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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 <1697> of Nehemiah <5166> the son <1121> of

Hachaliah <2446>. And it came <1961> to pass in the month <2320>

Chisleu <3691>, in the twentieth <6242> year <8141>, as I was in

Shushan <7800> the palace <1002>,

2 That Hanani <2607>, one <0259> of my brethren <0251>, came

<0935>, he and [certain] men <0582> of Judah <3063>; and I asked

<7592> them concerning <5921> the Jews <3064> that had escaped

<6413>, which <0834> were left <7604> of the captivity <7628>,

and concerning <5921> Jerusalem <3389>.

3 And they said <0559> unto me, The remnant <7604> that are

left <7604> of the captivity <7628> there <8033> in the province

<4082> [are] in great <1419> affliction <7451> and reproach

<2781>: the wall <2346> of Jerusalem <3389> also [is] broken

<6555> down, and the gates <8179> thereof are burned <3341> with

fire <0784>.

4 And it came <1961> to pass, when I heard <8085> these <0428>

words <1697>, that I sat <3427> down and wept <1058>, and

mourned <56> [certain] days <3117>, and fasted <6684>, and

prayed <6419> before <6440> the God <0430> of heaven <8064>,

5. And said <0559>, I beseech <0577> thee, O LORD <3068> God

<0430> of heaven <8064>, the great <1419> and terrible <3372>

God <0410>, that keepeth <8104> covenant <1285> and mercy <2617>

for them that love <0157> him and observe <8104> his

commandments <4687>:

6 Let thine ear <0241> now <4994> be attentive <7183>, and

thine eyes <5869> open <6605>, that thou mayest hear <8085> the

prayer <8605> of thy servant <5650>, which <0834> I pray <6419>

before <6440> thee now <3117>, day <3119> and night <3915>, for

the children <1121> of Israel <3478> thy servants <5650>, and

confess <3034> the sins <2403> of the children <1121> of Israel

<3478>, which <0834> we have sinned <2398> against thee: both I

and my father's <1> house <1004> have sinned <2398>.

7 We have dealt very corruptly <2254> against thee, and have

not kept <8104> the commandments <4687>, nor the statutes <2706>,

nor the judgments <4941>, which <0834> thou commandedst <6680>

thy servant <5650> Moses <4872>.

8 Remember <2142>, I beseech <4994> thee, the word <1697> that

thou commandedst <6680> thy servant <5650> Moses <4872>, saying

<0559>, [If] ye transgress <4603>, I will scatter <6327> you

abroad <6327> among the nations <5971>:

9 But [if] ye turn <7725> unto me, and keep <8104> my

commandments <4687>, and do <6213> them; though <0518> there

were of you cast <5080> out unto the uttermost <7097> part of

the heaven <8064>, [yet] will I gather <6908> them from thence

<8033>, and will bring <0935> them unto the place <4725> that I

have chosen <0970> to set <7931> my name <8034> there <8033>.

10 Now these <1992> [are] thy servants <5650> and thy people

<5971>, whom <0834> thou hast redeemed <6299> by thy great

<1419> power <3581>, and by thy strong <2389> hand <3027>.

11 O Lord <0136>, I beseech <0577> thee, let now <4994> thine

ear <0241> be attentive <7183> to the prayer <8605> of thy

servant <5650>, and to the prayer <8605> of thy servants <5650>,

who desire <2655> to fear <3372> thy name <8034>: and prosper

<6743>, I pray <4994> thee, thy servant <5650> this day <3117>,

and grant <5414> him mercy <7356> in the sight <6440> of this

<2088> man <0376>. For I was the king's <4428> cupbearer <4945>.

Nehemiah 2

1. And it came <1961> to pass in the month <2320> Nisan <5212>,

in the twentieth <6242> year <8141> of Artaxerxes <0783> the

king <4428>, [that] wine <3196> [was] before <6440> him: and I

took <5375> up the wine <3196>, and gave <5414> [it] unto the

king <4428>. Now I had not been <1961> [beforetime] sad <7451>

in his presence <6440>.

2 Wherefore the king <4428> said <0559> unto me, Why <4069>

[is] thy countenance <6440> sad <7451>, seeing thou [art] not

sick <2470>? this <2088> [is] nothing <0369> [else] but sorrow

<7455> of heart <3820>. Then I was very <3966> sore <7235>

afraid <3372>,

3 And said <0559> unto the king <4428>, Let the king <4428>

live <2421> for ever <5769>: why <4069> should not my

countenance <6440> be sad <7489>, when <0834> the city <5892>,

the place <1004> of my fathers <1>' sepulchres <6913>, [lieth]

waste <2720>, and the gates <8179> thereof are consumed <0398>

with fire <0784>?

4 Then the king <4428> said <0559> unto me, For what <4100>

dost thou make request <1245>? So I prayed <6419> to the God

<0430> of heaven <8064>.

5 And I said <0559> unto the king <4428>, If <0518> it please

<2895> the king <4428>, and if <0518> thy servant <5650> have

found favour <3190> in thy sight <6440>, that thou wouldest send

<7971> me unto Judah <3063>, unto the city <5892> of my fathers

<1>' sepulchres <6913>, that I may build <1129> it.

6 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto me, (the queen <7694>

also sitting <3427> by him,) For how <5704> long <5704> shall

thy journey <4109> be? and when <4970> wilt thou return <7725>?

So it pleased <3190> the king <4428> to send <7971> me; and I

set <5414> him a time <2165>.

7 Moreover I said <0559> unto the king <4428>, If it please

<2895> the king <4428>, let letters <0107> be given <5414> me to

the governors <6346> beyond <5676> the river <5104>, that they

may convey <5674> me over <5674> till <5704> I come <0935> into

<0413> Judah <3063>;

8 And a letter <0107> unto Asaph <0623> the keeper <8104> of

the king's <4428> forest <6508>, that he may give <5414> me

timber <6086> to make beams <7136> for the gates <8179> of the

palace <1002> which <0834> [appertained] to the house <1004>,

and for the wall <2346> of the city <5892>, and for the house

<1004> that I shall enter <0935> into <5921>. And the king

<4428> granted <5414> me, according to the good <2896> hand

<3027> of my God <0430> upon me.

9. Then I came <0935> to the governors <6346> beyond <5676> the

river <5104>, and gave <5414> them the king's <4428> letters

<0107>. Now the king <4428> had sent <7971> captains <8269> of

the army <2428> and horsemen <6571> with me.

10 When Sanballat <5571> the Horonite <2772>, and Tobiah <2900>

the servant <5650>, the Ammonite <5984>, heard <8085> [of it],

it grieved <7489> them exceedingly <1419> that there was come

<0935> a man <0120> to seek <1245> the welfare <2896> of the

children <1121> of Israel <3478>.

11 So I came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389>, and was there <8033>

three <7969> days <3117>.

12 And I arose <6965> in the night <3915>, I and some <4592>

few <4592> men <0582> with me; neither <3808> told <5046> I

[any] man <0120> what <4100> my God <0430> had put <5414> in my

heart <3820> to do <6213> at Jerusalem <3389>: neither <0369>

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

I rode <7392> upon.

13 And I went <3318> out by night <3915> by the gate <8179> of

the valley <1516>, even before the dragon <8577> well <2869>,

and to the dung <0830> port <8179>, and viewed <7663> the walls

<2346> of Jerusalem <3389>, which <0834> were broken <6555> down,

and the gates <8179> thereof were consumed <0398> with fire

<0784>.

14 Then I went <5674> on <0413> to the gate <8179> of the

fountain <5869>, and to the king's <4428> pool <1295>: but

[there was] no <0369> place <4725> for the beast <0929> [that

was] under <8478> me to pass <5674>.

15 Then went <5927> I up in the night <3915> by the brook

<5158>, and viewed <7663> the wall <2346>, and turned <7725>

back <7725>, and entered <0935> by the gate <8179> of the valley

<1516>, and [so] returned <7725>.

16 And the rulers <5461> knew <3045> not whither <0575> I went

<1980>, or what <4100> I did <6213>; neither <3808> had I as yet

told <5046> [it] to the Jews <3064>, nor to the priests <3548>,

nor to the nobles <2715>, nor to the rulers <5461>, nor to the

rest <3499> that did <6213> the work <4399>.

17 Then said <0559> I unto them, Ye see <7200> the distress

<7451> that we [are] in, how <0834> Jerusalem <3389> [lieth]

waste <2720>, and the gates <8179> thereof are burned <3341>

with fire <0784>: come <3212>, and let us build <1129> up the

wall <2346> of Jerusalem <3389>, that we be no <3808> more

<5720> a reproach <2781>.

18 Then I told <5046> them of the hand <3027> of my God <0430>

which <0834> was good <2896> upon me; as also <0637> the king's

<4428> words <1697> that he had spoken <0559> unto me. And they

said <0559>, Let us rise <6965> up and build <1129>. So they

strengthened <2388> their hands <3027> for [this] good <2896>

[work].

19 But when Sanballat <5571> the Horonite <2772>, and Tobiah

<2900> the servant <5650>, the Ammonite <5984>, and Geshem

<1654> the Arabian <6163>, heard <8085> [it], they laughed

<3932> us to scorn, and despised <0959> us, and said <0559>,

What <4100> [is] this <2088> thing <1697> that ye do <6213>?

will ye rebel <4775> against <5921> the king <4428>?

20 Then answered <1697> I them, and said <0559> unto them, The

God <0430> of heaven <8064>, he will prosper <6743> us;

therefore we his servants <5650> will arise <6965> and build

<1129>: but ye have no <0369> portion <2506>, nor right <6666>,

nor memorial <2146>, in Jerusalem <3389>.

Nehemiah 3

1. Then Eliashib <0475> the high <1419> priest <3548> rose

<6965> up with his brethren <0251> the priests <3548>, and they

builded <1129> the sheep <6629> gate <8179>; they sanctified

<6942> it, and set <5975> up the doors <1817> of it; even unto

the tower <4026> of Meah <3968> they sanctified <6942> it, unto

the tower <4026> of Hananeel <2606>.

2 And next unto him builded <1129> the men <0582> of Jericho

<3405>. And next to them builded <1129> Zaccur <2139> the son

<1121> of Imri <0556>.

3 But the fish <1709> gate <8179> did the sons <1121> of

Hassenaah <5574> build <1129>, who <1992> [also] laid the beams

<7136> thereof, and set <5975> up the doors <1817> thereof, the

locks <4514> thereof, and the bars <1280> thereof.

4 And next unto them repaired <2388> Meremoth <4822> the son

<1121> of Urijah <0223>, the son <1121> of Koz <6976>. And next

unto them repaired <2388> Meshullam <4918> the son <1121> of

Berechiah <1296>, the son <1121> of Meshezabeel <4898>. And next

unto them repaired <2388> Zadok <6659> the son <1121> of Baana

<1195>.

5 And next unto them the Tekoites <8621> repaired <2388>; but

their nobles <0117> put <0935> not their necks <6677> to the

work <5656> of their Lord <0113>.

6 Moreover the old <3465> gate <8179> repaired <2388> Jehoiada

<3111> the son <1121> of Paseah <6454>, and Meshullam <4918> the

son <1121> of Besodeiah <1152>; they laid the beams <7136>

thereof, and set <5975> up the doors <1817> thereof, and the

locks <4514> thereof, and the bars <1280> thereof.

7 And next unto them repaired <2388> Melatiah <4424> the

Gibeonite <1393>, and Jadon <3036> the Meronothite <4824>, the

men <0582> of Gibeon <1391>, and of Mizpah <4709>, unto the

throne <3678> of the governor <6346> on this side <5676> the

river <5104>.

8 Next unto him repaired <2388> Uzziel <5816> the son <1121> of

Harhaiah <2736>, of the goldsmiths <6884>. Next unto him also

repaired <2388> Hananiah <2608> the son <1121> of [one of] the

apothecaries <7543>, and they fortified <5800> Jerusalem <3389>

unto the broad <7342> wall <2346>.

9 And next unto them repaired <2388> Rephaiah <7509> the son

<1121> of Hur <2354>, the ruler <8269> of the half <2677> part

<6418> of Jerusalem <3389>.

