\id NEH  
\h Nehemiah 
\toc1 Nehemiah 
\toc2 Nehemiah 
\mt1 Nehemiah  
\c 1  
\s1 A Prayer of Nehemiah  
\p
\v 1  These \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hacaliah|strong="H2446"\w*:  
\p \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kislev|strong="H3691"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Susa|strong="H7800"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w citadel|strong="H1002"\w*.  
\v 2  \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* relatives, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* men \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w came|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w survived|strong="H7604"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* exile, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
\p
\v 3  \w They|strong="H8033"\w* said \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*, “\w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7604"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w remains|strong="H7604"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* exile \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H7604"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w province|strong="H4082"\w* \w are|strong="H8179"\w* experiencing \w considerable|strong="H1419"\w* \w adversity|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*. \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* lies breached, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w its|strong="H6555"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w have|strong="H3389"\w* been \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w*!”   
\p
\v 4  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* abruptly, \w crying|strong="H1058"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* mourning \w for|strong="H6440"\w* several \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w fasting|strong="H6684"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Then|strong="H3372"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* said, “Please, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w awesome|strong="H3372"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w keeps|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* loving \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w him|strong="H8104"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*,  
\v 6  \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w attentive|strong="H7183"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w throughout|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w behalf|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w confessing|strong="H3034"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* – \w both|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* myself \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 7  We \w have|strong="H5650"\w* behaved \w corruptly|strong="H2254"\w* \w against|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeying|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 8  \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w recall|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H6680"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*: ‘If \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w act|strong="H4603"\w* \w unfaithfully|strong="H4603"\w*, \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w among|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 9  \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w repent|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* \w dispersed|strong="H5080"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w most|strong="H7097"\w* \w remote|strong="H7097"\w* \w location|strong="H8064"\w*, \w I|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w I|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* chosen \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w reside|strong="H7931"\w*.’  
\v 10  \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w mighty|strong="H2389"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w powerful|strong="H3581"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Lord, listen \w attentively|strong="H7183"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w pleasure|strong="H2655"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* showing \w respect|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w Grant|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w success|strong="H6743"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w show|strong="H5414"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7356"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w*.”  
\p \w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w cupbearer|strong="H4945"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
\c 2  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nisan|strong="H5212"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Artaxerxes, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w Previously|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* depressed \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 2  \w So|strong="H3966"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* said \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* appear \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* depressed \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* aren’t \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*? \w What|strong="H2088"\w* \w can|strong="H7451"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w than|strong="H7235"\w* \w sadness|strong="H7455"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*?” \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w made|strong="H7235"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w fearful|strong="H3372"\w*.   
\p
\v 3  \w I|strong="H3808"\w* replied \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*! \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w would|strong="H2421"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* appear dejected \w when|strong="H2421"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H6440"\w* ancestors lies \w desolate|strong="H2717"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2717"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* fire?”  
\v 4  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* responded, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w seeking|strong="H1245"\w*?” \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* quickly \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*  
\v 5  \w and|strong="H3063"\w* said \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “If \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* \w so|strong="H7971"\w* inclined \w and|strong="H3063"\w* if \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w found|strong="H3190"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, \w dispatch|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* ancestors, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w rebuild|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”  
\v 6  \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* consort \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w beside|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, replied, “\w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* trip \w take|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*?” \w Since|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* amenable \w to|strong="H5704"\w* dispatching \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H2165"\w*.  
\v 7  \w I|strong="H5414"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “If \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* inclined, \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* letters \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Trans-Euphrates \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* enable \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w travel|strong="H5674"\w* safely \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w reach|strong="H5414"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*,  
\v 8  \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* letter \w for|strong="H5921"\w* Asaph \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s nature \w preserve|strong="H8104"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w beams|strong="H7136"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fortress|strong="H1002"\w* \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w go|strong="H4428"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w these|strong="H1004"\w* requests, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Trans-Euphrates, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w presented|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* letters \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*.  
\v 10  \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Horonite|strong="H2772"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w* \w official|strong="H5650"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w* \w this|strong="H8085"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w displeased|strong="H7489"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* someone \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w benefit|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\s1 Nehemiah Arrives in Jerusalem  
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\v 11  \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\v 12  \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w during|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* \w putting|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H7392"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w There|strong="H6965"\w* \w were|strong="H5414"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* animals \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w except|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* \w riding|strong="H7392"\w*.  
\v 13  \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w proceeded|strong="H3318"\w* \w through|strong="H6555"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w direction|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Well|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Dragons|strong="H8577"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Dung \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w inspecting|strong="H7663"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* breached \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w its|strong="H6555"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H6555"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* fire.  
\v 14  \w I|strong="H8478"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w Well|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w Pool|strong="H1295"\w*, \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w there|strong="H8478"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H5674"\w* enough \w room|strong="H4725"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w my|strong="H5674"\w* animal \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w me|strong="H5674"\w*.  
\v 15  \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w inspecting|strong="H7663"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 16  \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w officials|strong="H5461"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w been|strong="H5046"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*, \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w point|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w officials|strong="H5461"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w workers|strong="H4399"\w*.  
\v 17  \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* problem \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w*: \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* \w desolate|strong="H2717"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w are|strong="H8179"\w* \w burned|strong="H3341"\w*. \w Come|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w*! \w Let|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w rebuild|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w*.”  
\v 18  \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w related|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* how \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* replied, “\w Let|strong="H5046"\w*’s begin \w rebuilding|strong="H1129"\w* \w right|strong="H1129"\w* away!” \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* readied \w themselves|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* project.  
\v 19  \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Horonite|strong="H2772"\w*, \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w* \w official|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Geshem|strong="H1654"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Arab|strong="H6163"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* derided \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* expressed contempt \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w rebelling|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?”  
\v 20  \w I|strong="H1697"\w* responded \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w by|strong="H6965"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w The|strong="H7725"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*. \w We|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* start \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w rebuilding|strong="H1129"\w*. \w But|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w no|strong="H2506"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w or|strong="H2506"\w* ancient \w right|strong="H6666"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.”   
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\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* Eliashib \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H6965"\w* \w priestly|strong="H3548"\w* colleagues \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w Sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w erected|strong="H6965"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, working \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w Tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w Hundred|strong="H3968"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w Tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w Hananel|strong="H2606"\w*.  
\v 2  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zaccur|strong="H2139"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Imri \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 3  \w The|strong="H1129"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hassenaah|strong="H5570"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w Fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w laid|strong="H7136"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w beams|strong="H7136"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w positioned|strong="H5975"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w bolts|strong="H4514"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Meremoth|strong="H4822"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Uriah, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Hakoz, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* section \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Berechiah|strong="H1296"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshezabel|strong="H4898"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* section \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baana|strong="H1195"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* section \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 5  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Tekoa|strong="H8621"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* section \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* town leaders would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w assist|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* master.   
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\v 6  \w Joiada|strong="H3111"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Paseah|strong="H6454"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Besodeiah|strong="H1152"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* Jeshanah \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w laid|strong="H7136"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w beams|strong="H7136"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w positioned|strong="H5975"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w bolts|strong="H4514"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*.  
\v 7  \w Adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w Melatiah|strong="H4424"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeonite|strong="H1393"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jadon|strong="H3036"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Meronothite|strong="H4824"\w*, who \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w men|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*. These towns \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* jurisdiction \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w governor|strong="H6346"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Trans-Euphrates.  
\v 8  \w Uzziel|strong="H5816"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harhaiah|strong="H2736"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* member \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w goldsmiths|strong="H6884"\w*’ guild, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* section \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* member \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w perfumers|strong="H7546"\w*’ guild, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* section \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* plastered \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Broad|strong="H7342"\w* \w Wall|strong="H2346"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Rephaiah|strong="H7509"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hur|strong="H2354"\w*, \w head|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* half-district \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* section \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 10  \w Jedaiah|strong="H3042"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harumaph|strong="H2739"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* section \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hattush|strong="H2407"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hashabneiah|strong="H2813"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* section \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Malkijah|strong="H4441"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hasshub|strong="H2815"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pahath-Moab|strong="H6355"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H2388"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w section|strong="H4060"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w Tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* Fire Pots.  
\v 12  \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hallohesh|strong="H3873"\w*, \w head|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* half-district \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* section \w adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w assisted|strong="H2388"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.   
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\v 13  \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Zanoah|strong="H2182"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w positioned|strong="H5975"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w bolts|strong="H4514"\w*, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* addition \w to|strong="H5704"\w* working \w on|strong="H3427"\w* fifteen hundred feet \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* Dung \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*.   
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\v 14  \w Malkijah|strong="H4441"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Recab|strong="H7394"\w*, \w head|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w district|strong="H6418"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beth Hakkerem, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* Dung \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w positioned|strong="H5975"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w bolts|strong="H4514"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*.   
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\v 15  \w Shallun|strong="H7968"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Col-Hozeh|strong="H3626"\w*, \w head|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w district|strong="H6418"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w Fountain|strong="H5869"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w put|strong="H3381"\w* \w on|strong="H5975"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* roof, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w positioned|strong="H5975"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w bolts|strong="H4514"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*. \w In|strong="H4428"\w* addition, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w Pool|strong="H1295"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Siloam, \w by|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 16  \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azbuk|strong="H5802"\w*, \w head|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* half-district \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Beth|strong="H1004"\w* Zur, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w after|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w artificial|strong="H6213"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w House|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Warriors|strong="H1368"\w*.   
