1129> we the wall <2346>; and all < 3605> the wall
<2346> was joined <7194> together unto the half < 2677> thereof:
for the people <5971> had <1961> a mind <3820> to work <6213>.



7. But it came <1961> to pass, [that] when <0834> Sanballat
<5571>, and Tobiah <2900>, and the Arabians < 6163>, and the
Ammonites <5984>, and the Ashdodites <0796>, heard <8085> that
the walls <2346> of Jerusalem <3389> were made up, [and] that
the breaches <6555> began <2490> to be stopped < 5640>, then they
were very <3966> wroth <2734>,



8 And conspired <7194> all <3605> of them together <3162> to
come <0935> [and] to fight <3898> against Jerusalem <3389>, and
to hinder it.



9 Nevertheless we made our prayer <6419> unto our God < 0430>,
and set <5975> a watch <4929> against <5921> them day <3119> and
night <3915>, because <6440> of them.



10 And Judah <3063> said <0559>, The strength < 3581> of the
bearers <5449> of burdens <5449> is decayed < 3782>, and [there
is] much <7235> rubbish <6083>; so that we are not able <3201>
to build <1129> the wall <2346>.



11 And our adversaries <6862> said <0559>, They shall not know
<3045>, neither <3808> see <7200>, till < 5704> we come <0935> in
the midst <8432> among <8432> them, and slay < 2026> them, and
cause the work <4399> to cease <7673>.



12 And it came <1961> to pass, that when <0834> the Jews <3064>
which dwelt <3427> by them came <0935>, they said < 0559> unto us
ten <6235> times <6471>, From all <3605> places <4725> whence
<0370> ye shall return <7725> unto us [they will be upon you].



13 Therefore set <5975> I in the lower <8482> places <4725>
behind <0310> the wall <2346>, [and] on the higher <6706> places,
I even set <5975> the people <5971> after their families <4940>
with their swords <2719>, their spears <7420>, and their bows
<7198>.



14 And I looked <6437>, and rose <6965> up, and said <0559>
unto the nobles <2715>, and to the rulers <5461>, and to the
rest <3499> of the people <5971>, Be not ye afraid <3372> of
them: remember <2142> the Lord <0136>, [which is] great <1419>
and terrible <3372>, and fight <3898> for your brethren <0251>,
your sons <1121>, and your daughters <1121>, your wives <0802>,
and your houses <1004>.



15 And it came <1961> to pass, when <0834> our enemies <0341>
heard <8085> that it was known <3045> unto us, and God <0430>
had brought <6565> their counsel <6098> to nought < 6565>, that
we returned <7725> all <3605> of us to the wall < 2346>, every
<0376> one <0376> unto his work <4399>.



16. And it came <1961> to pass from that time <3117> forth,
[that] the half <2677> of my servants <5288> wrought <6213> in
the work <4399>, and the other half <2677> of them held <2388>
both the spears <7420>, the shields <4043>, and the bows <7198>,
and the habergeons <8302>; and the rulers <8269> [were] behind
<0310> all <3605> the house <1004> of Judah < 3063>.



17 They which builded <1129> on the wall <2346>, and they that
bare <5375> burdens <5447>, with those that laded < 6006>, [every
<0376> one] with one <0259> of his hands <3027> wrought <6213>
in the work <4399>, and with the other <0259> [hand] held <2388>
a weapon <7973>.



18 For the builders <1129>, every <0376> one < 0376> had his
sword <2719> girded <0631> by his side <4975>, and [so] builded
<1129>. And he that sounded <8628> the trumpet < 7782> [was] by
me.



19 And I said <0559> unto the nobles <2715>, and to the rulers
<5461>, and to the rest <3499> of the people < 5971>, The work
<4399> [is] great <7235> and large <7342>, and we are separated
<6504> upon the wall <2346>, one far <7350> from another <0250>.



20 In what <0834> place <4725> [therefore] ye hear <8085> the
sound <6963> of the trumpet <7782>, resort < 6908> ye thither
<8033> unto us: our God <0430> shall fight < 3898> for us.



21 So we laboured <6213> in the work <4399>: and half <2677> of
them held <2388> the spears <7420> from the rising <5927> of the
morning <7837> till <5704> the stars <3556> appeared <3318>.



22 Likewise <1571> at the same <1931> time < 6256> said <0559> I
unto the people <5971>, Let every <0376> one < 0376> with his
servant <5650> lodge <3885> within <8432> Jerusalem <3389>, that
in the night <3915> they may be a guard <4929> to us, and labour
<4399> on the day <3117>.



23 So neither <0369> I, nor my brethren <0251>, nor my servants
<5288>, nor the men <0582> of the guard <4929> which <0834>
followed <0310> me, none <0369> of us put <6584> off our clothes
<0899>, [saving that] every <0376> one <0376> put <7973> them
off for washing <4325>.



Nehemiah 5



1. And there was a great <1419> cry <6818> of the people <5971>
and of their wives <0802> against <0413> their brethren <0251>
the Jews <3064>.



2 For there were that said <0559>, We, our sons < 1121>, and our
daughters <1121>, [are] many <7227>: therefore we take <3947> up
corn <1715> [for them], that we may eat <0398>, and live <2421>.



3 [Some] also there were that said <0559>, We have mortgaged
<6148> our lands <7704>, vineyards <3754>, and houses <1004>,
that we might buy <3947> corn <1715>, because of the dearth
<7458>.



4 There were also that said <0559>, We have borrowed < 3867>
money <3701> for the king's <4428> tribute < 4060>, [and that
upon] our lands <7704> and vineyards <3754>.



5 Yet now <6258> our flesh <1320> [is] as the flesh <1320> of
our brethren <0251>, our children <1121> as their children
<1121>: and, lo <2009>, we bring <3533> into bondage <3533> our
sons <1121> and our daughters <1121> to be servants <5650>, and
[some] of our daughters <1121> are brought <3533> unto bondage
<3533> [already]: neither <0369> [is it] in our power <3027> [to
redeem them]; for other <0312> men <0582> have our lands <7704>
and vineyards <3754>.



6. And I was very <3966> angry <2734> when < 0834> I heard
<8085> their cry <2201> and these <0428> words <1697>.



7 Then I consulted <4427> with myself, and I rebuked < 7378> the
nobles <2715>, and the rulers <5461>, and said < 0559> unto them,
Ye exact <5378> usury <5383>, every <0376> one <0376> of his
brother <0251>. And I set <5414> a great <1419> assembly <6952>
against <5921> them.



8 And I said <0559> unto them, We after <1767> our ability
<1767> have redeemed <7069> our brethren <0251> the Jews <3064>,
which were sold <4376> unto the heathen <1471>; and will ye even
<1571> sell <4376> your brethren <0251>? or shall they be sold
<4376> unto us? Then held <2790> they their peace < 2790>, and
found <4672> nothing <3808> [to answer <1696>].



9 Also I said <0559>, It [is] not good <2896> that ye do <6213>:
ought ye not to walk <3212> in the fear <3374> of our God
<0430> because of the reproach <2781> of the heathen <1471> our
enemies <0341>?



10 I likewise <1571>, [and] my brethren <0251>, and my servants
<5288>, might exact <5383> of them money <3701> and corn <1715>:
I pray <4994> you, let us leave <5800> off this < 2088> usury
<5383>.



11 Restore <7725>, I pray <4994> you, to them, even this day
<3117>, their lands <7704>, their vineyards < 3754>, their
oliveyards <2132>, and their houses <1004>, also the hundredth
<3967> [part] of the money <3701>, and of the corn <1715>, the
wine <8492>, and the oil <3323>, that ye exact < 5383> of them.



12 Then said <0559> they, We will restore <7725> [them], and
will require <1245> nothing <3808> of them; so < 3651> will we do
<6213> as thou sayest <0559>. Then I called < 7121> the priests
<3548>, and took an oath <7650> of them, that they should do
<6213> according to this <2088> promise <1697>.



13 Also <1571> I shook <5287> my lap <2684>, and said <0559>,
So <3602> God <0430> shake <5287> out every man <0376> from his
house <1004>, and from his labour <3018>, that performeth <6965>
not this <2088> promise <1697>, even <3602> thus <3602> be he
shaken <5287> out, and emptied <7386>. And all < 3605> the
congregation <6951> said <0559>, Amen <0543>, and praised <1984>
the LORD <3068>. And the people <5971> did < 6213> according to
this <2088> promise <1697>.



14. Moreover <1571> from the time <3117> that I was appointed
<6680> to be their governor <6346> in the land < 0776> of Judah
<3063>, from the twentieth <6242> year <8141> even unto the two
<8147> and thirtieth <7970> year <8141> of Artaxerxes <0783> the
king <4428>, [that is], twelve years <8141>, I and my brethren
<0251> have not eaten <0398> the bread <3899> of the governor
<6346>.



15 But the former <7223> governors <6346> that [had been]
before <6440> me were chargeable <3513> unto the people <5971>,
and had taken <3947> of them bread <3899> and wine <3196>,
beside <0310> forty <0705> shekels <8255> of silver <3701>; yea
<1571>, even their servants <5288> bare <7980> rule <7980> over
<5921> the people <5971>: but so <3651> did < 6213> not I,
because <6440> of the fear <3374> of God <0430>.



16 Yea <1571>, also <1571> I continued <2388> in the work
<4399> of this <2063> wall <2346>, neither < 3808> bought <7069>
we any land <7704>: and all <3605> my servants < 5288> [were]
gathered <6908> thither <8033> unto the work < 4399>.



17 Moreover [there were] at <5921> my table <7979> an hundred
<3967> and fifty <2572> of the Jews <3064> and rulers <5461>,
beside those that came <0935> unto us from among < 4480> the
heathen <1471> that [are] about us.



18 Now [that] which <0834> was prepared <6213> [for me] daily
[was] one <0259> ox <7794> [and] six <8337> choice <1305> sheep
<6629>; also fowls <6833> were prepared <6213> for me, and once
<0996> in ten <6235> days <3117> store < 7235> of all <3605>
sorts of wine <3196>: yet for all <5973> this < 2088> required
<1245> not I the bread <3899> of the governor < 6346>, because
<3588> the bondage <5656> was heavy <3513> upon this <2088>
people <5971>.