10 And next unto them repaired <2388> Jedaiah <3042> the son

<1121> of Harumaph <2739>, even over <5048> against <5048> his

house <1004>. And next unto him repaired <2388> Hattush <2407>

the son <1121> of Hashabniah <2813>.

11 Malchijah <4441> the son <1121> of Harim <2766>, and Hashub

<2815> the son <1121> of Pahathmoab <6355>, repaired <2388> the

other <8145> piece <4060>, and the tower <4026> of the furnaces

<8574>.

12 And next unto him repaired <2388> Shallum <7967> the son

<1121> of Halohesh <3873>, the ruler <8269> of the half <2677>

part <6418> of Jerusalem <3389>, he and his daughters <1121>.

13 The valley <1516> gate <8179> repaired <2388> Hanun <2586>,

and the inhabitants <3427> of Zanoah <2182>; they built <1129>

it, and set <5975> up the doors <1817> thereof, the locks <4514>

thereof, and the bars <1280> thereof, and a thousand <0505>

cubits <0520> on the wall <2346> unto the dung <0830> gate

<8179>.

14 But the dung <0830> gate <8179> repaired <2388> Malchiah

<4441> the son <1121> of Rechab <7394>, the ruler <8269> of part

<6418> of Bethhaccerem <1021>; he built <1129> it, and set

<5975> up the doors <1817> thereof, the locks <4514> thereof,

and the bars <1280> thereof.

15 But the gate <8179> of the fountain <5869> repaired <2388>

Shallun <7968> the son <1121> of Colhozeh <3626>, the ruler

<8269> of part <6418> of Mizpah <4709>; he built <1129> it, and

covered <2926> it, and set <5975> up the doors <1817> thereof,

the locks <4514> thereof, and the bars <1280> thereof, and the

wall <2346> of the pool <1295> of Siloah <7975> by the king's

<4428> garden <1588>, and unto the stairs <4609> that go <3381>

down <3381> from the city <5892> of David <1732>.

16 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Nehemiah <5166> the son

<1121> of Azbuk <5802>, the ruler <8269> of the half <2677> part

<6418> of Bethzur <1049>, unto [the place] over <5048> against

<5048> the sepulchres <6913> of David <1732>, and to the pool

<1295> that was made <6213>, and unto the house <1004> of the

mighty <1368>.

17 After <0310> him repaired <2388> the Levites <3881>, Rehum

<7348> the son <1121> of Bani <1137>. Next unto him repaired

<2388> Hashabiah <2811>, the ruler <8269> of the half <2677>

part <6418> of Keilah <7084>, in his part <6418>.

18 After <0310> him repaired <2388> their brethren <0251>,

Bavai <0942> the son <1121> of Henadad <2582>, the ruler <8269>

of the half <2677> part <6418> of Keilah <7084>.

19 And next to him repaired <2388> Ezer <5829> the son <1121>

of Jeshua <3442>, the ruler <8269> of Mizpah <4709>, another

<8145> piece <4060> over <5048> against <5048> the going <5927>

up to the armoury <5402> at the turning <4740> [of the wall].

20 After <0310> him Baruch <1263> the son <1121> of Zabbai

<2079> earnestly <2734> repaired <2388> the other <8145> piece

<4060>, from the turning <4740> [of the wall] unto the door

<6607> of the house <1004> of Eliashib <0475> the high <1419>

priest <3548>.

21 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Meremoth <4822> the son

<1121> of Urijah <0223> the son <1121> of Koz <6976> another

<8145> piece <4060>, from the door <6607> of the house <1004> of

Eliashib <0475> even to the end <8503> of the house <1004> of

Eliashib <0475>.

22 And after <0310> him repaired <2388> the priests <3548>, the

men <0582> of the plain <3603>.

23 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Benjamin <1144> and Hashub

<2815> over <5048> against <5048> their house <1004>. After

<0310> him repaired <2388> Azariah <5838> the son <1121> of

Maaseiah <4641> the son <1121> of Ananiah <6055> by his house

<1004>.

24 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Binnui <1131> the son

<1121> of Henadad <2582> another <8145> piece <4060>, from the

house <1004> of Azariah <5838> unto the turning <4740> [of the

wall], even unto the corner <6438>.

25 Palal <6420> the son <1121> of Uzai <0186>, over <5048>

against <5048> the turning <4740> [of the wall], and the tower

<4026> which lieth <3318> out from the king's <4428> high <5945>

house <1004>, that [was] by the court <2691> of the prison

<4307>. After <0310> him Pedaiah <6305> the son <1121> of Parosh

<6551>.

26 Moreover the Nethinims <5411> dwelt <3427> in Ophel <6077>,

unto [the place] over <5048> against <5048> the water <4325>

gate <8179> toward the east <4217>, and the tower <4026> that

lieth <3318> out.

27 After <0310> them the Tekoites <8621> repaired <2388>

another <8145> piece <4060>, over <5048> against <5048> the

great <1419> tower <4026> that lieth <3318> out, even unto the

wall <2346> of Ophel <6077>.

28 From above the horse <5483> gate <8179> repaired <2388> the

priests <3548>, every <0376> one <0376> over <5048> against

<5048> his house <1004>.

29 After <0310> them repaired <2388> Zadok <6659> the son

<1121> of Immer <0564> over <5048> against <5048> his house

<1004>. After <0310> him repaired <2388> also Shemaiah <8098>

the son <1121> of Shechaniah <7935>, the keeper <8104> of the

east <4217> gate <8179>.

30 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Hananiah <2608> the son

<1121> of Shelemiah <8018>, and Hanun <2586> the sixth <8345>

son <1121> of Zalaph, another <8145> piece <4060>. After <0310>

him repaired <2388> Meshullam <4918> the son <1121> of Berechiah

<1296> over <5048> against <5048> his chamber <5393>.

31 After <0310> him repaired <2388> Malchiah <4441> the

goldsmith's <6885> son <1121> unto the place <1004> of the

Nethinims <5411>, and of the merchants <7402>, over <5048>

against <5921> the gate <8179> Miphkad <4663>, and to the going

<5944> up of the corner <6438>.

32 And between <0996> the going <5944> up of the corner <6438>

unto the sheep <6629> gate <8179> repaired <2388> the goldsmiths

<6884> and the merchants <7402>.

Nehemiah 4

1. But it came <1961> to pass, that when <0834> Sanballat

<5571> heard <8085> that we builded <1129> the wall <2346>, he

was wroth <2734>, and took great <7235> indignation <3707>, and

mocked <3932> the Jews <3064>.

2 And he spake <0559> before <6440> his brethren <0251> and the

army <2428> of Samaria <8111>, and said <0559>, What <4100> do

<6213> these feeble <0537> Jews <3064>? will they fortify <5800>

themselves <1992>? will they sacrifice <2076>? will they make an

end <3615> in a day <3117>? will they revive <2421> the stones

<68> out of the heaps <6194> of the rubbish <6083> which <1992>

are burned <8313>?

3 Now Tobiah <2900> the Ammonite <5984> [was] by him, and he

said <0559>, Even <1571> that which <0834> they build <1129>, if

<0518> a fox <7776> go <5927> up, he shall even break <6565>

down their stone <68> wall <2346>.

4 Hear <8085>, O our God <0430>; for we are despised <0939>:

and turn <7725> their reproach <2781> upon their own head <7218>,

and give <5414> them for a prey <0961> in the land <0776> of

captivity <7633>:

5 And cover <3680> not their iniquity <5771>, and let not their

sin <2403> be blotted <4229> out from before <6440> thee: for

they have provoked [thee] to anger <3707> before <5048> the

builders <1129>.

6 So built <1129> we the wall <2346>; and all <3605> the wall

<2346> was joined <7194> together unto the half <2677> thereof:

for the people <5971> had <1961> a mind <3820> to work <6213>.

7. But it came <1961> to pass, [that] when <0834> Sanballat

<5571>, and Tobiah <2900>, and the Arabians <6163>, and the

Ammonites <5984>, and the Ashdodites <0796>, heard <8085> that

the walls <2346> of Jerusalem <3389> were made up, [and] that

the breaches <6555> began <2490> to be stopped <5640>, then they

were very <3966> wroth <2734>,

8 And conspired <7194> all <3605> of them together <3162> to

come <0935> [and] to fight <3898> against Jerusalem <3389>, and

to hinder it.

9 Nevertheless we made our prayer <6419> unto our God <0430>,

and set <5975> a watch <4929> against <5921> them day <3119> and

night <3915>, because <6440> of them.

10 And Judah <3063> said <0559>, The strength <3581> of the

bearers <5449> of burdens <5449> is decayed <3782>, and [there

is] much <7235> rubbish <6083>; so that we are not able <3201>

to build <1129> the wall <2346>.

11 And our adversaries <6862> said <0559>, They shall not know

<3045>, neither <3808> see <7200>, till <5704> we come <0935> in

the midst <8432> among <8432> them, and slay <2026> them, and

cause the work <4399> to cease <7673>.

12 And it came <1961> to pass, that when <0834> the Jews <3064>

which dwelt <3427> by them came <0935>, they said <0559> unto us

ten <6235> times <6471>, From all <3605> places <4725> whence

<0370> ye shall return <7725> unto us [they will be upon you].

13 Therefore set <5975> I in the lower <8482> places <4725>

behind <0310> the wall <2346>, [and] on the higher <6706> places,

I even set <5975> the people <5971> after their families <4940>

with their swords <2719>, their spears <7420>, and their bows

<7198>.

14 And I looked <6437>, and rose <6965> up, and said <0559>

unto the nobles <2715>, and to the rulers <5461>, and to the

rest <3499> of the people <5971>, Be not ye afraid <3372> of

them: remember <2142> the Lord <0136>, [which is] great <1419>

and terrible <3372>, and fight <3898> for your brethren <0251>,

your sons <1121>, and your daughters <1121>, your wives <0802>,

and your houses <1004>.

15 And it came <1961> to pass, when <0834> our enemies <0341>

heard <8085> that it was known <3045> unto us, and God <0430>

had brought <6565> their counsel <6098> to nought <6565>, that

we returned <7725> all <3605> of us to the wall <2346>, every

<0376> one <0376> unto his work <4399>.

16. And it came <1961> to pass from that time <3117> forth,

[that] the half <2677> of my servants <5288> wrought <6213> in

the work <4399>, and the other half <2677> of them held <2388>

both the spears <7420>, the shields <4043>, and the bows <7198>,

and the habergeons <8302>; and the rulers <8269> [were] behind

<0310> all <3605> the house <1004> of Judah <3063>.

17 They which builded <1129> on the wall <2346>, and they that

bare <5375> burdens <5447>, with those that laded <6006>, [every

<0376> one] with one <0259> of his hands <3027> wrought <6213>

in the work <4399>, and with the other <0259> [hand] held <2388>

a weapon <7973>.

18 For the builders <1129>, every <0376> one <0376> had his

sword <2719> girded <0631> by his side <4975>, and [so] builded

<1129>. And he that sounded <8628> the trumpet <7782> [was] by

me.

19 And I said <0559> unto the nobles <2715>, and to the rulers

<5461>, and to the rest <3499> of the people <5971>, The work

<4399> [is] great <7235> and large <7342>, and we are separated

<6504> upon the wall <2346>, one far <7350> from another <0250>.

20 In what <0834> place <4725> [therefore] ye hear <8085> the

sound <6963> of the trumpet <7782>, resort <6908> ye thither

<8033> unto us: our God <0430> shall fight <3898> for us.

21 So we laboured <6213> in the work <4399>: and half <2677> of

them held <2388> the spears <7420> from the rising <5927> of the

morning <7837> till <5704> the stars <3556> appeared <3318>.

22 Likewise <1571> at the same <1931> time <6256> said <0559> I

unto the people <5971>, Let every <0376> one <0376> with his

servant <5650> lodge <3885> within <8432> Jerusalem <3389>, that

in the night <3915> they may be a guard <4929> to us, and labour

<4399> on the day <3117>.

