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\BibleBook{The Book of Ezra}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The Book of }
\BibleMainTitle{Ezra }
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\chapterNumber{1}Now|strong="H1571" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H0259" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", in|strong="H8141" order|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" given by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4428" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" might|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3615" true|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", was|strong="H3068" moved|strong="H7307" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", so|strong="H1571" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3605" a|strong="H0259" public|strong="H6963" statement through|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438", and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3615" it|strong="H3068" in|strong="H8141" writing|strong="H4385", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{2}These|strong="H1931" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" words of|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539": The|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" heaven|strong="H8064" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" made|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" responsible for|strong="H5921" building|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{3}Whoever|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0834" among|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", may|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3068" let|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0853" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0430" hand the|strong="H3605" building|strong="H1129" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478"; he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0430" whoever|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8033" may|strong="H0430" be|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H7604" of|strong="H1004" Israel, living|strong="H1481" in|strong="H0430" any|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725", let the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" give|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5973" help with|strong="H5973" offerings|strong="H5071" of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H0430" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H0430" goods|strong="H7399" and|strong="H0430" beasts|strong="H0929", in|strong="H0430" addition to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H5071" freely|strong="H5071" given for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" families|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H6965" Benjamin|strong="H1144", with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", got|strong="H6965" ready, even|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" whose|strong="H0834" spirits|strong="H7307" were|strong="H0834" moved|strong="H3389" by|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H6965" take|strong="H5927" in|strong="H0430" hand the|strong="H3605" building|strong="H1129" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Lord's house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" neighbours gave|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" help with|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H5068" of|strong="H3027" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3027" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3027" goods|strong="H7399" and|strong="H3027" beasts|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3027" things|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" great value, in|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3027" freely offered|strong="H5068". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" Cyrus|strong="H3566" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" got|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" gods|strong="H0430"; 
\verseNumber{8}Even|strong="H5921" these Cyrus|strong="H3566" made Mithredath|strong="H4990", the|strong="H5921" keeper of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" wealth, get|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921", after|strong="H5921" numbering them|strong="H5921", to|strong="H5921" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339", the|strong="H5921" ruler of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3701" this|strong="H0428" is|strong="H3701" the|strong="H0428" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" them|strong="H0505": there were|strong="H0428" thirty|strong="H7970" gold|strong="H2091" plates, a|strong="H3701" thousand|strong="H0505" silver|strong="H3701" plates, twenty-nine|strong="H8672" knives, 
\verseNumber{10}Thirty|strong="H7970" gold|strong="H2091" basins, four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" ten|strong="H6235" silver|strong="H3701" basins, and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H3701" thousand|strong="H0505" other|strong="H0312" vessels|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{11}There|strong="H5927" were|strong="H0702" five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505", four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3967" silver|strong="H3701" vessels|strong="H3627". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0702" taken|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" by|strong="H3605" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339", when|strong="H5927" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H0894" been|strong="H5927" taken|strong="H5927" prisoner went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" Babylon|strong="H0894" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\chapterNumber{2}Now these|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" divisions of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" kingdom|strong="H4428", among|strong="H0376" those|strong="H0428" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" made|strong="H7725" prisoners|strong="H7628" by|strong="H0376" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H5927" away|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Babylon|strong="H0894", who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5927" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", everyone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" town|strong="H5892"; 
\verseNumber{2}Who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", Jeshua|strong="H3442", Nehemiah|strong="H5166", Seraiah|strong="H8304", Reelaiah|strong="H7480", Mordecai|strong="H4782", Bilshan|strong="H1114", Mispar|strong="H4558", Bigvai|strong="H0902", Rehum|strong="H7348", Baanah|strong="H1196", The|strong="H0834" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478": 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Parosh|strong="H6551", two|strong="H8147" thousand|strong="H0505", one|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" seventy-two. 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203", three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" seventy-two. 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Arah|strong="H0733", seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" seventy-five|strong="H7657". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3097" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pahath-moab|strong="H6355", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3097" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097", two|strong="H8147" thousand|strong="H0505", eight|strong="H8083" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twelve|strong="H6240". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867", a|strong="H1121" thousand|strong="H0505", two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" fifty-four. 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zattu|strong="H2240", nine|strong="H8672" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" forty-five|strong="H0705". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zaccai|strong="H2140", seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" sixty|strong="H8346". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137", six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" forty-two|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bebai|strong="H0893", six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty-three. 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azgad|strong="H5803", a|strong="H1121" thousand|strong="H0505", two|strong="H8147" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty-two|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adonikam|strong="H0140", six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" sixty-six. 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bigvai|strong="H0902", two thousand|strong="H0505" and|strong="H1121" fifty-six. 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adin|strong="H5720", four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" fifty-four. 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ater|strong="H0333", of|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", ninety-eight. 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bezai|strong="H1209", three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty-three. 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jorah|strong="H3139", a|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twelve|strong="H6240". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hashum|strong="H2828", two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty-three. 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gibbar|strong="H1402", ninety-five. 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Beth-lehem, a|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty-three. 