19 Think <2142> upon me, my God <0430>, for good < 2896>,
[according] to all <3605> that I have done <6213> for this
<2088> people <5971>.



Nehemiah 6



1. Now it came <1961> to pass, when <0834> Sanballat <5571>,
and Tobiah <2900>, and Geshem <1654> the Arabian < 6163>, and the
rest <3499> of our enemies <0341>, heard <8085> that I had
builded <1129> the wall <2346>, and [that] there was no <3808>
breach <6556> left <3498> therein; (though at < 5704> that time
<6256> I had not set <5975> up the doors <1817> upon the gates
<8179>;)



2 That Sanballat <5571> and Geshem <1654> sent < 7971> unto me,
saying <0559>, Come <3212>, let us meet <3259> together <3162>
in [some one of] the villages <3715> in the plain < 1237> of Ono
<0207>. But they thought <2803> to do <6213> me mischief <7451>.



3 And I sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto them, saying <0559>,
I [am] doing <6213> a great <1419> work <4399>, so that I cannot
<0369> come <3381> down <3381>: why <4100> should the work
<4399> cease <7673>, whilst <0834> I leave < 7503> it, and come
<3381> down <3381> to you?



4 Yet they sent <7971> unto me four <0702> times < 6471> after
this <2088> sort <1697>; and I answered <7725> them after the
same <2088> manner <1697>.



5 Then sent <7971> Sanballat <5571> his servant < 5650> unto me
in like <2088> manner <1697> the fifth <2549> time <6471> with
an open <6605> letter <0107> in his hand <3027>;



6 Wherein [was] written <3789>, It is reported <8085> among the
heathen <1471>, and Gashmu <1654> saith <0559> [it, that] thou
and the Jews <3064> think <2803> to rebel <4775> : for which
<3651> cause thou buildest <1129> the wall < 2346>, that thou
mayest be their king <4428>, according to these <0428> words
<1697>.



7 And thou hast also <1571> appointed <5975> prophets <5030> to
preach <7121> of thee at Jerusalem <3389>, saying < 0559>, [There
is] a king <4428> in Judah <3063>: and now < 6258> shall it be
reported <8085> to the king <4428> according to these <0428>
words <1697>. Come <3212> now <6258> therefore, and let us take
counsel <3289> together <3162>.



8 Then I sent <7971> unto him, saying <0559>, There are no
<3808> such <0428> things <1697> done as thou sayest <0559>, but
thou feignest <0908> them out of thine own heart < 3820>.



9 For they all <3605> made us afraid <3372>, saying <0559>,
Their hands <3027> shall be weakened <7503> from the work <4399>,
that it be not done <6213>. Now <6258> therefore, [O God],
strengthen <2388> my hands <3027>.



10. Afterward I came <0935> unto the house <1004> of Shemaiah
<8098> the son <1121> of Delaiah <1806> the son <1121> of
Mehetabeel <4105>, who <1931> [was] shut <6113> up; and he said
<0559>, Let us meet <3259> together in the house < 1004> of God
<0430>, within <8432> the temple <1964>, and let us shut <5462>
the doors <1817> of the temple <1964>: for they will come <0935>
to slay <2026> thee; yea, in the night <3915> will they come
<0935> to slay <2026> thee.



11 And I said <0559>, Should such <3644> a man < 0376> as I flee
<1272>? and who <4310> [is there], that, [being] as I [am],
would go <0935> into <0413> the temple <1964> to save <2425> his
life <2425>? I will not go <0935> in.



12 And, lo <2009>, I perceived <5234> that God < 0430> had not
sent <7971> him; but that he pronounced <1696> this prophecy
<5016> against <5921> me: for Tobiah <2900> and Sanballat <5571>
had hired <7936> him.



13 Therefore [was] he hired <7936>, that I should be afraid
<3372>, and do <6213> so <3651>, and sin < 2398>, and [that] they
might have [matter] for an evil <7451> report <8034>, that they
might reproach <2778> me.



14 My God <0430>, think <2142> thou upon Tobiah < 2900> and
Sanballat <5571> according to these <0428> their works <4639>,
and on the prophetess <5031> Noadiah <5129>, and the rest <3499>
of the prophets <5030>, that would have put me in fear < 3372>.



15. So the wall <2346> was finished <7999> in the twenty <6242>
and fifth <2568> [day] of [the month] Elul <0435>, in fifty
<2572> and two <8147> days <3117>.



16 And it came <1961> to pass, that when <0834> all <3605> our
enemies <0341> heard <8085> [thereof], and all < 3605> the
heathen <1471> that [were] about us saw <7200> [these things],
they were much <3966> cast <5307> down <5307> in their own eyes
<5869>: for they perceived <3045> that this < 2063> work <4399>
was wrought <6213> of our God <0430>.



17 Moreover <1571> in those <1992> days <3117> the nobles
<2715> of Judah <3063> sent <1980> many < 7235> letters <0107>
unto Tobiah <2900>, and [the letters] of Tobiah <2900> came
<0935> unto them.



18 For [there were] many <7227> in Judah <3063> sworn unto him,
because <3588> he [was] the son <2860> in law < 2859> of
Shechaniah <7935> the son <1121> of Arah <0733>; and his son
<1121> Johanan <3076> had taken <3947> the daughter <1323> of
Meshullam <4918> the son <1121> of Berechiah < 1296>.



19 Also <1571> they reported <0559> his good < 2896> deeds
before <6440> me, and uttered <3318> my words < 1697> to him.
[And] Tobiah <2900> sent <7971> letters <0107> to put me in fear
<3372>.



Nehemiah 7



1. Now it came <1961> to pass, when <0834> the wall <2346> was
built <1129>, and I had set <5975> up the doors < 1817>, and the
porters <7778> and the singers <7891> and the Levites <3881>
were appointed <6485>,



2 That I gave my brother <0251> Hanani <2607>, and Hananiah
<2608> the ruler <8269> of the palace <1002>, charge <6680> over
<5921> Jerusalem <3389>: for he [was] a faithful < 0571> man
<0376>, and feared <3372> God <0430> above many <7227>.



3 And I said <0559> unto them, Let not the gates < 8179> of
Jerusalem <3389> be opened <6605> until <5704> the sun <8121> be
hot <2527>; and while <5704> they stand <5975> by, let them shut
<1479> the doors <1817>, and bar <0270> [them]: and appoint
<5975> watches <4931> of the inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem
<3389>, every <0376> one <0376> in his watch <4929>, and every
<0376> one <0376> [to be] over <5048> against <5048> his house
<1004>.



4 Now the city <5892> [was] large and great <1419>: but the
people <5971> [were] few <4592> therein, and the houses [were]
not builded <1129>.



5. And my God <0430> put <5414> into <0413> mine heart <3820>
to gather <6908> together the nobles <2715>, and the rulers
<5461>, and the people <5971>, that they might be reckoned
<3187> by genealogy <3188>. And I found <4672> a register <5612>
of the genealogy <3188> of them which came <5927> up at the
first <7223>, and found <4672> written <3789> therein,



6 These <0428> [are] the children <1121> of the province <4082>,
that went <5927> up out of the captivity <7628>, of those that
had been carried <1473> away <1473>, whom <0834> Nebuchadnezzar
<5019> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> had carried <1540> away
<1546>, and came <7725> again <7725> to Jerusalem <3389> and to
Judah <3063>, every <0376> one <0376> unto his city <5892>;



7 Who came <0935> with Zerubbabel <2216>, Jeshua < 3442>,
Nehemiah <5166>, Azariah <5838>, Raamiah <7485>, Nahamani <5167>,
Mordecai <4782>, Bilshan <1114>, Mispereth < 4559>, Bigvai
<0902>, Nehum <5149>, Baanah <1195>. The number <4557>, [I say],
of the men <0582> of the people <5971> of Israel < 3478> [was
this];



8 The children <1121> of Parosh <6551>, two < 8147> thousand
<0505> an hundred <3967> seventy <7657> and two <8147>.



9 The children <1121> of Shephatiah <8203>, three <7969>
hundred <3967> seventy <7657> and two <8147>.



10 The children <1121> of Arah <0733>, six < 8337> hundred
<3967> fifty <2572> and two <8147>.



11 The children <1121> of Pahathmoab <6355>, of the children
<1121> of Jeshua <3442> and Joab <3097>, two thousand <0505> and
eight <8083> hundred <3967> [and] eighteen.



12 The children <1121> of Elam <5867>, a thousand <0505> two
hundred <3967> fifty <2572> and four <0702>.



13 The children <1121> of Zattu <2240>, eight < 8083> hundred
<3967> forty <0705> and five <2568>.



14 The children <1121> of Zaccai <2140>, seven < 7651> hundred
<3967> and threescore <8346>.



15 The children <1121> of Binnui <1131>, six < 8337> hundred
<3967> forty <0705> and eight <8083>.



16 The children <1121> of Bebai <0893>, six < 8337> hundred
<3967> twenty <6242> and eight <8083>.



17 The children <1121> of Azgad <5803>, two < 8147> thousand
<0505> three <7969> hundred <3967> twenty < 6242> and two <8147>.



18 The children <1121> of Adonikam <0140>, six < 8337> hundred
<3967> threescore <8346> and seven <7651>.



19 The children <1121> of Bigvai <0902>, two thousand <0505>
threescore <8346> and seven <7651>.



20 The children <1121> of Adin <5720>, six < 8337> hundred
<3967> fifty <2572> and five <2568>.



21 The children <1121> of Ater <0333> of Hezekiah <2396>,
ninety <8673> and eight <8083>.



22 The children <1121> of Hashum <2828>, three < 7969> hundred
<3967> twenty <6242> and eight <8083>.



23 The children <1121> of Bezai <1209>, three < 7969> hundred
<3967> twenty <6242> and four <0702>.



24 The children <1121> of Hariph <2756>, an hundred <3967> and
twelve.



25 The children <1121> of Gibeon <1391>, ninety < 8673> and five
<2568>.



26 The men <0582> of Bethlehem <1035> and Netophah <5199>, an
hundred <3967> fourscore <8084> and eight <8083> .



27 The men <0582> of Anathoth <6068>, an hundred < 3967> twenty
<6242> and eight <8083>.



28 The men <0582> of Bethazmaveth <1041>, forty < 0705> and two
<8147>.



29 The men <0582> of Kirjathjearim <7157>, Chephirah <3716>,
and Beeroth <0881>, seven <7651> hundred <3967> forty <0705> and
three <7969>.



