Nehemiah 1



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 2



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 3



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 4



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 5



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 6



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 7



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 8



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 9



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 10



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 11



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 12



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Nehemiah 13



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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







 

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