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

<5288>, nor the men <0582> of the guard <4929> which <0834>

followed <0310> me, none <0369> of us put <6584> off our clothes

<0899>, [saving that] every <0376> one <0376> put <7973> them

off for washing <4325>.

Nehemiah 5

1. And there was a great <1419> cry <6818> of the people <5971>

and of their wives <0802> against <0413> their brethren <0251>

the Jews <3064>.

2 For there were that said <0559>, We, our sons <1121>, and our

daughters <1121>, [are] many <7227>: therefore we take <3947> up

corn <1715> [for them], that we may eat <0398>, and live <2421>.

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

<6148> our lands <7704>, vineyards <3754>, and houses <1004>,

that we might buy <3947> corn <1715>, because of the dearth

<7458>.

4 There were also that said <0559>, We have borrowed <3867>

money <3701> for the king's <4428> tribute <4060>, [and that

upon] our lands <7704> and vineyards <3754>.

5 Yet now <6258> our flesh <1320> [is] as the flesh <1320> of

our brethren <0251>, our children <1121> as their children

<1121>: and, lo <2009>, we bring <3533> into bondage <3533> our

sons <1121> and our daughters <1121> to be servants <5650>, and

[some] of our daughters <1121> are brought <3533> unto bondage

<3533> [already]: neither <0369> [is it] in our power <3027> [to

redeem them]; for other <0312> men <0582> have our lands <7704>

and vineyards <3754>.

6. And I was very <3966> angry <2734> when <0834> I heard

<8085> their cry <2201> and these <0428> words <1697>.

7 Then I consulted <4427> with myself, and I rebuked <7378> the

nobles <2715>, and the rulers <5461>, and said <0559> unto them,

Ye exact <5378> usury <5383>, every <0376> one <0376> of his

brother <0251>. And I set <5414> a great <1419> assembly <6952>

against <5921> them.

8 And I said <0559> unto them, We after <1767> our ability

<1767> have redeemed <7069> our brethren <0251> the Jews <3064>,

which were sold <4376> unto the heathen <1471>; and will ye even

<1571> sell <4376> your brethren <0251>? or shall they be sold

<4376> unto us? Then held <2790> they their peace <2790>, and

found <4672> nothing <3808> [to answer <1696>].

9 Also I said <0559>, It [is] not good <2896> that ye do <6213>:

ought ye not to walk <3212> in the fear <3374> of our God

<0430> because of the reproach <2781> of the heathen <1471> our

enemies <0341>?

10 I likewise <1571>, [and] my brethren <0251>, and my servants

<5288>, might exact <5383> of them money <3701> and corn <1715>:

I pray <4994> you, let us leave <5800> off this <2088> usury

<5383>.

11 Restore <7725>, I pray <4994> you, to them, even this day

<3117>, their lands <7704>, their vineyards <3754>, their

oliveyards <2132>, and their houses <1004>, also the hundredth

<3967> [part] of the money <3701>, and of the corn <1715>, the

wine <8492>, and the oil <3323>, that ye exact <5383> of them.

12 Then said <0559> they, We will restore <7725> [them], and

will require <1245> nothing <3808> of them; so <3651> will we do

<6213> as thou sayest <0559>. Then I called <7121> the priests

<3548>, and took an oath <7650> of them, that they should do

<6213> according to this <2088> promise <1697>.

13 Also <1571> I shook <5287> my lap <2684>, and said <0559>,

So <3602> God <0430> shake <5287> out every man <0376> from his

house <1004>, and from his labour <3018>, that performeth <6965>

not this <2088> promise <1697>, even <3602> thus <3602> be he

shaken <5287> out, and emptied <7386>. And all <3605> the

congregation <6951> said <0559>, Amen <0543>, and praised <1984>

the LORD <3068>. And the people <5971> did <6213> according to

this <2088> promise <1697>.

14. Moreover <1571> from the time <3117> that I was appointed

<6680> to be their governor <6346> in the land <0776> of Judah

<3063>, from the twentieth <6242> year <8141> even unto the two

<8147> and thirtieth <7970> year <8141> of Artaxerxes <0783> the

king <4428>, [that is], twelve years <8141>, I and my brethren

<0251> have not eaten <0398> the bread <3899> of the governor

<6346>.

15 But the former <7223> governors <6346> that [had been]

before <6440> me were chargeable <3513> unto the people <5971>,

and had taken <3947> of them bread <3899> and wine <3196>,

beside <0310> forty <0705> shekels <8255> of silver <3701>; yea

<1571>, even their servants <5288> bare <7980> rule <7980> over

<5921> the people <5971>: but so <3651> did <6213> not I,

because <6440> of the fear <3374> of God <0430>.

16 Yea <1571>, also <1571> I continued <2388> in the work

<4399> of this <2063> wall <2346>, neither <3808> bought <7069>

we any land <7704>: and all <3605> my servants <5288> [were]

gathered <6908> thither <8033> unto the work <4399>.

17 Moreover [there were] at <5921> my table <7979> an hundred

<3967> and fifty <2572> of the Jews <3064> and rulers <5461>,

beside those that came <0935> unto us from among <4480> the

heathen <1471> that [are] about us.

18 Now [that] which <0834> was prepared <6213> [for me] daily

[was] one <0259> ox <7794> [and] six <8337> choice <1305> sheep

<6629>; also fowls <6833> were prepared <6213> for me, and once

<0996> in ten <6235> days <3117> store <7235> of all <3605>

sorts of wine <3196>: yet for all <5973> this <2088> required

<1245> not I the bread <3899> of the governor <6346>, because

<3588> the bondage <5656> was heavy <3513> upon this <2088>

people <5971>.

19 Think <2142> upon me, my God <0430>, for good <2896>,

[according] to all <3605> that I have done <6213> for this

<2088> people <5971>.

Nehemiah 6

1. Now it came <1961> to pass, when <0834> Sanballat <5571>,

and Tobiah <2900>, and Geshem <1654> the Arabian <6163>, and the

rest <3499> of our enemies <0341>, heard <8085> that I had

builded <1129> the wall <2346>, and [that] there was no <3808>

breach <6556> left <3498> therein; (though at <5704> that time

<6256> I had not set <5975> up the doors <1817> upon the gates

<8179>;)

2 That Sanballat <5571> and Geshem <1654> sent <7971> unto me,

saying <0559>, Come <3212>, let us meet <3259> together <3162>

in [some one of] the villages <3715> in the plain <1237> of Ono

<0207>. But they thought <2803> to do <6213> me mischief <7451>.

3 And I sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto them, saying <0559>,

I [am] doing <6213> a great <1419> work <4399>, so that I cannot

<0369> come <3381> down <3381>: why <4100> should the work

<4399> cease <7673>, whilst <0834> I leave <7503> it, and come

<3381> down <3381> to you?

4 Yet they sent <7971> unto me four <0702> times <6471> after

this <2088> sort <1697>; and I answered <7725> them after the

same <2088> manner <1697>.

5 Then sent <7971> Sanballat <5571> his servant <5650> unto me

in like <2088> manner <1697> the fifth <2549> time <6471> with

an open <6605> letter <0107> in his hand <3027>;

6 Wherein [was] written <3789>, It is reported <8085> among the

heathen <1471>, and Gashmu <1654> saith <0559> [it, that] thou

and the Jews <3064> think <2803> to rebel <4775>: for which

<3651> cause thou buildest <1129> the wall <2346>, that thou

mayest be their king <4428>, according to these <0428> words

<1697>.

7 And thou hast also <1571> appointed <5975> prophets <5030> to

preach <7121> of thee at Jerusalem <3389>, saying <0559>, [There

is] a king <4428> in Judah <3063>: and now <6258> shall it be

reported <8085> to the king <4428> according to these <0428>

words <1697>. Come <3212> now <6258> therefore, and let us take

counsel <3289> together <3162>.

8 Then I sent <7971> unto him, saying <0559>, There are no

<3808> such <0428> things <1697> done as thou sayest <0559>, but

thou feignest <0908> them out of thine own heart <3820>.

9 For they all <3605> made us afraid <3372>, saying <0559>,

Their hands <3027> shall be weakened <7503> from the work <4399>,

that it be not done <6213>. Now <6258> therefore, [O God],

strengthen <2388> my hands <3027>.

10. Afterward I came <0935> unto the house <1004> of Shemaiah

<8098> the son <1121> of Delaiah <1806> the son <1121> of

Mehetabeel <4105>, who <1931> [was] shut <6113> up; and he said

<0559>, Let us meet <3259> together in the house <1004> of God

<0430>, within <8432> the temple <1964>, and let us shut <5462>

the doors <1817> of the temple <1964>: for they will come <0935>

to slay <2026> thee; yea, in the night <3915> will they come

<0935> to slay <2026> thee.

11 And I said <0559>, Should such <3644> a man <0376> as I flee

<1272>? and who <4310> [is there], that, [being] as I [am],

would go <0935> into <0413> the temple <1964> to save <2425> his

life <2425>? I will not go <0935> in.

12 And, lo <2009>, I perceived <5234> that God <0430> had not

sent <7971> him; but that he pronounced <1696> this prophecy

<5016> against <5921> me: for Tobiah <2900> and Sanballat <5571>

had hired <7936> him.

13 Therefore [was] he hired <7936>, that I should be afraid

<3372>, and do <6213> so <3651>, and sin <2398>, and [that] they

might have [matter] for an evil <7451> report <8034>, that they

might reproach <2778> me.

14 My God <0430>, think <2142> thou upon Tobiah <2900> and

Sanballat <5571> according to these <0428> their works <4639>,

and on the prophetess <5031> Noadiah <5129>, and the rest <3499>

of the prophets <5030>, that would have put me in fear <3372>.

15. So the wall <2346> was finished <7999> in the twenty <6242>

and fifth <2568> [day] of [the month] Elul <0435>, in fifty

<2572> and two <8147> days <3117>.

16 And it came <1961> to pass, that when <0834> all <3605> our

enemies <0341> heard <8085> [thereof], and all <3605> the

heathen <1471> that [were] about us saw <7200> [these things],

they were much <3966> cast <5307> down <5307> in their own eyes

<5869>: for they perceived <3045> that this <2063> work <4399>

was wrought <6213> of our God <0430>.

17 Moreover <1571> in those <1992> days <3117> the nobles

<2715> of Judah <3063> sent <1980> many <7235> letters <0107>

unto Tobiah <2900>, and [the letters] of Tobiah <2900> came

<0935> unto them.

18 For [there were] many <7227> in Judah <3063> sworn unto him,

because <3588> he [was] the son <2860> in law <2859> of

Shechaniah <7935> the son <1121> of Arah <0733>; and his son

<1121> Johanan <3076> had taken <3947> the daughter <1323> of

Meshullam <4918> the son <1121> of Berechiah <1296>.

19 Also <1571> they reported <0559> his good <2896> deeds

before <6440> me, and uttered <3318> my words <1697> to him.

[And] Tobiah <2900> sent <7971> letters <0107> to put me in fear

<3372>.

Nehemiah 7

1. Now it came <1961> to pass, when <0834> the wall <2346> was

built <1129>, and I had set <5975> up the doors <1817>, and the

porters <7778> and the singers <7891> and the Levites <3881>

were appointed <6485>,

2 That I gave my brother <0251> Hanani <2607>, and Hananiah

<2608> the ruler <8269> of the palace <1002>, charge <6680> over

<5921> Jerusalem <3389>: for he [was] a faithful <0571> man

<0376>, and feared <3372> God <0430> above many <7227>.

3 And I said <0559> unto them, Let not the gates <8179> of

Jerusalem <3389> be opened <6605> until <5704> the sun <8121> be

hot <2527>; and while <5704> they stand <5975> by, let them shut

<1479> the doors <1817>, and bar <0270> [them]: and appoint

<5975> watches <4931> of the inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem

<3389>, every <0376> one <0376> in his watch <4929>, and every

<0376> one <0376> [to be] over <5048> against <5048> his house

<1004>.

4 Now the city <5892> [was] large and great <1419>: but the

people <5971> [were] few <4592> therein, and the houses [were]

not builded <1129>.