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\v 17  \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* – \w Rehum|strong="H7348"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, \w head|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w district|strong="H6418"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w district|strong="H6418"\w*.  
\v 18  After \w him|strong="H2388"\w* \w their|strong="H2388"\w* \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* – Binnui \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Henadad|strong="H2582"\w*, \w head|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* half-district \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*.  
\v 19  \w Adjacent|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ezer|strong="H5829"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w head|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w section|strong="H4060"\w*, \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ascent|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armory|strong="H5402"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w buttress|strong="H4740"\w*.  
\v 20  \w After|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H4480"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zabbai|strong="H2079"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w section|strong="H4060"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w buttress|strong="H4740"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eliashib \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.  
\v 21  \w After|strong="H8145"\w* \w him|strong="H5704"\w* \w Meremoth|strong="H4822"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Uriah, \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hakkoz|strong="H6976"\w*, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w section|strong="H4060"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eliashib’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w end|strong="H8503"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w*.   
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\v 22  After \w him|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w*, \w men|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* nearby \w district|strong="H3603"\w*.  
\v 23  \w After|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H2388"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hasshub|strong="H2815"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w their|strong="H2388"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w After|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H2388"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ananiah|strong="H6055"\w*, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w near|strong="H5048"\w* \w his|strong="H2388"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 24  \w After|strong="H8145"\w* \w him|strong="H5704"\w* \w Binnui|strong="H1131"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Henadad|strong="H2582"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w section|strong="H4060"\w*, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w buttress|strong="H4740"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w*.  
\v 25  \w After|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w Palal|strong="H6420"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Uzai \w worked|strong="H5048"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w buttress|strong="H4740"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* protrudes \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w*. \w After|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Parosh|strong="H6551"\w*  
\v 26  \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w temple|strong="H5411"\w* \w servants|strong="H5411"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ophel|strong="H6077"\w* \w worked|strong="H5704"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* area \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Water|strong="H4325"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w toward|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w protruding|strong="H3318"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w*.  
\v 27  \w After|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Tekoa|strong="H8621"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w section|strong="H4060"\w*, \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w protruding|strong="H3318"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Ophel|strong="H6077"\w*.   
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\v 28  \w Above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w*, \w each|strong="H8179"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 29  \w After|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H2388"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Immer \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w after|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H5048"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shecaniah|strong="H7935"\w*, \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w East|strong="H4217"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w*.  
\v 30  \w After|strong="H8145"\w* \w him|strong="H5048"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w*, \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zalaph|strong="H6764"\w*, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w on|strong="H2388"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w section|strong="H4060"\w*. \w After|strong="H8145"\w* \w them|strong="H2388"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Berechiah|strong="H1296"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w his|strong="H2388"\w* \w quarters|strong="H5393"\w*.  
\v 31  \w After|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H5048"\w* \w Malkijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w goldsmiths|strong="H6885"\w*, \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w servants|strong="H5411"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w traders|strong="H7402"\w*, \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Inspection|strong="H4663"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* above \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w*.  
\v 32  \w And|strong="H6629"\w* between \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* above \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w Sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w goldsmiths|strong="H6884"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w traders|strong="H7402"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w*.   
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\v 1  \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* rebuilding \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* quite upset. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* derided \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Jews,  
\v 2  \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* presence \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* colleagues \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* Samaria \w he|strong="H6213"\w* said, “\w What|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* feeble Jews \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Will|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* left \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Will|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* again \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Will|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* finish \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* day? \w Can|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w burnt|strong="H6213"\w* stones \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w life|strong="H3605"\w* again \w from|strong="H3389"\w* piles \w of|strong="H3605"\w* dust?”   
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\v 3  \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* Tobiah \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Ammonite, \w who|strong="H5975"\w* \w was|strong="H6440"\w* close \w by|strong="H5921"\w*, said, “If \w even|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fox \w were|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* climb \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* building, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* would break \w down|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* wall \w of|strong="H6440"\w* stones!”   
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\v 4  Hear, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* our \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w for|strong="H1129"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3782"\w* despised! Return \w their|strong="H3808"\w* reproach \w on|strong="H7235"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* own head! Reduce \w them|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* plunder \w in|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H2346"\w* exile!  
\v 5  \w Do|strong="H7673"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cover \w their|strong="H7200"\w* iniquity, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w do|strong="H7673"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* wipe \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* sin \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w before|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*. \w For|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* bitterly offended \w the|strong="H7200"\w* builders!   
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\v 6  \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wall, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* wall \w was|strong="H1961"\w* joined \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* half \w its|strong="H3605"\w* height. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* enthusiastic \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* work.   
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\v 7  \w When|strong="H5975"\w* Sanballat, Tobiah, \w the|strong="H5975"\w* Arabs, \w the|strong="H5975"\w* Ammonites, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* Ashdod heard \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* restoration \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* Jerusalem \w had|strong="H5971"\w* moved ahead \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* breaches \w had|strong="H5971"\w* begun \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* closed, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* very angry.  
\v 8  \w All|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* conspired \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* move \w with|strong="H1004"\w* armed \w forces|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Jerusalem \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* create \w a|strong="H3068"\w* disturbance \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 9  \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* prayed \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God \w and|strong="H7725"\w* stationed \w a|strong="H3068"\w* guard \w to|strong="H7725"\w* protect \w against|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w both|strong="H3605"\w* day \w and|strong="H7725"\w* night.  
\v 10  \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w strength|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laborers|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* failed! \w The|strong="H3605"\w* debris \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* unable \w to|strong="H1961"\w* rebuild \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wall.”   
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\v 11  \w Our|strong="H6213"\w* adversaries \w also|strong="H6213"\w* boasted, “Before \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* aware \w or|strong="H3027"\w* anticipate \w anything|strong="H4399"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w come|strong="H2346"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* among \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* kill \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w bring|strong="H5375"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* halt!”   
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\v 12  \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* happened \w that|strong="H2719"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Jews \w who|strong="H1129"\w* \w were|strong="H5921"\w* living \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* came \w and|strong="H2719"\w* warned \w us|strong="H5921"\w* repeatedly \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* schemes \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H5921"\w* plotting \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 13  \w So|strong="H7235"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* stationed \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* lower places \w behind|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* exposed places. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* stationed \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* families, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* swords, spears, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* bows.  
\v 14  \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w had|strong="H6963"\w* \w made|strong="H8085"\w* \w an|strong="H8033"\w* inspection, \w I|strong="H8085"\w* stood \w up|strong="H6908"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* nobles, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* officials, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* rest \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w*, “Don’t \w be|strong="H6963"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w*. Remember \w the|strong="H8085"\w* great \w and|strong="H6963"\w* awesome Lord, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w on|strong="H4725"\w* behalf \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* brothers, \w your|strong="H8085"\w* sons, \w your|strong="H8085"\w* daughters, \w your|strong="H8085"\w* wives, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* families!”   
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\v 15  \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w happened|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w our|strong="H3318"\w* adversaries heard \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3318"\w* aware \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* matters, God frustrated \w their|strong="H2388"\w* intentions. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w returned|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* wall, each \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* \w own|strong="H2388"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.  
\v 16  \w From|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w forward|strong="H1571"\w*, \w half|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* doing \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w half|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* taking \w up|strong="H3915"\w* spears, shields, bows, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* body armor. \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* officers \w were|strong="H1961"\w* behind \w all|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Judah  
\v 17  \w who|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* rebuilding \w the|strong="H6584"\w* wall. Those \w who|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* carrying loads \w did|strong="H5288"\w* so \w by|strong="H4325"\w* \w keeping|strong="H4929"\w* one hand \w on|strong="H6584"\w* \w the|strong="H6584"\w* work \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w the|strong="H6584"\w* other \w on|strong="H6584"\w* \w their|strong="H6584"\w* \w weapon|strong="H7973"\w*.  
\v 18  The builders to \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter remained with me.   
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\v 19  I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding and extensive, and \w we|strong="H3068"\w* are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.  
\v 20  Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather there with us. Our God will fight for us!”   
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\v 21  So \w we|strong="H3068"\w* worked on, with half holding spears, from dawn till dusk.  
\v 22  At that time I instructed the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.  
\v 23  We did not change clothes – not I, nor my relatives, nor my workers, nor the watchmen who were with me. Each had his weapon, even when getting \w a|strong="H3068"\w* drink of water.   
\c 5  
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\v 1  \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w outcry|strong="H6818"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* wives against \w their|strong="H1961"\w* fellow \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*.  
\v 2  \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w With|strong="H3947"\w* \w our|strong="H3947"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*. We \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w obtain|strong="H3947"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* order \w to|strong="H1121"\w* eat \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stay|strong="H2421"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*.”  
\v 3  \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w were|strong="H3426"\w* others \w who|strong="H3426"\w* said, “We \w are|strong="H3426"\w* putting \w up|strong="H3947"\w* \w our|strong="H3947"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \w our|strong="H3947"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3947"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w collateral|strong="H6148"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* order \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w obtain|strong="H3947"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* during \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*.”  
