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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

Copyright (c) 1985-2007

Nehemiah 1

1. The words <01697> of Nehemiah <05166> the son <01121> of

Hachaliah <02446>. And it came <01961> to pass in the month

<02320> Chisleu <03691>, in the twentieth <06242> year <08141>,

as I was in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>,

2 That Hanani <02607>, one <0259> of my brethren <0251>, came

<0935>, he and [certain] men <0582> of Judah <03063>; and I

asked <07592> them concerning <05921> the Jews <03064> that had

escaped <06413>, which <0834> were left <07604> of the captivity

<07628>, and concerning <05921> Jerusalem <03389>.

3 And they said <0559> unto me, The remnant <07604> that are

left <07604> of the captivity <07628> there <08033> in the

province <04082> [are] in great <01419> affliction <07451> and

reproach <02781>: the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> also

[is] broken <06555> down, and the gates <08179> thereof are

burned <03341> with fire <0784>.

4 And it came <01961> to pass, when I heard <08085> these

<0428> words <01697>, that I sat <03427> down and wept <01058>,

and mourned <056> [certain] days <03117>, and fasted <06684>,

and prayed <06419> before <06440> the God <0430> of heaven

<08064>,

5. And said <0559>, I beseech <0577> thee, O LORD <03068> God

<0430> of heaven <08064>, the great <01419> and terrible <03372>

God <0410>, that keepeth <08104> covenant <01285> and mercy

<02617> for them that love <0157> him and observe <08104> his

commandments <04687>:

6 Let thine ear <0241> now <04994> be attentive <07183>, and

thine eyes <05869> open <06605>, that thou mayest hear <08085>

the prayer <08605> of thy servant <05650>, which <0834> I pray

<06419> before <06440> thee now <03117>, day <03119> and night

<03915>, for the children <01121> of Israel <03478> thy servants

<05650>, and confess <03034> the sins <02403> of the children

<01121> of Israel <03478>, which <0834> we have sinned <02398>

against thee: both I and my father's <01> house <01004> have

sinned <02398>.

7 We have dealt very corruptly <02254> against thee, and have

not kept <08104> the commandments <04687>, nor the statutes

<02706>, nor the judgments <04941>, which <0834> thou

commandedst <06680> thy servant <05650> Moses <04872>.

8 Remember <02142>, I beseech <04994> thee, the word <01697>

that thou commandedst <06680> thy servant <05650> Moses <04872>,

saying <0559>, [If] ye transgress <04603>, I will scatter

<06327> you abroad <06327> among the nations <05971>:

9 But [if] ye turn <07725> unto me, and keep <08104> my

commandments <04687>, and do <06213> them; though <0518> there

were of you cast <05080> out unto the uttermost <07097> part of

the heaven <08064>, [yet] will I gather <06908> them from thence

<08033>, and will bring <0935> them unto the place <04725> that

I have chosen <0970> to set <07931> my name <08034> there

<08033>.

10 Now these <01992> [are] thy servants <05650> and thy people

<05971>, whom <0834> thou hast redeemed <06299> by thy great

<01419> power <03581>, and by thy strong <02389> hand <03027>.

11 O Lord <0136>, I beseech <0577> thee, let now <04994> thine

ear <0241> be attentive <07183> to the prayer <08605> of thy

servant <05650>, and to the prayer <08605> of thy servants

<05650>, who desire <02655> to fear <03372> thy name <08034>:

and prosper <06743>, I pray <04994> thee, thy servant <05650>

this day <03117>, and grant <05414> him mercy <07356> in the

sight <06440> of this <02088> man <0376>. For I was the king's

<04428> cupbearer <04945>.

Nehemiah 2

1. And it came <01961> to pass in the month <02320> Nisan

<05212>, in the twentieth <06242> year <08141> of Artaxerxes

<0783> the king <04428>, [that] wine <03196> [was] before

<06440> him: and I took <05375> up the wine <03196>, and gave

<05414> [it] unto the king <04428>. Now I had not been <01961>

[beforetime] sad <07451> in his presence <06440>.

2 Wherefore the king <04428> said <0559> unto me, Why <04069>

[is] thy countenance <06440> sad <07451>, seeing thou [art] not

sick <02470>? this <02088> [is] nothing <0369> [else] but sorrow

<07455> of heart <03820>. Then I was very <03966> sore <07235>

afraid <03372>,

3 And said <0559> unto the king <04428>, Let the king <04428>

live <02421> for ever <05769>: why <04069> should not my

countenance <06440> be sad <07489>, when <0834> the city <05892>,

the place <01004> of my fathers <01>' sepulchres <06913>,

[lieth] waste <02720>, and the gates <08179> thereof are

consumed <0398> with fire <0784>?

4 Then the king <04428> said <0559> unto me, For what <04100>

dost thou make request <01245>? So I prayed <06419> to the God

<0430> of heaven <08064>.

5 And I said <0559> unto the king <04428>, If <0518> it please

<02895> the king <04428>, and if <0518> thy servant <05650> have

found favour <03190> in thy sight <06440>, that thou wouldest

send <07971> me unto Judah <03063>, unto the city <05892> of my

fathers <01>' sepulchres <06913>, that I may build <01129> it.

6 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto me, (the queen <07694>

also sitting <03427> by him,) For how <05704> long <05704> shall

thy journey <04109> be? and when <04970> wilt thou return

<07725>? So it pleased <03190> the king <04428> to send <07971>

me; and I set <05414> him a time <02165>.

7 Moreover I said <0559> unto the king <04428>, If it please

<02895> the king <04428>, let letters <0107> be given <05414> me

to the governors <06346> beyond <05676> the river <05104>, that

they may convey <05674> me over <05674> till <05704> I come

<0935> into <0413> Judah <03063>;

8 And a letter <0107> unto Asaph <0623> the keeper <08104> of

the king's <04428> forest <06508>, that he may give <05414> me

timber <06086> to make beams <07136> for the gates <08179> of

the palace <01002> which <0834> [appertained] to the house

<01004>, and for the wall <02346> of the city <05892>, and for

the house <01004> that I shall enter <0935> into <05921>. And

the king <04428> granted <05414> me, according to the good

<02896> hand <03027> of my God <0430> upon me.

9. Then I came <0935> to the governors <06346> beyond <05676>

the river <05104>, and gave <05414> them the king's <04428>

letters <0107>. Now the king <04428> had sent <07971> captains

<08269> of the army <02428> and horsemen <06571> with me.

10 When Sanballat <05571> the Horonite <02772>, and Tobiah

<02900> the servant <05650>, the Ammonite <05984>, heard <08085>

[of it], it grieved <07489> them exceedingly <01419> that there

was come <0935> a man <0120> to seek <01245> the welfare <02896>

of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.

11 So I came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>, and was there <08033>

three <07969> days <03117>.

12 And I arose <06965> in the night <03915>, I and some <04592>

few <04592> men <0582> with me; neither <03808> told <05046> I

[any] man <0120> what <04100> my God <0430> had put <05414> in

my heart <03820> to do <06213> at Jerusalem <03389>: neither

<0369> [was there any] beast <0929> with me, save the beast

<0929> that I rode <07392> upon.

13 And I went <03318> out by night <03915> by the gate <08179>

of the valley <01516>, even before the dragon <08577> well

<02869>, and to the dung <0830> port <08179>, and viewed <07663>

the walls <02346> of Jerusalem <03389>, which <0834> were broken

<06555> down, and the gates <08179> thereof were consumed <0398>

with fire <0784>.

14 Then I went <05674> on <0413> to the gate <08179> of the

fountain <05869>, and to the king's <04428> pool <01295>: but

[there was] no <0369> place <04725> for the beast <0929> [that

was] under <08478> me to pass <05674>.

15 Then went <05927> I up in the night <03915> by the brook

<05158>, and viewed <07663> the wall <02346>, and turned <07725>

back <07725>, and entered <0935> by the gate <08179> of the

valley <01516>, and [so] returned <07725>.

16 And the rulers <05461> knew <03045> not whither <0575> I

went <01980>, or what <04100> I did <06213>; neither <03808> had

I as yet told <05046> [it] to the Jews <03064>, nor to the

priests <03548>, nor to the nobles <02715>, nor to the rulers

<05461>, nor to the rest <03499> that did <06213> the work

<04399>.

17 Then said <0559> I unto them, Ye see <07200> the distress

<07451> that we [are] in, how <0834> Jerusalem <03389> [lieth]

waste <02720>, and the gates <08179> thereof are burned <03341>

with fire <0784>: come <03212>, and let us build <01129> up the

wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389>, that we be no <03808> more

<05720> a reproach <02781>.

18 Then I told <05046> them of the hand <03027> of my God

<0430> which <0834> was good <02896> upon me; as also <0637> the

king's <04428> words <01697> that he had spoken <0559> unto me.

And they said <0559>, Let us rise <06965> up and build <01129>.

So they strengthened <02388> their hands <03027> for [this] good

<02896> [work].

19 But when Sanballat <05571> the Horonite <02772>, and Tobiah

<02900> the servant <05650>, the Ammonite <05984>, and Geshem

<01654> the Arabian <06163>, heard <08085> [it], they laughed

<03932> us to scorn, and despised <0959> us, and said <0559>,

What <04100> [is] this <02088> thing <01697> that ye do <06213>?

will ye rebel <04775> against <05921> the king <04428>?

20 Then answered <01697> I them, and said <0559> unto them, The

God <0430> of heaven <08064>, he will prosper <06743> us;

therefore we his servants <05650> will arise <06965> and build

<01129>: but ye have no <0369> portion <02506>, nor right

<06666>, nor memorial <02146>, in Jerusalem <03389>.

Nehemiah 3

1. Then Eliashib <0475> the high <01419> priest <03548> rose

<06965> up with his brethren <0251> the priests <03548>, and

they builded <01129> the sheep <06629> gate <08179>; they

sanctified <06942> it, and set <05975> up the doors <01817> of

it; even unto the tower <04026> of Meah <03968> they sanctified

<06942> it, unto the tower <04026> of Hananeel <02606>.

2 And next unto him builded <01129> the men <0582> of Jericho

<03405>. And next to them builded <01129> Zaccur <02139> the son

<01121> of Imri <0556>.

3 But the fish <01709> gate <08179> did the sons <01121> of

Hassenaah <05574> build <01129>, who <01992> [also] laid the

beams <07136> thereof, and set <05975> up the doors <01817>

thereof, the locks <04514> thereof, and the bars <01280> thereof.

4 And next unto them repaired <02388> Meremoth <04822> the son

<01121> of Urijah <0223>, the son <01121> of Koz <06976>. And

next unto them repaired <02388> Meshullam <04918> the son

<01121> of Berechiah <01296>, the son <01121> of Meshezabeel

<04898>. And next unto them repaired <02388> Zadok <06659> the

son <01121> of Baana <01195>.

5 And next unto them the Tekoites <08621> repaired <02388>; but

their nobles <0117> put <0935> not their necks <06677> to the

work <05656> of their Lord <0113>.

6 Moreover the old <03465> gate <08179> repaired <02388>

Jehoiada <03111> the son <01121> of Paseah <06454>, and

Meshullam <04918> the son <01121> of Besodeiah <01152>; they

laid the beams <07136> thereof, and set <05975> up the doors

<01817> thereof, and the locks <04514> thereof, and the bars

<01280> thereof.

7 And next unto them repaired <02388> Melatiah <04424> the

Gibeonite <01393>, and Jadon <03036> the Meronothite <04824>,

the men <0582> of Gibeon <01391>, and of Mizpah <04709>, unto

the throne <03678> of the governor <06346> on this side <05676>

the river <05104>.

8 Next unto him repaired <02388> Uzziel <05816> the son <01121>

of Harhaiah <02736>, of the goldsmiths <06884>. Next unto him

also repaired <02388> Hananiah <02608> the son <01121> of [one

of] the apothecaries <07543>, and they fortified <05800>

Jerusalem <03389> unto the broad <07342> wall <02346>.