5. And my God <0430> put <5414> into <0413> mine heart <3820>

to gather <6908> together the nobles <2715>, and the rulers

<5461>, and the people <5971>, that they might be reckoned

<3187> by genealogy <3188>. And I found <4672> a register <5612>

of the genealogy <3188> of them which came <5927> up at the

first <7223>, and found <4672> written <3789> therein,

6 These <0428> [are] the children <1121> of the province <4082>,

that went <5927> up out of the captivity <7628>, of those that

had been carried <1473> away <1473>, whom <0834> Nebuchadnezzar

<5019> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> had carried <1540> away

<1546>, and came <7725> again <7725> to Jerusalem <3389> and to

Judah <3063>, every <0376> one <0376> unto his city <5892>;

7 Who came <0935> with Zerubbabel <2216>, Jeshua <3442>,

Nehemiah <5166>, Azariah <5838>, Raamiah <7485>, Nahamani <5167>,

Mordecai <4782>, Bilshan <1114>, Mispereth <4559>, Bigvai

<0902>, Nehum <5149>, Baanah <1195>. The number <4557>, [I say],

of the men <0582> of the people <5971> of Israel <3478> [was

this];

8 The children <1121> of Parosh <6551>, two <8147> thousand

<0505> an hundred <3967> seventy <7657> and two <8147>.

9 The children <1121> of Shephatiah <8203>, three <7969>

hundred <3967> seventy <7657> and two <8147>.

10 The children <1121> of Arah <0733>, six <8337> hundred

<3967> fifty <2572> and two <8147>.

11 The children <1121> of Pahathmoab <6355>, of the children

<1121> of Jeshua <3442> and Joab <3097>, two thousand <0505> and

eight <8083> hundred <3967> [and] eighteen.

12 The children <1121> of Elam <5867>, a thousand <0505> two

hundred <3967> fifty <2572> and four <0702>.

13 The children <1121> of Zattu <2240>, eight <8083> hundred

<3967> forty <0705> and five <2568>.

14 The children <1121> of Zaccai <2140>, seven <7651> hundred

<3967> and threescore <8346>.

15 The children <1121> of Binnui <1131>, six <8337> hundred

<3967> forty <0705> and eight <8083>.

16 The children <1121> of Bebai <0893>, six <8337> hundred

<3967> twenty <6242> and eight <8083>.

17 The children <1121> of Azgad <5803>, two <8147> thousand

<0505> three <7969> hundred <3967> twenty <6242> and two <8147>.

18 The children <1121> of Adonikam <0140>, six <8337> hundred

<3967> threescore <8346> and seven <7651>.

19 The children <1121> of Bigvai <0902>, two thousand <0505>

threescore <8346> and seven <7651>.

20 The children <1121> of Adin <5720>, six <8337> hundred

<3967> fifty <2572> and five <2568>.

21 The children <1121> of Ater <0333> of Hezekiah <2396>,

ninety <8673> and eight <8083>.

22 The children <1121> of Hashum <2828>, three <7969> hundred

<3967> twenty <6242> and eight <8083>.

23 The children <1121> of Bezai <1209>, three <7969> hundred

<3967> twenty <6242> and four <0702>.

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

twelve.

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

<2568>.

26 The men <0582> of Bethlehem <1035> and Netophah <5199>, an

hundred <3967> fourscore <8084> and eight <8083>.

27 The men <0582> of Anathoth <6068>, an hundred <3967> twenty

<6242> and eight <8083>.

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

<8147>.

29 The men <0582> of Kirjathjearim <7157>, Chephirah <3716>,

and Beeroth <0881>, seven <7651> hundred <3967> forty <0705> and

three <7969>.

30 The men <0582> of Ramah <7414> and Geba <1387>, six <8337>

hundred <3967> twenty <6242> and one <0259>.

31 The men <0582> of Michmas <4363>, an hundred <3967> and

twenty <6242> and two <8147>.

32 The men <0582> of Bethel <1008> and Ai <5857>, an hundred

<3967> twenty <6242> and three <7969>.

33 The men <0582> of the other <0312> Nebo <5015>, fifty <2572>

and two <8147>.

34 The children <1121> of the other <0312> Elam <5867>, a

thousand <0505> two hundred <3967> fifty <2572> and four <0702>.

35 The children <1121> of Harim <2766>, three <7969> hundred

<3967> and twenty <6242>.

36 The children <1121> of Jericho <3405>, three <7969> hundred

<3967> forty <0705> and five <2568>.

37 The children <1121> of Lod <3850>, Hadid <2307>, and Ono

<0207>, seven <7651> hundred <3967> twenty <6242> and one <0259>.

38 The children <1121> of Senaah <5570>, three <7969> thousand

<0505> nine <8672> hundred <3967> and thirty <7970>.

39 The priests <3548>: the children <1121> of Jedaiah <3048>,

of the house <1004> of Jeshua <3442>, nine <8672> hundred <3967>

seventy <7657> and three <7969>.

40 The children <1121> of Immer <0564>, a thousand <0505> fifty

<2572> and two <8147>.

41 The children <1121> of Pashur <6583>, a thousand <0505> two

hundred <3967> forty <0705> and seven <7651>.

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

seventeen <7651>.

43 The Levites <3881>: the children <1121> of Jeshua <3442>, of

Kadmiel <6934>, [and] of the children <1121> of Hodevah <1937>,

seventy <7657> and four <0702>.

44 The singers <7891>: the children <1121> of Asaph <0623>, an

hundred <3967> forty <0705> and eight <8083>.

45 The porters <7778>: the children <1121> of Shallum <7967>,

the children <1121> of Ater <0333>, the children <1121> of

Talmon <2929>, the children <1121> of Akkub <6126>, the children

<1121> of Hatita <2410>, the children <1121> of Shobai <7630>,

an hundred <3967> thirty <7970> and eight <8083>.

46 The Nethinims <5411>: the children <1121> of Ziha <6727>,

the children <1121> of Hashupha <2817>, the children <1121> of

Tabbaoth <2884>,

47 The children <1121> of Keros <7026>, the children <1121> of

Sia <5517>, the children <1121> of Padon <6303>,

48 The children <1121> of Lebana <3848>, the children <1121> of

Hagaba <2286>, the children <1121> of Shalmai <8014>,

49 The children <1121> of Hanan <2605>, the children <1121> of

Giddel <1435>, the children <1121> of Gahar <1515>,

50 The children <1121> of Reaiah <7211>, the children <1121> of

Rezin <7526>, the children <1121> of Nekoda <5353>,

51 The children <1121> of Gazzam <1502>, the children <1121> of

Uzza <5798>, the children <1121> of Phaseah <6454>,

52 The children <1121> of Besai <1153>, the children <1121> of

Meunim <4586>, the children <1121> of Nephishesim <5300>,

53 The children <1121> of Bakbuk <1227>, the children <1121> of

Hakupha <2709>, the children <1121> of Harhur <2744>,

54 The children <1121> of Bazlith <1213>, the children <1121>

of Mehida <4240>, the children <1121> of Harsha <2797>,

55 The children <1121> of Barkos <1302>, the children <1121> of

Sisera <5516>, the children <1121> of Tamah <8547>,

56 The children <1121> of Neziah <5335>, the children <1121> of

Hatipha <2412>.

57 The children <1121> of Solomon's <8010> servants <5650>: the

children <1121> of Sotai <5479>, the children <1121> of

Sophereth <5618>, the children <1121> of Perida <6514>,

58 The children <1121> of Jaala <3279>, the children <1121> of

Darkon <1874>, the children <1121> of Giddel <1435>,

59 The children <1121> of Shephatiah <8203>, the children

<1121> of Hattil <2411>, the children <1121> of Pochereth <6380>

of Zebaim <6380>, the children <1121> of Amon <0526>.

60 All <3605> the Nethinims <5411>, and the children <1121> of

Solomon's <8010> servants <5650>, [were] three <7969> hundred

<3967> ninety <8673> and two <8147>.

61 And these <0428> [were] they which went <5927> up [also]

from Telmelah <8528>, Telharesha <8521>, Cherub <3743>, Addon

<0114>, and Immer <0564>: but they could <3201> not shew <5046>

their father's house <1004>, nor their seed <2233>, whether

<0518> they [were] of Israel <3478>.

62 The children <1121> of Delaiah <1806>, the children <1121>

of Tobiah <2900>, the children <1121> of Nekoda <5353>, six

<8337> hundred <3967> forty <0705> and two <8147>.

63 And of the priests <3548>: the children <1121> of Habaiah

<2252>, the children <1121> of Koz <6976>, the children <1121>

of Barzillai <1271>, which <0834> took <3947> [one] of the

daughters <1121> of Barzillai <1271> the Gileadite <1569> to

wife <0802>, and was called <7121> after <5921> their name

<8034>.

64 These <0428> sought <1245> their register <3791> [among]

those that were reckoned <3187> by genealogy <3188>, but it was

not found <4672>: therefore were they, as polluted <1351>, put

from the priesthood <3550>.

65 And the Tirshatha <8660> said <0559> unto them, that they

should not eat <0398> of the most <6944> holy <6944> things,

till <5704> there stood <5975> [up] a priest <3548> with Urim

<0224> and Thummim <8550>.

66 The whole <3605> congregation <6951> together <0259> [was]

forty and two thousand <0505> three <7969> hundred <3967> and

threescore <8346>,

67 Beside <0905> their manservants <5650> and their

maidservants <0519>, of whom <0428> [there were] seven <7651>

thousand <0505> three <7969> hundred <3967> thirty <7970> and

seven <7651>: and they had two hundred <3967> forty <0705> and

five <2568> singing <7891> men and singing <7891> women.

68 Their horses <5483>, seven <7651> hundred <3967> thirty

<7970> and six <8337>: their mules <6505>, two hundred <3967>

forty <0705> and five <2568>:

69 [Their] camels <1581>, four <0702> hundred <3967> thirty

<7970> and five <2568>: six <8337> thousand <0505> seven <7651>

hundred <3967> and twenty <6242> asses <2543>.

70 And some <7097> of the chief <7218> of the fathers <1> gave

<5414> unto the work <4399>. The Tirshatha <8660> gave <5414> to

the treasure <0214> a thousand <0505> drams <1871> of gold

<2091>, fifty <2572> basons <4219>, five <2568> hundred <3967>

and thirty <7970> priests <3548>' garments <3801>.

71 And [some] of the chief <7218> of the fathers <1> gave

<5414> to the treasure <0214> of the work <4399> twenty <7239>

thousand <7239> drams <1871> of gold <2091>, and two thousand

<0505> and two hundred <3967> pound <4488> of silver <3701>.

72 And [that] which <0834> the rest <7611> of the people <5971>

gave <5414> [was] twenty <7239> thousand <0505> drams <1871> of

gold <2091>, and two thousand <7239> pound <4488> of silver

<3701>, and threescore <8346> and seven <7651> priests <3548>'

garments <3801>.

73 So the priests <3548>, and the Levites <3881>, and the

porters <7778>, and the singers <7891>, and [some] of the people

<5971>, and the Nethinims <5411>, and all <3605> Israel <3478>,

dwelt <3427> in their cities <5892>; and when the seventh <7637>

month <2320> came <5060>, the children <1121> of Israel <3478>

[were] in their cities <5892>.

Nehemiah 8

1. And all <3605> the people <5971> gathered <0622> themselves

together as one <0259> man <0376> into <0413> the street <7339>

that [was] before <6440> the water <4325> gate <8179>; and they

spake <0559> unto Ezra <5830> the scribe <5608> to bring <0935>

the book <5612> of the law <8451> of Moses <4872>, which <0834>

the LORD <3068> had commanded <6680> to Israel <3478>.

2 And Ezra <5830> the priest <3548> brought <0935> the law

<8451> before <6440> the congregation <6951> both of men <0376>

and women <0802>, and all <3605> that could hear <8085> with

understanding <0995>, upon the first <0259> day <3117> of the

seventh <7637> month <2320>.

3 And he read <7121> therein before <6440> the street <7339>

that [was] before <6440> the water <4325> gate <8179> from the

morning <0216> until <5704> midday, before <5048> the men <0582>

and the women <0802>, and those that could understand <0995>;

and the ears <0241> of all <3605> the people <5971> [were

attentive] unto the book <5612> of the law <8451>.