\v 4  \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w were|strong="H3426"\w* those \w who|strong="H4428"\w* said, “We \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w borrowed|strong="H3867"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \w our|strong="H3426"\w* taxes \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3426"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w on|strong="H4060"\w* \w our|strong="H3426"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w our|strong="H3426"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*.  
\v 5  \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, though \w we|strong="H3068"\w* share \w the|strong="H3027"\w* same \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* blood \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w fellow|strong="H1121"\w* countrymen, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w just|strong="H6258"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H6258"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, still \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* found \w it|strong="H3533"\w* necessary \w to|strong="H3027"\w* subject \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w slavery|strong="H5650"\w*. \w Some|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w been|strong="H3426"\w* subjected \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w slavery|strong="H5650"\w*, \w while|strong="H2009"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* powerless \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w help|strong="H1323"\w*, \w since|strong="H2009"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3027"\w* other \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
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\v 6  \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w outcry|strong="H2201"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w complaints|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 7  \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w considered|strong="H3820"\w* these \w things|strong="H1419"\w* carefully \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w then|strong="H5414"\w* registered \w a|strong="H3068"\w* complaint \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wealthy|strong="H2715"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w officials|strong="H5461"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Each|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* seizing \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w collateral|strong="H4855"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* own countrymen!” \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* called \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* public \w assembly|strong="H6952"\w*.  
\v 8  \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*, “\w To|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* extent possible \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* back \w our|strong="H7069"\w* fellow \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H4672"\w* \w had|strong="H3064"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* yourselves \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* own countrymen, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w then|strong="H1571"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w* back!” \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* utterly \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*, \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w could|strong="H1571"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 9  \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* wrong! \w Should|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1697"\w* yourselves \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w our|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* avoid \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w our|strong="H6213"\w* enemies?  
\v 10  \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w my|strong="H5800"\w* relatives \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w my|strong="H5800"\w* associates \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w lending|strong="H5383"\w* \w them|strong="H5800"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*. \w But|strong="H5800"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* practice \w of|strong="H5288"\w* seizing \w collateral|strong="H4855"\w*!  
\v 11  \w This|strong="H7725"\w* very \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, along \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* interest \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w exacting|strong="H5383"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*.”   
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\v 12  \w They|strong="H1992"\w* replied, “\w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w demand|strong="H1697"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* wealthy \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* officials \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H3548"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w*.  
\v 13  \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w shook|strong="H5287"\w* \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w garment|strong="H2684"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w shake|strong="H5287"\w* \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w property|strong="H3018"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* person \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w carry|strong="H6213"\w* \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*. \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w shaken|strong="H5287"\w* \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w emptied|strong="H7386"\w*!” \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* replied, “\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*!” \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \sc  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\sc*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 14  \w From|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6680"\w* \w governor|strong="H6346"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w*, \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w thirty-second|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Artaxerxes – \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* – \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* relatives ate \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w governor|strong="H6346"\w*.  
\v 15  \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w preceded|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* burdened \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w addition|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* forty \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3947"\w* associates \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w domineering|strong="H7980"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w behave|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w*, \w due|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\v 16  \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w gave|strong="H2388"\w* \w myself|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w purchasing|strong="H7069"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* associates \w were|strong="H5288"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.   
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\v 17  \w There|strong="H4480"\w* \w were|strong="H1471"\w* 150 \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w officials|strong="H5461"\w* \w who|strong="H1471"\w* dined \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* routinely, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w addition|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H1471"\w* came \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 18  \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w ox|strong="H7794"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w select|strong="H1305"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w birds|strong="H6833"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7235"\w*. \w Despite|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w require|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H6346"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* demanding \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 19  \w Please|strong="H2896"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* God, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
\c 6  
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\v 1  \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w*, \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*, \w Geshem|strong="H1654"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Arab|strong="H6163"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w our|strong="H8085"\w* enemies \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w breach|strong="H6556"\w* \w remained|strong="H3498"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* (\w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w positioned|strong="H5975"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*),  
\v 2  \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w Geshem|strong="H1654"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* word \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* saying, “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H7971"\w*! \w Let|strong="H7971"\w*’s \w set|strong="H7971"\w* \w up|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3259"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w meet|strong="H3259"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w at|strong="H6213"\w* Kephirim \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w plain|strong="H1237"\w* \w of|strong="H1237"\w* Ono.” \w Now|strong="H3212"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w intended|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 3  \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* saying, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w engaged|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* halt \w when|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w leave|strong="H7503"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*?”  
\v 4  \w They|strong="H1697"\w* contacted \w me|strong="H7971"\w* four \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* responded \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w each|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w*.   
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\v 5  \w The|strong="H7971"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* assistant \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w*, \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* \w an|strong="H7971"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* letter \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 6  \w Written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* following \w words|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\p “\w Among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* rumored (\w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Geshem|strong="H1654"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* substantiated \w this|strong="H3651"\w*) \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* intentions \w of|strong="H4428"\w* revolting, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w reason|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. Furthermore, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* rumors \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* going \w to|strong="H5921"\w* become \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 7  \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w established|strong="H5975"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w announce|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w behalf|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*!’ \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w going|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w rumors|strong="H6258"\w*. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w*! \w Let|strong="H6258"\w*’s \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
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\v 8  \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* back \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w engaged|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w these|strong="H7971"\w* \w activities|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* describing. \w All|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* figment \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w imagination|strong="H3820"\w*.”   
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\v 9  \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w wanting|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* scare \w us|strong="H6213"\w*, supposing, “\w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w grow|strong="H2388"\w* \w slack|strong="H7503"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* won’t \w get|strong="H3027"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.”  
\p \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*!   
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\v 10  \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Delaiah|strong="H1806"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mehetabel|strong="H4105"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w confined|strong="H6113"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said, “Let’s \w set|strong="H3259"\w* \w up|strong="H5462"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3259"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w meet|strong="H3259"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* God, \w within|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. Let’s \w close|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* coming \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* come \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 11  \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* replied, “\w Should|strong="H4310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* run \w away|strong="H1272"\w*? \w Would|strong="H4310"\w* \w someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w flee|strong="H1272"\w* \w to|strong="H1272"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* order \w to|strong="H1272"\w* save \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w life|strong="H2425"\w*? \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* go!”  
\v 12  \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w recognized|strong="H5234"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fact \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophecy|strong="H5016"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* agent \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w*.  
\v 13  \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* scare \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* thereby \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w thus|strong="H3651"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2778"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w discredited|strong="H2778"\w*.   
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\v 14  \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* God, \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* \w and|strong="H3372"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w in|strong="H1961"\w* light \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w these|strong="H2142"\w* \w actions|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* theirs – \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w Noadiah|strong="H5129"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w prophetess|strong="H5031"\w* \w and|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* other \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* trying \w to|strong="H1961"\w* scare \w me|strong="H3372"\w*!   
\s1 The Rebuilding of the Wall Is Finally Completed  
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\v 15  So \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w completed|strong="H7999"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w twenty-fifth|strong="H6242"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Elul, \w in|strong="H3117"\w* just \w fifty-two|strong="H2572"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 16  \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w disheartened|strong="H5869"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w accomplished|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w help|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God.   
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\v 17  \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* aristocrats \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w repeatedly|strong="H7235"\w* \w sent|strong="H1980"\w* letters \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* responses \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w repeatedly|strong="H7235"\w* \w coming|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\v 18  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w sworn|strong="H7621"\w* allegiance \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son-in-law|strong="H2860"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shecaniah|strong="H7935"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Arah. \w His|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3076"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Berechiah|strong="H1296"\w*.  
\v 19  \w They|strong="H1697"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w telling|strong="H1571"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w deeds|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* taking \w back|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*, \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* other hand, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* letters \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* scare \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\c 7  
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\v 1  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w I|strong="H7891"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w positioned|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w*, \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*, \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w*,  
\v 2  \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H3588"\w* \w put|strong="H6680"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* brother \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w citadel|strong="H1002"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* faithful man \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* God \w more|strong="H7227"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 3  \w I|strong="H5704"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, “\w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* early morning, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w guard|strong="H4929"\w* close \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* lock \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w Position|strong="H5975"\w* \w residents|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w guards|strong="H4931"\w*, \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w guard|strong="H4929"\w* stations \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w near|strong="H5048"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w homes|strong="H1004"\w*.”  
\v 4  \w Now|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* spread \w out|strong="H8432"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w there|strong="H8432"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H8432"\w*. \w At|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* time \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H4592"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w*.  
\v 5  \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w placed|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5461"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w officials|strong="H5461"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* ordinary \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w could|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w enrolled|strong="H3187"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* basis \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w genealogy|strong="H3187"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w genealogical|strong="H3187"\w* \w records|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* those \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w formerly|strong="H7223"\w* \w returned|strong="H5927"\w*. \w Here|strong="H4672"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w what|strong="H5927"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w record|strong="H3789"\w*:   
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\v 6  \w These|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w province|strong="H4082"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w exiles|strong="H1473"\w*, whom \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H4428"\w* forced \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*. \w They|strong="H1540"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w each|strong="H4082"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* own \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 7  \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Zerubbabel|strong="H2216"\w*, \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w*, \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w Raamiah|strong="H7485"\w*, \w Nahamani|strong="H5167"\w*, \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, \w Bilshan|strong="H1114"\w*, \w Mispereth|strong="H4559"\w*, Bigvai, \w Nehum|strong="H5149"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w*.  