30 The men <0582> of Ramah <7414> and Geba < 1387>, six <8337>
hundred <3967> twenty <6242> and one <0259>.



31 The men <0582> of Michmas <4363>, an hundred < 3967> and
twenty <6242> and two <8147>.



32 The men <0582> of Bethel <1008> and Ai < 5857>, an hundred
<3967> twenty <6242> and three <7969>.



33 The men <0582> of the other <0312> Nebo < 5015>, fifty <2572>
and two <8147>.



34 The children <1121> of the other <0312> Elam < 5867>, a
thousand <0505> two hundred <3967> fifty <2572> and four <0702>.



35 The children <1121> of Harim <2766>, three < 7969> hundred
<3967> and twenty <6242>.



36 The children <1121> of Jericho <3405>, three < 7969> hundred
<3967> forty <0705> and five <2568>.



37 The children <1121> of Lod <3850>, Hadid < 2307>, and Ono
<0207>, seven <7651> hundred <3967> twenty < 6242> and one <0259>.



38 The children <1121> of Senaah <5570>, three < 7969> thousand
<0505> nine <8672> hundred <3967> and thirty <7970>.



39 The priests <3548>: the children <1121> of Jedaiah <3048>,
of the house <1004> of Jeshua <3442>, nine < 8672> hundred <3967>
seventy <7657> and three <7969>.



40 The children <1121> of Immer <0564>, a thousand <0505> fifty
<2572> and two <8147>.



41 The children <1121> of Pashur <6583>, a thousand <0505> two
hundred <3967> forty <0705> and seven <7651>.



42 The children <1121> of Harim <2766>, a thousand <0505> and
seventeen <7651>.



43 The Levites <3881>: the children <1121> of Jeshua <3442>, of
Kadmiel <6934>, [and] of the children <1121> of Hodevah <1937>,
seventy <7657> and four <0702>.



44 The singers <7891>: the children <1121> of Asaph <0623>, an
hundred <3967> forty <0705> and eight <8083>.



45 The porters <7778>: the children <1121> of Shallum <7967>,
the children <1121> of Ater <0333>, the children < 1121> of
Talmon <2929>, the children <1121> of Akkub < 6126>, the children
<1121> of Hatita <2410>, the children <1121> of Shobai <7630>,
an hundred <3967> thirty <7970> and eight <8083> .



46 The Nethinims <5411>: the children <1121> of Ziha <6727>,
the children <1121> of Hashupha <2817>, the children <1121> of
Tabbaoth <2884>,



47 The children <1121> of Keros <7026>, the children <1121> of
Sia <5517>, the children <1121> of Padon <6303>,



48 The children <1121> of Lebana <3848>, the children <1121> of
Hagaba <2286>, the children <1121> of Shalmai < 8014>,



49 The children <1121> of Hanan <2605>, the children <1121> of
Giddel <1435>, the children <1121> of Gahar < 1515>,



50 The children <1121> of Reaiah <7211>, the children <1121> of
Rezin <7526>, the children <1121> of Nekoda < 5353>,



51 The children <1121> of Gazzam <1502>, the children <1121> of
Uzza <5798>, the children <1121> of Phaseah < 6454>,



52 The children <1121> of Besai <1153>, the children <1121> of
Meunim <4586>, the children <1121> of Nephishesim < 5300>,



53 The children <1121> of Bakbuk <1227>, the children <1121> of
Hakupha <2709>, the children <1121> of Harhur < 2744>,



54 The children <1121> of Bazlith <1213>, the children <1121>
of Mehida <4240>, the children <1121> of Harsha < 2797>,



55 The children <1121> of Barkos <1302>, the children <1121> of
Sisera <5516>, the children <1121> of Tamah < 8547>,



56 The children <1121> of Neziah <5335>, the children <1121> of
Hatipha <2412>.



57 The children <1121> of Solomon's <8010> servants <5650>: the
children <1121> of Sotai <5479>, the children < 1121> of
Sophereth <5618>, the children <1121> of Perida < 6514>,



58 The children <1121> of Jaala <3279>, the children <1121> of
Darkon <1874>, the children <1121> of Giddel < 1435>,



59 The children <1121> of Shephatiah <8203>, the children
<1121> of Hattil <2411>, the children <1121> of Pochereth <6380>
of Zebaim <6380>, the children <1121> of Amon < 0526>.



60 All <3605> the Nethinims <5411>, and the children <1121> of
Solomon's <8010> servants <5650>, [were] three < 7969> hundred
<3967> ninety <8673> and two <8147>.



61 And these <0428> [were] they which went <5927> up [also]
from Telmelah <8528>, Telharesha <8521>, Cherub < 3743>, Addon
<0114>, and Immer <0564>: but they could <3201> not shew <5046>
their father's house <1004>, nor their seed <2233>, whether
<0518> they [were] of Israel <3478>.



62 The children <1121> of Delaiah <1806>, the children <1121>
of Tobiah <2900>, the children <1121> of Nekoda < 5353>, six
<8337> hundred <3967> forty <0705> and two < 8147>.



63 And of the priests <3548>: the children <1121> of Habaiah
<2252>, the children <1121> of Koz <6976>, the children <1121>
of Barzillai <1271>, which <0834> took <3947> [one] of the
daughters <1121> of Barzillai <1271> the Gileadite <1569> to
wife <0802>, and was called <7121> after <5921> their name
<8034>.



64 These <0428> sought <1245> their register < 3791> [among]
those that were reckoned <3187> by genealogy <3188>, but it was
not found <4672>: therefore were they, as polluted < 1351>, put
from the priesthood <3550>.



65 And the Tirshatha <8660> said <0559> unto them, that they
should not eat <0398> of the most <6944> holy < 6944> things,
till <5704> there stood <5975> [up] a priest < 3548> with Urim
<0224> and Thummim <8550>.



66 The whole <3605> congregation <6951> together < 0259> [was]
forty and two thousand <0505> three <7969> hundred <3967> and
threescore <8346>,



67 Beside <0905> their manservants <5650> and their
maidservants <0519>, of whom <0428> [there were] seven <7651>
thousand <0505> three <7969> hundred <3967> thirty <7970> and
seven <7651>: and they had two hundred <3967> forty <0705> and
five <2568> singing <7891> men and singing < 7891> women.



68 Their horses <5483>, seven <7651> hundred < 3967> thirty
<7970> and six <8337>: their mules <6505>, two hundred <3967>
forty <0705> and five <2568>:



69 [Their] camels <1581>, four <0702> hundred < 3967> thirty
<7970> and five <2568>: six <8337> thousand < 0505> seven <7651>
hundred <3967> and twenty <6242> asses <2543>.



70 And some <7097> of the chief <7218> of the fathers <1> gave
<5414> unto the work <4399>. The Tirshatha < 8660> gave <5414> to
the treasure <0214> a thousand <0505> drams < 1871> of gold
<2091>, fifty <2572> basons <4219>, five < 2568> hundred <3967>
and thirty <7970> priests <3548>' garments < 3801>.



71 And [some] of the chief <7218> of the fathers <1> gave
<5414> to the treasure <0214> of the work <4399> twenty <7239>
thousand <7239> drams <1871> of gold <2091>, and two thousand
<0505> and two hundred <3967> pound <4488> of silver <3701>.



72 And [that] which <0834> the rest <7611> of the people <5971>
gave <5414> [was] twenty <7239> thousand <0505> drams <1871> of
gold <2091>, and two thousand <7239> pound < 4488> of silver
<3701>, and threescore <8346> and seven <7651> priests <3548>'
garments <3801>.



73 So the priests <3548>, and the Levites <3881>, and the
porters <7778>, and the singers <7891>, and [some] of the people
<5971>, and the Nethinims <5411>, and all <3605> Israel <3478>,
dwelt <3427> in their cities <5892>; and when the seventh <7637>
month <2320> came <5060>, the children <1121> of Israel <3478>
[were] in their cities <5892>.



Nehemiah 8



1. And all <3605> the people <5971> gathered < 0622> themselves
together as one <0259> man <0376> into <0413> the street <7339>
that [was] before <6440> the water <4325> gate < 8179>; and they
spake <0559> unto Ezra <5830> the scribe <5608> to bring <0935>
the book <5612> of the law <8451> of Moses < 4872>, which <0834>
the LORD <3068> had commanded <6680> to Israel < 3478>.



2 And Ezra <5830> the priest <3548> brought < 0935> the law
<8451> before <6440> the congregation <6951> both of men <0376>
and women <0802>, and all <3605> that could hear < 8085> with
understanding <0995>, upon the first <0259> day < 3117> of the
seventh <7637> month <2320>.



3 And he read <7121> therein before <6440> the street <7339>
that [was] before <6440> the water <4325> gate < 8179> from the
morning <0216> until <5704> midday, before < 5048> the men <0582>
and the women <0802>, and those that could understand < 0995>;
and the ears <0241> of all <3605> the people < 5971> [were
attentive] unto the book <5612> of the law <8451>.



4 And Ezra <5830> the scribe <5608> stood < 5975> upon a pulpit
<4026> of wood <6086>, which <0834> they had made <6213> for the
purpose <1697>; and beside <0681> him stood < 5975> Mattithiah
<4993>, and Shema <8087>, and Anaiah <6043>, and Urijah <0223>,
and Hilkiah <2518>, and Maaseiah <4641>, on < 5921> his right
<3225> hand <3225>; and on his left <8040> hand <8040>, Pedaiah
<6305>, and Mishael <4332>, and Malchiah <4441>, and Hashum
<2828>, and Hashbadana <2806>, Zechariah <2148>, [and] Meshullam
<4918>.



5 And Ezra <5830> opened <6605> the book <5612> in the sight
<5869> of all <3605> the people <5971>; (for he was above <5921>
all <3605> the people <5971>;) and when he opened < 6605> it, all
<3605> the people <5971> stood <5975> up:



6 And Ezra <5830> blessed <1288> the LORD < 3068>, the great
<1419> God <0430>. And all <3605> the people <5971> answered
<6030>, Amen <0543>, Amen <0543>, with lifting <4607> up their
hands <3027>: and they bowed <6915> their heads, and worshipped
<7812> the LORD <3068> with [their] faces <0639> to the ground
<0776>.