4 And Ezra <5830> the scribe <5608> stood <5975> upon a pulpit

<4026> of wood <6086>, which <0834> they had made <6213> for the

purpose <1697>; and beside <0681> him stood <5975> Mattithiah

<4993>, and Shema <8087>, and Anaiah <6043>, and Urijah <0223>,

and Hilkiah <2518>, and Maaseiah <4641>, on <5921> his right

<3225> hand <3225>; and on his left <8040> hand <8040>, Pedaiah

<6305>, and Mishael <4332>, and Malchiah <4441>, and Hashum

<2828>, and Hashbadana <2806>, Zechariah <2148>, [and] Meshullam

<4918>.

5 And Ezra <5830> opened <6605> the book <5612> in the sight

<5869> of all <3605> the people <5971>; (for he was above <5921>

all <3605> the people <5971>;) and when he opened <6605> it, all

<3605> the people <5971> stood <5975> up:

6 And Ezra <5830> blessed <1288> the LORD <3068>, the great

<1419> God <0430>. And all <3605> the people <5971> answered

<6030>, Amen <0543>, Amen <0543>, with lifting <4607> up their

hands <3027>: and they bowed <6915> their heads, and worshipped

<7812> the LORD <3068> with [their] faces <0639> to the ground

<0776>.

7 Also Jeshua <3442>, and Bani <1137>, and Sherebiah <8274>,

Jamin <3226>, Akkub <6126>, Shabbethai <7678>, Hodijah <1940>,

Maaseiah <4641>, Kelita <7042>, Azariah <5838>, Jozabad <3107>,

Hanan <2605>, Pelaiah <6411>, and the Levites <3881>, caused the

people <5971> to understand <0995> the law <8451>: and the

people <5971> [stood] in their place <5977>.

8 So they read <7121> in the book <5612> in the law <8451> of

God <0430> distinctly <6567>, and gave <7760> the sense <7922>,

and caused [them] to understand <0995> the reading <4744>.

9. And Nehemiah <5166>, which <1931> [is] the Tirshatha <8660>,

and Ezra <5830> the priest <3548> the scribe <5608>, and the

Levites <3881> that taught <0995> the people <5971>, said <0559>

unto all <3605> the people <5971>, This day <3117> [is] holy

<6918> unto the LORD <3068> your God <0430>; mourn <56> not, nor

<0408> weep <1058>. For all <3605> the people <5971> wept <1058>,

when they heard <8085> the words <1697> of the law <8451>.

10 Then he said <0559> unto them, Go <3212> your way <1870>,

eat <0398> the fat <4924>, and drink <8354> the sweet <4477>,

and send <7971> portions <4490> unto them for whom nothing

<3808> is prepared <3559>: for [this] day <3117> [is] holy

<6918> unto our Lord <0113>: neither <0408> be ye sorry <6087>;

for the joy <2304> of the LORD <3068> is your strength <4581>.

11 So the Levites <3881> stilled <2814> all <3605> the people

<5971>, saying <0559>, Hold <2013> your peace <2013>, for the

day <3117> [is] holy <6918>; neither <0408> be ye grieved <6087>.

12 And all <3605> the people <5971> went <3212> their way

<1870> to eat <0398>, and to drink <8354>, and to send <7971>

portions <4490>, and to make <6213> great <1419> mirth <8057>,

because <3588> they had understood <0995> the words <1697> that

were declared <3045> unto them.

13. And on the second <8145> day <3117> were gathered <0622>

together the chief <7218> of the fathers <1> of all <3605> the

people <5971>, the priests <3548>, and the Levites <3881>, unto

Ezra <5830> the scribe <5608>, even to understand <7919> the

words <1697> of the law <8451>.

14 And they found <4672> written <3789> in the law <8451> which

<0834> the LORD <3068> had commanded <6680> by Moses <4872>,

that the children <1121> of Israel <3478> should dwell <3427> in

booths <5521> in the feast <2282> of the seventh <7637> month

<2320>:

15 And that they should publish <8085> and proclaim <5674> in

all <3605> their cities <5892>, and in Jerusalem <3389>, saying

<0559>, Go <3318> forth <3318> unto the mount <2022>, and fetch

<0935> olive <2132> branches <5929>, and pine branches <5929>,

and myrtle <1918> branches <5929>, and palm <8558> branches

<5929>, and branches <5929> of thick <5687> trees <6086>, to

make <6213> booths <5521>, as [it is] written <3789>.

16 So the people <5971> went <3318> forth <3318>, and brought

<0935> [them], and made <6213> themselves <1992> booths <5521>,

every <0376> one <0376> upon the roof <1406> of his house, and

in their courts <2691>, and in the courts <2691> of the house

<1004> of God <0430>, and in the street <7339> of the water

<4325> gate <8179>, and in the street <7339> of the gate <8179>

of Ephraim <0669>.

17 And all <3605> the congregation <6951> of them that were

come <7725> again <7725> out of the captivity <7628> made <6213>

booths <5521>, and sat <3427> under the booths <5521>: for since

the days <3117> of Jeshua <3442> the son <1121> of Nun <5126>

unto that day <3117> had not the children <1121> of Israel

<3478> done <6213> so <3651>. And there was very <3966> great

<1419> gladness <8057>.

18 Also day <3117> by day <3117>, from the first <7223> day

<3117> unto the last <0314> day <3117>, he read <7121> in the

book <5612> of the law <8451> of God <0430>. And they kept

<6213> the feast <2282> seven <7651> days <3117>; and on the

eighth <8066> day <3117> [was] a solemn <6116> assembly <6116>,

according unto the manner <4941>.

Nehemiah 9

1. Now in the twenty <6242> and fourth <0702> day <3117> of

this <2088> month <2320> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>

were assembled <0622> with fasting <6685>, and with sackclothes

<8242>, and earth <0127> upon them.

2 And the seed <2233> of Israel <3478> separated <0914>

themselves from all <3605> strangers, and stood <5975> and

confessed <3034> their sins <2403>, and the iniquities <5771> of

their fathers <1>.

3 And they stood <6965> up in their place <5977>, and read

<7121> in the book <5612> of the law <8451> of the LORD <3068>

their God <0430> [one] fourth <7243> part of the day <3117>; and

[another] fourth <7243> part they confessed <3034>, and

worshipped <7812> the LORD <3068> their God <0430>.

4. Then stood <6965> up upon the stairs <4608>, of the Levites

<3881>, Jeshua <3442>, and Bani <1137>, Kadmiel <6934>,

Shebaniah <7645>, Bunni <1137>, Sherebiah <8274>, Bani <1137>,

[and] Chenani <3662>, and cried <2199> with a loud <1419> voice

<6963> unto the LORD <3068> their God <0430>.

5 Then the Levites <3881>, Jeshua <3442>, and Kadmiel <6934>,

Bani <1137>, Hashabniah <2813>, Sherebiah <8274>, Hodijah <1940>,

Shebaniah <7645>, [and] Pethahiah <6611>, said <0559>, Stand

<6965> up [and] bless <1288> the LORD <3068> your God <0430> for

ever <5769> and ever <5769>: and blessed <1288> be thy glorious

<3519> name <8034>, which is exalted <7311> above <5921> all

<3605> blessing <1293> and praise <8416>.

6 Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD <3068> alone <0905>; thou hast

made <6213> heaven <8064>, the heaven <8064> of heavens <8064>,

with all <3605> their host <6635>, the earth <0776>, and all

<3605> [things] that [are] therein <5921>, the seas <3220>, and

all <3605> that [is] therein, and thou preservest <2421> them

all <3605>; and the host <6635> of heaven <8064> worshippeth

<7812> thee.

7 Thou [art] the LORD <3068> the God <0430>, who <0834> didst

choose <0977> Abram <87>, and broughtest <3318> him forth <3318>

out of Ur <0218> of the Chaldees <3778>, and gavest <7760> him

the name <8034> of Abraham <85>;

8 And foundest <4372> his heart <3824> faithful <0539> before

<6440> thee, and madest <3772> a covenant <1285> with him to

give <5414> the land <0776> of the Canaanites <3669>, the

Hittites <2850>, the Amorites <0567>, and the Perizzites <6522>,

and the Jebusites <2983>, and the Girgashites <1622>, to give

<5414> [it, I say], to his seed <2233>, and hast performed

<6965> thy words <1697>; for thou [art] righteous <6662>:

9 And didst see <7200> the affliction <6040> of our fathers <1>

in Egypt <4714>, and heardest <8085> their cry <2201> by the Red

<5488> sea <3220>;

10 And shewedst <5414> signs <0226> and wonders <4159> upon

Pharaoh <6547>, and on all <3605> his servants <5650>, and on

all <3605> the people <5971> of his land <0776>: for thou

knewest <3045> that they dealt proudly <2102> against <5921>

them. So didst thou get <6213> thee a name <8034>, as [it is]

this <2088> day <3117>.

11 And thou didst divide <1234> the sea <3220> before <6440>

them, so that they went <5674> through <8432> the midst <8432>

of the sea <3220> on the dry <3004> land; and their persecutors

<7291> thou threwest <7993> into the deeps <4688>, as a stone

<68> into the mighty <5794> waters <4325>.

12 Moreover thou leddest <5148> them in the day <3119> by a

cloudy <6051> pillar <5982>; and in the night <3915> by a pillar

<5982> of fire <0784>, to give them light <0216> in the way

<1870> wherein <0834> they should go <3212>.

13 Thou camest <3381> down <3381> also upon mount <2022> Sinai

<5514>, and spakest <1696> with them from heaven <8064>, and

gavest <5414> them right <3477> judgments <4941>, and true

<0571> laws <8451>, good <2896> statutes <2706> and commandments

<4687>:

14 And madest <3045> known <3045> unto them thy holy <6944>

sabbath <7676>, and commandedst <6680> them precepts <4687>,

statutes <2706>, and laws <8451>, by the hand <3027> of Moses

<4872> thy servant <5650>:

15 And gavest <5414> them bread <3899> from heaven <8064> for

their hunger <7457>, and broughtest <3318> forth <3318> water

<4325> for them out of the rock <5553> for their thirst <6772>,

and promisedst <0559> them that they should go <0935> in to

possess <3423> the land <0776> which <0834> thou hadst sworn

<5375> to give <5414> them.

16 But they and our fathers <1> dealt proudly <2102>, and

hardened <7185> their necks <6203>, and hearkened <8085> not to

thy commandments <4687>,

17 And refused <3985> to obey <8085>, neither <3808> were

mindful <2142> of thy wonders <6381> that thou didst <6213>

among <5973> them; but hardened <7185> their necks <6203>, and

in their rebellion <4805> appointed <5414> a captain <7218> to

return <7725> to their bondage <5659>: but thou [art] a God

<0430> ready to pardon <5547>, gracious <2587> and merciful

<7349>, slow <0750> to anger <0639>, and of great <7227>

kindness <2617>, and forsookest <5800> them not.

18 Yea <0637>, when <3588> they had made <6213> them a molten

<4541> calf <5695>, and said <0559>, This <2088> [is] thy God

<0430> that brought <5927> thee up out of Egypt <4714>, and had

wrought <6213> great <1419> provocations <5007>;

19 Yet thou in thy manifold <7227> mercies <7356> forsookest

<5800> them not in the wilderness <4057>: the pillar <5982> of

the cloud <6051> departed <5493> not from them by day <3119>, to

lead <5148> them in the way <1870>; neither the pillar <5982> of

fire <0784> by night <3915>, to shew them light <0216>, and the

way <1870> wherein <0834> they should go <3212>.

20 Thou gavest <5414> also thy good <2896> spirit <7307> to

instruct <7919> them, and withheldest <4513> not thy manna

<4478> from their mouth <6310>, and gavest <5414> them water

<4325> for their thirst <6772>.

21 Yea, forty <0705> years <8141> didst thou sustain <3557>

them in the wilderness <4057>, [so that] they lacked <2637>

nothing <3808>; their clothes <8008> waxed not old <1086>, and

their feet <7272> swelled <1216> not.