\p \w The|strong="H5973"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H4557"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H5971"\w* follows:   
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\v 8  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Parosh|strong="H6551"\w*, 2,172;   
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\v 9  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w*, 372;   
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\v 10  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Arah, 652;   
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\v 11  \w the|strong="H3097"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pahath-Moab|strong="H6355"\w* (\w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3097"\w* line \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*), 2,818;   
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\v 12  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, 1,254;   
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\v 13  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zattu|strong="H2240"\w*, 845;   
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\v 14  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zaccai|strong="H2140"\w*, 760;   
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\v 15  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Binnui|strong="H1131"\w*, 648;   
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\v 16  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bebai, 628;   
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\v 17  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azgad|strong="H5803"\w*, 2,322;   
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\v 18  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Adonikam, 667;   
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\v 19  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bigvai, 2,067;   
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\v 20  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adin|strong="H5720"\w*, 655;   
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\v 21  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ater (through \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*), 98;   
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\v 22  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hashum|strong="H2828"\w*, 328;   
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\v 23  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bezai|strong="H1209"\w*, 324;   
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\v 24  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Harif, 112;   
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\v 25  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, 95;   
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\v 26  \w The|strong="H3967"\w* men \w of|strong="H3967"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Netophah|strong="H5199"\w*, 188;   
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\v 27  \w the|strong="H3967"\w* men \w of|strong="H3967"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, 128;   
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\v 28  \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* family \w of|strong="H8147"\w* Azmaveth, 42;   
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\v 29  \w the|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H7651"\w* \w of|strong="H3967"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim, \w Kephirah|strong="H3716"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* Beeroth, 743;   
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\v 30  \w the|strong="H3967"\w* men \w of|strong="H1387"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w*, 621;   
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\v 31  \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w Micmash|strong="H4363"\w*, 122;   
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\v 32  \w the|strong="H1008"\w* men \w of|strong="H3967"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*, 123;   
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\v 33  \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w*, 52;   
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\v 34  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* other \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, 1,254;   
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\v 35  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*, 320;   
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\v 36  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, 345;   
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\v 37  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Lod|strong="H3850"\w*, \w Hadid|strong="H2307"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* Ono, 721;   
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\v 38  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Senaah|strong="H5570"\w*, 3,930.   
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\v 39  \w The|strong="H3548"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*:  
\p \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w* (through \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*), 973;   
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\v 40  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Immer, 1,052;   
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\v 41  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*, 1,247;   
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\v 42  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*, 1,017.   
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\v 43  \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*:  
\p \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w* (through \w Kadmiel|strong="H6934"\w*, through \w the|strong="H1121"\w* line \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hodaviah|strong="H1937"\w*), 74.   
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\v 44  \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*:  
\p \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asaph, 148.   
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\v 45  \w The|strong="H7967"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w*:  
\p \w the|strong="H7967"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, \w the|strong="H7967"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ater, \w the|strong="H7967"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Talmon|strong="H2929"\w*, \w the|strong="H7967"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Akkub|strong="H6126"\w*, \w the|strong="H7967"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hatita|strong="H2410"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H7967"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shobai|strong="H7630"\w*, 138.   
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\v 46  \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w temple|strong="H5411"\w* \w servants|strong="H5411"\w*:  
\p \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ziha|strong="H6727"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hasupha|strong="H2817"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tabbaoth|strong="H2884"\w*,  
\v 47  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Keros|strong="H7026"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sia|strong="H5517"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Padon|strong="H6303"\w*,  
\v 48  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Lebanah|strong="H3838"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hagabah|strong="H2286"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shalmai|strong="H8014"\w*,  
\v 49  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Giddel|strong="H1435"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gahar|strong="H1515"\w*,  
\v 50  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reaiah|strong="H7211"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nekoda|strong="H5353"\w*,  
\v 51  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gazzam|strong="H1502"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Paseah|strong="H6454"\w*,  
\v 52  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Besai|strong="H1153"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meunim|strong="H4586"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Nephussim,  
\v 53  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bakbuk|strong="H1227"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hakupha|strong="H2709"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harhur|strong="H2744"\w*,  
\v 54  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bazluth|strong="H1213"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mehida|strong="H4240"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harsha|strong="H2797"\w*,  
\v 55  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Barkos|strong="H1302"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Temah|strong="H8547"\w*,  
\v 56  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Neziah|strong="H5335"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hatipha|strong="H2412"\w*.   
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\v 57  \w The|strong="H5650"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*:  
\p \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sotai|strong="H5479"\w*, \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sophereth|strong="H5618"\w*, \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Perida|strong="H6514"\w*,  
\v 58  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jaala|strong="H3279"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Darkon|strong="H1874"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Giddel|strong="H1435"\w*,  
\v 59  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hattil|strong="H2411"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pokereth-Hazzebaim|strong="H6380"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amon.   
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\v 60  \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H5411"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, 392.   
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\v 61  \w These|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w ones|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, \w Kerub|strong="H3743"\w*, Addon, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* Immer (\w although|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w certify|strong="H5046"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* connection \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* ancestry, \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* whether \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w really|strong="H1992"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*):   
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\v 62  \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Delaiah|strong="H1806"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nekoda|strong="H5353"\w*, 642.   
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\v 63  \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w among|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*: \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hobaiah|strong="H2252"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hakkoz|strong="H6976"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* (\w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H3548"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H1323"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*).  
\v 64  \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w searched|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H1245"\w* \w their|strong="H1245"\w* records \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w genealogical|strong="H3187"\w* materials, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H4672"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H4672"\w* therefore excluded \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w priesthood|strong="H3550"\w*.  
\v 65  \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w governor|strong="H8660"\w* instructed \w them|strong="H5975"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* eat \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w sacred|strong="H6944"\w* food \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* could consult \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Urim \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w Thummim|strong="H8550"\w*.   
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\v 66  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* group \w numbered|strong="H3967"\w* 42,360,  
\v 67  not counting their 7,337 \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* female \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. They also \w had|strong="H7891"\w* 245 \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* female \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*.  
\v 68  They \w had|strong="H1581"\w* 736 horses, 245 mules,  
\v 69  435 camels, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 6,720 donkeys.  
\v 70  Some \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* family \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w contributed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* governor \w contributed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* treasury 1,000 \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w drachmas|strong="H1871"\w*, 50 bowls, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 530 priestly garments.  
\v 71  \w Some|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H7611"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* family leaders \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* project treasury 20,000 \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w drachmas|strong="H1871"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* 2,200 \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w minas|strong="H4488"\w*.  
\v 72  What \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* gave amounted \w to|strong="H3478"\w* 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver minas, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* 67 \w priestly|strong="H3548"\w* garments.   
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\v 73  The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities.  
\s1 The People Respond to the Reading of the Law  
\p When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were settled in their cities,   
\c 8  
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\v 1  \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3478"\w* \w together|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plaza|strong="H7339"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Water|strong="H4325"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* asked \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* bring \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 2  \w So|strong="H8085"\w* \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w brought|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w which|strong="H3548"\w* \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* women \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*. (\w This|strong="H6440"\w* happened \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*.)  
\v 3  \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plaza|strong="H7339"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Water|strong="H4325"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* dawn \w till|strong="H5704"\w* \w noon|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* women \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* children \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w could|strong="H5971"\w* understand. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* eager \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w hear|strong="H5612"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.   
\p
\v 4  \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* towering \w wooden|strong="H6086"\w* \w platform|strong="H4026"\w* \w constructed|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w purpose|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w Mattithiah|strong="H4993"\w*, \w Shema|strong="H8087"\w*, \w Anaiah|strong="H6043"\w*, Uriah, \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* Masseiah. \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w*, \w Mishael|strong="H4332"\w*, \w Malkijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w Hashum|strong="H2828"\w*, \w Hashbaddanah|strong="H2806"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* plain \w view|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* elevated \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 6  \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* “Amen! Amen!” \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5971"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* faces \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground.   
\p
\v 7  \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, \w Jamin|strong="H3226"\w*, \w Akkub|strong="H6126"\w*, \w Shabbethai|strong="H7678"\w*, \w Hodiah|strong="H1941"\w*, \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Kelita|strong="H7042"\w*, \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w Pelaiah|strong="H6411"\w* – \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H8451"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* – \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w teaching|strong="H8451"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w as|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* remained \w standing|strong="H5977"\w*.  
\v 8  \w They|strong="H7121"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H8451"\w* God’s \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w explaining|strong="H6567"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H8451"\w* imparting \w insight|strong="H7922"\w*. Thus \w the|strong="H7760"\w* people gained \w understanding|strong="H7922"\w* \w from|strong="H7760"\w* what was \w read|strong="H7121"\w*.   
\p
\v 9  \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H8660"\w*, \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priestly|strong="H3548"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* imparting \w understanding|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w*, “\w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w mourn|strong="H1058"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*.” \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.  
\v 10  \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w delicacies|strong="H4924"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w sweet|strong="H4477"\w* \w drinks|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w portions|strong="H4490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* nothing \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w grieve|strong="H6087"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w joy|strong="H2304"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w strength|strong="H4581"\w*.”   