7 Also Jeshua <3442>, and Bani <1137>, and Sherebiah <8274>,
Jamin <3226>, Akkub <6126>, Shabbethai <7678>, Hodijah <1940>,
Maaseiah <4641>, Kelita <7042>, Azariah <5838>, Jozabad <3107>,
Hanan <2605>, Pelaiah <6411>, and the Levites < 3881>, caused the
people <5971> to understand <0995> the law < 8451>: and the
people <5971> [stood] in their place <5977>.



8 So they read <7121> in the book <5612> in the law <8451> of
God <0430> distinctly <6567>, and gave <7760> the sense <7922>,
and caused [them] to understand <0995> the reading < 4744>.



9. And Nehemiah <5166>, which <1931> [is] the Tirshatha <8660>,
and Ezra <5830> the priest <3548> the scribe < 5608>, and the
Levites <3881> that taught <0995> the people < 5971>, said <0559>
unto all <3605> the people <5971>, This day < 3117> [is] holy
<6918> unto the LORD <3068> your God <0430>; mourn <56> not, nor
<0408> weep <1058>. For all <3605> the people <5971> wept <1058>,
when they heard <8085> the words <1697> of the law <8451>.



10 Then he said <0559> unto them, Go <3212> your way <1870>,
eat <0398> the fat <4924>, and drink <8354> the sweet <4477>,
and send <7971> portions <4490> unto them for whom nothing
<3808> is prepared <3559>: for [this] day <3117> [is] holy
<6918> unto our Lord <0113>: neither <0408> be ye sorry <6087>;
for the joy <2304> of the LORD <3068> is your strength <4581>.



11 So the Levites <3881> stilled <2814> all < 3605> the people
<5971>, saying <0559>, Hold <2013> your peace <2013>, for the
day <3117> [is] holy <6918>; neither <0408> be ye grieved <6087>.



12 And all <3605> the people <5971> went <3212> their way
<1870> to eat <0398>, and to drink <8354>, and to send <7971>
portions <4490>, and to make <6213> great <1419> mirth <8057>,
because <3588> they had understood <0995> the words <1697> that
were declared <3045> unto them.



13. And on the second <8145> day <3117> were gathered <0622>
together the chief <7218> of the fathers <1> of all <3605> the
people <5971>, the priests <3548>, and the Levites <3881>, unto
Ezra <5830> the scribe <5608>, even to understand < 7919> the
words <1697> of the law <8451>.



14 And they found <4672> written <3789> in the law <8451> which
<0834> the LORD <3068> had commanded <6680> by Moses <4872>,
that the children <1121> of Israel <3478> should dwell <3427> in
booths <5521> in the feast <2282> of the seventh < 7637> month
<2320>:



15 And that they should publish <8085> and proclaim < 5674> in
all <3605> their cities <5892>, and in Jerusalem < 3389>, saying
<0559>, Go <3318> forth <3318> unto the mount <2022>, and fetch
<0935> olive <2132> branches <5929>, and pine branches <5929>,
and myrtle <1918> branches <5929>, and palm < 8558> branches
<5929>, and branches <5929> of thick <5687> trees <6086>, to
make <6213> booths <5521>, as [it is] written < 3789>.



16 So the people <5971> went <3318> forth < 3318>, and brought
<0935> [them], and made <6213> themselves <1992> booths <5521>,
every <0376> one <0376> upon the roof <1406> of his house, and
in their courts <2691>, and in the courts <2691> of the house
<1004> of God <0430>, and in the street <7339> of the water
<4325> gate <8179>, and in the street <7339> of the gate <8179>
of Ephraim <0669>.



17 And all <3605> the congregation <6951> of them that were
come <7725> again <7725> out of the captivity < 7628> made <6213>
booths <5521>, and sat <3427> under the booths < 5521>: for since
the days <3117> of Jeshua <3442> the son <1121> of Nun <5126>
unto that day <3117> had not the children <1121> of Israel
<3478> done <6213> so <3651>. And there was very <3966> great
<1419> gladness <8057>.



18 Also day <3117> by day <3117>, from the first < 7223> day
<3117> unto the last <0314> day <3117>, he read <7121> in the
book <5612> of the law <8451> of God <0430>. And they kept
<6213> the feast <2282> seven <7651> days < 3117>; and on the
eighth <8066> day <3117> [was] a solemn <6116> assembly <6116>,
according unto the manner <4941>.



Nehemiah 9



1. Now in the twenty <6242> and fourth <0702> day <3117> of
this <2088> month <2320> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>
were assembled <0622> with fasting <6685>, and with sackclothes
<8242>, and earth <0127> upon them.



2 And the seed <2233> of Israel <3478> separated < 0914>
themselves from all <3605> strangers, and stood <5975> and
confessed <3034> their sins <2403>, and the iniquities <5771> of
their fathers <1>.



3 And they stood <6965> up in their place <5977>, and read
<7121> in the book <5612> of the law <8451> of the LORD <3068>
their God <0430> [one] fourth <7243> part of the day <3117>; and
[another] fourth <7243> part they confessed <3034>, and
worshipped <7812> the LORD <3068> their God < 0430>.



4. Then stood <6965> up upon the stairs <4608>, of the Levites
<3881>, Jeshua <3442>, and Bani <1137>, Kadmiel <6934>,
Shebaniah <7645>, Bunni <1137>, Sherebiah <8274> , Bani <1137>,
[and] Chenani <3662>, and cried <2199> with a loud <1419> voice
<6963> unto the LORD <3068> their God <0430>.



5 Then the Levites <3881>, Jeshua <3442>, and Kadmiel <6934>,
Bani <1137>, Hashabniah <2813>, Sherebiah <8274> , Hodijah <1940>,
Shebaniah <7645>, [and] Pethahiah <6611>, said < 0559>, Stand
<6965> up [and] bless <1288> the LORD <3068> your God <0430> for
ever <5769> and ever <5769>: and blessed <1288> be thy glorious
<3519> name <8034>, which is exalted <7311> above <5921> all
<3605> blessing <1293> and praise <8416>.



6 Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD <3068> alone <0905>; thou hast
made <6213> heaven <8064>, the heaven <8064> of heavens <8064>,
with all <3605> their host <6635>, the earth < 0776>, and all
<3605> [things] that [are] therein <5921>, the seas <3220>, and
all <3605> that [is] therein, and thou preservest < 2421> them
all <3605>; and the host <6635> of heaven <8064> worshippeth
<7812> thee.



7 Thou [art] the LORD <3068> the God <0430>, who < 0834> didst
choose <0977> Abram <87>, and broughtest <3318> him forth <3318>
out of Ur <0218> of the Chaldees <3778>, and gavest <7760> him
the name <8034> of Abraham <85>;



8 And foundest <4372> his heart <3824> faithful < 0539> before
<6440> thee, and madest <3772> a covenant <1285> with him to
give <5414> the land <0776> of the Canaanites < 3669>, the
Hittites <2850>, the Amorites <0567>, and the Perizzites <6522>,
and the Jebusites <2983>, and the Girgashites <1622>, to give
<5414> [it, I say], to his seed <2233>, and hast performed
<6965> thy words <1697>; for thou [art] righteous < 6662>:



9 And didst see <7200> the affliction <6040> of our fathers <1>
in Egypt <4714>, and heardest <8085> their cry < 2201> by the Red
<5488> sea <3220>;



10 And shewedst <5414> signs <0226> and wonders < 4159> upon
Pharaoh <6547>, and on all <3605> his servants < 5650>, and on
all <3605> the people <5971> of his land <0776>: for thou
knewest <3045> that they dealt proudly <2102> against <5921>
them. So didst thou get <6213> thee a name <8034>, as [it is]
this <2088> day <3117>.



11 And thou didst divide <1234> the sea <3220> before <6440>
them, so that they went <5674> through <8432> the midst <8432>
of the sea <3220> on the dry <3004> land; and their persecutors
<7291> thou threwest <7993> into the deeps < 4688>, as a stone
<68> into the mighty <5794> waters <4325>.



12 Moreover thou leddest <5148> them in the day < 3119> by a
cloudy <6051> pillar <5982>; and in the night < 3915> by a pillar
<5982> of fire <0784>, to give them light <0216> in the way
<1870> wherein <0834> they should go <3212>.



13 Thou camest <3381> down <3381> also upon mount <2022> Sinai
<5514>, and spakest <1696> with them from heaven < 8064>, and
gavest <5414> them right <3477> judgments <4941> , and true
<0571> laws <8451>, good <2896> statutes < 2706> and commandments
<4687>:



14 And madest <3045> known <3045> unto them thy holy <6944>
sabbath <7676>, and commandedst <6680> them precepts <4687>,
statutes <2706>, and laws <8451>, by the hand < 3027> of Moses
<4872> thy servant <5650>:



15 And gavest <5414> them bread <3899> from heaven <8064> for
their hunger <7457>, and broughtest <3318> forth < 3318> water
<4325> for them out of the rock <5553> for their thirst <6772>,
and promisedst <0559> them that they should go <0935> in to
possess <3423> the land <0776> which <0834> thou hadst sworn
<5375> to give <5414> them.



16 But they and our fathers <1> dealt proudly <2102>, and
hardened <7185> their necks <6203>, and hearkened < 8085> not to
thy commandments <4687>,



17 And refused <3985> to obey <8085>, neither < 3808> were
mindful <2142> of thy wonders <6381> that thou didst <6213>
among <5973> them; but hardened <7185> their necks <6203>, and
in their rebellion <4805> appointed <5414> a captain <7218> to
return <7725> to their bondage <5659>: but thou [art] a God
<0430> ready to pardon <5547>, gracious <2587> and merciful
<7349>, slow <0750> to anger <0639>, and of great <7227>
kindness <2617>, and forsookest <5800> them not.



18 Yea <0637>, when <3588> they had made <6213> them a molten
<4541> calf <5695>, and said <0559>, This < 2088> [is] thy God
<0430> that brought <5927> thee up out of Egypt < 4714>, and had
wrought <6213> great <1419> provocations <5007>;



19 Yet thou in thy manifold <7227> mercies <7356> forsookest
<5800> them not in the wilderness <4057>: the pillar <5982> of
the cloud <6051> departed <5493> not from them by day <3119>, to
lead <5148> them in the way <1870>; neither the pillar <5982> of
fire <0784> by night <3915>, to shew them light < 0216>, and the
way <1870> wherein <0834> they should go <3212>.