22 Moreover thou gavest <5414> them kingdoms <4467> and nations

<5971>, and didst divide <2505> them into corners <6285>: so

they possessed <3423> the land <0776> of Sihon <5511>, and the

land <0776> of the king <4428> of Heshbon <2809>, and the land

<0776> of Og <5747> king <4428> of Bashan <1316>.

23 Their children <1121> also multipliedst <7235> thou as the

stars <3556> of heaven <8064>, and broughtest <0935> them into

<0413> the land <0776>, concerning which <0834> thou hadst

promised <0559> to their fathers <1>, that they should go <0935>

in to possess <3423> [it].

24 So the children <1121> went <0935> in and possessed <3423>

the land <0776>, and thou subduedst <3665> before <6440> them

the inhabitants <3427> of the land <0776>, the Canaanites <3669>,

and gavest <5414> them into their hands <3027>, with their

kings <4428>, and the people <5971> of the land <0776>, that

they might do <6213> with them as they would.

25 And they took <3920> strong <1219> cities <5892>, and a fat

<8082> land <0127>, and possessed <3423> houses <1004> full

<4392> of all <3605> goods <2898>, wells <0953> digged <2672>,

vineyards <3754>, and oliveyards <2132>, and fruit <3978> trees

<6086> in abundance <7230>: so they did eat <0398>, and were

filled <7646>, and became <8080> fat <8082>, and delighted

<5727> themselves in thy great <1419> goodness <2898>.

26 Nevertheless they were disobedient <4784>, and rebelled

<4775> against thee, and cast <7993> thy law <8451> behind

<0310> their backs <1458>, and slew <2026> thy prophets <5030>

which <0834> testified <5749> against them to turn <7725> them

to thee, and they wrought <6213> great <1419> provocations

<5007>.

27 Therefore thou deliveredst <5414> them into the hand <3027>

of their enemies <6862>, who vexed <6887> them: and in the time

<6256> of their trouble <6869>, when they cried <6817> unto thee,

thou heardest <8085> [them] from heaven <8064>; and according

to thy manifold <7227> mercies <7356> thou gavest <5414> them

saviours <3467>, who saved <3467> them out of the hand <3027> of

their enemies <6862>.

28 But after they had rest <5117>, they did <6213> evil <7451>

again <7725> before <6440> thee: therefore leftest <5800> thou

them in the hand of their enemies <0341>, so that they had the

dominion <7287> over them: yet when they returned <7725>, and

cried <2199> unto thee, thou heardest <8085> [them] from heaven

<8064>; and many <7227> times <6256> didst thou deliver <5337>

them according to thy mercies <7356>;

29 And testifiedst <5749> against them, that thou mightest

bring <7725> them again <7725> unto thy law <8451>: yet they

dealt proudly <2102>, and hearkened <8085> not unto thy

commandments <4687>, but sinned <2398> against thy judgments

<4941>, (which if a man <0120> do <6213>, he shall live <2421>

in them;) and withdrew the shoulder <3802>, and hardened <7185>

their neck <6203>, and would not hear <8085>.

30 Yet many <7227> years <8141> didst thou forbear <4900> them,

and testifiedst <5749> against them by thy spirit <7307> in thy

prophets <5030>: yet would they not give ear <0238>: therefore

gavest <5414> thou them into the hand <3027> of the people

<5971> of the lands <0776>.

31 Nevertheless for thy great <7227> mercies <7356>' sake thou

didst not utterly consume <3615> them, nor <3808> forsake <5800>

them; for thou [art] a gracious <2587> and merciful <7349> God

<0410>.

32 Now <6258> therefore, our God <0430>, the great <1419>, the

mighty <1368>, and the terrible <3372> God <0410>, who keepest

<8104> covenant <1285> and mercy <2617>, let not all <3605> the

trouble <8513> seem <4591> little <4591> before <6440> thee,

that hath come <4672> upon us, on our kings <4428>, on our

princes <8269>, and on our priests <3548>, and on our prophets

<5030>, and on our fathers <1>, and on all <3605> thy people

<5971>, since the time <3117> of the kings <4428> of Assyria

<0804> unto this <2088> day <3117>.

33 Howbeit thou [art] just <6662> in all <3605> that is brought

<0935> upon us; for thou hast done <6213> right <0571>, but we

have done wickedly <7561>:

34 Neither <3808> have our kings <4428>, our princes <8269>,

our priests <3548>, nor <3808> our fathers <1>, kept <6213> thy

law <8451>, nor <3808> hearkened <7181> unto thy commandments

<4687> and thy testimonies <5715>, wherewith <0834> thou didst

testify <5749> against them.

35 For they have not served <5647> thee in their kingdom <4438>,

and in thy great <7227> goodness <2898> that thou gavest <5414>

them, and in the large <7342> and fat <8082> land <0776> which

<0834> thou gavest <5414> before <6440> them, neither <3808>

turned <7725> they from their wicked <7451> works <4611>.

36 Behold <2009>, we [are] servants <5650> this day <3117>, and

[for] the land <0776> that thou gavest <5414> unto our fathers

<1> to eat <0398> the fruit <6529> thereof and the good <2898>

thereof, behold <2009>, we [are] servants <5650> in it:

37 And it yieldeth <7235> much <7235> increase <8393> unto the

kings <4428> whom <0834> thou hast set <5414> over <5921> us

because of our sins <2403>: also they have dominion <4910> over

<5921> our bodies <1472>, and over <5921> our cattle <0929>, at

their pleasure <7522>, and we [are] in great <1419> distress

<6869>.

38 And because of all <3605> this <2063> we make <3772> a sure

<0548> [covenant], and write <3789> [it]; and our princes <8269>,

Levites <3881>, [and] priests <3548>, seal <2856> [unto it].

Nehemiah 10

1. Now those that sealed <2856> [were], Nehemiah <5166>, the

Tirshatha <8660>, the son <1121> of Hachaliah <2446>, and

Zidkijah,

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 Maaziah <4590>, Bilgai <1084>, Shemaiah <8098>: these <0428>

[were] the priests <3548>.

9 And the Levites <3881>: both Jeshua <3442> the son <1121> of

Azaniah <0245>, Binnui <1131> of the sons <1121> of Henadad

<2582>, Kadmiel <6934>;

10 And their brethren <0251>, Shebaniah <7645>, Hodijah <1940>,

Kelita <7042>, Pelaiah <6411>, Hanan <2605>,

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

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

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

14 The chief <7218> of the people <5971>; Parosh <6551>,

Pahathmoab <6355>, Elam <5867>, Zatthu, Bani <1137>,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 And the rest <7605> of the people <5971>, the priests <3548>,

the Levites <3881>, the porters <7778>, the singers <7891>, the

Nethinims <5411>, and all <3605> they that had <1961> separated

<0914> themselves from the people <5971> of the lands <0776>

unto the law <8451> of God <0430>, their wives <0802>, their

sons <1121>, and their daughters <1121>, every <3605> one having

knowledge <3045>, and having <5414> understanding <0995>;

29 They clave <2388> to their brethren <0251>, their nobles

<0117>, and entered <0935> into a curse <0423>, and into an oath

<7621>, to walk <3212> in God's <0430> law <8451>, which <0834>

was given <5414> by Moses <4872> the servant <5650> of God

<0430>, and to observe <8104> and do <6213> all <3605> the

commandments <4687> of the LORD <3068> our Lord <0113>, and his

judgments <4941> and his statutes <2706>;

30 And that we would not give <5414> our daughters <1121> unto

the people <5971> of the land <0776>, nor <3808> take <3947>

their daughters <1121> for our sons <1121>:

31 And [if] the people <5971> of the land <0776> bring <0935>

ware <4728> or any victuals <7668> on the sabbath <7676> day

<3117> to sell <4376>, [that] we would not buy <3947> it of them

on the sabbath <7676>, or on the holy <6944> day <3117>: and

[that] we would leave <5203> the seventh <7637> year <8141>, and

the exaction <4855> of every <3605> debt <3027>.

32. Also we made <5975> ordinances <4687> for us, to charge

<5414> ourselves yearly <8141> with the third <7992> part of a

shekel <8255> for the service <5656> of the house <1004> of our

God <0430>;

33 For the shewbread, and for the continual <8548> meat

offering <4503>, and for the continual <8548> burnt <5930>

offering, of the sabbaths <7676>, of the new <2320> moons <2320>,

for the set <4150> feasts <4150>, and for the holy <6944>

[things], and for the sin <2403> offerings to make an atonement

<3722> for Israel <3478>, and [for] all <3605> the work <4399>

of the house <1004> of our God <0430>.

34 And we cast <5307> the lots <1486> among the priests <3548>,

the Levites <3881>, and the people <5971>, for the wood <6086>

offering <7133>, to bring <0935> [it] into the house <1004> of

our God <0430>, after <0310> the houses <1004> of our fathers

<1>, at times <6256> appointed <2163> year <8141> by year <8141>,

to burn <1197> upon the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068> our God

<0430>, as [it is] written <3789> in the law <8451>:

35 And to bring <0935> the firstfruits <1061> of our ground

<0127>, and the firstfruits <1061> of all <3605> fruit <6529> of

all <3605> trees <6086>, year <8141> by year <8141>, unto the

house <1004> of the LORD <3068>:

36 Also the firstborn <1060> of our sons <1121>, and of our

cattle <0929>, as [it is] written <3789> in the law <8451>, and

the firstlings <1062> of our herds <1241> and of our flocks

<6629>, to bring <0935> to the house <1004> of our God <0430>,

unto the priests <3548> that minister <8334> in the house <1004>

of our God <0430>:

37 And [that] we should bring <0935> the firstfruits <7225> of

our dough <6182>, and our offerings <8641>, and the fruit <6529>

of all <3605> manner of trees <6086>, of wine <8492> and of oil

<3323>, unto the priests <3548>, to the chambers <3957> of the

house <1004> of our God <0430>; and the tithes <4643> of our

ground <0127> unto the Levites <3881>, that the same <1992>

Levites <3881> might have the tithes <6237> in all <3605> the

cities <5892> of our tillage <5656>.

38 And the priest <3548> the son <1121> of Aaron <0175> shall

be with the Levites <3881>, when the Levites <3881> take tithes

<6237>: and the Levites <3881> shall bring <5927> up the tithe

<4643> of the tithes <4643> unto the house <1004> of our God

<0430>, to the chambers <3957>, into the treasure <0214> house

<1004>.

39 For the children <1121> of Israel <3478> and the children

<1121> of Levi <3878> shall bring <0935> the offering <8641> of

the corn <1715>, of the new <8492> wine <8492>, and the oil

<3323>, unto the chambers <3957>, where <8033> [are] the vessels

<3627> of the sanctuary <4720>, and the priests <3548> that

minister <8334>, and the porters <7778>, and the singers <7891>:

and we will not forsake <5800> the house <1004> of our God

<0430>.

Nehemiah 11

1. And the rulers <8269> of the people <5971> dwelt <3427> at

Jerusalem <3389>: the rest <7605> of the people <5971> also cast

<5307> lots <1486>, to bring <0935> one <0259> of ten <6235> to

dwell <3427> in Jerusalem <3389> the holy <6944> city <5892>,

and nine <8672> parts <3027> [to dwell <3427>] in [other] cities

<5892>.

2 And the people <5971> blessed <1288> all <3605> the men

<0582>, that willingly offered themselves to dwell <3427> at

Jerusalem <3389>.

3 Now these <0428> [are] the chief <7218> of the province

<4082> that dwelt <3427> in Jerusalem <3389>: but in the cities

<5892> of Judah <3063> dwelt <3427> every <0376> one <0376> in

his possession <0272> in their cities <5892>, [to wit], Israel

<3478>, the priests <3548>, and the Levites <3881>, and the

Nethinims <5411>, and the children <1121> of Solomon's <8010>

servants <5650>.