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\v 11  \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w quieted|strong="H2013"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* saying, “\w Be|strong="H3117"\w* \w quiet|strong="H2013"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w grieve|strong="H6087"\w*.”  
\v 12  \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* eat \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w share|strong="H4490"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w food|strong="H4490"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w others|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* enjoy tremendous \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* gained insight \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 13  \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* month \w the|strong="H3605"\w* family \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* met \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w together|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w consider|strong="H7919"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.  
\v 14  \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w discovered|strong="H4672"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w temporary|strong="H5521"\w* \w shelters|strong="H5521"\w* during \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*,  
\v 15  \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclamation|strong="H6963"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* disseminate \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w message|strong="H3389"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: “\w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w back|strong="H3318"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w branches|strong="H5929"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w branches|strong="H5929"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w wild|strong="H6213"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w myrtle|strong="H1918"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w date|strong="H8558"\w* \w palms|strong="H8558"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w leafy|strong="H5687"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w construct|strong="H6213"\w* \w temporary|strong="H5521"\w* \w shelters|strong="H5521"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w*.”   
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\v 16  \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w back|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w constructed|strong="H6213"\w* \w temporary|strong="H5521"\w* \w shelters|strong="H5521"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*, \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w courtyards|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* God \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w plaza|strong="H7339"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Water|strong="H4325"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w plaza|strong="H7339"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Ephraim \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 17  \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* exile \w constructed|strong="H6213"\w* \w temporary|strong="H5521"\w* \w shelters|strong="H5521"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Joshua \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* experienced \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*.  
\v 18  \w Ezra|strong="H7121"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* God \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* last. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w observed|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w held|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w required|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\c 9  
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\v 1  \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w twenty-fourth|strong="H6242"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w assembled|strong="H3478"\w*; \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w fasting|strong="H6685"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* wearing \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w their|strong="H5921"\w* heads covered \w with|strong="H5921"\w* dust.  
\v 2  \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* truly \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w descent|strong="H2233"\w* separated \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1121"\w*, \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w confessing|strong="H3034"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors.  
\v 3  \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w one-fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H5977"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* another \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w confessing|strong="H3034"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* sins \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H7812"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* – \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w Binnui|strong="H1137"\w*, \w Kadmiel|strong="H6934"\w*, \w Shebaniah|strong="H7645"\w*, \w Bunni|strong="H1138"\w*, \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* Kenani – \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* steps \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w called|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 5  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* – \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w Kadmiel|strong="H6934"\w*, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, \w Hashabneiah|strong="H2813"\w*, \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, \w Hodiah|strong="H1941"\w*, \w Shebaniah|strong="H7645"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w Pethahiah|strong="H6611"\w* – said, “\w Stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!”  
\p “\w May|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* age \w to|strong="H5704"\w* age. \w May|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*; \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w lifted|strong="H7311"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w*.  
\v 6  \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w alone|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w highest|strong="H8064"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* multitude \w of|strong="H3068"\w* stars, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seas|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* impart \w life|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* multitudes \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 7 “\w You|strong="H7760"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* chose Abram \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H7760"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Ur \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*. \w You|strong="H7760"\w* changed \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Abraham.  
\v 8  \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* perceived \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* faithful \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w established|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Amorites, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Girgashites|strong="H1622"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*.   
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\v 9 “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* ancestors \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\v 10  \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* awesome signs \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* land, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Egyptians \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w acted|strong="H6213"\w* \w presumptuously|strong="H2102"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 11  \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w split|strong="H1234"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w dry|strong="H3004"\w* \w ground|strong="H3004"\w*! \w But|strong="H4325"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w pursuers|strong="H7291"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w depths|strong="H4688"\w*, \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w into|strong="H8432"\w* surging \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 12  \w You|strong="H3915"\w* \w guided|strong="H5148"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* fire \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* illumine \w for|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* travel.   
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\v 13 “\w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Sinai|strong="H5514"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w provided|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w just|strong="H4941"\w* \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, true \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*.  
\v 14  \w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*; \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w issued|strong="H6680"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 15  \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w provided|strong="H5414"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w time|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w time|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* told \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* enter \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w sworn|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 16 “\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* – \w our|strong="H8085"\w* ancestors – behaved \w presumptuously|strong="H2102"\w*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* rebelled \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*.  
\v 17  \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w recall|strong="H2142"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w miracles|strong="H6381"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4805"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w bondage|strong="H5659"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* Egypt. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w forgiveness|strong="H5547"\w*, \w merciful|strong="H7349"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w compassionate|strong="H7349"\w*, slow \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* angry \w and|strong="H7725"\w* unfailing \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w loyal|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\v 18  \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cast|strong="H5927"\w* \w image|strong="H4541"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* said, ‘\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* God \w who|strong="H2088"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,’ \w or|strong="H1419"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w atrocious|strong="H5007"\w* \w blasphemies|strong="H5007"\w*.   
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\v 19 “\w Due|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7356"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w guiding|strong="H5148"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* fire \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* illuminating \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H4057"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* should travel.  
\v 20  \w You|strong="H5414"\w* imparted \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w instruct|strong="H7919"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w withhold|strong="H4513"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w manna|strong="H4478"\w* \w from|strong="H7307"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w*; \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w provided|strong="H5414"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*.  
\v 21  \w For|strong="H7272"\w* forty \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w sustained|strong="H3557"\w* \w them|strong="H1086"\w*. \w Even|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w lacked|strong="H2637"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3808"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wear|strong="H1086"\w* \w out|strong="H1086"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w swell|strong="H1216"\w*.   
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\v 22 “\w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* allocated \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w every|strong="H5414"\w* \w corner|strong="H6285"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w inherited|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.  
\v 23  \w You|strong="H7235"\w* \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* \w their|strong="H3423"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. \w You|strong="H7235"\w* brought \w them|strong="H3423"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w you|strong="H7235"\w* \w had|strong="H7235"\w* told \w their|strong="H3423"\w* ancestors \w to|strong="H1121"\w* enter \w in|strong="H1121"\w* order \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w*.  
\v 24  \w Their|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* entered \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w together|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w pleased|strong="H7522"\w*.  
\v 25  \w They|strong="H3920"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w fortified|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w fertile|strong="H8082"\w* land. \w They|strong="H3920"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w possession|strong="H3423"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* sorts \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w good|strong="H2898"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* – wells previously dug, \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w fruit|strong="H3978"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*. \w They|strong="H3920"\w* ate \w until|strong="H6086"\w* \w they|strong="H3920"\w* \w were|strong="H1419"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w grew|strong="H8080"\w* \w fat|strong="H8080"\w*. \w They|strong="H3920"\w* enjoyed \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w*.   
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\v 26 “Nonetheless \w they|strong="H6213"\w* grew \w disobedient|strong="H4784"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H4784"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*; \w they|strong="H6213"\w* disregarded \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*. \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w had|strong="H5030"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H5749"\w* \w admonished|strong="H5749"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* order \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*. \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w atrocious|strong="H5007"\w* \w blasphemies|strong="H5007"\w*.  
\v 27  Therefore \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*, \w who|strong="H7227"\w* oppressed \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w* \w they|strong="H6256"\w* \w called|strong="H6817"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. \w In|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w abundant|strong="H7227"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7356"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w provided|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w deliverers|strong="H3467"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*.   
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\v 28 “\w Then|strong="H6213"\w*, \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w they|strong="H6256"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w they|strong="H6256"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H6256"\w* gained \w dominion|strong="H7287"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. \w When|strong="H6256"\w* \w they|strong="H6256"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7356"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w rescued|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 29  \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H5749"\w* \w admonished|strong="H5749"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w order|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w behaved|strong="H6213"\w* \w presumptuously|strong="H2102"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w* – \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* individual, \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w obeys|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* boldly \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H5637"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 30  \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w prolonged|strong="H4900"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* kindness \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H5749"\w* \w admonished|strong="H5749"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w Still|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w attention|strong="H5921"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* neighboring \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 31  \w However|strong="H3588"\w*, due \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w abundant|strong="H7227"\w* \w mercy|strong="H7356"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w away|strong="H3617"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3617"\w*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w merciful|strong="H7349"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w compassionate|strong="H7349"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 32 “\w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God – \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, \w powerful|strong="H1368"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w awesome|strong="H3372"\w* God, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w keeps|strong="H8104"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w fidelity|strong="H2617"\w* – \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w regard|strong="H8104"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w inconsequential|strong="H4591"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hardship|strong="H8513"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w befallen|strong="H4672"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* – \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w*, \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w our|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* – \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*!  
\v 33  \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6662"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w regard|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w happened|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w acted|strong="H6213"\w* faithfully. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H6662"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wrong!  
\v 34  \w Our|strong="H6213"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w our|strong="H6213"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w*, \w our|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H6213"\w* ancestors \w have|strong="H3548"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3548"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w paid|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w which|strong="H3548"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3548"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H5749"\w* \w admonished|strong="H5749"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 35  \w Even|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* benefiting \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* incredible \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w lavished|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H7451"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w spacious|strong="H7342"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w fertile|strong="H8082"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w practices|strong="H4611"\w*.   
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\v 36 “\w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*! \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* very land \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors \w to|strong="H5921"\w* eat \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* enjoy \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w good|strong="H2898"\w* \w things|strong="H2898"\w* – \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*!  