20 Thou gavest <5414> also thy good <2896> spirit <7307> to
instruct <7919> them, and withheldest <4513> not thy manna
<4478> from their mouth <6310>, and gavest < 5414> them water
<4325> for their thirst <6772>.



21 Yea, forty <0705> years <8141> didst thou sustain <3557>
them in the wilderness <4057>, [so that] they lacked < 2637>
nothing <3808>; their clothes <8008> waxed not old <1086>, and
their feet <7272> swelled <1216> not.



22 Moreover thou gavest <5414> them kingdoms <4467> and nations
<5971>, and didst divide <2505> them into corners < 6285>: so
they possessed <3423> the land <0776> of Sihon < 5511>, and the
land <0776> of the king <4428> of Heshbon <2809> , and the land
<0776> of Og <5747> king <4428> of Bashan < 1316>.



23 Their children <1121> also multipliedst <7235> thou as the
stars <3556> of heaven <8064>, and broughtest < 0935> them into
<0413> the land <0776>, concerning which <0834> thou hadst
promised <0559> to their fathers <1>, that they should go <0935>
in to possess <3423> [it].



24 So the children <1121> went <0935> in and possessed <3423>
the land <0776>, and thou subduedst <3665> before < 6440> them
the inhabitants <3427> of the land <0776>, the Canaanites <3669>,
and gavest <5414> them into their hands <3027>, with their
kings <4428>, and the people <5971> of the land < 0776>, that
they might do <6213> with them as they would.



25 And they took <3920> strong <1219> cities < 5892>, and a fat
<8082> land <0127>, and possessed <3423> houses <1004> full
<4392> of all <3605> goods <2898>, wells < 0953> digged <2672>,
vineyards <3754>, and oliveyards <2132>, and fruit <3978> trees
<6086> in abundance <7230>: so they did eat < 0398>, and were
filled <7646>, and became <8080> fat <8082>, and delighted
<5727> themselves in thy great <1419> goodness < 2898>.



26 Nevertheless they were disobedient <4784>, and rebelled
<4775> against thee, and cast <7993> thy law < 8451> behind
<0310> their backs <1458>, and slew <2026> thy prophets <5030>
which <0834> testified <5749> against them to turn <7725> them
to thee, and they wrought <6213> great <1419> provocations
<5007>.



27 Therefore thou deliveredst <5414> them into the hand <3027>
of their enemies <6862>, who vexed <6887> them: and in the time
<6256> of their trouble <6869>, when they cried < 6817> unto thee,
thou heardest <8085> [them] from heaven <8064>; and according
to thy manifold <7227> mercies <7356> thou gavest < 5414> them
saviours <3467>, who saved <3467> them out of the hand <3027> of
their enemies <6862>.



28 But after they had rest <5117>, they did <6213> evil <7451>
again <7725> before <6440> thee: therefore leftest <5800> thou
them in the hand of their enemies <0341>, so that they had the
dominion <7287> over them: yet when they returned < 7725>, and
cried <2199> unto thee, thou heardest <8085> [them] from heaven
<8064>; and many <7227> times <6256> didst thou deliver <5337>
them according to thy mercies <7356>;



29 And testifiedst <5749> against them, that thou mightest
bring <7725> them again <7725> unto thy law < 8451>: yet they
dealt proudly <2102>, and hearkened <8085> not unto thy
commandments <4687>, but sinned <2398> against thy judgments
<4941>, (which if a man <0120> do <6213>, he shall live <2421>
in them;) and withdrew the shoulder <3802>, and hardened <7185>
their neck <6203>, and would not hear <8085>.



30 Yet many <7227> years <8141> didst thou forbear <4900> them,
and testifiedst <5749> against them by thy spirit < 7307> in thy
prophets <5030>: yet would they not give ear <0238>: therefore
gavest <5414> thou them into the hand <3027> of the people
<5971> of the lands <0776>.



31 Nevertheless for thy great <7227> mercies <7356>' sake thou
didst not utterly consume <3615> them, nor <3808> forsake <5800>
them; for thou [art] a gracious <2587> and merciful < 7349> God
<0410>.



32 Now <6258> therefore, our God <0430>, the great <1419>, the
mighty <1368>, and the terrible <3372> God < 0410>, who keepest
<8104> covenant <1285> and mercy <2617>, let not all <3605> the
trouble <8513> seem <4591> little <4591> before <6440> thee,
that hath come <4672> upon us, on our kings <4428>, on our
princes <8269>, and on our priests <3548>, and on our prophets
<5030>, and on our fathers <1>, and on all < 3605> thy people
<5971>, since the time <3117> of the kings < 4428> of Assyria
<0804> unto this <2088> day <3117>.



33 Howbeit thou [art] just <6662> in all <3605> that is brought
<0935> upon us; for thou hast done <6213> right < 0571>, but we
have done wickedly <7561>:



34 Neither <3808> have our kings <4428>, our princes <8269>,
our priests <3548>, nor <3808> our fathers <1>, kept <6213> thy
law <8451>, nor <3808> hearkened <7181> unto thy commandments
<4687> and thy testimonies <5715>, wherewith < 0834> thou didst
testify <5749> against them.



35 For they have not served <5647> thee in their kingdom <4438>,
and in thy great <7227> goodness <2898> that thou gavest <5414>
them, and in the large <7342> and fat <8082> land < 0776> which
<0834> thou gavest <5414> before <6440> them, neither <3808>
turned <7725> they from their wicked <7451> works < 4611>.



36 Behold <2009>, we [are] servants <5650> this day <3117>, and
[for] the land <0776> that thou gavest <5414> unto our fathers
<1> to eat <0398> the fruit <6529> thereof and the good <2898>
thereof, behold <2009>, we [are] servants <5650> in it:



37 And it yieldeth <7235> much <7235> increase < 8393> unto the
kings <4428> whom <0834> thou hast set <5414> over <5921> us
because of our sins <2403>: also they have dominion < 4910> over
<5921> our bodies <1472>, and over <5921> our cattle <0929>, at
their pleasure <7522>, and we [are] in great <1419> distress
<6869>.



38 And because of all <3605> this <2063> we make < 3772> a sure
<0548> [covenant], and write <3789> [it]; and our princes <8269>,
Levites <3881>, [and] priests <3548>, seal < 2856> [unto it].



Nehemiah 10



1. Now those that sealed <2856> [were], Nehemiah < 5166>, the
Tirshatha <8660>, the son <1121> of Hachaliah < 2446>, and
Zidkijah,



2 Seraiah <8304>, Azariah <5838>, Jeremiah < 3414>,



3 Pashur <6583>, Amariah <0568>, Malchijah < 4441>,



4 Hattush <2407>, Shebaniah <7645>, Malluch < 4409>,



5 Harim <2766>, Meremoth <4822>, Obadiah <5662> ,



6 Daniel <1840>, Ginnethon <1599>, Baruch < 1263>,



7 Meshullam <4918>, Abijah <29>, Mijamin <4326> ,



8 Maaziah <4590>, Bilgai <1084>, Shemaiah < 8098>: these <0428>
[were] the priests <3548>.



9 And the Levites <3881>: both Jeshua <3442> the son <1121> of
Azaniah <0245>, Binnui <1131> of the sons <1121> of Henadad
<2582>, Kadmiel <6934>;



10 And their brethren <0251>, Shebaniah <7645>, Hodijah <1940>,
Kelita <7042>, Pelaiah <6411>, Hanan <2605>,



11 Micha <4316>, Rehob <7340>, Hashabiah <2811> ,



12 Zaccur <2139>, Sherebiah <8274>, Shebaniah < 7645>,



13 Hodijah <1940>, Bani <1137>, Beninu <1148>.



14 The chief <7218> of the people <5971>; Parosh < 6551>,
Pahathmoab <6355>, Elam <5867>, Zatthu, Bani < 1137>,



15 Bunni <1137>, Azgad <5803>, Bebai <0893>,



16 Adonijah <0138>, Bigvai <0902>, Adin <5720>,



17 Ater <0333>, Hizkijah <2396>, Azzur <5809>,



18 Hodijah <1940>, Hashum <2828>, Bezai <1209>,



19 Hariph <2756>, Anathoth <6068>, Nebai <5109> ,



20 Magpiash <4047>, Meshullam <4918>, Hezir < 2387>,



21 Meshezabeel <4898>, Zadok <6659>, Jaddua < 3037>,



22 Pelatiah <6410>, Hanan <2605>, Anaiah <6043> ,



23 Hoshea <1954>, Hananiah <2608>, Hashub < 2815>,



24 Hallohesh <3873>, Pileha <6401>, Shobek < 7733>,



25 Rehum <7348>, Hashabnah <2812>, Maaseiah < 4641>,



26 And Ahijah <0281>, Hanan <2605>, Anan <6052> ,



27 Malluch <4409>, Harim <2766>, Baanah <1195>.



28 And the rest <7605> of the people <5971>, the priests <3548>,
the Levites <3881>, the porters <7778>, the singers <7891>, the
Nethinims <5411>, and all <3605> they that had < 1961> separated
<0914> themselves from the people <5971> of the lands <0776>
unto the law <8451> of God <0430>, their wives < 0802>, their
sons <1121>, and their daughters <1121>, every < 3605> one having
knowledge <3045>, and having <5414> understanding < 0995>;



29 They clave <2388> to their brethren <0251>, their nobles
<0117>, and entered <0935> into a curse <0423>, and into an oath
<7621>, to walk <3212> in God's <0430> law < 8451>, which <0834>
was given <5414> by Moses <4872> the servant < 5650> of God
<0430>, and to observe <8104> and do <6213> all <3605> the
commandments <4687> of the LORD <3068> our Lord < 0113>, and his
judgments <4941> and his statutes <2706>;



30 And that we would not give <5414> our daughters < 1121> unto
the people <5971> of the land <0776>, nor <3808> take <3947>
their daughters <1121> for our sons <1121>:



31 And [if] the people <5971> of the land <0776> bring <0935>
ware <4728> or any victuals <7668> on the sabbath < 7676> day
<3117> to sell <4376>, [that] we would not buy < 3947> it of them
on the sabbath <7676>, or on the holy <6944> day < 3117>: and
[that] we would leave <5203> the seventh <7637> year <8141>, and
the exaction <4855> of every <3605> debt <3027>.