9 And next unto them repaired <02388> Rephaiah <07509> the son

<01121> of Hur <02354>, the ruler <08269> of the half <02677>

part <06418> of Jerusalem <03389>.

10 And next unto them repaired <02388> Jedaiah <03042> the son

<01121> of Harumaph <02739>, even over <05048> against <05048>

his house <01004>. And next unto him repaired <02388> Hattush

<02407> the son <01121> of Hashabniah <02813>.

11 Malchijah <04441> the son <01121> of Harim <02766>, and

Hashub <02815> the son <01121> of Pahathmoab <06355>, repaired

<02388> the other <08145> piece <04060>, and the tower <04026>

of the furnaces <08574>.

12 And next unto him repaired <02388> Shallum <07967> the son

<01121> of Halohesh <03873>, the ruler <08269> of the half

<02677> part <06418> of Jerusalem <03389>, he and his daughters

<01121>.

13 The valley <01516> gate <08179> repaired <02388> Hanun

<02586>, and the inhabitants <03427> of Zanoah <02182>; they

built <01129> it, and set <05975> up the doors <01817> thereof,

the locks <04514> thereof, and the bars <01280> thereof, and a

thousand <0505> cubits <0520> on the wall <02346> unto the dung

<0830> gate <08179>.

14 But the dung <0830> gate <08179> repaired <02388> Malchiah

<04441> the son <01121> of Rechab <07394>, the ruler <08269> of

part <06418> of Bethhaccerem <01021>; he built <01129> it, and

set <05975> up the doors <01817> thereof, the locks <04514>

thereof, and the bars <01280> thereof.

15 But the gate <08179> of the fountain <05869> repaired

<02388> Shallun <07968> the son <01121> of Colhozeh <03626>, the

ruler <08269> of part <06418> of Mizpah <04709>; he built

<01129> it, and covered <02926> it, and set <05975> up the doors

<01817> thereof, the locks <04514> thereof, and the bars <01280>

thereof, and the wall <02346> of the pool <01295> of Siloah

<07975> by the king's <04428> garden <01588>, and unto the

stairs <04609> that go <03381> down <03381> from the city

<05892> of David <01732>.

16 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Nehemiah <05166> the son

<01121> of Azbuk <05802>, the ruler <08269> of the half <02677>

part <06418> of Bethzur <01049>, unto [the place] over <05048>

against <05048> the sepulchres <06913> of David <01732>, and to

the pool <01295> that was made <06213>, and unto the house

<01004> of the mighty <01368>.

17 After <0310> him repaired <02388> the Levites <03881>, Rehum

<07348> the son <01121> of Bani <01137>. Next unto him repaired

<02388> Hashabiah <02811>, the ruler <08269> of the half <02677>

part <06418> of Keilah <07084>, in his part <06418>.

18 After <0310> him repaired <02388> their brethren <0251>,

Bavai <0942> the son <01121> of Henadad <02582>, the ruler

<08269> of the half <02677> part <06418> of Keilah <07084>.

19 And next to him repaired <02388> Ezer <05829> the son

<01121> of Jeshua <03442>, the ruler <08269> of Mizpah <04709>,

another <08145> piece <04060> over <05048> against <05048> the

going <05927> up to the armoury <05402> at the turning <04740>

[of the wall].

20 After <0310> him Baruch <01263> the son <01121> of Zabbai

<02079> earnestly <02734> repaired <02388> the other <08145>

piece <04060>, from the turning <04740> [of the wall] unto the

door <06607> of the house <01004> of Eliashib <0475> the high

<01419> priest <03548>.

21 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Meremoth <04822> the son

<01121> of Urijah <0223> the son <01121> of Koz <06976> another

<08145> piece <04060>, from the door <06607> of the house

<01004> of Eliashib <0475> even to the end <08503> of the house

<01004> of Eliashib <0475>.

22 And after <0310> him repaired <02388> the priests <03548>,

the men <0582> of the plain <03603>.

23 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Benjamin <01144> and

Hashub <02815> over <05048> against <05048> their house <01004>.

After <0310> him repaired <02388> Azariah <05838> the son

<01121> of Maaseiah <04641> the son <01121> of Ananiah <06055>

by his house <01004>.

24 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Binnui <01131> the son

<01121> of Henadad <02582> another <08145> piece <04060>, from

the house <01004> of Azariah <05838> unto the turning <04740>

[of the wall], even unto the corner <06438>.

25 Palal <06420> the son <01121> of Uzai <0186>, over <05048>

against <05048> the turning <04740> [of the wall], and the tower

<04026> which lieth <03318> out from the king's <04428> high

<05945> house <01004>, that [was] by the court <02691> of the

prison <04307>. After <0310> him Pedaiah <06305> the son <01121>

of Parosh <06551>.

26 Moreover the Nethinims <05411> dwelt <03427> in Ophel

<06077>, unto [the place] over <05048> against <05048> the water

<04325> gate <08179> toward the east <04217>, and the tower

<04026> that lieth <03318> out.

27 After <0310> them the Tekoites <08621> repaired <02388>

another <08145> piece <04060>, over <05048> against <05048> the

great <01419> tower <04026> that lieth <03318> out, even unto

the wall <02346> of Ophel <06077>.

28 From above the horse <05483> gate <08179> repaired <02388>

the priests <03548>, every <0376> one <0376> over <05048>

against <05048> his house <01004>.

29 After <0310> them repaired <02388> Zadok <06659> the son

<01121> of Immer <0564> over <05048> against <05048> his house

<01004>. After <0310> him repaired <02388> also Shemaiah <08098>

the son <01121> of Shechaniah <07935>, the keeper <08104> of the

east <04217> gate <08179>.

30 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Hananiah <02608> the son

<01121> of Shelemiah <08018>, and Hanun <02586> the sixth

<08345> son <01121> of Zalaph, another <08145> piece <04060>.

After <0310> him repaired <02388> Meshullam <04918> the son

<01121> of Berechiah <01296> over <05048> against <05048> his

chamber <05393>.

31 After <0310> him repaired <02388> Malchiah <04441> the

goldsmith's <06885> son <01121> unto the place <01004> of the

Nethinims <05411>, and of the merchants <07402>, over <05048>

against <05921> the gate <08179> Miphkad <04663>, and to the

going <05944> up of the corner <06438>.

32 And between <0996> the going <05944> up of the corner

<06438> unto the sheep <06629> gate <08179> repaired <02388> the

goldsmiths <06884> and the merchants <07402>.

Nehemiah 4

1. But it came <01961> to pass, that when <0834> Sanballat

<05571> heard <08085> that we builded <01129> the wall <02346>,

he was wroth <02734>, and took great <07235> indignation <03707>,

and mocked <03932> the Jews <03064>.

2 And he spake <0559> before <06440> his brethren <0251> and

the army <02428> of Samaria <08111>, and said <0559>, What

<04100> do <06213> these feeble <0537> Jews <03064>? will they

fortify <05800> themselves <01992>? will they sacrifice <02076>?

will they make an end <03615> in a day <03117>? will they revive

<02421> the stones <068> out of the heaps <06194> of the rubbish

<06083> which <01992> are burned <08313>?

3 Now Tobiah <02900> the Ammonite <05984> [was] by him, and he

said <0559>, Even <01571> that which <0834> they build <01129>,

if <0518> a fox <07776> go <05927> up, he shall even break

<06565> down their stone <068> wall <02346>.

4 Hear <08085>, O our God <0430>; for we are despised <0939>:

and turn <07725> their reproach <02781> upon their own head

<07218>, and give <05414> them for a prey <0961> in the land

<0776> of captivity <07633>:

5 And cover <03680> not their iniquity <05771>, and let not

their sin <02403> be blotted <04229> out from before <06440>

thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger <03707> before

<05048> the builders <01129>.

6 So built <01129> we the wall <02346>; and all <03605> the

wall <02346> was joined <07194> together unto the half <02677>

thereof: for the people <05971> had <01961> a mind <03820> to

work <06213>.

7. But it came <01961> to pass, [that] when <0834> Sanballat

<05571>, and Tobiah <02900>, and the Arabians <06163>, and the

Ammonites <05984>, and the Ashdodites <0796>, heard <08085> that

the walls <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> were made up, [and] that

the breaches <06555> began <02490> to be stopped <05640>, then

they were very <03966> wroth <02734>,

8 And conspired <07194> all <03605> of them together <03162> to

come <0935> [and] to fight <03898> against Jerusalem <03389>,

and to hinder it.

9 Nevertheless we made our prayer <06419> unto our God <0430>,

and set <05975> a watch <04929> against <05921> them day <03119>

and night <03915>, because <06440> of them.

10 And Judah <03063> said <0559>, The strength <03581> of the

bearers <05449> of burdens <05449> is decayed <03782>, and

[there is] much <07235> rubbish <06083>; so that we are not able

<03201> to build <01129> the wall <02346>.

11 And our adversaries <06862> said <0559>, They shall not know

<03045>, neither <03808> see <07200>, till <05704> we come

<0935> in the midst <08432> among <08432> them, and slay <02026>

them, and cause the work <04399> to cease <07673>.

12 And it came <01961> to pass, that when <0834> the Jews

<03064> which dwelt <03427> by them came <0935>, they said

<0559> unto us ten <06235> times <06471>, From all <03605>

places <04725> whence <0370> ye shall return <07725> unto us

[they will be upon you].

13 Therefore set <05975> I in the lower <08482> places <04725>

behind <0310> the wall <02346>, [and] on the higher <06706>

places, I even set <05975> the people <05971> after their

families <04940> with their swords <02719>, their spears <07420>,

and their bows <07198>.

14 And I looked <06437>, and rose <06965> up, and said <0559>

unto the nobles <02715>, and to the rulers <05461>, and to the

rest <03499> of the people <05971>, Be not ye afraid <03372> of

them: remember <02142> the Lord <0136>, [which is] great <01419>

and terrible <03372>, and fight <03898> for your brethren <0251>,

your sons <01121>, and your daughters <01121>, your wives

<0802>, and your houses <01004>.

15 And it came <01961> to pass, when <0834> our enemies <0341>

heard <08085> that it was known <03045> unto us, and God <0430>

had brought <06565> their counsel <06098> to nought <06565>,

that we returned <07725> all <03605> of us to the wall <02346>,

every <0376> one <0376> unto his work <04399>.

16. And it came <01961> to pass from that time <03117> forth,

[that] the half <02677> of my servants <05288> wrought <06213>

in the work <04399>, and the other half <02677> of them held

<02388> both the spears <07420>, the shields <04043>, and the

bows <07198>, and the habergeons <08302>; and the rulers <08269>

[were] behind <0310> all <03605> the house <01004> of Judah

<03063>.

17 They which builded <01129> on the wall <02346>, and they

that bare <05375> burdens <05447>, with those that laded <06006>,

[every <0376> one] with one <0259> of his hands <03027> wrought

<06213> in the work <04399>, and with the other <0259> [hand]

held <02388> a weapon <07973>.

18 For the builders <01129>, every <0376> one <0376> had his

sword <02719> girded <0631> by his side <04975>, and [so]

builded <01129>. And he that sounded <08628> the trumpet <07782>

[was] by me.

19 And I said <0559> unto the nobles <02715>, and to the rulers

<05461>, and to the rest <03499> of the people <05971>, The work

<04399> [is] great <07235> and large <07342>, and we are

separated <06504> upon the wall <02346>, one far <07350> from

another <0250>.

20 In what <0834> place <04725> [therefore] ye hear <08085> the

sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>, resort <06908> ye thither

<08033> unto us: our God <0430> shall fight <03898> for us.

21 So we laboured <06213> in the work <04399>: and half <02677>

of them held <02388> the spears <07420> from the rising <05927>

of the morning <07837> till <05704> the stars <03556> appeared

<03318>.

22 Likewise <01571> at the same <01931> time <06256> said

<0559> I unto the people <05971>, Let every <0376> one <0376>

with his servant <05650> lodge <03885> within <08432> Jerusalem

<03389>, that in the night <03915> they may be a guard <04929>

to us, and labour <04399> on the day <03117>.