\v 37  \w Its|strong="H5414"\w* \w abundant|strong="H7235"\w* \w produce|strong="H8393"\w* goes \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w placed|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w due|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w bodies|strong="H1472"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* livestock \w as|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* see fit, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*!   
\s1 The People Pledge to be Faithful  
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\v 38  “Because of all of this \w we|strong="H3068"\w* are entering into \w a|strong="H3068"\w* binding covenant in written form; our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names on the sealed document.”   
\c 10  
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\v 1  \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* documents \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* following names:  
\p Nehemiah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w*, son \w of|strong="H8269"\w* Hacaliah, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* Zedekiah,   
\p
\v 2  Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,   
\p
\v 3  Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah,   
\p
\v 4  Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,   
\p
\v 5  Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,   
\p
\v 6  Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,   
\p
\v 7  Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,   
\p
\v 8  Maaziah, Bilgai, \w and|strong="H4918"\w* Shemaiah. These were \w the|strong="H4918"\w* priests.   
\p
\v 9  \w The|strong="H3548"\w* Levites were as follows:  
\p Jeshua son \w of|strong="H3548"\w* Azaniah, Binnui \w of|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* sons \w of|strong="H3548"\w* Henadad, Kadmiel.   
\p
\v 10  \w Their|strong="H3881"\w* colleagues \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* follows:  
\p Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,   
\p
\v 11  Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,   
\p
\v 12  Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,   
\p
\v 13  Hodiah, Bani, \w and|strong="H2139"\w* Beninu.   
\p
\v 14  \w The|strong="H1137"\w* leaders of \w the|strong="H1137"\w* people were as follows:  
\p Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*,   
\p
\v 15  Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,   
\p
\v 16  Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,   
\p
\v 17  Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,   
\p
\v 18  Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,   
\p
\v 19  Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,   
\p
\v 20  Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,   
\p
\v 21  Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,   
\p
\v 22  Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,   
\p
\v 23  Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,   
\p
\v 24  Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,   
\p
\v 25  Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,   
\p
\v 26  Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,   
\p
\v 27  Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.   
\p
\v 28 “Now \w the|strong="H1196"\w* rest of \w the|strong="H1196"\w* people – \w the|strong="H1196"\w* priests, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* Levites, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* gatekeepers, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* singers, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* temple attendants, \w and|strong="H4409"\w* all those who have separated themselves from \w the|strong="H1196"\w* neighboring peoples because of \w the|strong="H1196"\w* law of God, along with their wives, their sons, \w and|strong="H4409"\w* their daughters, all of whom are able to understand –  
\v 29  hereby participate \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* colleagues \w the|strong="H3605"\w* town \w leaders|strong="H7891"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* enter \w into|strong="H1323"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* curse \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w an|strong="H5971"\w* oath \w to|strong="H1121"\w* adhere \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* God \w which|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* given \w through|strong="H3605"\w* Moses \w the|strong="H3605"\w* servant \w of|strong="H1121"\w* God, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w obey|strong="H3045"\w* \w carefully|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* commandments \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* Lord, along \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* ordinances \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* statutes.   
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\v 30 “\w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* daughters \w in|strong="H5921"\w* marriage \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* neighboring peoples, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w take|strong="H2388"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* daughters \w in|strong="H5921"\w* marriage \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* sons.  
\v 31  We \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w buy|strong="H3947"\w* \w on|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Sabbath \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w on|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* holy day \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* neighboring \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* wares \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* kinds \w of|strong="H1121"\w* grain \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w sell|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Sabbath day. We \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* fields \w lie|strong="H5414"\w* fallow \w every|strong="H3947"\w* seventh \w year|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* cancel \w every|strong="H3947"\w* loan.  
\v 32  \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* responsibility \w for|strong="H3027"\w* fulfilling \w the|strong="H3605"\w* commands \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w give|strong="H3947"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* third \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* shekel \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\v 33  \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* loaves \w of|strong="H1004"\w* presentation \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w regular|strong="H5656"\w* grain offerings \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w regular|strong="H5656"\w* burnt offerings, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Sabbaths, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* new moons, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* meetings, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* holy offerings, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sin offerings \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* atonement \w for|strong="H5921"\w* Israel, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 34 “\w We|strong="H3605"\w* – \w the|strong="H3605"\w* priests, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Levites, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people – \w have|strong="H3478"\w* cast lots \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wood \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* bring \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* designated \w times|strong="H4150"\w* year \w by|strong="H5921"\w* year \w to|strong="H3478"\w* burn \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* altar \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God, \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* written \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* law.  
\v 35  We \w also|strong="H3068"\w* accept \w responsibility|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* bringing \w the|strong="H5921"\w* first fruits \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H1486"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* first fruits \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w every|strong="H3068"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6086"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 36  \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* accept responsibility, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* written \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* law, \w for|strong="H3068"\w* bringing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* firstborn \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* sons \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* cattle \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* firstborn \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* herds \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* flocks \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* priests \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* ministering \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 37  We \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* bring \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w first|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* our coarse meal, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* our contributions, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* fruit \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w every|strong="H1121"\w* tree, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* new wine, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* olive oil \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* storerooms \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* our God, along \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tenth \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* produce \w of|strong="H1121"\w* our land \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w Levites|strong="H1121"\w*, \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w Levites|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* collect \w the|strong="H3548"\w* tithes \w in|strong="H1004"\w* all \w the|strong="H3548"\w* cities \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* work.  
\v 38  \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Aaron’s line \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H6086"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w when|strong="H5656"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* collect \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w bring|strong="H3881"\w* \w up|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tenth|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God, \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* storerooms \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasury|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 39  \w The|strong="H5927"\w* Israelites \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* contribution \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* grain, \w the|strong="H5927"\w* new wine, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* olive oil \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* storerooms \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* utensils \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H1004"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w kept|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* minister stay, \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* gatekeepers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* singers. We \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* neglect \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* God.”   
\c 11  
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\v 1  \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w settled|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w while|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w rest|strong="H7605"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w bring|strong="H5307"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w every|strong="H3427"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w settle|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w while|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w other|strong="H7605"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w other|strong="H7605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 2  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* gave \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w volunteered|strong="H5068"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w settle|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 3  \w These|strong="H3881"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* provincial \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w settled|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. (\w While|strong="H3427"\w* other \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w temple|strong="H5411"\w* \w attendants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w settled|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w each|strong="H4082"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w own|strong="H3548"\w* property \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3427"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\v 4  some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w settled|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.)  
\p \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*:  
\p \w Athaiah|strong="H6265"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amariah, \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w*, \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahalalel|strong="H4111"\w*, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Perez|strong="H6557"\w*;  
\v 5  \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, \w the|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Col-Hozeh|strong="H3626"\w*, \w the|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazaiah|strong="H2382"\w*, \w the|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w*, \w the|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joiarib|strong="H3114"\w*, \w the|strong="H1263"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1263"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Shelah.  
\v 6  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* sum \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Perez|strong="H6557"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* settling \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* 468 \w exceptional|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 7  These \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3470"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*:  
\p \w Sallu|strong="H5543"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w the|strong="H3470"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joed|strong="H3133"\w*, \w the|strong="H3470"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w*, \w the|strong="H3470"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kolaiah|strong="H6964"\w*, \w the|strong="H3470"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w the|strong="H3470"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ithiel, \w the|strong="H3470"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeshaiah|strong="H3470"\w*,  
\v 8  \w and|strong="H3967"\w* his followers, \w Gabbai|strong="H1373"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Sallai|strong="H5543"\w* – 928 \w in|strong="H3967"\w* all.  
\v 9  \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zicri|strong="H2147"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w officer|strong="H6496"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hassenuah|strong="H5574"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w second-in-command|strong="H4932"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 10  \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*:  
\p \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joiarib|strong="H3114"\w*, \w Jakin|strong="H3199"\w*,  
\v 11  \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meraioth|strong="H4812"\w*, \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahitub, \w supervisor|strong="H5057"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* God,  
\v 12  \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* colleagues \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* carrying \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* – 822; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroham|strong="H3395"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pelaliah|strong="H6421"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amzi, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Malkijah|strong="H4441"\w*,  
\v 13  \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w his|strong="H8147"\w* colleagues \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w families|strong="H1121"\w* – 242; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Amashsai|strong="H6023"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azarel|strong="H5832"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahzai, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshillemoth|strong="H4919"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Immer,  
\v 14  \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* colleagues \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w exceptional|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* – 128. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w officer|strong="H6496"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zabdiel|strong="H2068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Haggedolim.   
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\v 15  \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*:  
\p \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hasshub|strong="H2815"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azrikam|strong="H5840"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bunni|strong="H1138"\w*;  
\v 16  \w Shabbethai|strong="H7678"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* external \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* God;  
\v 17  \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Mica, \w the|strong="H3034"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zabdi|strong="H2067"\w*, \w the|strong="H3034"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asaph, \w the|strong="H3034"\w* \w praise|strong="H3034"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* led \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w thanksgiving|strong="H3034"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*; \w Bakbukiah|strong="H1229"\w*, \w second|strong="H4932"\w* \w among|strong="H7218"\w* \w his|strong="H4318"\w* colleagues; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abda|strong="H5653"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shammua|strong="H8051"\w*, \w the|strong="H3034"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Galal|strong="H1559"\w*, \w the|strong="H3034"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w*.  