32. Also we made <5975> ordinances <4687> for us, to charge
<5414> ourselves yearly <8141> with the third < 7992> part of a
shekel <8255> for the service <5656> of the house < 1004> of our
God <0430>;



33 For the shewbread, and for the continual <8548> meat
offering <4503>, and for the continual <8548> burnt <5930>
offering, of the sabbaths <7676>, of the new <2320> moons <2320>,
for the set <4150> feasts <4150>, and for the holy <6944>
[things], and for the sin <2403> offerings to make an atonement
<3722> for Israel <3478>, and [for] all <3605> the work <4399>
of the house <1004> of our God <0430>.



34 And we cast <5307> the lots <1486> among the priests <3548>,
the Levites <3881>, and the people <5971>, for the wood <6086>
offering <7133>, to bring <0935> [it] into the house <1004> of
our God <0430>, after <0310> the houses <1004> of our fathers
<1>, at times <6256> appointed <2163> year < 8141> by year <8141>,
to burn <1197> upon the altar <4196> of the LORD < 3068> our God
<0430>, as [it is] written <3789> in the law < 8451>:



35 And to bring <0935> the firstfruits <1061> of our ground
<0127>, and the firstfruits <1061> of all <3605> fruit <6529> of
all <3605> trees <6086>, year <8141> by year <8141>, unto the
house <1004> of the LORD <3068>:



36 Also the firstborn <1060> of our sons <1121>, and of our
cattle <0929>, as [it is] written <3789> in the law <8451>, and
the firstlings <1062> of our herds <1241> and of our flocks
<6629>, to bring <0935> to the house <1004> of our God <0430>,
unto the priests <3548> that minister <8334> in the house <1004>
of our God <0430>:



37 And [that] we should bring <0935> the firstfruits < 7225> of
our dough <6182>, and our offerings <8641>, and the fruit <6529>
of all <3605> manner of trees <6086>, of wine < 8492> and of oil
<3323>, unto the priests <3548>, to the chambers < 3957> of the
house <1004> of our God <0430>; and the tithes < 4643> of our
ground <0127> unto the Levites <3881>, that the same <1992>
Levites <3881> might have the tithes <6237> in all <3605> the
cities <5892> of our tillage <5656>.



38 And the priest <3548> the son <1121> of Aaron < 0175> shall
be with the Levites <3881>, when the Levites <3881> take tithes
<6237>: and the Levites <3881> shall bring < 5927> up the tithe
<4643> of the tithes <4643> unto the house < 1004> of our God
<0430>, to the chambers <3957>, into the treasure < 0214> house
<1004>.



39 For the children <1121> of Israel <3478> and the children
<1121> of Levi <3878> shall bring <0935> the offering <8641> of
the corn <1715>, of the new <8492> wine <8492>, and the oil
<3323>, unto the chambers <3957>, where <8033> [are] the vessels
<3627> of the sanctuary <4720>, and the priests < 3548> that
minister <8334>, and the porters <7778>, and the singers <7891>:
and we will not forsake <5800> the house <1004> of our God
<0430>.



Nehemiah 11



1. And the rulers <8269> of the people <5971> dwelt <3427> at
Jerusalem <3389>: the rest <7605> of the people < 5971> also cast
<5307> lots <1486>, to bring <0935> one < 0259> of ten <6235> to
dwell <3427> in Jerusalem <3389> the holy <6944> city <5892>,
and nine <8672> parts <3027> [to dwell <3427>] in [other] cities
<5892>.



2 And the people <5971> blessed <1288> all < 3605> the men
<0582>, that willingly offered themselves to dwell < 3427> at
Jerusalem <3389>.



3 Now these <0428> [are] the chief <7218> of the province
<4082> that dwelt <3427> in Jerusalem <3389>: but in the cities
<5892> of Judah <3063> dwelt <3427> every < 0376> one <0376> in
his possession <0272> in their cities <5892>, [to wit], Israel
<3478>, the priests <3548>, and the Levites < 3881>, and the
Nethinims <5411>, and the children <1121> of Solomon's <8010>
servants <5650>.



4 And at Jerusalem <3389> dwelt <3427> [certain] of the
children <1121> of Judah <3063>, and of the children <1121> of
Benjamin <1144>. Of the children <1121> of Judah < 3063>; Athaiah
<6265> the son <1121> of Uzziah <5818>, the son <1121> of
Zechariah <2148>, the son <1121> of Amariah < 0568>, the son
<1121> of Shephatiah <8203>, the son <1121> of Mahalaleel <4111>,
of the children <1121> of Perez <6557>;



5 And Maaseiah <4641> the son <1121> of Baruch < 1263>, the son
<1121> of Colhozeh <3626>, the son <1121> of Hazaiah <2382>, the
son <1121> of Adaiah <5718>, the son <1121> of Joiarib <3114>,
the son <1121> of Zechariah <2148>, the son < 1121> of Shiloni
<8023>.



6 All <3605> the sons <1121> of Perez <6557> that dwelt <3427>
at Jerusalem <3389> [were] four <0702> hundred < 3967> threescore
<8346> and eight <8083> valiant <2428> men.



7 And these <0428> [are] the sons <1121> of Benjamin <1144>;
Sallu <5543> the son <1121> of Meshullam <4918>, the son <1121>
of Joed <3133>, the son <1121> of Pedaiah <6305> , the son <1121>
of Kolaiah <6964>, the son <1121> of Maaseiah < 4641>, the son
<1121> of Ithiel <0384>, the son <1121> of Jesaiah <3470>.



8 And after <0310> him Gabbai <1373>, Sallai < 5543>, nine
<8672> hundred <3967> twenty <6242> and eight <8083>.



9 And Joel <3100> the son <1121> of Zichri < 2147> [was] their
overseer <6496>: and Judah <3063> the son <1121> of Senuah
<5574> [was] second <4932> over <5921> the city <5892>.



10 Of the priests <3548>: Jedaiah <3048> the son < 1121> of
Joiarib <3114>, Jachin <3199>.



11 Seraiah <8304> the son <1121> of Hilkiah < 2518>, the son
<1121> of Meshullam <4918>, the son <1121> of Zadok <6659>, the
son <1121> of Meraioth <4812>, the son <1121> of Ahitub <0285>,
[was] the ruler <5057> of the house <1004> of God < 0430>.



12 And their brethren <0251> that did <6213> the work <4399> of
the house <1004> [were] eight <8083> hundred < 3967> twenty
<6242> and two <8147>: and Adaiah <5718> the son <1121> of
Jeroham <3395>, the son <1121> of Pelaliah < 6421>, the son
<1121> of Amzi <0557>, the son <1121> of Zechariah <2148>, the
son <1121> of Pashur <6583>, the son <1121> of Malchiah <4441>,



13 And his brethren <0251>, chief <7218> of the fathers <1>,
two <8147> hundred <3967> forty <0705> and two <8147>: and
Amashai <6023> the son <1121> of Azareel <5832>, the son <1121>
of Ahasai <0273>, the son <1121> of Meshillemoth < 4919>, the son
<1121> of Immer <0564>,



14 And their brethren <0251>, mighty <1368> men of valour
<2428>, an hundred <3967> twenty <6242> and eight <8083>: and
their overseer <6496> [was] Zabdiel <2068>, the son <1121> of
[one of] the great <1419> men.



15 Also of the Levites <3881>: Shemaiah <8098> the son <1121>
of Hashub <2815>, the son <1121> of Azrikam < 5840>, the son
<1121> of Hashabiah <2811>, the son <1121> of Bunni <1137>;



16 And Shabbethai <7678> and Jozabad <3107>, of the chief
<7218> of the Levites <3881>, [had] the oversight < 5921> of the
outward <2435> business <4399> of the house < 1004> of God <0430>.



17 And Mattaniah <4983> the son <1121> of Micha < 4316>, the son
<1121> of Zabdi <2067>, the son <1121> of Asaph <0623>, [was]
the principal <7218> to begin <8462> the thanksgiving <3034> in
prayer <8605>: and Bakbukiah <1229> the second < 4932> among his
brethren <0251>, and Abda <5653> the son <1121> of Shammua
<8051>, the son <1121> of Galal <1559>, the son <1121> of
Jeduthun <3038>.



18 All <3605> the Levites <3881> in the holy < 6944> city <5892>
[were] two hundred <3967> fourscore <8084> and four <0702>.



19 Moreover the porters <7778>, Akkub <6126>, Talmon <2929>,
and their brethren <0251> that kept <8104> the gates <8179>,
[were] an hundred <3967> seventy <7657> and two < 8147>.



20. And the residue <7605> of Israel <3478>, of the priests
<3548>, [and] the Levites <3881>, [were] in all < 3605> the
cities <5892> of Judah <3063>, every <0376> one <0376> in his
inheritance <5159>.



21 But the Nethinims <5411> dwelt <3427> in Ophel <6077>: and
Ziha <6727> and Gispa <1658> [were] over <5921> the Nethinims
<5411>.



22 The overseer <6496> also of the Levites <3881> at Jerusalem
<3389> [was] Uzzi <5813> the son <1121> of Bani <1137>, the son
<1121> of Hashabiah <2811>, the son <1121> of Mattaniah <4983>,
the son <1121> of Micha <4316>. Of the sons < 1121> of Asaph
<0623>, the singers <7891> [were] over <5048> the business
<4399> of the house <1004> of God <0430>.



23 For [it was] the king's <4428> commandment <4687> concerning
<5921> them, that a certain portion should be for the singers
<7891>, due <1697> for every day <3117>.



24 And Pethahiah <6611> the son <1121> of Meshezabeel <4898>,
of the children <1121> of Zerah <2226> the son < 1121> of Judah
<3063>, [was] at the king's <4428> hand <3027> in all <3605>
matters <1697> concerning the people <5971>.