4 And at Jerusalem <3389> dwelt <3427> [certain] of the

children <1121> of Judah <3063>, and of the children <1121> of

Benjamin <1144>. Of the children <1121> of Judah <3063>; Athaiah

<6265> the son <1121> of Uzziah <5818>, the son <1121> of

Zechariah <2148>, the son <1121> of Amariah <0568>, the son

<1121> of Shephatiah <8203>, the son <1121> of Mahalaleel <4111>,

of the children <1121> of Perez <6557>;

5 And Maaseiah <4641> the son <1121> of Baruch <1263>, the son

<1121> of Colhozeh <3626>, the son <1121> of Hazaiah <2382>, the

son <1121> of Adaiah <5718>, the son <1121> of Joiarib <3114>,

the son <1121> of Zechariah <2148>, the son <1121> of Shiloni

<8023>.

6 All <3605> the sons <1121> of Perez <6557> that dwelt <3427>

at Jerusalem <3389> [were] four <0702> hundred <3967> threescore

<8346> and eight <8083> valiant <2428> men.

7 And these <0428> [are] the sons <1121> of Benjamin <1144>;

Sallu <5543> the son <1121> of Meshullam <4918>, the son <1121>

of Joed <3133>, the son <1121> of Pedaiah <6305>, the son <1121>

of Kolaiah <6964>, the son <1121> of Maaseiah <4641>, the son

<1121> of Ithiel <0384>, the son <1121> of Jesaiah <3470>.

8 And after <0310> him Gabbai <1373>, Sallai <5543>, nine

<8672> hundred <3967> twenty <6242> and eight <8083>.

9 And Joel <3100> the son <1121> of Zichri <2147> [was] their

overseer <6496>: and Judah <3063> the son <1121> of Senuah

<5574> [was] second <4932> over <5921> the city <5892>.

10 Of the priests <3548>: Jedaiah <3048> the son <1121> of

Joiarib <3114>, Jachin <3199>.

11 Seraiah <8304> the son <1121> of Hilkiah <2518>, the son

<1121> of Meshullam <4918>, the son <1121> of Zadok <6659>, the

son <1121> of Meraioth <4812>, the son <1121> of Ahitub <0285>,

[was] the ruler <5057> of the house <1004> of God <0430>.

12 And their brethren <0251> that did <6213> the work <4399> of

the house <1004> [were] eight <8083> hundred <3967> twenty

<6242> and two <8147>: and Adaiah <5718> the son <1121> of

Jeroham <3395>, the son <1121> of Pelaliah <6421>, the son

<1121> of Amzi <0557>, the son <1121> of Zechariah <2148>, the

son <1121> of Pashur <6583>, the son <1121> of Malchiah <4441>,

13 And his brethren <0251>, chief <7218> of the fathers <1>,

two <8147> hundred <3967> forty <0705> and two <8147>: and

Amashai <6023> the son <1121> of Azareel <5832>, the son <1121>

of Ahasai <0273>, the son <1121> of Meshillemoth <4919>, the son

<1121> of Immer <0564>,

14 And their brethren <0251>, mighty <1368> men of valour

<2428>, an hundred <3967> twenty <6242> and eight <8083>: and

their overseer <6496> [was] Zabdiel <2068>, the son <1121> of

[one of] the great <1419> men.

15 Also of the Levites <3881>: Shemaiah <8098> the son <1121>

of Hashub <2815>, the son <1121> of Azrikam <5840>, the son

<1121> of Hashabiah <2811>, the son <1121> of Bunni <1137>;

16 And Shabbethai <7678> and Jozabad <3107>, of the chief

<7218> of the Levites <3881>, [had] the oversight <5921> of the

outward <2435> business <4399> of the house <1004> of God <0430>.

17 And Mattaniah <4983> the son <1121> of Micha <4316>, the son

<1121> of Zabdi <2067>, the son <1121> of Asaph <0623>, [was]

the principal <7218> to begin <8462> the thanksgiving <3034> in

prayer <8605>: and Bakbukiah <1229> the second <4932> among his

brethren <0251>, and Abda <5653> the son <1121> of Shammua

<8051>, the son <1121> of Galal <1559>, the son <1121> of

Jeduthun <3038>.

18 All <3605> the Levites <3881> in the holy <6944> city <5892>

[were] two hundred <3967> fourscore <8084> and four <0702>.

19 Moreover the porters <7778>, Akkub <6126>, Talmon <2929>,

and their brethren <0251> that kept <8104> the gates <8179>,

[were] an hundred <3967> seventy <7657> and two <8147>.

20. And the residue <7605> of Israel <3478>, of the priests

<3548>, [and] the Levites <3881>, [were] in all <3605> the

cities <5892> of Judah <3063>, every <0376> one <0376> in his

inheritance <5159>.

21 But the Nethinims <5411> dwelt <3427> in Ophel <6077>: and

Ziha <6727> and Gispa <1658> [were] over <5921> the Nethinims

<5411>.

22 The overseer <6496> also of the Levites <3881> at Jerusalem

<3389> [was] Uzzi <5813> the son <1121> of Bani <1137>, the son

<1121> of Hashabiah <2811>, the son <1121> of Mattaniah <4983>,

the son <1121> of Micha <4316>. Of the sons <1121> of Asaph

<0623>, the singers <7891> [were] over <5048> the business

<4399> of the house <1004> of God <0430>.

23 For [it was] the king's <4428> commandment <4687> concerning

<5921> them, that a certain portion should be for the singers

<7891>, due <1697> for every day <3117>.

24 And Pethahiah <6611> the son <1121> of Meshezabeel <4898>,

of the children <1121> of Zerah <2226> the son <1121> of Judah

<3063>, [was] at the king's <4428> hand <3027> in all <3605>

matters <1697> concerning the people <5971>.

25 And for the villages <2691>, with their fields <7704>,

[some] of the children <1121> of Judah <3063> dwelt <3427> at

Kirjatharba <7153>, and [in] the villages <2691> thereof, and at

Dibon <1769>, and [in] the villages <1323> thereof, and at

Jekabzeel <3343>, and [in] the villages <1323> thereof,

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

Bethphelet <1046>,

27 And at Hazarshual <2705>, and at Beersheba <0884>, and [in]

the villages <1323> thereof,

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

villages <1323> thereof,

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

30 Zanoah <2182>, Adullam <5725>, and [in] their villages

<2691>, at Lachish <3923>, and the fields <7704> thereof, at

Azekah <5825>, and [in] the villages <1323> thereof. And they

dwelt <2583> from Beersheba <0884> unto the valley <1516> of

Hinnom <2011>.

31 The children <1121> also of Benjamin <1144> from Geba <1387>

[dwelt] at Michmash <4363>, and Aija <5857>, and Bethel <1008>,

and [in] their villages <1323>,

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

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

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

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

<2796>.

36 And of the Levites <3881> [were] divisions <4256> [in] Judah

<3063>, [and] in Benjamin <1144>.

Nehemiah 12

1. Now these <0428> [are] the priests <3548> and the Levites

<3881> that went <5927> up with Zerubbabel <2216> the son <1121>

of Shealtiel <7597>, and Jeshua <3442>: Seraiah <8304>, Jeremiah

<3414>, Ezra <5830>,

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

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

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

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

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

7 Sallu <5543>, Amok <5987>, Hilkiah <2518>, Jedaiah <3048>.

These <0428> [were] the chief <7218> of the priests <3548> and

of their brethren <0251> in the days <3117> of Jeshua <3442>.

8 Moreover the Levites <3881>: Jeshua <3442>, Binnui <1131>,

Kadmiel <6934>, Sherebiah <8274>, Judah <3063>, [and] Mattaniah

<4983>, [which was] over <5921> the thanksgiving <1960>, he and

his brethren <0251>.

9 Also Bakbukiah <1229> and Unni <6042>, their brethren <0251>,

[were] over <5048> against <5048> them in the watches <4931>.

10 And Jeshua <3442> begat <3205> Joiakim <3113>, Joiakim

<3113> also begat <3205> Eliashib <0475>, and Eliashib <0475>

begat <3205> Joiada <3111>,

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

<3083> begat <3205> Jaddua <3037>.

12 And in the days <3117> of Joiakim <3113> were priests <3548>,

the chief <7218> of the fathers <1>: of Seraiah <8304>, Meraiah

<4811>; of Jeremiah <3414>, Hananiah <2608>;

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

Jehohanan <3076>;

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

Joseph <3130>;

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

<2517>;

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

Meshullam <4918>;

17 Of Abijah <29>, Zichri <2147>; of Miniamin <4509>, of

Moadiah <4153>, Piltai <6408>;

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

Jehonathan <3083>;

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

Uzzi <5813>;

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

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

Nethaneel <5417>.

22 The Levites <3881> in the days <3117> of Eliashib <0475>,

Joiada <3111>, and Johanan <3110>, and Jaddua <3037>, [were]

recorded <3789> chief <7218> of the fathers <1>: also the

priests <3548>, to the reign <4438> of Darius <1867> the Persian

<6542>.

23 The sons <1121> of Levi <3878>, the chief <7218> of the

fathers <1>, [were] written <3789> in the book <5612> of the

chronicles <1697>, even until <5704> the days <3117> of Johanan

<3110> the son <1121> of Eliashib <0475>.

24 And the chief <7218> of the Levites <3881>: Hashabiah <2811>,

Sherebiah <8274>, and Jeshua <3442> the son <1121> of Kadmiel

<6934>, with their brethren <0251> over <5980> against <5048>

them, to praise <1984> [and] to give thanks <3034>, according to

the commandment <4687> of David <1732> the man <0376> of God

<0430>, ward <4929> over <5980> against <5980> ward <4929>.

25 Mattaniah <4983>, and Bakbukiah <1229>, Obadiah <5662>,

Meshullam <4918>, Talmon <2929>, Akkub <6126>, [were] porters

<7778> keeping <8104> the ward <4929> at the thresholds <0624>

of the gates <8179>.

26 These <0428> [were] in the days <3117> of Joiakim <3113> the

son <1121> of Jeshua <3442>, the son <1121> of Jozadak <3136>,

and in the days <3117> of Nehemiah <5166> the governor <6346>,

and of Ezra <5830> the priest <3548>, the scribe <5608>.

27. And at <5921> the dedication <2598> of the wall <2346> of

Jerusalem <3389> they sought <1245> the Levites <3881> out of

all <3605> their places <4725>, to bring <0935> them to

Jerusalem <3389>, to keep <6213> the dedication <2598> with

gladness <8057>, both with thanksgivings <8426>, and with

singing <7892>, [with] cymbals <4700>, psalteries <5035>, and

with harps <3658>.

28 And the sons <1121> of the singers <7891> gathered <0622>

themselves together, both out of the plain <3603> country round

<5439> about Jerusalem <3389>, and from the villages <2691> of

Netophathi <5200>;

29 Also from the house <1004> of Gilgal <1537>, and out of the

fields <7704> of Geba <1387> and Azmaveth <5820>: for the

singers <7891> had builded <1129> them villages <2691> round

<5439> about Jerusalem <3389>.

30 And the priests <3548> and the Levites <3881> purified

<2891> themselves, and purified <2891> the people <5971>, and

the gates <8179>, and the wall <2346>.

31 Then I brought <5927> up the princes <8269> of Judah <3063>

upon the wall <2346>, and appointed <5975> two <8147> great

<1419> [companies of them that gave] thanks <8426>, [whereof

one] went <1980> on the right <3225> hand <3225> upon the wall

<2346> toward the dung <0830> gate <8179>:

32 And after <0310> them went <3212> Hoshaiah <1955>, and half

<2677> of the princes <8269> of Judah <3063>,

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

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

Jeremiah <3414>,

35 And [certain] of the priests <3548>' sons <1121> with

trumpets <2689>; [namely], Zechariah <2148> the son <1121> of

Jonathan <3083>, the son <1121> of Shemaiah <8098>, the son

<1121> of Mattaniah <4983>, the son <1121> of Michaiah <4320>,

the son <1121> of Zaccur <2139>, the son <1121> of Asaph <0623>:

36 And his brethren <0251>, Shemaiah <8098>, and Azarael <5832>,

Milalai <4450>, Gilalai <1562>, Maai <4597>, Nethaneel <5417>,

and Judah <3063>, Hanani <2607>, with the musical <7892>

instruments <3627> of David <1732> the man <0376> of God <0430>,

and Ezra <5830> the scribe <5608> before <6440> them.