\v 18  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* sum \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* 284.   
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\v 19  \w And|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w*:  
\p \w Akkub|strong="H6126"\w*, \w Talmon|strong="H2929"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w their|strong="H8104"\w* colleagues \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w were|strong="H8147"\w* \w guarding|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* – 172.   
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\v 20  \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H7605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H3548"\w* \w property|strong="H5159"\w*.   
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\v 21  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H5411"\w* attendants \w were|strong="H3427"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ophel|strong="H6077"\w*, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ziha|strong="H6727"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gishpa|strong="H1658"\w* \w were|strong="H3427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 22  \w The|strong="H5048"\w* \w overseer|strong="H6496"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5048"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w Uzzi|strong="H5813"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, \w the|strong="H5048"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, \w the|strong="H5048"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w the|strong="H5048"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mica|strong="H4316"\w*. \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asaph’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5048"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* \w responsible|strong="H5048"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5048"\w* \w service|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5048"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* God.  
\v 23  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w orders|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* determined \w their|strong="H5921"\w* activity \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 24  \w Pethahiah|strong="H6611"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshezabel|strong="H4898"\w*, \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w an|strong="H3063"\w* adviser \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* pertaining \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 25  \w As|strong="H3427"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w settlements|strong="H2691"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3427"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w settled|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Kiriath Arba \w and|strong="H1121"\w* its neighboring \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* its \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jekabzeel|strong="H3343"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* its \w settlements|strong="H2691"\w*,  
\v 26  in \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, in \w Moladah|strong="H4137"\w*, in Beth Pelet,  
\v 27  \w in|strong="H1323"\w* Hazar Shual, \w in|strong="H1323"\w* Beer Sheba \w and|strong="H1323"\w* its \w villages|strong="H1323"\w*,  
\v 28  \w in|strong="H1323"\w* \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, \w in|strong="H1323"\w* \w Meconah|strong="H4368"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* its \w villages|strong="H1323"\w*,  
\v 29  in En Rimmon, in \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, in \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w*,  
\v 30  \w Zanoah|strong="H2182"\w*, \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w their|strong="H5704"\w* \w settlements|strong="H2691"\w*, \w in|strong="H2583"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w its|strong="H1516"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w in|strong="H2583"\w* \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w its|strong="H1516"\w* \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*. \w So|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w were|strong="H1323"\w* \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* Beer Sheba \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*.   
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\v 31  Some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* settled \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w*, \w Micmash|strong="H4363"\w*, \w Aija|strong="H5857"\w*, \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* its \w villages|strong="H1323"\w*,  
\v 32  in \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, \w Nob|strong="H5011"\w*, \w and|strong="H6068"\w* \w Ananiah|strong="H6055"\w*,  
\v 33  in \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, \w and|strong="H7414"\w* \w Gittaim|strong="H1664"\w*,  
\v 34  in \w Hadid|strong="H2307"\w*, \w Zeboim|strong="H6650"\w*, \w and|strong="H2307"\w* \w Neballat|strong="H5041"\w*,  
\v 35  in \w Lod|strong="H3850"\w*, Ono, \w and|strong="H3850"\w* the \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1516"\w* the \w Craftsmen|strong="H2791"\w*.  
\v 36  \w Some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* Judean \w divisions|strong="H4256"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* settled \w in|strong="H3063"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.   
\c 12  
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\v 1  \w These|strong="H3881"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w returned|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Zerubbabel|strong="H2216"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shealtiel|strong="H7597"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*: \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w*, \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w*,  
\v 2  Amariah, \w Malluch|strong="H4409"\w*, \w Hattush|strong="H2407"\w*,  
\v 3  \w Shecaniah|strong="H7935"\w*, \w Rehum|strong="H7348"\w*, \w Meremoth|strong="H4822"\w*,  
\v 4  \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w*, \w Ginnethon|strong="H1599"\w*, Abijah,  
\v 5  \w Mijamin|strong="H4326"\w*, \w Moadiah|strong="H4573"\w*, \w Bilgah|strong="H1083"\w*,  
\v 6  \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w Joiarib|strong="H3114"\w*, \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w*,  
\v 7  \w Sallu|strong="H5543"\w*, \w Amok|strong="H5987"\w*, \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w*. \w These|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3117"\w* colleagues \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*.   
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\v 8  \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*: \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w Binnui|strong="H1131"\w*, \w Kadmiel|strong="H6934"\w*, \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* colleagues \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w songs|strong="H1960"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w thanksgiving|strong="H1960"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Bakbukiah|strong="H1229"\w* \w and|strong="H1229"\w* \w Unni|strong="H6042"\w*, \w their|strong="H5048"\w* colleagues, stood \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w them|strong="H5048"\w* \w in|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H5048"\w* services.   
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\v 10  \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w* \w was|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Joiakim|strong="H3113"\w*, \w Joiakim|strong="H3113"\w* \w was|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* Eliashib, Eliashib \w was|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Joiada|strong="H3111"\w*,  
\v 11  \w Joiada|strong="H3111"\w* \w was|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, \w and|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w was|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jaddua|strong="H3037"\w*.   
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\v 12  \w In|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joiakim|strong="H3113"\w*, \w these|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* families: \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w*, \w Meraiah|strong="H4811"\w*; \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*;  
\v 13  of \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w*, \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*; of Amariah, \w Jehohanan|strong="H3076"\w*;  
\v 14  \w of|strong="H3130"\w* \w Malluch|strong="H4409"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*; \w of|strong="H3130"\w* Shecaniah, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*;  
\v 15  of \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*, \w Adna|strong="H5733"\w*; of Meremoth, \w Helkai|strong="H2517"\w*;  
\v 16  \w of|strong="H2148"\w* \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*; \w of|strong="H2148"\w* \w Ginnethon|strong="H1599"\w*, \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*;  
\v 17  of Abijah, \w Zicri|strong="H2147"\w*; of \w Miniamin|strong="H4509"\w* \w and|strong="H4153"\w* of \w Moadiah|strong="H4153"\w*, \w Piltai|strong="H6408"\w*;  
\v 18  \w of|strong="H8098"\w* \w Bilgah|strong="H1083"\w*, \w Shammua|strong="H8051"\w*; \w of|strong="H8098"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w Jehonathan|strong="H3083"\w*;  
\v 19  of \w Joiarib|strong="H3114"\w*, \w Mattenai|strong="H4982"\w*; of \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w*, \w Uzzi|strong="H5813"\w*;  
\v 20  of \w Sallu|strong="H5543"\w*, \w Kallai|strong="H7040"\w*; of \w Amok|strong="H5987"\w*, \w Eber|strong="H5677"\w*;  
\v 21  of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*; of \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w*, \w Nethanel|strong="H5417"\w*.   
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\v 22  \w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Eliashib, \w Joiada|strong="H3111"\w*, \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jaddua|strong="H3037"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* families \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w recorded|strong="H3789"\w*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4438"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1867"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Persian|strong="H6542"\w*.  
\v 23  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w recorded|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w families|strong="H1121"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eliashib.  
\v 24  \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1984"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1984"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kadmiel|strong="H6934"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5980"\w* colleagues, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* stood \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* offer \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* contingent \w corresponding|strong="H5980"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1984"\w* \w other|strong="H5048"\w*, \w as|strong="H1121"\w* specified \w by|strong="H4687"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H1984"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* God.   
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\v 25  \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w Bakbukiah|strong="H1229"\w*, \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w Talmon|strong="H2929"\w*, \w and|strong="H8104"\w* \w Akkub|strong="H6126"\w* \w were|strong="H7778"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w* \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w were|strong="H7778"\w* \w guarding|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* storerooms \w at|strong="H7778"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 26  \w These|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* served \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joiakim|strong="H3113"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jozadak|strong="H3136"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w governor|strong="H6346"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w priestly|strong="H3548"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*.   
\s1 The Wall of Jerusalem is Dedicated  
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\v 27  \w At|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dedication|strong="H2598"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* \w out|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w from|strong="H3881"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* lived \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dedication|strong="H2598"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H8057"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w thanksgiving|strong="H8426"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* accompanied \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w cymbals|strong="H4700"\w*, \w harps|strong="H3658"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w lyres|strong="H3658"\w*.  
\v 28  \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* assembled \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w district|strong="H3603"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w settlements|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Netophathites|strong="H5200"\w*  
\v 29  \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w from|strong="H3389"\w* \w Beth|strong="H1004"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w from|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w Azmaveth|strong="H5820"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w settlements|strong="H2691"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 30  \w When|strong="H3881"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w had|strong="H3548"\w* \w purified|strong="H2891"\w* \w themselves|strong="H2891"\w*, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w purified|strong="H2891"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.   
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\v 31  \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w choirs|strong="H8426"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w give|strong="H5927"\w* \w thanks|strong="H8426"\w*. \w One|strong="H8147"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* proceed \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w southward|strong="H3225"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Dung \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 32  \w Going|strong="H3212"\w* after them \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w Hoshaiah|strong="H1955"\w*, \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H2677"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*,  
\v 33  \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w*, \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*,  
\v 34  \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*,  
\v 35  some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w with|strong="H3548"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4320"\w*, \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zaccur|strong="H2139"\w*, \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asaph,  
\v 36  \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* colleagues – \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w Azarel|strong="H5832"\w*, \w Milalai|strong="H4450"\w*, \w Gilalai|strong="H1562"\w*, \w Maai|strong="H4597"\w*, \w Nethanel|strong="H5417"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w* – \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w musical|strong="H7892"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* God. (\w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w led|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.)  