25 And for the villages <2691>, with their fields < 7704>,
[some] of the children <1121> of Judah <3063> dwelt <3427> at
Kirjatharba <7153>, and [in] the villages <2691> thereof, and at
Dibon <1769>, and [in] the villages <1323> thereof, and at
Jekabzeel <3343>, and [in] the villages <1323> thereof,



26 And at Jeshua <3442>, and at Moladah <4137>, and at
Bethphelet <1046>,



27 And at Hazarshual <2705>, and at Beersheba <0884>, and [in]
the villages <1323> thereof,



28 And at Ziklag <6860>, and at Mekonah <4368>, and in the
villages <1323> thereof,



29 And at Enrimmon <5884>, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth <3412>,



30 Zanoah <2182>, Adullam <5725>, and [in] their villages
<2691>, at Lachish <3923>, and the fields <7704> thereof, at
Azekah <5825>, and [in] the villages <1323> thereof. And they
dwelt <2583> from Beersheba <0884> unto the valley <1516> of
Hinnom <2011>.



31 The children <1121> also of Benjamin <1144> from Geba <1387>
[dwelt] at Michmash <4363>, and Aija <5857>, and Bethel <1008>,
and [in] their villages <1323>,



32 [And] at Anathoth <6068>, Nob <5011>, Ananiah < 6055>,



33 Hazor <2674>, Ramah <7414>, Gittaim <1664>,



34 Hadid <2307>, Zeboim <6650>, Neballat <5041> ,



35 Lod <3850>, and Ono <0207>, the valley < 1516> of craftsmen
<2796>.



36 And of the Levites <3881> [were] divisions <4256> [in] Judah
<3063>, [and] in Benjamin <1144>.



Nehemiah 12



1. Now these <0428> [are] the priests <3548> and the Levites
<3881> that went <5927> up with Zerubbabel < 2216> the son <1121>
of Shealtiel <7597>, and Jeshua <3442>: Seraiah < 8304>, Jeremiah
<3414>, Ezra <5830>,



2 Amariah <0568>, Malluch <4409>, Hattush < 2407>,



3 Shechaniah <7935>, Rehum <7348>, Meremoth < 4822>,



4 Iddo <5714>, Ginnetho <1599>, Abijah <29>,



5 Miamin <4326>, Maadiah <4573>, Bilgah <1083>,



6 Shemaiah <8098>, and Joiarib <3114>, Jedaiah < 3048>,



7 Sallu <5543>, Amok <5987>, Hilkiah <2518>, Jedaiah <3048>.
These <0428> [were] the chief <7218> of the priests <3548> and
of their brethren <0251> in the days <3117> of Jeshua <3442>.



8 Moreover the Levites <3881>: Jeshua <3442>, Binnui <1131>,
Kadmiel <6934>, Sherebiah <8274>, Judah <3063>, [and] Mattaniah
<4983>, [which was] over <5921> the thanksgiving < 1960>, he and
his brethren <0251>.



9 Also Bakbukiah <1229> and Unni <6042>, their brethren <0251>,
[were] over <5048> against <5048> them in the watches <4931>.



10 And Jeshua <3442> begat <3205> Joiakim < 3113>, Joiakim
<3113> also begat <3205> Eliashib <0475>, and Eliashib <0475>
begat <3205> Joiada <3111>,



11 And Joiada <3111> begat <3205> Jonathan < 3083>, and Jonathan
<3083> begat <3205> Jaddua <3037>.



12 And in the days <3117> of Joiakim <3113> were priests <3548>,
the chief <7218> of the fathers <1>: of Seraiah < 8304>, Meraiah
<4811>; of Jeremiah <3414>, Hananiah <2608>;



13 Of Ezra <5830>, Meshullam <4918>; of Amariah < 0568>,
Jehohanan <3076>;



14 Of Melicu <4409>, Jonathan <3083>; of Shebaniah <7645>,
Joseph <3130>;



15 Of Harim <2766>, Adna <5733>; of Meraioth < 4812>, Helkai
<2517>;



16 Of Iddo <5714>, Zechariah <2148>; of Ginnethon <1599>,
Meshullam <4918>;



17 Of Abijah <29>, Zichri <2147>; of Miniamin < 4509>, of
Moadiah <4153>, Piltai <6408>;



18 Of Bilgah <1083>, Shammua <8051>; of Shemaiah < 8098>,
Jehonathan <3083>;



19 And of Joiarib <3114>, Mattenai <4982>; of Jedaiah <3048>,
Uzzi <5813>;



20 Of Sallai <5543>, Kallai <7040>; of Amok < 5987>, Eber <5677>;



21 Of Hilkiah <2518>, Hashabiah <2811>; of Jedaiah <3048>,
Nethaneel <5417>.



22 The Levites <3881> in the days <3117> of Eliashib <0475>,
Joiada <3111>, and Johanan <3110>, and Jaddua < 3037>, [were]
recorded <3789> chief <7218> of the fathers <1>: also the
priests <3548>, to the reign <4438> of Darius < 1867> the Persian
<6542>.



23 The sons <1121> of Levi <3878>, the chief < 7218> of the
fathers <1>, [were] written <3789> in the book < 5612> of the
chronicles <1697>, even until <5704> the days < 3117> of Johanan
<3110> the son <1121> of Eliashib <0475>.



24 And the chief <7218> of the Levites <3881>: Hashabiah <2811>,
Sherebiah <8274>, and Jeshua <3442> the son < 1121> of Kadmiel
<6934>, with their brethren <0251> over <5980> against <5048>
them, to praise <1984> [and] to give thanks <3034>, according to
the commandment <4687> of David <1732> the man < 0376> of God
<0430>, ward <4929> over <5980> against < 5980> ward <4929>.



25 Mattaniah <4983>, and Bakbukiah <1229>, Obadiah <5662>,
Meshullam <4918>, Talmon <2929>, Akkub <6126>, [were] porters
<7778> keeping <8104> the ward <4929> at the thresholds <0624>
of the gates <8179>.



26 These <0428> [were] in the days <3117> of Joiakim <3113> the
son <1121> of Jeshua <3442>, the son <1121> of Jozadak <3136>,
and in the days <3117> of Nehemiah <5166> the governor <6346>,
and of Ezra <5830> the priest <3548>, the scribe < 5608>.



27. And at <5921> the dedication <2598> of the wall <2346> of
Jerusalem <3389> they sought <1245> the Levites < 3881> out of
all <3605> their places <4725>, to bring <0935> them to
Jerusalem <3389>, to keep <6213> the dedication < 2598> with
gladness <8057>, both with thanksgivings <8426>, and with
singing <7892>, [with] cymbals <4700>, psalteries < 5035>, and
with harps <3658>.



28 And the sons <1121> of the singers <7891> gathered <0622>
themselves together, both out of the plain <3603> country round
<5439> about Jerusalem <3389>, and from the villages <2691> of
Netophathi <5200>;



29 Also from the house <1004> of Gilgal <1537>, and out of the
fields <7704> of Geba <1387> and Azmaveth <5820> : for the
singers <7891> had builded <1129> them villages < 2691> round
<5439> about Jerusalem <3389>.



30 And the priests <3548> and the Levites <3881> purified
<2891> themselves, and purified <2891> the people < 5971>, and
the gates <8179>, and the wall <2346>.



31 Then I brought <5927> up the princes <8269> of Judah <3063>
upon the wall <2346>, and appointed <5975> two < 8147> great
<1419> [companies of them that gave] thanks <8426>, [whereof
one] went <1980> on the right <3225> hand <3225> upon the wall
<2346> toward the dung <0830> gate <8179>:



32 And after <0310> them went <3212> Hoshaiah < 1955>, and half
<2677> of the princes <8269> of Judah <3063>,



33 And Azariah <5838>, Ezra <5830>, and Meshullam <4918>,



34 Judah <3063>, and Benjamin <1144>, and Shemaiah <8098>, and
Jeremiah <3414>,



35 And [certain] of the priests <3548>' sons <1121> with
trumpets <2689>; [namely], Zechariah <2148> the son <1121> of
Jonathan <3083>, the son <1121> of Shemaiah < 8098>, the son
<1121> of Mattaniah <4983>, the son <1121> of Michaiah <4320>,
the son <1121> of Zaccur <2139>, the son <1121> of Asaph <0623>:



36 And his brethren <0251>, Shemaiah <8098>, and Azarael <5832>,
Milalai <4450>, Gilalai <1562>, Maai <4597>, Nethaneel <5417>,
and Judah <3063>, Hanani <2607>, with the musical < 7892>
instruments <3627> of David <1732> the man < 0376> of God <0430>,
and Ezra <5830> the scribe <5608> before <6440> them.



37 And at the fountain <5869> gate <8179>, which was over
<5048> against <5048> them, they went <5927> up by the stairs
<4609> of the city <5892> of David <1732>, at the going <4608>
up of the wall <2346>, above <5921> the house < 1004> of David
<1732>, even unto the water <4325> gate <8179> eastward <4217>.



38 And the other <8145> [company of them that gave] thanks
<8426> went <1980> over <4136> against < 4136> [them], and I
after <0310> them, and the half <2677> of the people <5971> upon
the wall <2346>, from beyond <5921> the tower < 4026> of the
furnaces <8574> even unto the broad <7342> wall < 2346>;



39 And from above <5921> the gate <8179> of Ephraim <0669>, and
above <5921> the old <3465> gate <8179>, and above <5921> the
fish <1709> gate <8179>, and the tower <4026> of Hananeel <2606>,
and the tower <4026> of Meah <3968>, even unto the sheep <6629>
gate <8179>: and they stood <5975> still in the prison <4307>
gate <8179>.



40 So stood <5975> the two <8147> [companies of them that gave]
thanks <8426> in the house <1004> of God <0430>, and I, and the
half <2677> of the rulers <5461> with me:



41 And the priests <3548>; Eliakim <0471>, Maaseiah <4641>,
Miniamin <4509>, Michaiah <4320>, Elioenai < 0454>, Zechariah
<2148>, [and] Hananiah <2608>, with trumpets < 2689>;



42 And Maaseiah <4641>, and Shemaiah <8098>, and Eleazar <0499>,
and Uzzi <5813>, and Jehohanan <3076>, and Malchijah <4441>,
and Elam <5867>, and Ezer <5829>. And the singers < 7891> sang
<7891> loud <8085>, with Jezrahiah <3156> [their] overseer
<6496>.



43 Also that day <3117> they offered <2076> great <1419>
sacrifices <2077>, and rejoiced <8055>: for God < 0430> had made
them rejoice <8055> with great <1419> joy <8057> : the wives
<0802> also and the children <3206> rejoiced < 8055>: so that the
joy <8057> of Jerusalem <3389> was heard <8085> even afar <7350>
off.