23 So neither <0369> I, nor my brethren <0251>, nor my servants

<05288>, nor the men <0582> of the guard <04929> which <0834>

followed <0310> me, none <0369> of us put <06584> off our

clothes <0899>, [saving that] every <0376> one <0376> put

<07973> them off for washing <04325>.

Nehemiah 5

1. And there was a great <01419> cry <06818> of the people

<05971> and of their wives <0802> against <0413> their brethren

<0251> the Jews <03064>.

2 For there were that said <0559>, We, our sons <01121>, and

our daughters <01121>, [are] many <07227>: therefore we take

<03947> up corn <01715> [for them], that we may eat <0398>, and

live <02421>.

3 [Some] also there were that said <0559>, We have mortgaged

<06148> our lands <07704>, vineyards <03754>, and houses <01004>,

that we might buy <03947> corn <01715>, because of the dearth

<07458>.

4 There were also that said <0559>, We have borrowed <03867>

money <03701> for the king's <04428> tribute <04060>, [and that

upon] our lands <07704> and vineyards <03754>.

5 Yet now <06258> our flesh <01320> [is] as the flesh <01320>

of our brethren <0251>, our children <01121> as their children

<01121>: and, lo <02009>, we bring <03533> into bondage <03533>

our sons <01121> and our daughters <01121> to be servants

<05650>, and [some] of our daughters <01121> are brought <03533>

unto bondage <03533> [already]: neither <0369> [is it] in our

power <03027> [to redeem them]; for other <0312> men <0582> have

our lands <07704> and vineyards <03754>.

6. And I was very <03966> angry <02734> when <0834> I heard

<08085> their cry <02201> and these <0428> words <01697>.

7 Then I consulted <04427> with myself, and I rebuked <07378>

the nobles <02715>, and the rulers <05461>, and said <0559> unto

them, Ye exact <05378> usury <05383>, every <0376> one <0376> of

his brother <0251>. And I set <05414> a great <01419> assembly

<06952> against <05921> them.

8 And I said <0559> unto them, We after <01767> our ability

<01767> have redeemed <07069> our brethren <0251> the Jews

<03064>, which were sold <04376> unto the heathen <01471>; and

will ye even <01571> sell <04376> your brethren <0251>? or shall

they be sold <04376> unto us? Then held <02790> they their peace

<02790>, and found <04672> nothing <03808> [to answer <01696>].

9 Also I said <0559>, It [is] not good <02896> that ye do

<06213>: ought ye not to walk <03212> in the fear <03374> of our

God <0430> because of the reproach <02781> of the heathen

<01471> our enemies <0341>?

10 I likewise <01571>, [and] my brethren <0251>, and my

servants <05288>, might exact <05383> of them money <03701> and

corn <01715>: I pray <04994> you, let us leave <05800> off this

<02088> usury <05383>.

11 Restore <07725>, I pray <04994> you, to them, even this day

<03117>, their lands <07704>, their vineyards <03754>, their

oliveyards <02132>, and their houses <01004>, also the hundredth

<03967> [part] of the money <03701>, and of the corn <01715>,

the wine <08492>, and the oil <03323>, that ye exact <05383> of

them.

12 Then said <0559> they, We will restore <07725> [them], and

will require <01245> nothing <03808> of them; so <03651> will we

do <06213> as thou sayest <0559>. Then I called <07121> the

priests <03548>, and took an oath <07650> of them, that they

should do <06213> according to this <02088> promise <01697>.

13 Also <01571> I shook <05287> my lap <02684>, and said <0559>,

So <03602> God <0430> shake <05287> out every man <0376> from

his house <01004>, and from his labour <03018>, that performeth

<06965> not this <02088> promise <01697>, even <03602> thus

<03602> be he shaken <05287> out, and emptied <07386>. And all

<03605> the congregation <06951> said <0559>, Amen <0543>, and

praised <01984> the LORD <03068>. And the people <05971> did

<06213> according to this <02088> promise <01697>.

14. Moreover <01571> from the time <03117> that I was appointed

<06680> to be their governor <06346> in the land <0776> of Judah

<03063>, from the twentieth <06242> year <08141> even unto the

two <08147> and thirtieth <07970> year <08141> of Artaxerxes

<0783> the king <04428>, [that is], twelve years <08141>, I and

my brethren <0251> have not eaten <0398> the bread <03899> of

the governor <06346>.

15 But the former <07223> governors <06346> that [had been]

before <06440> me were chargeable <03513> unto the people

<05971>, and had taken <03947> of them bread <03899> and wine

<03196>, beside <0310> forty <0705> shekels <08255> of silver

<03701>; yea <01571>, even their servants <05288> bare <07980>

rule <07980> over <05921> the people <05971>: but so <03651> did

<06213> not I, because <06440> of the fear <03374> of God <0430>.

16 Yea <01571>, also <01571> I continued <02388> in the work

<04399> of this <02063> wall <02346>, neither <03808> bought

<07069> we any land <07704>: and all <03605> my servants <05288>

[were] gathered <06908> thither <08033> unto the work <04399>.

17 Moreover [there were] at <05921> my table <07979> an hundred

<03967> and fifty <02572> of the Jews <03064> and rulers <05461>,

beside those that came <0935> unto us from among <04480> the

heathen <01471> that [are] about us.

18 Now [that] which <0834> was prepared <06213> [for me] daily

[was] one <0259> ox <07794> [and] six <08337> choice <01305>

sheep <06629>; also fowls <06833> were prepared <06213> for me,

and once <0996> in ten <06235> days <03117> store <07235> of all

<03605> sorts of wine <03196>: yet for all <05973> this <02088>

required <01245> not I the bread <03899> of the governor <06346>,

because <03588> the bondage <05656> was heavy <03513> upon this

<02088> people <05971>.

19 Think <02142> upon me, my God <0430>, for good <02896>,

[according] to all <03605> that I have done <06213> for this

<02088> people <05971>.

Nehemiah 6

1. Now it came <01961> to pass, when <0834> Sanballat <05571>,

and Tobiah <02900>, and Geshem <01654> the Arabian <06163>, and

the rest <03499> of our enemies <0341>, heard <08085> that I had

builded <01129> the wall <02346>, and [that] there was no

<03808> breach <06556> left <03498> therein; (though at <05704>

that time <06256> I had not set <05975> up the doors <01817>

upon the gates <08179>;)

2 That Sanballat <05571> and Geshem <01654> sent <07971> unto

me, saying <0559>, Come <03212>, let us meet <03259> together

<03162> in [some one of] the villages <03715> in the plain

<01237> of Ono <0207>. But they thought <02803> to do <06213> me

mischief <07451>.

3 And I sent <07971> messengers <04397> unto them, saying

<0559>, I [am] doing <06213> a great <01419> work <04399>, so

that I cannot <0369> come <03381> down <03381>: why <04100>

should the work <04399> cease <07673>, whilst <0834> I leave

<07503> it, and come <03381> down <03381> to you?

4 Yet they sent <07971> unto me four <0702> times <06471> after

this <02088> sort <01697>; and I answered <07725> them after the

same <02088> manner <01697>.

5 Then sent <07971> Sanballat <05571> his servant <05650> unto

me in like <02088> manner <01697> the fifth <02549> time <06471>

with an open <06605> letter <0107> in his hand <03027>;

6 Wherein [was] written <03789>, It is reported <08085> among

the heathen <01471>, and Gashmu <01654> saith <0559> [it, that]

thou and the Jews <03064> think <02803> to rebel <04775>: for

which <03651> cause thou buildest <01129> the wall <02346>, that

thou mayest be their king <04428>, according to these <0428>

words <01697>.

7 And thou hast also <01571> appointed <05975> prophets <05030>

to preach <07121> of thee at Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559>,

[There is] a king <04428> in Judah <03063>: and now <06258>

shall it be reported <08085> to the king <04428> according to

these <0428> words <01697>. Come <03212> now <06258> therefore,

and let us take counsel <03289> together <03162>.

8 Then I sent <07971> unto him, saying <0559>, There are no

<03808> such <0428> things <01697> done as thou sayest <0559>,

but thou feignest <0908> them out of thine own heart <03820>.

9 For they all <03605> made us afraid <03372>, saying <0559>,

Their hands <03027> shall be weakened <07503> from the work

<04399>, that it be not done <06213>. Now <06258> therefore, [O

God], strengthen <02388> my hands <03027>.

10. Afterward I came <0935> unto the house <01004> of Shemaiah

<08098> the son <01121> of Delaiah <01806> the son <01121> of

Mehetabeel <04105>, who <01931> [was] shut <06113> up; and he

said <0559>, Let us meet <03259> together in the house <01004>

of God <0430>, within <08432> the temple <01964>, and let us

shut <05462> the doors <01817> of the temple <01964>: for they

will come <0935> to slay <02026> thee; yea, in the night <03915>

will they come <0935> to slay <02026> thee.

11 And I said <0559>, Should such <03644> a man <0376> as I

flee <01272>? and who <04310> [is there], that, [being] as I

[am], would go <0935> into <0413> the temple <01964> to save

<02425> his life <02425>? I will not go <0935> in.

12 And, lo <02009>, I perceived <05234> that God <0430> had not

sent <07971> him; but that he pronounced <01696> this prophecy

<05016> against <05921> me: for Tobiah <02900> and Sanballat

<05571> had hired <07936> him.

13 Therefore [was] he hired <07936>, that I should be afraid

<03372>, and do <06213> so <03651>, and sin <02398>, and [that]

they might have [matter] for an evil <07451> report <08034>,

that they might reproach <02778> me.

14 My God <0430>, think <02142> thou upon Tobiah <02900> and

Sanballat <05571> according to these <0428> their works <04639>,

and on the prophetess <05031> Noadiah <05129>, and the rest

<03499> of the prophets <05030>, that would have put me in fear

<03372>.

15. So the wall <02346> was finished <07999> in the twenty

<06242> and fifth <02568> [day] of [the month] Elul <0435>, in

fifty <02572> and two <08147> days <03117>.

16 And it came <01961> to pass, that when <0834> all <03605>

our enemies <0341> heard <08085> [thereof], and all <03605> the

heathen <01471> that [were] about us saw <07200> [these things],

they were much <03966> cast <05307> down <05307> in their own

eyes <05869>: for they perceived <03045> that this <02063> work

<04399> was wrought <06213> of our God <0430>.

17 Moreover <01571> in those <01992> days <03117> the nobles

<02715> of Judah <03063> sent <01980> many <07235> letters

<0107> unto Tobiah <02900>, and [the letters] of Tobiah <02900>

came <0935> unto them.

18 For [there were] many <07227> in Judah <03063> sworn unto

him, because <03588> he [was] the son <02860> in law <02859> of

Shechaniah <07935> the son <01121> of Arah <0733>; and his son

<01121> Johanan <03076> had taken <03947> the daughter <01323>

of Meshullam <04918> the son <01121> of Berechiah <01296>.

19 Also <01571> they reported <0559> his good <02896> deeds

before <06440> me, and uttered <03318> my words <01697> to him.

[And] Tobiah <02900> sent <07971> letters <0107> to put me in

fear <03372>.

Nehemiah 7

1. Now it came <01961> to pass, when <0834> the wall <02346>

was built <01129>, and I had set <05975> up the doors <01817>,

and the porters <07778> and the singers <07891> and the Levites

<03881> were appointed <06485>,

2 That I gave my brother <0251> Hanani <02607>, and Hananiah

<02608> the ruler <08269> of the palace <01002>, charge <06680>

over <05921> Jerusalem <03389>: for he [was] a faithful <0571>

man <0376>, and feared <03372> God <0430> above many <07227>.

3 And I said <0559> unto them, Let not the gates <08179> of

Jerusalem <03389> be opened <06605> until <05704> the sun

<08121> be hot <02527>; and while <05704> they stand <05975> by,

let them shut <01479> the doors <01817>, and bar <0270> [them]:

and appoint <05975> watches <04931> of the inhabitants <03427>

of Jerusalem <03389>, every <0376> one <0376> in his watch

<04929>, and every <0376> one <0376> [to be] over <05048>

against <05048> his house <01004>.