\verseNumber{22}The men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Netophah|strong="H5199", fifty-six. 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Anathoth|strong="H6068", a|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-eight|strong="H8083". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azmaveth|strong="H5820", forty-two|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kiriath-arim|strong="H7157", Chephirah, and|strong="H1121" Beeroth|strong="H0881", seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" forty-three. 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ramah|strong="H7414" and|strong="H1121" Geba|strong="H1387", six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty-one. 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Michmas|strong="H4363", a|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-two|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Beth-el and|strong="H3967" Ai|strong="H5857", two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-three. 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebo|strong="H5015", fifty-two|strong="H2572". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Magbish|strong="H4019", a|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" fifty-six. 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" Elam|strong="H5867", a|strong="H1121" thousand|strong="H0505", two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" fifty-four. 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766", three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Lod, Hadid|strong="H2307", and|strong="H1121" Ono|strong="H0207", seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty-five|strong="H2568". 
\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jericho|strong="H3405", three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" forty-five|strong="H0705". 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Senaah|strong="H5570", three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505", six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" thirty|strong="H7970". 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548": the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jedaiah|strong="H3048", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442", nine|strong="H8672" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" seventy-three. 
\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Immer|strong="H0564", a|strong="H1121" thousand|strong="H0505" and|strong="H1121" fifty-two|strong="H2572". 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583", a|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505", two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" forty-seven. 
\verseNumber{39}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766", a|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505" and|strong="H1121" seventeen|strong="H6240". 
\verseNumber{40}The|strong="H1121" Levites|strong="H3881": the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H1121" Kadmiel|strong="H6934", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hodaviah|strong="H1938", seventy-four. 
\verseNumber{41}The|strong="H1121" music-makers: the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", a|strong="H7891" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty-eight|strong="H8083" 
\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" door-keepers: the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967", the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ater|strong="H0333", the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Talmon|strong="H2929", the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Akkub|strong="H6126", the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hatita|strong="H2410", the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shobai|strong="H7630", a|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" thirty-nine. 
\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H1121" Nethinim: the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ziha|strong="H6727", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hasupha|strong="H2817", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tabbaoth|strong="H2884", 
\verseNumber{44}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Keros|strong="H7026", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Siaha|strong="H5517", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Padon|strong="H6303", 
\verseNumber{45}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Lebanah|strong="H3838", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hagabah|strong="H2286", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Akkub|strong="H6126", 
\verseNumber{46}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hagab|strong="H2285", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shamlai, the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hanan|strong="H2605", 
\verseNumber{47}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Giddel|strong="H1435", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gahar|strong="H1515", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Reaiah|strong="H7211", 
\verseNumber{48}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rezin|strong="H7526", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nekoda|strong="H5353", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gazzam|strong="H1502", 
\verseNumber{49}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzza|strong="H5798", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Paseah|strong="H6454", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Besai|strong="H1153", 
\verseNumber{50}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asnah|strong="H0619", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meunim|strong="H4586", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nephisim|strong="H5304", 
\verseNumber{51}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bakbuk|strong="H1227", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hakupha|strong="H2709", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harhur, 
\verseNumber{52}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bazluth|strong="H1213", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mehida|strong="H4240", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harsha|strong="H2797", 
\verseNumber{53}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Barkos|strong="H1302", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sisera|strong="H5516", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Temah|strong="H8547", 
\verseNumber{54}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Neziah|strong="H5335", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hatipha|strong="H2412". 