44. And at that time <3117> were some <0582> appointed <6485>
over <5921> the chambers <5393> for the treasures < 0214>, for
the offerings <8641>, for the firstfruits <7225>, and for the
tithes <4643>, to gather <3664> into them out of the fields
<7704> of the cities <5892> the portions <4521> of the law
<8451> for the priests <3548> and Levites <3881> : for Judah
<3063> rejoiced <8057> for the priests <3548> and for the
Levites <3881> that waited <5975>.



45 And both the singers <7891> and the porters <7778> kept
<8104> the ward <4931> of their God <0430>, and the ward <4931>
of the purification <2893>, according to the commandment <4687>
of David <1732>, [and] of Solomon <8010> his son < 1121>.



46 For in the days <3117> of David <1732> and Asaph <0623> of
old <6924> [there were] chief <7218> of the singers <7891>, and
songs <7892> of praise <8416> and thanksgiving unto God <0430>.



47 And all <3605> Israel <3478> in the days < 3117> of
Zerubbabel <2216>, and in the days <3117> of Nehemiah <5166>,
gave <5414> the portions <4521> of the singers < 7891> and the
porters <7778>, every day <3117> his portion < 1697>: and they
sanctified <6942> [holy things] unto the Levites < 3881>; and the
Levites <3881> sanctified <6942> [them] unto the children <1121>
of Aaron <0175>.



Nehemiah 13



1. On that day <3117> they read <7121> in the book <5612> of
Moses <4872> in the audience <0241> of the people < 5971>; and
therein was found <4672> written <3789>, that the Ammonite
<5984> and the Moabite <4125> should not come < 0935> into the
congregation <6951> of God <0430> for ever < 5769>;



2 Because <3588> they met <6923> not the children <1121> of
Israel <3478> with bread <3899> and with water < 4325>, but hired
<7936> Balaam <1109> against <5921> them, that he should curse
<7043> them: howbeit our God <0430> turned < 2015> the curse
<7045> into a blessing <1293>.



3 Now it came <1961> to pass, when they had heard < 8085> the
law <8451>, that they separated <0914> from Israel <3478> all
<3605> the mixed <6154> multitude <6154>.



4 And before <6440> this <2088>, Eliashib < 0475> the priest
<3548>, having the oversight <5414> of the chamber <3957> of the
house <1004> of our God <0430>, [was] allied < 7138> unto Tobiah
<2900>:



5 And he had prepared <6213> for him a great <1419> chamber
<3957>, where <8033> aforetime <6440> they laid <5414> the meat
offerings <4503>, the frankincense <3828>, and the vessels
<3627>, and the tithes <4643> of the corn <1715> , the new <8492>
wine <8492>, and the oil <3323>, which was commanded <4687> [to
be given] to the Levites <3881>, and the singers < 7891>, and the
porters <7778>; and the offerings <4503> of the priests <3548>.



6 But in all <3605> this <2088> [time] was not I at Jerusalem
<3389>: for in the two <8147> and thirtieth < 7970> year <8141>
of Artaxerxes <0783> king <4428> of Babylon < 0894> came <0935> I
unto the king <4428>, and after <7093> certain days <3117>
obtained <7592> I leave <7592> of the king < 4428>:



7 And I came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389>, and understood <0995>
of the evil <7451> that Eliashib <0475> did < 6213> for Tobiah
<2900>, in preparing <6213> him a chamber <5393> in the courts
<2691> of the house <1004> of God <0430>.



8 And it grieved <7489> me sore <3966>: therefore I cast <7903>
forth all <3605> the household <1004> stuff < 3627> of Tobiah
<2900> out of the chamber <3957>.



9 Then I commanded <0559>, and they cleansed <2891> the
chambers <3957>: and thither <8033> brought < 7725> I again
<7725> the vessels <3627> of the house <1004> of God <0430>,
with the meat offering <4503> and the frankincense < 3828>.



10. And I perceived <3045> that the portions <4521> of the
Levites <3881> had not been given <5414> [them]: for the Levites
<3881> and the singers <7891>, that did <6213> the work <4399>,
were fled <1272> every <0376> one <0376> to his field <7704>.



11 Then contended <7378> I with the rulers <5461>, and said
<0559>, Why <4069> is the house <1004> of God <0430> forsaken
<5800>? And I gathered <6908> them together, and set <5975> them
in their place <5977>.



12 Then brought <0935> all <3605> Judah <3063> the tithe <4643>
of the corn <1715> and the new <8492> wine < 8492> and the oil
<3323> unto the treasuries <0214>.



13 And I made treasurers <0686> over <5921> the treasuries
<0214>, Shelemiah <8018> the priest <3548>, and Zadok <6659> the
scribe <5608>, and of the Levites <3881>, Pedaiah < 6305>: and
next to them [was] Hanan <2605> the son <1121> of Zaccur <2139>,
the son <1121> of Mattaniah <4983>: for they were counted <2803>
faithful <0539>, and their office [was] to distribute < 2505>
unto their brethren <0251>.



14 Remember <2142> me, O my God <0430>, concerning <5921> this
<2088>, and wipe <4229> not out my good <2617> deeds that I have
done <6213> for the house <1004> of my God < 0430>, and for the
offices <4929> thereof.



15. In those <1992> days <3117> saw <7200> I in Judah <3063>
[some] treading <1869> wine presses on the sabbath < 7676>, and
bringing <0935> in sheaves <6194>, and lading < 6006> asses
<2543>; as also <0637> wine <3196>, grapes < 6025>, and figs
<8384>, and all <3605> [manner of] burdens < 4853>, which they
brought <0935> into Jerusalem <3389> on the sabbath <7676> day
<3117>: and I testified <5749> [against them] in the day <3117>
wherein they sold <4376> victuals <6718>.



16 There dwelt <3427> men <0582> of Tyre <6876> also therein,
which brought <0935> fish <1709>, and all <3605> manner of ware
<4377>, and sold <4376> on the sabbath <7676> unto the children
<1121> of Judah <3063>, and in Jerusalem <3389>.



17 Then I contended <7378> with the nobles <2715> of Judah
<3063>, and said <0559> unto them, What <4100> evil <7451> thing
<1697> [is] this <2088> that ye do <6213>, and profane <2490>
the sabbath <7676> day <3117>?



18 Did <6213> not your fathers <1> thus <3541>, and did <6213>
not our God <0430> bring <0935> all <3605> this <2088> evil
<7451> upon us, and upon this <2063> city <5892> ? yet ye bring
<0935> more <3254> wrath <2740> upon Israel < 3478> by profaning
<2490> the sabbath <7676>.



19 And it came <1961> to pass, that when <0834> the gates
<8179> of Jerusalem <3389> began <6751> to be dark <6751> before
<6440> the sabbath <7676>, I commanded <0559> that the gates
<1817> should be shut <5462>, and charged <0559> that they
should not be opened <6605> till <5704> after < 0310> the sabbath
<7676>: and [some] of my servants <5288> set < 5975> I at <5921>
the gates <8179>, [that] there should no <3808> burden <4853> be
brought <0935> in on the sabbath <7676> day < 3117>.



20 So the merchants <7402> and sellers <4376> of all <3605>
kind of ware <4465> lodged <3885> without <2351> Jerusalem
<3389> once <6471> or twice <8147>.



21 Then I testified <5749> against them, and said < 0559> unto
them, Why <4069> lodge <3885> ye about <5048> the wall <2346>?
if <0518> ye do [so] again <3138>, I will lay < 7971> hands
<3027> on you. From that time <6256> forth came < 0935> they no
<3808> [more] on the sabbath <7676>.



22 And I commanded <0559> the Levites <3881> that they should
cleanse <2891> themselves, and [that] they should come < 0935>
[and] keep <8104> the gates <8179>, to sanctify < 6942> the
sabbath <7676> day <3117>. Remember <2142> me, O my God <0430>,
[concerning] this <2063> also <1571>, and spare < 2347> me
according to the greatness <7230> of thy mercy <2617>.



23. In those <1992> days <3117> also <1571> saw <7200> I Jews
<3064> [that] had married <3427> wives <0802> of Ashdod <0795>,
of Ammon <5983>, [and] of Moab <4125>:



24 And their children <1121> spake <1696> half < 2677> in the
speech <3066> of Ashdod <0795>, and could <5234> not speak
<1696> in the Jews <3066>' language, but according to the
language <3956> of each people <5971>.



25 And I contended <7378> with them, and cursed < 7043> them,
and smote <5221> certain <0582> of them, and plucked <4803> off
their hair, and made them swear <7650> by God <0430>, [saying],
Ye shall not give <5414> your daughters <1121> unto their sons
<1121>, nor <0518> take <5375> their daughters <1121> unto your
sons <1121>, or for yourselves.



26 Did not Solomon <8010> king <4428> of Israel < 3478> sin
<2398> by these things? yet among many <7227> nations <1471> was
there no <3808> king <4428> like <3644> him, who was beloved
<0157> of his God <0430>, and God <0430> made <5414> him king
<4428> over <5921> all <3605> Israel < 3478>: nevertheless <1571>
even him did outlandish <5237> women <0802> cause to sin <2398>.



27 Shall we then hearken <8085> unto you to do <6213> all
<3605> this <2063> great <1419> evil < 7451>, to transgress
<4603> against our God <0430> in marrying <3427> strange <5237>
wives <0802>?



28 And [one <0259>] of the sons <1121> of Joiada < 3111>, the
son <1121> of Eliashib <0475> the high <1419> priest <3548>,
[was] son <2860> in law <2859> to Sanballat < 5571> the Horonite
<2772>: therefore I chased <1272> him from me.



29 Remember <2142> them, O my God <0430>, because <5921> they
have defiled <1351> the priesthood <3550>, and the covenant
<1285> of the priesthood <3550>, and of the Levites <3881>.



30 Thus cleansed <2891> I them from all <3605> strangers <5236>,
and appointed <5975> the wards <4931> of the priests <3548> and
the Levites <3881>, every <0376> one <0376> in his business
<4399>;



31 And for the wood <6086> offering <7133>, at times <6256>
appointed <2163>, and for the firstfruits <1061>. Remember
<2142> me, O my God <0430>, for good <2896>.





































































































































































































































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