4 Now the city <05892> [was] large and great <01419>: but the

people <05971> [were] few <04592> therein, and the houses [were]

not builded <01129>.

5. And my God <0430> put <05414> into <0413> mine heart <03820>

to gather <06908> together the nobles <02715>, and the rulers

<05461>, and the people <05971>, that they might be reckoned

<03187> by genealogy <03188>. And I found <04672> a register

<05612> of the genealogy <03188> of them which came <05927> up

at the first <07223>, and found <04672> written <03789> therein,

6 These <0428> [are] the children <01121> of the province

<04082>, that went <05927> up out of the captivity <07628>, of

those that had been carried <01473> away <01473>, whom <0834>

Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> had

carried <01540> away <01546>, and came <07725> again <07725> to

Jerusalem <03389> and to Judah <03063>, every <0376> one <0376>

unto his city <05892>;

7 Who came <0935> with Zerubbabel <02216>, Jeshua <03442>,

Nehemiah <05166>, Azariah <05838>, Raamiah <07485>, Nahamani

<05167>, Mordecai <04782>, Bilshan <01114>, Mispereth <04559>,

Bigvai <0902>, Nehum <05149>, Baanah <01195>. The number <04557>,

[I say], of the men <0582> of the people <05971> of Israel

<03478> [was this];

8 The children <01121> of Parosh <06551>, two <08147> thousand

<0505> an hundred <03967> seventy <07657> and two <08147>.

9 The children <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, three <07969>

hundred <03967> seventy <07657> and two <08147>.

10 The children <01121> of Arah <0733>, six <08337> hundred

<03967> fifty <02572> and two <08147>.

11 The children <01121> of Pahathmoab <06355>, of the children

<01121> of Jeshua <03442> and Joab <03097>, two thousand <0505>

and eight <08083> hundred <03967> [and] eighteen.

12 The children <01121> of Elam <05867>, a thousand <0505> two

hundred <03967> fifty <02572> and four <0702>.

13 The children <01121> of Zattu <02240>, eight <08083> hundred

<03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>.

14 The children <01121> of Zaccai <02140>, seven <07651>

hundred <03967> and threescore <08346>.

15 The children <01121> of Binnui <01131>, six <08337> hundred

<03967> forty <0705> and eight <08083>.

16 The children <01121> of Bebai <0893>, six <08337> hundred

<03967> twenty <06242> and eight <08083>.

17 The children <01121> of Azgad <05803>, two <08147> thousand

<0505> three <07969> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and two

<08147>.

18 The children <01121> of Adonikam <0140>, six <08337> hundred

<03967> threescore <08346> and seven <07651>.

19 The children <01121> of Bigvai <0902>, two thousand <0505>

threescore <08346> and seven <07651>.

20 The children <01121> of Adin <05720>, six <08337> hundred

<03967> fifty <02572> and five <02568>.

21 The children <01121> of Ater <0333> of Hezekiah <02396>,

ninety <08673> and eight <08083>.

22 The children <01121> of Hashum <02828>, three <07969>

hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and eight <08083>.

23 The children <01121> of Bezai <01209>, three <07969> hundred

<03967> twenty <06242> and four <0702>.

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

and twelve.

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

five <02568>.

26 The men <0582> of Bethlehem <01035> and Netophah <05199>, an

hundred <03967> fourscore <08084> and eight <08083>.

27 The men <0582> of Anathoth <06068>, an hundred <03967>

twenty <06242> and eight <08083>.

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

<08147>.

29 The men <0582> of Kirjathjearim <07157>, Chephirah <03716>,

and Beeroth <0881>, seven <07651> hundred <03967> forty <0705>

and three <07969>.

30 The men <0582> of Ramah <07414> and Geba <01387>, six

<08337> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and one <0259>.

31 The men <0582> of Michmas <04363>, an hundred <03967> and

twenty <06242> and two <08147>.

32 The men <0582> of Bethel <01008> and Ai <05857>, an hundred

<03967> twenty <06242> and three <07969>.

33 The men <0582> of the other <0312> Nebo <05015>, fifty

<02572> and two <08147>.

34 The children <01121> of the other <0312> Elam <05867>, a

thousand <0505> two hundred <03967> fifty <02572> and four

<0702>.

35 The children <01121> of Harim <02766>, three <07969> hundred

<03967> and twenty <06242>.

36 The children <01121> of Jericho <03405>, three <07969>

hundred <03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>.

37 The children <01121> of Lod <03850>, Hadid <02307>, and Ono

<0207>, seven <07651> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and one

<0259>.

38 The children <01121> of Senaah <05570>, three <07969>

thousand <0505> nine <08672> hundred <03967> and thirty <07970>.

39 The priests <03548>: the children <01121> of Jedaiah <03048>,

of the house <01004> of Jeshua <03442>, nine <08672> hundred

<03967> seventy <07657> and three <07969>.

40 The children <01121> of Immer <0564>, a thousand <0505>

fifty <02572> and two <08147>.

41 The children <01121> of Pashur <06583>, a thousand <0505>

two hundred <03967> forty <0705> and seven <07651>.

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

seventeen <07651>.

43 The Levites <03881>: the children <01121> of Jeshua <03442>,

of Kadmiel <06934>, [and] of the children <01121> of Hodevah

<01937>, seventy <07657> and four <0702>.

44 The singers <07891>: the children <01121> of Asaph <0623>,

an hundred <03967> forty <0705> and eight <08083>.

45 The porters <07778>: the children <01121> of Shallum <07967>,

the children <01121> of Ater <0333>, the children <01121> of

Talmon <02929>, the children <01121> of Akkub <06126>, the

children <01121> of Hatita <02410>, the children <01121> of

Shobai <07630>, an hundred <03967> thirty <07970> and eight

<08083>.

46 The Nethinims <05411>: the children <01121> of Ziha <06727>,

the children <01121> of Hashupha <02817>, the children <01121>

of Tabbaoth <02884>,

47 The children <01121> of Keros <07026>, the children <01121>

of Sia <05517>, the children <01121> of Padon <06303>,

48 The children <01121> of Lebana <03848>, the children <01121>

of Hagaba <02286>, the children <01121> of Shalmai <08014>,

49 The children <01121> of Hanan <02605>, the children <01121>

of Giddel <01435>, the children <01121> of Gahar <01515>,

50 The children <01121> of Reaiah <07211>, the children <01121>

of Rezin <07526>, the children <01121> of Nekoda <05353>,

51 The children <01121> of Gazzam <01502>, the children <01121>

of Uzza <05798>, the children <01121> of Phaseah <06454>,

52 The children <01121> of Besai <01153>, the children <01121>

of Meunim <04586>, the children <01121> of Nephishesim <05300>,

53 The children <01121> of Bakbuk <01227>, the children <01121>

of Hakupha <02709>, the children <01121> of Harhur <02744>,

54 The children <01121> of Bazlith <01213>, the children

<01121> of Mehida <04240>, the children <01121> of Harsha

<02797>,

55 The children <01121> of Barkos <01302>, the children <01121>

of Sisera <05516>, the children <01121> of Tamah <08547>,

56 The children <01121> of Neziah <05335>, the children <01121>

of Hatipha <02412>.

57 The children <01121> of Solomon's <08010> servants <05650>:

the children <01121> of Sotai <05479>, the children <01121> of

Sophereth <05618>, the children <01121> of Perida <06514>,

58 The children <01121> of Jaala <03279>, the children <01121>

of Darkon <01874>, the children <01121> of Giddel <01435>,

59 The children <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, the children

<01121> of Hattil <02411>, the children <01121> of Pochereth

<06380> of Zebaim <06380>, the children <01121> of Amon <0526>.

60 All <03605> the Nethinims <05411>, and the children <01121>

of Solomon's <08010> servants <05650>, [were] three <07969>

hundred <03967> ninety <08673> and two <08147>.

61 And these <0428> [were] they which went <05927> up [also]

from Telmelah <08528>, Telharesha <08521>, Cherub <03743>, Addon

<0114>, and Immer <0564>: but they could <03201> not shew

<05046> their father's house <01004>, nor their seed <02233>,

whether <0518> they [were] of Israel <03478>.

62 The children <01121> of Delaiah <01806>, the children

<01121> of Tobiah <02900>, the children <01121> of Nekoda

<05353>, six <08337> hundred <03967> forty <0705> and two

<08147>.

63 And of the priests <03548>: the children <01121> of Habaiah

<02252>, the children <01121> of Koz <06976>, the children

<01121> of Barzillai <01271>, which <0834> took <03947> [one] of

the daughters <01121> of Barzillai <01271> the Gileadite <01569>

to wife <0802>, and was called <07121> after <05921> their name

<08034>.

64 These <0428> sought <01245> their register <03791> [among]

those that were reckoned <03187> by genealogy <03188>, but it

was not found <04672>: therefore were they, as polluted <01351>,

put from the priesthood <03550>.

65 And the Tirshatha <08660> said <0559> unto them, that they

should not eat <0398> of the most <06944> holy <06944> things,

till <05704> there stood <05975> [up] a priest <03548> with Urim

<0224> and Thummim <08550>.

66 The whole <03605> congregation <06951> together <0259> [was]

forty and two thousand <0505> three <07969> hundred <03967> and

threescore <08346>,

67 Beside <0905> their manservants <05650> and their

maidservants <0519>, of whom <0428> [there were] seven <07651>

thousand <0505> three <07969> hundred <03967> thirty <07970> and

seven <07651>: and they had two hundred <03967> forty <0705> and

five <02568> singing <07891> men and singing <07891> women.

68 Their horses <05483>, seven <07651> hundred <03967> thirty

<07970> and six <08337>: their mules <06505>, two hundred

<03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>:

69 [Their] camels <01581>, four <0702> hundred <03967> thirty

<07970> and five <02568>: six <08337> thousand <0505> seven

<07651> hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> asses <02543>.

70 And some <07097> of the chief <07218> of the fathers <01>

gave <05414> unto the work <04399>. The Tirshatha <08660> gave

<05414> to the treasure <0214> a thousand <0505> drams <01871>

of gold <02091>, fifty <02572> basons <04219>, five <02568>

hundred <03967> and thirty <07970> priests <03548>' garments

<03801>.

71 And [some] of the chief <07218> of the fathers <01> gave

<05414> to the treasure <0214> of the work <04399> twenty

<07239> thousand <07239> drams <01871> of gold <02091>, and two

thousand <0505> and two hundred <03967> pound <04488> of silver

<03701>.

72 And [that] which <0834> the rest <07611> of the people

<05971> gave <05414> [was] twenty <07239> thousand <0505> drams

<01871> of gold <02091>, and two thousand <07239> pound <04488>

of silver <03701>, and threescore <08346> and seven <07651>

priests <03548>' garments <03801>.

73 So the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>, and the

porters <07778>, and the singers <07891>, and [some] of the

people <05971>, and the Nethinims <05411>, and all <03605>

Israel <03478>, dwelt <03427> in their cities <05892>; and when

the seventh <07637> month <02320> came <05060>, the children

<01121> of Israel <03478> [were] in their cities <05892>.

Nehemiah 8

1. And all <03605> the people <05971> gathered <0622>

themselves together as one <0259> man <0376> into <0413> the

street <07339> that [was] before <06440> the water <04325> gate

<08179>; and they spake <0559> unto Ezra <05830> the scribe

<05608> to bring <0935> the book <05612> of the law <08451> of

Moses <04872>, which <0834> the LORD <03068> had commanded

<06680> to Israel <03478>.

2 And Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> brought <0935> the law

<08451> before <06440> the congregation <06951> both of men

<0376> and women <0802>, and all <03605> that could hear <08085>

with understanding <0995>, upon the first <0259> day <03117> of

the seventh <07637> month <02320>.

3 And he read <07121> therein before <06440> the street <07339>

that [was] before <06440> the water <04325> gate <08179> from

the morning <0216> until <05704> midday, before <05048> the men

<0582> and the women <0802>, and those that could understand

<0995>; and the ears <0241> of all <03605> the people <05971>

[were attentive] unto the book <05612> of the law <08451>.