37 And at the fountain <5869> gate <8179>, which was over

<5048> against <5048> them, they went <5927> up by the stairs

<4609> of the city <5892> of David <1732>, at the going <4608>

up of the wall <2346>, above <5921> the house <1004> of David

<1732>, even unto the water <4325> gate <8179> eastward <4217>.

38 And the other <8145> [company of them that gave] thanks

<8426> went <1980> over <4136> against <4136> [them], and I

after <0310> them, and the half <2677> of the people <5971> upon

the wall <2346>, from beyond <5921> the tower <4026> of the

furnaces <8574> even unto the broad <7342> wall <2346>;

39 And from above <5921> the gate <8179> of Ephraim <0669>, and

above <5921> the old <3465> gate <8179>, and above <5921> the

fish <1709> gate <8179>, and the tower <4026> of Hananeel <2606>,

and the tower <4026> of Meah <3968>, even unto the sheep <6629>

gate <8179>: and they stood <5975> still in the prison <4307>

gate <8179>.

40 So stood <5975> the two <8147> [companies of them that gave]

thanks <8426> in the house <1004> of God <0430>, and I, and the

half <2677> of the rulers <5461> with me:

41 And the priests <3548>; Eliakim <0471>, Maaseiah <4641>,

Miniamin <4509>, Michaiah <4320>, Elioenai <0454>, Zechariah

<2148>, [and] Hananiah <2608>, with trumpets <2689>;

42 And Maaseiah <4641>, and Shemaiah <8098>, and Eleazar <0499>,

and Uzzi <5813>, and Jehohanan <3076>, and Malchijah <4441>,

and Elam <5867>, and Ezer <5829>. And the singers <7891> sang

<7891> loud <8085>, with Jezrahiah <3156> [their] overseer

<6496>.

43 Also that day <3117> they offered <2076> great <1419>

sacrifices <2077>, and rejoiced <8055>: for God <0430> had made

them rejoice <8055> with great <1419> joy <8057>: the wives

<0802> also and the children <3206> rejoiced <8055>: so that the

joy <8057> of Jerusalem <3389> was heard <8085> even afar <7350>

off.

44. And at that time <3117> were some <0582> appointed <6485>

over <5921> the chambers <5393> for the treasures <0214>, for

the offerings <8641>, for the firstfruits <7225>, and for the

tithes <4643>, to gather <3664> into them out of the fields

<7704> of the cities <5892> the portions <4521> of the law

<8451> for the priests <3548> and Levites <3881>: for Judah

<3063> rejoiced <8057> for the priests <3548> and for the

Levites <3881> that waited <5975>.

45 And both the singers <7891> and the porters <7778> kept

<8104> the ward <4931> of their God <0430>, and the ward <4931>

of the purification <2893>, according to the commandment <4687>

of David <1732>, [and] of Solomon <8010> his son <1121>.

46 For in the days <3117> of David <1732> and Asaph <0623> of

old <6924> [there were] chief <7218> of the singers <7891>, and

songs <7892> of praise <8416> and thanksgiving unto God <0430>.

47 And all <3605> Israel <3478> in the days <3117> of

Zerubbabel <2216>, and in the days <3117> of Nehemiah <5166>,

gave <5414> the portions <4521> of the singers <7891> and the

porters <7778>, every day <3117> his portion <1697>: and they

sanctified <6942> [holy things] unto the Levites <3881>; and the

Levites <3881> sanctified <6942> [them] unto the children <1121>

of Aaron <0175>.

Nehemiah 13

1. On that day <3117> they read <7121> in the book <5612> of

Moses <4872> in the audience <0241> of the people <5971>; and

therein was found <4672> written <3789>, that the Ammonite

<5984> and the Moabite <4125> should not come <0935> into the

congregation <6951> of God <0430> for ever <5769>;

2 Because <3588> they met <6923> not the children <1121> of

Israel <3478> with bread <3899> and with water <4325>, but hired

<7936> Balaam <1109> against <5921> them, that he should curse

<7043> them: howbeit our God <0430> turned <2015> the curse

<7045> into a blessing <1293>.

3 Now it came <1961> to pass, when they had heard <8085> the

law <8451>, that they separated <0914> from Israel <3478> all

<3605> the mixed <6154> multitude <6154>.

4 And before <6440> this <2088>, Eliashib <0475> the priest

<3548>, having the oversight <5414> of the chamber <3957> of the

house <1004> of our God <0430>, [was] allied <7138> unto Tobiah

<2900>:

5 And he had prepared <6213> for him a great <1419> chamber

<3957>, where <8033> aforetime <6440> they laid <5414> the meat

offerings <4503>, the frankincense <3828>, and the vessels

<3627>, and the tithes <4643> of the corn <1715>, the new <8492>

wine <8492>, and the oil <3323>, which was commanded <4687> [to

be given] to the Levites <3881>, and the singers <7891>, and the

porters <7778>; and the offerings <4503> of the priests <3548>.

6 But in all <3605> this <2088> [time] was not I at Jerusalem

<3389>: for in the two <8147> and thirtieth <7970> year <8141>

of Artaxerxes <0783> king <4428> of Babylon <0894> came <0935> I

unto the king <4428>, and after <7093> certain days <3117>

obtained <7592> I leave <7592> of the king <4428>:

7 And I came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389>, and understood <0995>

of the evil <7451> that Eliashib <0475> did <6213> for Tobiah

<2900>, in preparing <6213> him a chamber <5393> in the courts

<2691> of the house <1004> of God <0430>.

8 And it grieved <7489> me sore <3966>: therefore I cast <7903>

forth all <3605> the household <1004> stuff <3627> of Tobiah

<2900> out of the chamber <3957>.

9 Then I commanded <0559>, and they cleansed <2891> the

chambers <3957>: and thither <8033> brought <7725> I again

<7725> the vessels <3627> of the house <1004> of God <0430>,

with the meat offering <4503> and the frankincense <3828>.

10. And I perceived <3045> that the portions <4521> of the

Levites <3881> had not been given <5414> [them]: for the Levites

<3881> and the singers <7891>, that did <6213> the work <4399>,

were fled <1272> every <0376> one <0376> to his field <7704>.

11 Then contended <7378> I with the rulers <5461>, and said

<0559>, Why <4069> is the house <1004> of God <0430> forsaken

<5800>? And I gathered <6908> them together, and set <5975> them

in their place <5977>.

12 Then brought <0935> all <3605> Judah <3063> the tithe <4643>

of the corn <1715> and the new <8492> wine <8492> and the oil

<3323> unto the treasuries <0214>.

13 And I made treasurers <0686> over <5921> the treasuries

<0214>, Shelemiah <8018> the priest <3548>, and Zadok <6659> the

scribe <5608>, and of the Levites <3881>, Pedaiah <6305>: and

next to them [was] Hanan <2605> the son <1121> of Zaccur <2139>,

the son <1121> of Mattaniah <4983>: for they were counted <2803>

faithful <0539>, and their office [was] to distribute <2505>

unto their brethren <0251>.

14 Remember <2142> me, O my God <0430>, concerning <5921> this

<2088>, and wipe <4229> not out my good <2617> deeds that I have

done <6213> for the house <1004> of my God <0430>, and for the

offices <4929> thereof.

15. In those <1992> days <3117> saw <7200> I in Judah <3063>

[some] treading <1869> wine presses on the sabbath <7676>, and

bringing <0935> in sheaves <6194>, and lading <6006> asses

<2543>; as also <0637> wine <3196>, grapes <6025>, and figs

<8384>, and all <3605> [manner of] burdens <4853>, which they

brought <0935> into Jerusalem <3389> on the sabbath <7676> day

<3117>: and I testified <5749> [against them] in the day <3117>

wherein they sold <4376> victuals <6718>.

16 There dwelt <3427> men <0582> of Tyre <6876> also therein,

which brought <0935> fish <1709>, and all <3605> manner of ware

<4377>, and sold <4376> on the sabbath <7676> unto the children

<1121> of Judah <3063>, and in Jerusalem <3389>.

17 Then I contended <7378> with the nobles <2715> of Judah

<3063>, and said <0559> unto them, What <4100> evil <7451> thing

<1697> [is] this <2088> that ye do <6213>, and profane <2490>

the sabbath <7676> day <3117>?

18 Did <6213> not your fathers <1> thus <3541>, and did <6213>

not our God <0430> bring <0935> all <3605> this <2088> evil

<7451> upon us, and upon this <2063> city <5892>? yet ye bring

<0935> more <3254> wrath <2740> upon Israel <3478> by profaning

<2490> the sabbath <7676>.

19 And it came <1961> to pass, that when <0834> the gates

<8179> of Jerusalem <3389> began <6751> to be dark <6751> before

<6440> the sabbath <7676>, I commanded <0559> that the gates

<1817> should be shut <5462>, and charged <0559> that they

should not be opened <6605> till <5704> after <0310> the sabbath

<7676>: and [some] of my servants <5288> set <5975> I at <5921>

the gates <8179>, [that] there should no <3808> burden <4853> be

brought <0935> in on the sabbath <7676> day <3117>.

20 So the merchants <7402> and sellers <4376> of all <3605>

kind of ware <4465> lodged <3885> without <2351> Jerusalem

<3389> once <6471> or twice <8147>.

21 Then I testified <5749> against them, and said <0559> unto

them, Why <4069> lodge <3885> ye about <5048> the wall <2346>?

if <0518> ye do [so] again <3138>, I will lay <7971> hands

<3027> on you. From that time <6256> forth came <0935> they no

<3808> [more] on the sabbath <7676>.

22 And I commanded <0559> the Levites <3881> that they should

cleanse <2891> themselves, and [that] they should come <0935>

[and] keep <8104> the gates <8179>, to sanctify <6942> the

sabbath <7676> day <3117>. Remember <2142> me, O my God <0430>,

[concerning] this <2063> also <1571>, and spare <2347> me

according to the greatness <7230> of thy mercy <2617>.

23. In those <1992> days <3117> also <1571> saw <7200> I Jews

<3064> [that] had married <3427> wives <0802> of Ashdod <0795>,

of Ammon <5983>, [and] of Moab <4125>:

24 And their children <1121> spake <1696> half <2677> in the

speech <3066> of Ashdod <0795>, and could <5234> not speak

<1696> in the Jews <3066>' language, but according to the

language <3956> of each people <5971>.

25 And I contended <7378> with them, and cursed <7043> them,

and smote <5221> certain <0582> of them, and plucked <4803> off

their hair, and made them swear <7650> by God <0430>, [saying],

Ye shall not give <5414> your daughters <1121> unto their sons

<1121>, nor <0518> take <5375> their daughters <1121> unto your

sons <1121>, or for yourselves.

26 Did not Solomon <8010> king <4428> of Israel <3478> sin

<2398> by these things? yet among many <7227> nations <1471> was

there no <3808> king <4428> like <3644> him, who was beloved

<0157> of his God <0430>, and God <0430> made <5414> him king

<4428> over <5921> all <3605> Israel <3478>: nevertheless <1571>

even him did outlandish <5237> women <0802> cause to sin <2398>.

27 Shall we then hearken <8085> unto you to do <6213> all

<3605> this <2063> great <1419> evil <7451>, to transgress

<4603> against our God <0430> in marrying <3427> strange <5237>

wives <0802>?

28 And [one <0259>] of the sons <1121> of Joiada <3111>, the

son <1121> of Eliashib <0475> the high <1419> priest <3548>,

[was] son <2860> in law <2859> to Sanballat <5571> the Horonite

<2772>: therefore I chased <1272> him from me.

29 Remember <2142> them, O my God <0430>, because <5921> they

have defiled <1351> the priesthood <3550>, and the covenant

<1285> of the priesthood <3550>, and of the Levites <3881>.

30 Thus cleansed <2891> I them from all <3605> strangers <5236>,

and appointed <5975> the wards <4931> of the priests <3548> and

the Levites <3881>, every <0376> one <0376> in his business

<4399>;

31 And for the wood <6086> offering <7133>, at times <6256>

appointed <2163>, and for the firstfruits <1061>. Remember

<2142> me, O my God <0430>, for good <2896>.