\v 37  \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Fountain|strong="H5869"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* continued \w directly|strong="H5048"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ascent|strong="H4608"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w passed|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* continued \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Water|strong="H4325"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*.   
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\v 38  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w choir|strong="H8426"\w* \w was|strong="H2346"\w* proceeding \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w opposite|strong="H4136"\w* direction. \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, past \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ovens|strong="H8574"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Broad|strong="H7342"\w* \w Wall|strong="H2346"\w*,  
\v 39  \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Ephraim \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeshanah|strong="H3466"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w Hananel|strong="H2606"\w*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hundred|strong="H3968"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Guard|strong="H4307"\w*.   
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\v 40  \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w choirs|strong="H8426"\w* \w that|strong="H1004"\w* gave \w thanks|strong="H8426"\w* \w took|strong="H5975"\w* \w their|strong="H5975"\w* stations \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* God. \w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w did|strong="H8147"\w* also, \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w officials|strong="H5461"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w*,  
\v 41  \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* – Eliakim, \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Miniamin|strong="H4509"\w*, \w Micaiah|strong="H4320"\w*, Elioenai, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w with|strong="H3548"\w* \w their|strong="H3548"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w* –  
\v 42  \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w also|strong="H8085"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, Eleazar, \w Uzzi|strong="H5813"\w*, \w Jehohanan|strong="H3076"\w*, \w Malkijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w Ezer|strong="H5829"\w*. \w The|strong="H8085"\w* choirs \w sang|strong="H7891"\w* \w loudly|strong="H3156"\w* under \w the|strong="H8085"\w* direction \w of|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jezrahiah|strong="H3156"\w*.  
\v 43  \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* God \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w given|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H8055"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*. \w The|strong="H8085"\w* women \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*. \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w rejoicing|strong="H8057"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w could|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H7350"\w*.   
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\v 44  \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w men|strong="H6485"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* storerooms \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w contributions|strong="H8641"\w*, \w first|strong="H7225"\w* \w fruits|strong="H7225"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w gather|strong="H3664"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w portions|strong="H4521"\w* prescribed \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H5975"\w* \w delight|strong="H8057"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* ministering.  
\v 45  They \w performed|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w service|strong="H4931"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H8104"\w* God \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w service|strong="H4931"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w purification|strong="H2893"\w*, along \w with|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w*, according \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.  
\v 46  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H3117"\w*, \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* Asaph, \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* been directors \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* God.  
\v 47  \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerubbabel|strong="H2216"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* contributing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w portions|strong="H4521"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* \w need|strong="H1697"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* aside \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w portion|strong="H4521"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* aside \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w portion|strong="H4521"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron.   
\c 13  
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\v 1  \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* aloud \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* hearing \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w Moabite|strong="H4125"\w* \w may|strong="H5971"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* enter \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\v 2  \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w met|strong="H6923"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w instead|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. (\w Our|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w however|strong="H3588"\w*, \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w into|strong="H2015"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w*.)  
\v 3  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w they|strong="H3478"\w* removed \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H8451"\w* \w mixed|strong="H6154"\w* ancestry.   
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\v 4  But \w prior|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H6440"\w*, Eliashib \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w relative|strong="H7138"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*, \w had|strong="H5414"\w* been \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* storerooms \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 5  \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w himself|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w storeroom|strong="H3957"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w keeping|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w incense|strong="H3828"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, \w along|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* olive \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* gate keepers, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*.   
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\v 6  \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w thirty-second|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Artaxerxes \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H4480"\w* back \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w After|strong="H7093"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w requested|strong="H7592"\w* \w leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,  
\v 7  \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H1004"\w* returned \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H1004"\w* discovered \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H2691"\w* Eliashib \w had|strong="H3389"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* \w by|strong="H7451"\w* supplying \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* storeroom \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w courts|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* God.  
\v 8  \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w upset|strong="H7489"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*’s \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w possessions|strong="H3627"\w* \w out|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w storeroom|strong="H3957"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w gave|strong="H7725"\w* instructions \w that|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* storerooms should \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w purified|strong="H2891"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w equipment|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* God, along \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* grain \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w incense|strong="H3828"\w*.   
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\v 10  \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w discovered|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* grain \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w provided|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* \w who|strong="H3881"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w gone|strong="H1272"\w* \w off|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 11  \w So|strong="H5975"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* registered \w a|strong="H3068"\w* complaint \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5461"\w*, asking “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* God \w neglected|strong="H5800"\w*?” \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* reassigned \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* positions.   
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\v 12  \w Then|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* brought \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tithe|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* olive \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* \w to|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* storerooms.  
\v 13  \w I|strong="H3588"\w* gave instructions \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* certain \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* \w named|strong="H5921"\w* \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w put|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* storerooms, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zaccur|strong="H2139"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* assistant, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w regarded|strong="H2803"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* trustworthy. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w responsibility|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* oversee \w the|strong="H5921"\w* distribution \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* colleagues.   
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\v 14  Please \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* God, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w wipe|strong="H4229"\w* \w out|strong="H4229"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* God \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w services|strong="H4929"\w*!   
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\v 15  \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w treading|strong="H1869"\w* \w winepresses|strong="H1660"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, bringing \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaps|strong="H6194"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w loading|strong="H6006"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w onto|strong="H5921"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w*, \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w loads|strong="H4853"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* bringing \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w warned|strong="H5749"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w provisions|strong="H6718"\w*.  
\v 16  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6876"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* bringing \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w merchandise|strong="H4377"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w selling|strong="H4376"\w* \w it|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* – \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w*!  
\v 17  \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* registered \w a|strong="H3068"\w* complaint \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*, \w profaning|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?  
\v 18  Isn’t \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3541"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w acted|strong="H6213"\w*, \w causing|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w misfortune|strong="H7451"\w*? \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w now|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w causing|strong="H6213"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2740"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w profaning|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*!”   
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\v 19  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w evening|strong="H3117"\w* shadows \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w fall|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* ordered \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w closed|strong="H5462"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* further directed \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w positioned|strong="H5975"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w load|strong="H4853"\w* \w could|strong="H5288"\w* \w enter|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 20  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w traders|strong="H7402"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w sellers|strong="H4376"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w merchandise|strong="H4465"\w* \w spent|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w once|strong="H6471"\w* \w or|strong="H4376"\w* \w twice|strong="H6471"\w*.  
\v 21  \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H6256"\w* \w warned|strong="H5749"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* said, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H8138"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w spend|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*? \w If|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* repeat \w this|strong="H1931"\w*, \w I|strong="H6256"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* forcibly \w remove|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*!” \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* show \w up|strong="H5749"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*.  
\v 22  \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* directed \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w purify|strong="H2891"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6942"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w*.  
\p \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* please \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* God, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w pity|strong="H2347"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w keeping|strong="H8104"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w great|strong="H7230"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w*.   
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\v 23  \w Also|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w had|strong="H3064"\w* \w married|strong="H3427"\w* \w women|strong="H1992"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* Ashdod, \w Ammon|strong="H4125"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4125"\w*.  
\v 24  \w Half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5234"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w language|strong="H3956"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ashdod (\w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w language|strong="H3956"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* other \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* mentioned ) \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* unable \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w language|strong="H3956"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3066"\w*.  
\v 25  \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* entered \w a|strong="H3068"\w* complaint \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* called \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w on|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w pulled|strong="H4803"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w hair|strong="H4803"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w by|strong="H7650"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* saying, “\w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w marry|strong="H5414"\w* \w off|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w any|strong="H5221"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* wives \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5375"\w*!  
\v 26  \w Was|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*? \w Among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* loved \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5237"\w* wives \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*!  
\v 27  \w Should|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* case \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w thereby|strong="H4603"\w* being \w unfaithful|strong="H4603"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God \w by|strong="H3427"\w* \w marrying|strong="H3427"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5237"\w* wives?”   
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\v 28  \w Now|strong="H1419"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joiada|strong="H3111"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eliashib \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son-in-law|strong="H2860"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Horonite|strong="H2772"\w*. \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* banished \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* sight.   
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\v 29  Please \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* God, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1285"\w* \w defiled|strong="H1352"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priesthood|strong="H3550"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priesthood|strong="H3550"\w*, \w and|strong="H1285"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*.   
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\v 30  \w So|strong="H5975"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w purified|strong="H2891"\w* \w them|strong="H5975"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5236"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w assigned|strong="H4399"\w* \w specific|strong="H4399"\w* \w duties|strong="H4931"\w* \w to|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*.  
\v 31  \w I|strong="H6256"\w* \w also|strong="H6256"\w* provided \w for|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w offering|strong="H7133"\w* \w at|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w appointed|strong="H2163"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w also|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w first|strong="H1061"\w* \w fruits|strong="H1061"\w*.  
\p \w Please|strong="H2896"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H2142"\w* \w for|strong="H6086"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H2142"\w* God.   