4 And Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> stood <05975> upon a

pulpit <04026> of wood <06086>, which <0834> they had made

<06213> for the purpose <01697>; and beside <0681> him stood

<05975> Mattithiah <04993>, and Shema <08087>, and Anaiah

<06043>, and Urijah <0223>, and Hilkiah <02518>, and Maaseiah

<04641>, on <05921> his right <03225> hand <03225>; and on his

left <08040> hand <08040>, Pedaiah <06305>, and Mishael <04332>,

and Malchiah <04441>, and Hashum <02828>, and Hashbadana <02806>,

Zechariah <02148>, [and] Meshullam <04918>.

5 And Ezra <05830> opened <06605> the book <05612> in the sight

<05869> of all <03605> the people <05971>; (for he was above

<05921> all <03605> the people <05971>;) and when he opened

<06605> it, all <03605> the people <05971> stood <05975> up:

6 And Ezra <05830> blessed <01288> the LORD <03068>, the great

<01419> God <0430>. And all <03605> the people <05971> answered

<06030>, Amen <0543>, Amen <0543>, with lifting <04607> up their

hands <03027>: and they bowed <06915> their heads, and

worshipped <07812> the LORD <03068> with [their] faces <0639> to

the ground <0776>.

7 Also Jeshua <03442>, and Bani <01137>, and Sherebiah <08274>,

Jamin <03226>, Akkub <06126>, Shabbethai <07678>, Hodijah

<01940>, Maaseiah <04641>, Kelita <07042>, Azariah <05838>,

Jozabad <03107>, Hanan <02605>, Pelaiah <06411>, and the Levites

<03881>, caused the people <05971> to understand <0995> the law

<08451>: and the people <05971> [stood] in their place <05977>.

8 So they read <07121> in the book <05612> in the law <08451>

of God <0430> distinctly <06567>, and gave <07760> the sense

<07922>, and caused [them] to understand <0995> the reading

<04744>.

9. And Nehemiah <05166>, which <01931> [is] the Tirshatha

<08660>, and Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> the scribe <05608>,

and the Levites <03881> that taught <0995> the people <05971>,

said <0559> unto all <03605> the people <05971>, This day

<03117> [is] holy <06918> unto the LORD <03068> your God <0430>;

mourn <056> not, nor <0408> weep <01058>. For all <03605> the

people <05971> wept <01058>, when they heard <08085> the words

<01697> of the law <08451>.

10 Then he said <0559> unto them, Go <03212> your way <01870>,

eat <0398> the fat <04924>, and drink <08354> the sweet <04477>,

and send <07971> portions <04490> unto them for whom nothing

<03808> is prepared <03559>: for [this] day <03117> [is] holy

<06918> unto our Lord <0113>: neither <0408> be ye sorry <06087>;

for the joy <02304> of the LORD <03068> is your strength

<04581>.

11 So the Levites <03881> stilled <02814> all <03605> the

people <05971>, saying <0559>, Hold <02013> your peace <02013>,

for the day <03117> [is] holy <06918>; neither <0408> be ye

grieved <06087>.

12 And all <03605> the people <05971> went <03212> their way

<01870> to eat <0398>, and to drink <08354>, and to send <07971>

portions <04490>, and to make <06213> great <01419> mirth

<08057>, because <03588> they had understood <0995> the words

<01697> that were declared <03045> unto them.

13. And on the second <08145> day <03117> were gathered <0622>

together the chief <07218> of the fathers <01> of all <03605>

the people <05971>, the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>,

unto Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608>, even to understand

<07919> the words <01697> of the law <08451>.

14 And they found <04672> written <03789> in the law <08451>

which <0834> the LORD <03068> had commanded <06680> by Moses

<04872>, that the children <01121> of Israel <03478> should

dwell <03427> in booths <05521> in the feast <02282> of the

seventh <07637> month <02320>:

15 And that they should publish <08085> and proclaim <05674> in

all <03605> their cities <05892>, and in Jerusalem <03389>,

saying <0559>, Go <03318> forth <03318> unto the mount <02022>,

and fetch <0935> olive <02132> branches <05929>, and pine

branches <05929>, and myrtle <01918> branches <05929>, and palm

<08558> branches <05929>, and branches <05929> of thick <05687>

trees <06086>, to make <06213> booths <05521>, as [it is]

written <03789>.

16 So the people <05971> went <03318> forth <03318>, and

brought <0935> [them], and made <06213> themselves <01992>

booths <05521>, every <0376> one <0376> upon the roof <01406> of

his house, and in their courts <02691>, and in the courts

<02691> of the house <01004> of God <0430>, and in the street

<07339> of the water <04325> gate <08179>, and in the street

<07339> of the gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669>.

17 And all <03605> the congregation <06951> of them that were

come <07725> again <07725> out of the captivity <07628> made

<06213> booths <05521>, and sat <03427> under the booths <05521>:

for since the days <03117> of Jeshua <03442> the son <01121> of

Nun <05126> unto that day <03117> had not the children <01121>

of Israel <03478> done <06213> so <03651>. And there was very

<03966> great <01419> gladness <08057>.

18 Also day <03117> by day <03117>, from the first <07223> day

<03117> unto the last <0314> day <03117>, he read <07121> in the

book <05612> of the law <08451> of God <0430>. And they kept

<06213> the feast <02282> seven <07651> days <03117>; and on the

eighth <08066> day <03117> [was] a solemn <06116> assembly

<06116>, according unto the manner <04941>.

Nehemiah 9

1. Now in the twenty <06242> and fourth <0702> day <03117> of

this <02088> month <02320> the children <01121> of Israel

<03478> were assembled <0622> with fasting <06685>, and with

sackclothes <08242>, and earth <0127> upon them.

2 And the seed <02233> of Israel <03478> separated <0914>

themselves from all <03605> strangers, and stood <05975> and

confessed <03034> their sins <02403>, and the iniquities <05771>

of their fathers <01>.

3 And they stood <06965> up in their place <05977>, and read

<07121> in the book <05612> of the law <08451> of the LORD

<03068> their God <0430> [one] fourth <07243> part of the day

<03117>; and [another] fourth <07243> part they confessed

<03034>, and worshipped <07812> the LORD <03068> their God

<0430>.

4. Then stood <06965> up upon the stairs <04608>, of the

Levites <03881>, Jeshua <03442>, and Bani <01137>, Kadmiel

<06934>, Shebaniah <07645>, Bunni <01137>, Sherebiah <08274>,

Bani <01137>, [and] Chenani <03662>, and cried <02199> with a

loud <01419> voice <06963> unto the LORD <03068> their God

<0430>.

5 Then the Levites <03881>, Jeshua <03442>, and Kadmiel <06934>,

Bani <01137>, Hashabniah <02813>, Sherebiah <08274>, Hodijah

<01940>, Shebaniah <07645>, [and] Pethahiah <06611>, said <0559>,

Stand <06965> up [and] bless <01288> the LORD <03068> your God

<0430> for ever <05769> and ever <05769>: and blessed <01288> be

thy glorious <03519> name <08034>, which is exalted <07311>

above <05921> all <03605> blessing <01293> and praise <08416>.

6 Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD <03068> alone <0905>; thou hast

made <06213> heaven <08064>, the heaven <08064> of heavens

<08064>, with all <03605> their host <06635>, the earth <0776>,

and all <03605> [things] that [are] therein <05921>, the seas

<03220>, and all <03605> that [is] therein, and thou preservest

<02421> them all <03605>; and the host <06635> of heaven <08064>

worshippeth <07812> thee.

7 Thou [art] the LORD <03068> the God <0430>, who <0834> didst

choose <0977> Abram <087>, and broughtest <03318> him forth

<03318> out of Ur <0218> of the Chaldees <03778>, and gavest

<07760> him the name <08034> of Abraham <085>;

8 And foundest <04372> his heart <03824> faithful <0539> before

<06440> thee, and madest <03772> a covenant <01285> with him to

give <05414> the land <0776> of the Canaanites <03669>, the

Hittites <02850>, the Amorites <0567>, and the Perizzites

<06522>, and the Jebusites <02983>, and the Girgashites <01622>,

to give <05414> [it, I say], to his seed <02233>, and hast

performed <06965> thy words <01697>; for thou [art] righteous

<06662>:

9 And didst see <07200> the affliction <06040> of our fathers

<01> in Egypt <04714>, and heardest <08085> their cry <02201> by

the Red <05488> sea <03220>;

10 And shewedst <05414> signs <0226> and wonders <04159> upon

Pharaoh <06547>, and on all <03605> his servants <05650>, and on

all <03605> the people <05971> of his land <0776>: for thou

knewest <03045> that they dealt proudly <02102> against <05921>

them. So didst thou get <06213> thee a name <08034>, as [it is]

this <02088> day <03117>.

11 And thou didst divide <01234> the sea <03220> before <06440>

them, so that they went <05674> through <08432> the midst

<08432> of the sea <03220> on the dry <03004> land; and their

persecutors <07291> thou threwest <07993> into the deeps <04688>,

as a stone <068> into the mighty <05794> waters <04325>.

12 Moreover thou leddest <05148> them in the day <03119> by a

cloudy <06051> pillar <05982>; and in the night <03915> by a

pillar <05982> of fire <0784>, to give them light <0216> in the

way <01870> wherein <0834> they should go <03212>.

13 Thou camest <03381> down <03381> also upon mount <02022>

Sinai <05514>, and spakest <01696> with them from heaven <08064>,

and gavest <05414> them right <03477> judgments <04941>, and

true <0571> laws <08451>, good <02896> statutes <02706> and

commandments <04687>:

14 And madest <03045> known <03045> unto them thy holy <06944>

sabbath <07676>, and commandedst <06680> them precepts <04687>,

statutes <02706>, and laws <08451>, by the hand <03027> of Moses

<04872> thy servant <05650>:

15 And gavest <05414> them bread <03899> from heaven <08064>

for their hunger <07457>, and broughtest <03318> forth <03318>

water <04325> for them out of the rock <05553> for their thirst

<06772>, and promisedst <0559> them that they should go <0935>

in to possess <03423> the land <0776> which <0834> thou hadst

sworn <05375> to give <05414> them.

16 But they and our fathers <01> dealt proudly <02102>, and

hardened <07185> their necks <06203>, and hearkened <08085> not

to thy commandments <04687>,

17 And refused <03985> to obey <08085>, neither <03808> were

mindful <02142> of thy wonders <06381> that thou didst <06213>

among <05973> them; but hardened <07185> their necks <06203>,

and in their rebellion <04805> appointed <05414> a captain

<07218> to return <07725> to their bondage <05659>: but thou

[art] a God <0430> ready to pardon <05547>, gracious <02587> and

merciful <07349>, slow <0750> to anger <0639>, and of great

<07227> kindness <02617>, and forsookest <05800> them not.

18 Yea <0637>, when <03588> they had made <06213> them a molten

<04541> calf <05695>, and said <0559>, This <02088> [is] thy God

<0430> that brought <05927> thee up out of Egypt <04714>, and

had wrought <06213> great <01419> provocations <05007>;

19 Yet thou in thy manifold <07227> mercies <07356> forsookest

<05800> them not in the wilderness <04057>: the pillar <05982>

of the cloud <06051> departed <05493> not from them by day

<03119>, to lead <05148> them in the way <01870>; neither the

pillar <05982> of fire <0784> by night <03915>, to shew them

light <0216>, and the way <01870> wherein <0834> they should go

<03212>.

20 Thou gavest <05414> also thy good <02896> spirit <07307> to

instruct <07919> them, and withheldest <04513> not thy manna

<04478> from their mouth <06310>, and gavest <05414> them water

<04325> for their thirst <06772>.

21 Yea, forty <0705> years <08141> didst thou sustain <03557>

them in the wilderness <04057>, [so that] they lacked <02637>

nothing <03808>; their clothes <08008> waxed not old <01086>,

and their feet <07272> swelled <01216> not.

22 Moreover thou gavest <05414> them kingdoms <04467> and

nations <05971>, and didst divide <02505> them into corners

<06285>: so they possessed <03423> the land <0776> of Sihon

<05511>, and the land <0776> of the king <04428> of Heshbon

<02809>, and the land <0776> of Og <05747> king <04428> of

Bashan <01316>.

23 Their children <01121> also multipliedst <07235> thou as the

stars <03556> of heaven <08064>, and broughtest <0935> them into

<0413> the land <0776>, concerning which <0834> thou hadst

promised <0559> to their fathers <01>, that they should go

<0935> in to possess <03423> [it].

24 So the children <01121> went <0935> in and possessed <03423>

the land <0776>, and thou subduedst <03665> before <06440> them

the inhabitants <03427> of the land <0776>, the Canaanites

<03669>, and gavest <05414> them into their hands <03027>, with

their kings <04428>, and the people <05971> of the land <0776>,

that they might do <06213> with them as they would.

25 And they took <03920> strong <01219> cities <05892>, and a

fat <08082> land <0127>, and possessed <03423> houses <01004>

full <04392> of all <03605> goods <02898>, wells <0953> digged

<02672>, vineyards <03754>, and oliveyards <02132>, and fruit

<03978> trees <06086> in abundance <07230>: so they did eat

<0398>, and were filled <07646>, and became <08080> fat <08082>,

and delighted <05727> themselves in thy great <01419> goodness

<02898>.

26 Nevertheless they were disobedient <04784>, and rebelled

<04775> against thee, and cast <07993> thy law <08451> behind

<0310> their backs <01458>, and slew <02026> thy prophets

<05030> which <0834> testified <05749> against them to turn

<07725> them to thee, and they wrought <06213> great <01419>

provocations <05007>.

27 Therefore thou deliveredst <05414> them into the hand

<03027> of their enemies <06862>, who vexed <06887> them: and in

the time <06256> of their trouble <06869>, when they cried

<06817> unto thee, thou heardest <08085> [them] from heaven

<08064>; and according to thy manifold <07227> mercies <07356>

thou gavest <05414> them saviours <03467>, who saved <03467>

them out of the hand <03027> of their enemies <06862>.

28 But after they had rest <05117>, they did <06213> evil

<07451> again <07725> before <06440> thee: therefore leftest

<05800> thou them in the hand of their enemies <0341>, so that

they had the dominion <07287> over them: yet when they returned

<07725>, and cried <02199> unto thee, thou heardest <08085>

[them] from heaven <08064>; and many <07227> times <06256> didst

thou deliver <05337> them according to thy mercies <07356>;

29 And testifiedst <05749> against them, that thou mightest

bring <07725> them again <07725> unto thy law <08451>: yet they

dealt proudly <02102>, and hearkened <08085> not unto thy

commandments <04687>, but sinned <02398> against thy judgments

<04941>, (which if a man <0120> do <06213>, he shall live

<02421> in them;) and withdrew the shoulder <03802>, and

hardened <07185> their neck <06203>, and would not hear <08085>.

30 Yet many <07227> years <08141> didst thou forbear <04900>

them, and testifiedst <05749> against them by thy spirit <07307>

in thy prophets <05030>: yet would they not give ear <0238>:

therefore gavest <05414> thou them into the hand <03027> of the

people <05971> of the lands <0776>.

31 Nevertheless for thy great <07227> mercies <07356>' sake

thou didst not utterly consume <03615> them, nor <03808> forsake

<05800> them; for thou [art] a gracious <02587> and merciful

<07349> God <0410>.

32 Now <06258> therefore, our God <0430>, the great <01419>,

the mighty <01368>, and the terrible <03372> God <0410>, who

keepest <08104> covenant <01285> and mercy <02617>, let not all

<03605> the trouble <08513> seem <04591> little <04591> before

<06440> thee, that hath come <04672> upon us, on our kings

<04428>, on our princes <08269>, and on our priests <03548>, and

on our prophets <05030>, and on our fathers <01>, and on all

<03605> thy people <05971>, since the time <03117> of the kings

<04428> of Assyria <0804> unto this <02088> day <03117>.

33 Howbeit thou [art] just <06662> in all <03605> that is

brought <0935> upon us; for thou hast done <06213> right <0571>,

but we have done wickedly <07561>:

34 Neither <03808> have our kings <04428>, our princes <08269>,

our priests <03548>, nor <03808> our fathers <01>, kept <06213>

thy law <08451>, nor <03808> hearkened <07181> unto thy

commandments <04687> and thy testimonies <05715>, wherewith

<0834> thou didst testify <05749> against them.

35 For they have not served <05647> thee in their kingdom

<04438>, and in thy great <07227> goodness <02898> that thou

gavest <05414> them, and in the large <07342> and fat <08082>

land <0776> which <0834> thou gavest <05414> before <06440> them,

neither <03808> turned <07725> they from their wicked <07451>

works <04611>.

36 Behold <02009>, we [are] servants <05650> this day <03117>,

and [for] the land <0776> that thou gavest <05414> unto our

fathers <01> to eat <0398> the fruit <06529> thereof and the

good <02898> thereof, behold <02009>, we [are] servants <05650>

in it:

37 And it yieldeth <07235> much <07235> increase <08393> unto

the kings <04428> whom <0834> thou hast set <05414> over <05921>

us because of our sins <02403>: also they have dominion <04910>

over <05921> our bodies <01472>, and over <05921> our cattle

<0929>, at their pleasure <07522>, and we [are] in great <01419>

distress <06869>.

38 And because of all <03605> this <02063> we make <03772> a

sure <0548> [covenant], and write <03789> [it]; and our princes

<08269>, Levites <03881>, [and] priests <03548>, seal <02856>

[unto it].

Nehemiah 10

1. Now those that sealed <02856> [were], Nehemiah <05166>, the

Tirshatha <08660>, the son <01121> of Hachaliah <02446>, and

Zidkijah,

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 Maaziah <04590>, Bilgai <01084>, Shemaiah <08098>: these

<0428> [were] the priests <03548>.

9 And the Levites <03881>: both Jeshua <03442> the son <01121>

of Azaniah <0245>, Binnui <01131> of the sons <01121> of Henadad

<02582>, Kadmiel <06934>;

10 And their brethren <0251>, Shebaniah <07645>, Hodijah

<01940>, Kelita <07042>, Pelaiah <06411>, Hanan <02605>,

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

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

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

14 The chief <07218> of the people <05971>; Parosh <06551>,

Pahathmoab <06355>, Elam <05867>, Zatthu, Bani <01137>,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 And the rest <07605> of the people <05971>, the priests

<03548>, the Levites <03881>, the porters <07778>, the singers

<07891>, the Nethinims <05411>, and all <03605> they that had

<01961> separated <0914> themselves from the people <05971> of

the lands <0776> unto the law <08451> of God <0430>, their wives

<0802>, their sons <01121>, and their daughters <01121>, every

<03605> one having knowledge <03045>, and having <05414>

understanding <0995>;

29 They clave <02388> to their brethren <0251>, their nobles

<0117>, and entered <0935> into a curse <0423>, and into an oath

<07621>, to walk <03212> in God's <0430> law <08451>, which

<0834> was given <05414> by Moses <04872> the servant <05650> of

God <0430>, and to observe <08104> and do <06213> all <03605>

the commandments <04687> of the LORD <03068> our Lord <0113>,

and his judgments <04941> and his statutes <02706>;

30 And that we would not give <05414> our daughters <01121>

unto the people <05971> of the land <0776>, nor <03808> take

<03947> their daughters <01121> for our sons <01121>:

31 And [if] the people <05971> of the land <0776> bring <0935>

ware <04728> or any victuals <07668> on the sabbath <07676> day

<03117> to sell <04376>, [that] we would not buy <03947> it of

them on the sabbath <07676>, or on the holy <06944> day <03117>:

and [that] we would leave <05203> the seventh <07637> year

<08141>, and the exaction <04855> of every <03605> debt <03027>.

32. Also we made <05975> ordinances <04687> for us, to charge

<05414> ourselves yearly <08141> with the third <07992> part of

a shekel <08255> for the service <05656> of the house <01004> of

our God <0430>;

33 For the shewbread, and for the continual <08548> meat

offering <04503>, and for the continual <08548> burnt <05930>

offering, of the sabbaths <07676>, of the new <02320> moons

<02320>, for the set <04150> feasts <04150>, and for the holy

<06944> [things], and for the sin <02403> offerings to make an

atonement <03722> for Israel <03478>, and [for] all <03605> the

work <04399> of the house <01004> of our God <0430>.

34 And we cast <05307> the lots <01486> among the priests

<03548>, the Levites <03881>, and the people <05971>, for the

wood <06086> offering <07133>, to bring <0935> [it] into the

house <01004> of our God <0430>, after <0310> the houses <01004>

of our fathers <01>, at times <06256> appointed <02163> year

<08141> by year <08141>, to burn <01197> upon the altar <04196>

of the LORD <03068> our God <0430>, as [it is] written <03789>

in the law <08451>:

35 And to bring <0935> the firstfruits <01061> of our ground

<0127>, and the firstfruits <01061> of all <03605> fruit <06529>

of all <03605> trees <06086>, year <08141> by year <08141>, unto

the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>:

36 Also the firstborn <01060> of our sons <01121>, and of our

cattle <0929>, as [it is] written <03789> in the law <08451>,

and the firstlings <01062> of our herds <01241> and of our

flocks <06629>, to bring <0935> to the house <01004> of our God

<0430>, unto the priests <03548> that minister <08334> in the

house <01004> of our God <0430>:

37 And [that] we should bring <0935> the firstfruits <07225> of

our dough <06182>, and our offerings <08641>, and the fruit

<06529> of all <03605> manner of trees <06086>, of wine <08492>

and of oil <03323>, unto the priests <03548>, to the chambers

<03957> of the house <01004> of our God <0430>; and the tithes

<04643> of our ground <0127> unto the Levites <03881>, that the

same <01992> Levites <03881> might have the tithes <06237> in

all <03605> the cities <05892> of our tillage <05656>.

38 And the priest <03548> the son <01121> of Aaron <0175> shall

be with the Levites <03881>, when the Levites <03881> take

tithes <06237>: and the Levites <03881> shall bring <05927> up

the tithe <04643> of the tithes <04643> unto the house <01004>

of our God <0430>, to the chambers <03957>, into the treasure

<0214> house <01004>.

39 For the children <01121> of Israel <03478> and the children

<01121> of Levi <03878> shall bring <0935> the offering <08641>

of the corn <01715>, of the new <08492> wine <08492>, and the

oil <03323>, unto the chambers <03957>, where <08033> [are] the

vessels <03627> of the sanctuary <04720>, and the priests

<03548> that minister <08334>, and the porters <07778>, and the

singers <07891>: and we will not forsake <05800> the house

<01004> of our God <0430>.

Nehemiah 11

1. And the rulers <08269> of the people <05971> dwelt <03427>

at Jerusalem <03389>: the rest <07605> of the people <05971>

also cast <05307> lots <01486>, to bring <0935> one <0259> of

ten <06235> to dwell <03427> in Jerusalem <03389> the holy

<06944> city <05892>, and nine <08672> parts <03027> [to dwell

<03427>] in [other] cities <05892>.

2 And the people <05971> blessed <01288> all <03605> the men

<0582>, that willingly offered themselves to dwell <03427> at

Jerusalem <03389>.

3 Now these <0428> [are] the chief <07218> of the province

<04082> that dwelt <03427> in Jerusalem <03389>: but in the

cities <05892> of Judah <03063> dwelt <03427> every <0376> one

<0376> in his possession <0272> in their cities <05892>, [to

wit], Israel <03478>, the priests <03548>, and the Levites

<03881>, and the Nethinims <05411>, and the children <01121> of

Solomon's <08010> servants <05650>.

4 And at Jerusalem <03389> dwelt <03427> [certain] of the

children <01121> of Judah <03063>, and of the children <01121>

of Benjamin <01144>. Of the children <01121> of Judah <03063>;

Athaiah <06265> the son <01121> of Uzziah <05818>, the son

<01121> of Zechariah <02148>, the son <01121> of Amariah <0568>,

the son <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, the son <01121> of

Mahalaleel <04111>, of the children <01121> of Perez <06557>;

5 And Maaseiah <04641> the son <01121> of Baruch <01263>, the

son <01121> of Colhozeh <03626>, the son <01121> of Hazaiah

<02382>, the son <01121> of Adaiah <05718>, the son <01121> of

Joiarib <03114>, the son <01121> of Zechariah <02148>, the son

<01121> of Shiloni <08023>.

6 All <03605> the sons <01121> of Perez <06557> that dwelt

<03427> at Jerusalem <03389> [were] four <0702> hundred <03967>

threescore <08346> and eight <08083> valiant <02428> men.

7 And these <0428> [are] the sons <01121> of Benjamin <01144>;

Sallu <05543> the son <01121> of Meshullam <04918>, the son

<01121> of Joed <03133>, the son <01121> of Pedaiah <06305>, the

son <01121> of Kolaiah <06964>, the son <01121> of Maaseiah

<04641>, the son <01121> of Ithiel <0384>, the son <01121> of

Jesaiah <03470>.

8 And after <0310> him Gabbai <01373>, Sallai <05543>, nine

<08672> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and eight <08083>.

9 And Joel <03100> the son <01121> of Zichri <02147> [was]

their overseer <06496>: and Judah <03063> the son <01121> of

Senuah <05574> [was] second <04932> over <05921> the city

<05892>.

10 Of the priests <03548>: Jedaiah <03048> the son <01121> of

Joiarib <03114>, Jachin <03199>.

11 Seraiah <08304> the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>, the son

<01121> of Meshullam <04918>, the son <01121> of Zadok <06659>,

the son <01121> of Meraioth <04812>, the son <01121> of Ahitub

<0285>, [was] the ruler <05057> of the house <01004> of God

<0430>.

12 And their brethren <0251> that did <06213> the work <04399>

of the house <01004> [were] eight <08083> hundred <03967> twenty

<06242> and two <08147>: and Adaiah <05718> the son <01121> of

Jeroham <03395>, the son <01121> of Pelaliah <06421>, the son

<01121> of Amzi <0557>, the son <01121> of Zechariah <02148>,

the son <01121> of Pashur <06583>, the son <01121> of Malchiah

<04441>,

13 And his brethren <0251>, chief <07218> of the fathers <01>,

two <08147> hundred <03967> forty <0705> and two <08147>: and

Amashai <06023> the son <01121> of Azareel <05832>, the son

<01121> of Ahasai <0273>, the son <01121> of Meshillemoth

<04919>, the son <01121> of Immer <0564>,

14 And their brethren <0251>, mighty <01368> men of valour

<02428>, an hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and eight <08083>:

and their overseer <06496> [was] Zabdiel <02068>, the son

<01121> of [one of] the great <01419> men.

15 Also of the Levites <03881>: Shemaiah <08098> the son

<01121> of Hashub <02815>, the son <01121> of Azrikam <05840>,

the son <01121> of Hashabiah <02811>, the son <01121> of Bunni

<01137>;

16 And Shabbethai <07678> and Jozabad <03107>, of the chief

<07218> of the Levites <03881>, [had] the oversight <05921> of

the outward <02435> business <04399> of the house <01004> of God

<0430>.

17 And Mattaniah <04983> the son <01121> of Micha <04316>, the

son <01121> of Zabdi <02067>, the son <01121> of Asaph <0623>,

[was] the principal <07218> to begin <08462> the thanksgiving

<03034> in prayer <08605>: and Bakbukiah <01229> the second

<04932> among his brethren <0251>, and Abda <05653> the son

<01121> of Shammua <08051>, the son <01121> of Galal <01559>,

the son <01121> of Jeduthun <03038>.

18 All <03605> the Levites <03881> in the holy <06944> city

<05892> [were] two hundred <03967> fourscore <08084> and four

<0702>.

19 Moreover the porters <07778>, Akkub <06126>, Talmon <02929>,

and their brethren <0251> that kept <08104> the gates <08179>,

[were] an hundred <03967> seventy <07657> and two <08147>.

20. And the residue <07605> of Israel <03478>, of the priests

<03548>, [and] the Levites <03881>, [were] in all <03605> the

cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, every <0376> one <0376> in his

inheritance <05159>.

21 But the Nethinims <05411> dwelt <03427> in Ophel <06077>:

and Ziha <06727> and Gispa <01658> [were] over <05921> the

Nethinims <05411>.

22 The overseer <06496> also of the Levites <03881> at

Jerusalem <03389> [was] Uzzi <05813> the son <01121> of Bani

<01137>, the son <01121> of Hashabiah <02811>, the son <01121>

of Mattaniah <04983>, the son <01121> of Micha <04316>. Of the

sons <01121> of Asaph <0623>, the singers <07891> [were] over

<05048> the business <04399> of the house <01004> of God <0430>.

23 For [it was] the king's <04428> commandment <04687>

concerning <05921> them, that a certain portion should be for

the singers <07891>, due <01697> for every day <03117>.

24 And Pethahiah <06611> the son <01121> of Meshezabeel <04898>,

of the children <01121> of Zerah <02226> the son <01121> of

Judah <03063>, [was] at the king's <04428> hand <03027> in all

<03605> matters <01697> concerning the people <05971>.

25 And for the villages <02691>, with their fields <07704>,

[some] of the children <01121> of Judah <03063> dwelt <03427> at

Kirjatharba <07153>, and [in] the villages <02691> thereof, and

at Dibon <01769>, and [in] the villages <01323> thereof, and at

Jekabzeel <03343>, and [in] the villages <01323> thereof,

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

Bethphelet <01046>,

27 And at Hazarshual <02705>, and at Beersheba <0884>, and [in]

the villages <01323> thereof,

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

villages <01323> thereof,

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

<03412>,

30 Zanoah <02182>, Adullam <05725>, and [in] their villages

<02691>, at Lachish <03923>, and the fields <07704> thereof, at

Azekah <05825>, and [in] the villages <01323> thereof. And they

dwelt <02583> from Beersheba <0884> unto the valley <01516> of

Hinnom <02011>.

31 The children <01121> also of Benjamin <01144> from Geba

<01387> [dwelt] at Michmash <04363>, and Aija <05857>, and

Bethel <01008>, and [in] their villages <01323>,

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

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

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

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

<02796>.

36 And of the Levites <03881> [were] divisions <04256> [in]

Judah <03063>, [and] in Benjamin <01144>.

Nehemiah 12

1. Now these <0428> [are] the priests <03548> and the Levites

<03881> that went <05927> up with Zerubbabel <02216> the son

<01121> of Shealtiel <07597>, and Jeshua <03442>: Seraiah

<08304>, Jeremiah <03414>, Ezra <05830>,

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

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

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

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

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

7 Sallu <05543>, Amok <05987>, Hilkiah <02518>, Jedaiah <03048>.

These <0428> [were] the chief <07218> of the priests <03548>

and of their brethren <0251> in the days <03117> of Jeshua

<03442>.

8 Moreover the Levites <03881>: Jeshua <03442>, Binnui <01131>,

Kadmiel <06934>, Sherebiah <08274>, Judah <03063>, [and]

Mattaniah <04983>, [which was] over <05921> the thanksgiving

<01960>, he and his brethren <0251>.

9 Also Bakbukiah <01229> and Unni <06042>, their brethren

<0251>, [were] over <05048> against <05048> them in the watches

<04931>.

10 And Jeshua <03442> begat <03205> Joiakim <03113>, Joiakim

<03113> also begat <03205> Eliashib <0475>, and Eliashib <0475>

begat <03205> Joiada <03111>,

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

Jonathan <03083> begat <03205> Jaddua <03037>.

12 And in the days <03117> of Joiakim <03113> were priests

<03548>, the chief <07218> of the fathers <01>: of Seraiah

<08304>, Meraiah <04811>; of Jeremiah <03414>, Hananiah <02608>;

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

Jehohanan <03076>;

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

Joseph <03130>;

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

<02517>;

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

Meshullam <04918>;

17 Of Abijah <029>, Zichri <02147>; of Miniamin <04509>, of

Moadiah <04153>, Piltai <06408>;

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

Jehonathan <03083>;

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

Uzzi <05813>;

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

<05677>;

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

Nethaneel <05417>.

22 The Levites <03881> in the days <03117> of Eliashib <0475>,

Joiada <03111>, and Johanan <03110>, and Jaddua <03037>, [were]

recorded <03789> chief <07218> of the fathers <01>: also the

priests <03548>, to the reign <04438> of Darius <01867> the

Persian <06542>.

23 The sons <01121> of Levi <03878>, the chief <07218> of the

fathers <01>, [were] written <03789> in the book <05612> of the

chronicles <01697>, even until <05704> the days <03117> of

Johanan <03110> the son <01121> of Eliashib <0475>.

24 And the chief <07218> of the Levites <03881>: Hashabiah

<02811>, Sherebiah <08274>, and Jeshua <03442> the son <01121>

of Kadmiel <06934>, with their brethren <0251> over <05980>

against <05048> them, to praise <01984> [and] to give thanks

<03034>, according to the commandment <04687> of David <01732>

the man <0376> of God <0430>, ward <04929> over <05980> against

<05980> ward <04929>.

25 Mattaniah <04983>, and Bakbukiah <01229>, Obadiah <05662>,

Meshullam <04918>, Talmon <02929>, Akkub <06126>, [were] porters

<07778> keeping <08104> the ward <04929> at the thresholds

<0624> of the gates <08179>.

26 These <0428> [were] in the days <03117> of Joiakim <03113>

the son <01121> of Jeshua <03442>, the son <01121> of Jozadak

<03136>, and in the days <03117> of Nehemiah <05166> the

governor <06346>, and of Ezra <05830> the priest <03548>, the

scribe <05608>.

27. And at <05921> the dedication <02598> of the wall <02346>

of Jerusalem <03389> they sought <01245> the Levites <03881> out

of all <03605> their places <04725>, to bring <0935> them to

Jerusalem <03389>, to keep <06213> the dedication <02598> with

gladness <08057>, both with thanksgivings <08426>, and with

singing <07892>, [with] cymbals <04700>, psalteries <05035>, and

with harps <03658>.

28 And the sons <01121> of the singers <07891> gathered <0622>

themselves together, both out of the plain <03603> country round

<05439> about Jerusalem <03389>, and from the villages <02691>

of Netophathi <05200>;

29 Also from the house <01004> of Gilgal <01537>, and out of

the fields <07704> of Geba <01387> and Azmaveth <05820>: for the

singers <07891> had builded <01129> them villages <02691> round

<05439> about Jerusalem <03389>.

30 And the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> purified

<02891> themselves, and purified <02891> the people <05971>, and

the gates <08179>, and the wall <02346>.

31 Then I brought <05927> up the princes <08269> of Judah

<03063> upon the wall <02346>, and appointed <05975> two <08147>

great <01419> [companies of them that gave] thanks <08426>,

[whereof one] went <01980> on the right <03225> hand <03225>

upon the wall <02346> toward the dung <0830> gate <08179>:

32 And after <0310> them went <03212> Hoshaiah <01955>, and

half <02677> of the princes <08269> of Judah <03063>,

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

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

and Jeremiah <03414>,

35 And [certain] of the priests <03548>' sons <01121> with

trumpets <02689>; [namely], Zechariah <02148> the son <01121> of

Jonathan <03083>, the son <01121> of Shemaiah <08098>, the son

<01121> of Mattaniah <04983>, the son <01121> of Michaiah

<04320>, the son <01121> of Zaccur <02139>, the son <01121> of

Asaph <0623>:

36 And his brethren <0251>, Shemaiah <08098>, and Azarael

<05832>, Milalai <04450>, Gilalai <01562>, Maai <04597>,

Nethaneel <05417>, and Judah <03063>, Hanani <02607>, with the

musical <07892> instruments <03627> of David <01732> the man

<0376> of God <0430>, and Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> before

<06440> them.

37 And at the fountain <05869> gate <08179>, which was over

<05048> against <05048> them, they went <05927> up by the stairs

<04609> of the city <05892> of David <01732>, at the going

<04608> up of the wall <02346>, above <05921> the house <01004>

of David <01732>, even unto the water <04325> gate <08179>

eastward <04217>.

38 And the other <08145> [company of them that gave] thanks

<08426> went <01980> over <04136> against <04136> [them], and I

after <0310> them, and the half <02677> of the people <05971>

upon the wall <02346>, from beyond <05921> the tower <04026> of

the furnaces <08574> even unto the broad <07342> wall <02346>;

39 And from above <05921> the gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669>,

and above <05921> the old <03465> gate <08179>, and above

<05921> the fish <01709> gate <08179>, and the tower <04026> of

Hananeel <02606>, and the tower <04026> of Meah <03968>, even

unto the sheep <06629> gate <08179>: and they stood <05975>

still in the prison <04307> gate <08179>.

40 So stood <05975> the two <08147> [companies of them that

gave] thanks <08426> in the house <01004> of God <0430>, and I,

and the half <02677> of the rulers <05461> with me:

41 And the priests <03548>; Eliakim <0471>, Maaseiah <04641>,

Miniamin <04509>, Michaiah <04320>, Elioenai <0454>, Zechariah

<02148>, [and] Hananiah <02608>, with trumpets <02689>;

42 And Maaseiah <04641>, and Shemaiah <08098>, and Eleazar

<0499>, and Uzzi <05813>, and Jehohanan <03076>, and Malchijah

<04441>, and Elam <05867>, and Ezer <05829>. And the singers

<07891> sang <07891> loud <08085>, with Jezrahiah <03156>

[their] overseer <06496>.

43 Also that day <03117> they offered <02076> great <01419>

sacrifices <02077>, and rejoiced <08055>: for God <0430> had

made them rejoice <08055> with great <01419> joy <08057>: the

wives <0802> also and the children <03206> rejoiced <08055>: so

that the joy <08057> of Jerusalem <03389> was heard <08085> even

afar <07350> off.

44. And at that time <03117> were some <0582> appointed <06485>

over <05921> the chambers <05393> for the treasures <0214>, for

the offerings <08641>, for the firstfruits <07225>, and for the

tithes <04643>, to gather <03664> into them out of the fields

<07704> of the cities <05892> the portions <04521> of the law

<08451> for the priests <03548> and Levites <03881>: for Judah

<03063> rejoiced <08057> for the priests <03548> and for the

Levites <03881> that waited <05975>.

45 And both the singers <07891> and the porters <07778> kept

<08104> the ward <04931> of their God <0430>, and the ward

<04931> of the purification <02893>, according to the

commandment <04687> of David <01732>, [and] of Solomon <08010>

his son <01121>.

46 For in the days <03117> of David <01732> and Asaph <0623> of

old <06924> [there were] chief <07218> of the singers <07891>,

and songs <07892> of praise <08416> and thanksgiving unto God

<0430>.

47 And all <03605> Israel <03478> in the days <03117> of

Zerubbabel <02216>, and in the days <03117> of Nehemiah <05166>,

gave <05414> the portions <04521> of the singers <07891> and the

porters <07778>, every day <03117> his portion <01697>: and they

sanctified <06942> [holy things] unto the Levites <03881>; and

the Levites <03881> sanctified <06942> [them] unto the children

<01121> of Aaron <0175>.

Nehemiah 13

1. On that day <03117> they read <07121> in the book <05612> of

Moses <04872> in the audience <0241> of the people <05971>; and

therein was found <04672> written <03789>, that the Ammonite

<05984> and the Moabite <04125> should not come <0935> into the

congregation <06951> of God <0430> for ever <05769>;

2 Because <03588> they met <06923> not the children <01121> of

Israel <03478> with bread <03899> and with water <04325>, but

hired <07936> Balaam <01109> against <05921> them, that he

should curse <07043> them: howbeit our God <0430> turned <02015>

the curse <07045> into a blessing <01293>.

3 Now it came <01961> to pass, when they had heard <08085> the

law <08451>, that they separated <0914> from Israel <03478> all

<03605> the mixed <06154> multitude <06154>.

4 And before <06440> this <02088>, Eliashib <0475> the priest

<03548>, having the oversight <05414> of the chamber <03957> of

the house <01004> of our God <0430>, [was] allied <07138> unto

Tobiah <02900>:

5 And he had prepared <06213> for him a great <01419> chamber

<03957>, where <08033> aforetime <06440> they laid <05414> the

meat offerings <04503>, the frankincense <03828>, and the

vessels <03627>, and the tithes <04643> of the corn <01715>, the

new <08492> wine <08492>, and the oil <03323>, which was

commanded <04687> [to be given] to the Levites <03881>, and the

singers <07891>, and the porters <07778>; and the offerings

<04503> of the priests <03548>.

6 But in all <03605> this <02088> [time] was not I at Jerusalem

<03389>: for in the two <08147> and thirtieth <07970> year

<08141> of Artaxerxes <0783> king <04428> of Babylon <0894> came

<0935> I unto the king <04428>, and after <07093> certain days

<03117> obtained <07592> I leave <07592> of the king <04428>:

7 And I came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>, and understood <0995>

of the evil <07451> that Eliashib <0475> did <06213> for Tobiah

<02900>, in preparing <06213> him a chamber <05393> in the

courts <02691> of the house <01004> of God <0430>.

8 And it grieved <07489> me sore <03966>: therefore I cast

<07903> forth all <03605> the household <01004> stuff <03627> of

Tobiah <02900> out of the chamber <03957>.

9 Then I commanded <0559>, and they cleansed <02891> the

chambers <03957>: and thither <08033> brought <07725> I again

<07725> the vessels <03627> of the house <01004> of God <0430>,

with the meat offering <04503> and the frankincense <03828>.

10. And I perceived <03045> that the portions <04521> of the

Levites <03881> had not been given <05414> [them]: for the

Levites <03881> and the singers <07891>, that did <06213> the

work <04399>, were fled <01272> every <0376> one <0376> to his

field <07704>.

11 Then contended <07378> I with the rulers <05461>, and said

<0559>, Why <04069> is the house <01004> of God <0430> forsaken

<05800>? And I gathered <06908> them together, and set <05975>

them in their place <05977>.

12 Then brought <0935> all <03605> Judah <03063> the tithe

<04643> of the corn <01715> and the new <08492> wine <08492> and

the oil <03323> unto the treasuries <0214>.

13 And I made treasurers <0686> over <05921> the treasuries

<0214>, Shelemiah <08018> the priest <03548>, and Zadok <06659>

the scribe <05608>, and of the Levites <03881>, Pedaiah <06305>:

and next to them [was] Hanan <02605> the son <01121> of Zaccur

<02139>, the son <01121> of Mattaniah <04983>: for they were

counted <02803> faithful <0539>, and their office [was] to

distribute <02505> unto their brethren <0251>.

14 Remember <02142> me, O my God <0430>, concerning <05921>

this <02088>, and wipe <04229> not out my good <02617> deeds

that I have done <06213> for the house <01004> of my God <0430>,

and for the offices <04929> thereof.

15. In those <01992> days <03117> saw <07200> I in Judah

<03063> [some] treading <01869> wine presses on the sabbath

<07676>, and bringing <0935> in sheaves <06194>, and lading

<06006> asses <02543>; as also <0637> wine <03196>, grapes

<06025>, and figs <08384>, and all <03605> [manner of] burdens

<04853>, which they brought <0935> into Jerusalem <03389> on the

sabbath <07676> day <03117>: and I testified <05749> [against

them] in the day <03117> wherein they sold <04376> victuals

<06718>.

16 There dwelt <03427> men <0582> of Tyre <06876> also therein,

which brought <0935> fish <01709>, and all <03605> manner of

ware <04377>, and sold <04376> on the sabbath <07676> unto the

children <01121> of Judah <03063>, and in Jerusalem <03389>.

17 Then I contended <07378> with the nobles <02715> of Judah

<03063>, and said <0559> unto them, What <04100> evil <07451>

thing <01697> [is] this <02088> that ye do <06213>, and profane

<02490> the sabbath <07676> day <03117>?

18 Did <06213> not your fathers <01> thus <03541>, and did

<06213> not our God <0430> bring <0935> all <03605> this <02088>

evil <07451> upon us, and upon this <02063> city <05892>? yet ye

bring <0935> more <03254> wrath <02740> upon Israel <03478> by

profaning <02490> the sabbath <07676>.

19 And it came <01961> to pass, that when <0834> the gates

<08179> of Jerusalem <03389> began <06751> to be dark <06751>

before <06440> the sabbath <07676>, I commanded <0559> that the

gates <01817> should be shut <05462>, and charged <0559> that

they should not be opened <06605> till <05704> after <0310> the

sabbath <07676>: and [some] of my servants <05288> set <05975> I

at <05921> the gates <08179>, [that] there should no <03808>

burden <04853> be brought <0935> in on the sabbath <07676> day

<03117>.

20 So the merchants <07402> and sellers <04376> of all <03605>

kind of ware <04465> lodged <03885> without <02351> Jerusalem

<03389> once <06471> or twice <08147>.

21 Then I testified <05749> against them, and said <0559> unto

them, Why <04069> lodge <03885> ye about <05048> the wall

<02346>? if <0518> ye do [so] again <03138>, I will lay <07971>

hands <03027> on you. From that time <06256> forth came <0935>

they no <03808> [more] on the sabbath <07676>.

22 And I commanded <0559> the Levites <03881> that they should

cleanse <02891> themselves, and [that] they should come <0935>

[and] keep <08104> the gates <08179>, to sanctify <06942> the

sabbath <07676> day <03117>. Remember <02142> me, O my God

<0430>, [concerning] this <02063> also <01571>, and spare

<02347> me according to the greatness <07230> of thy mercy

<02617>.

23. In those <01992> days <03117> also <01571> saw <07200> I

Jews <03064> [that] had married <03427> wives <0802> of Ashdod

<0795>, of Ammon <05983>, [and] of Moab <04125>:

24 And their children <01121> spake <01696> half <02677> in the

speech <03066> of Ashdod <0795>, and could <05234> not speak

<01696> in the Jews <03066>' language, but according to the

language <03956> of each people <05971>.

25 And I contended <07378> with them, and cursed <07043> them,

and smote <05221> certain <0582> of them, and plucked <04803>

off their hair, and made them swear <07650> by God <0430>,

[saying], Ye shall not give <05414> your daughters <01121> unto

their sons <01121>, nor <0518> take <05375> their daughters

<01121> unto your sons <01121>, or for yourselves.

26 Did not Solomon <08010> king <04428> of Israel <03478> sin

<02398> by these things? yet among many <07227> nations <01471>

was there no <03808> king <04428> like <03644> him, who was

beloved <0157> of his God <0430>, and God <0430> made <05414>

him king <04428> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478>:

nevertheless <01571> even him did outlandish <05237> women

<0802> cause to sin <02398>.

27 Shall we then hearken <08085> unto you to do <06213> all

<03605> this <02063> great <01419> evil <07451>, to transgress

<04603> against our God <0430> in marrying <03427> strange

<05237> wives <0802>?

28 And [one <0259>] of the sons <01121> of Joiada <03111>, the

son <01121> of Eliashib <0475> the high <01419> priest <03548>,

[was] son <02860> in law <02859> to Sanballat <05571> the

Horonite <02772>: therefore I chased <01272> him from me.

29 Remember <02142> them, O my God <0430>, because <05921> they

have defiled <01351> the priesthood <03550>, and the covenant

<01285> of the priesthood <03550>, and of the Levites <03881>.

30 Thus cleansed <02891> I them from all <03605> strangers

<05236>, and appointed <05975> the wards <04931> of the priests

<03548> and the Levites <03881>, every <0376> one <0376> in his

business <04399>;

31 And for the wood <06086> offering <07133>, at times <06256>

appointed <02163>, and for the firstfruits <01061>. Remember

<02142> me, O my God <0430>, for good <02896>.