\verseNumber{55}The|strong="H5650" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon's servants|strong="H5650": the|strong="H5650" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sotai|strong="H5479", the|strong="H5650" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hassophereth|strong="H5618", the|strong="H5650" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Peruda|strong="H6514", 
\verseNumber{56}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jaalah|strong="H3279", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Darkon|strong="H1874", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Giddel|strong="H1435", 
\verseNumber{57}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hattil|strong="H2411", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pochereth-hazzebaim|strong="H6380", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ami. 
\verseNumber{58}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Nethinim, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon's servants|strong="H5650", were|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" ninety-two. 
\verseNumber{59}And|strong="H3478" these|strong="H0428" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0518" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H3478" Tel-melah|strong="H8528", Tel-harsha|strong="H8521", Cherub|strong="H3743", Addan|strong="H0135", and|strong="H3478" Immer|strong="H0564". But|strong="H0518" having|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" knowledge of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1992" fathers' families|strong="H1004" or|strong="H0518" offspring|strong="H2233", it|strong="H0518" was|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" certain that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" Israelites|strong="H3478"; 
\verseNumber{60}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Delaiah|strong="H1806", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tobiah|strong="H2900", the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nekoda|strong="H5353", six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" fifty-two|strong="H2572". 
\verseNumber{61}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" priests|strong="H3548": the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Habaiah|strong="H2252", the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hakkoz|strong="H6976", the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" married|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271" the|strong="H0834" Gileadite|strong="H1569", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{62}They|strong="H3808" made|strong="H1245" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1245" their|strong="H1245" record among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" lists of|strong="H4480" families, but|strong="H3808" their|strong="H1245" names were|strong="H0428" nowhere to|strong="H1245" be|strong="H3808" seen; so|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H0428" looked|strong="H1245" on|strong="H4480" as|strong="H3550" unclean|strong="H1351" and|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" priests|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{63}And|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0559" Tirshatha said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" most|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944" for|strong="H3808" their|strong="H0398" food|strong="H0398", till|strong="H5704" a|strong="H0834" priest|strong="H3548" came|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" give|strong="H0398" decision by|strong="H0398" Urim|strong="H0224" and|strong="H0398" Thummim|strong="H8550". 
\verseNumber{64}The|strong="H3605" number of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0702" together|strong="H0259" was|strong="H0259" forty-two thousand|strong="H0505", three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" sixty|strong="H8346", 
\verseNumber{65}As|strong="H0519" well as|strong="H0519" their men-servants and|strong="H3967" their women-servants, of|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0428" there were|strong="H0428" seven|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505", three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" thirty-seven: and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H0428" had|strong="H5650" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3967" women to|strong="H5650" make music. 
\verseNumber{66}They had seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" thirty-six horses|strong="H5483", two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" forty-five|strong="H0705" transport beasts, 
\verseNumber{67}Four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" thirty-five camels|strong="H1581", six|strong="H8337" thousand|strong="H0505", seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" asses. 
\verseNumber{68}And|strong="H0935" some of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" families|strong="H1004", when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", gave|strong="H0935" freely of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3068" wealth for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" building up|strong="H5975" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4349": 
\verseNumber{69}Every one|strong="H3967", as|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H5414" able, gave|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" work|strong="H4399" sixty-one thousand|strong="H0505" darics of|strong="H0505" gold|strong="H2091", five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505" pounds of|strong="H0505" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5414" hundred|strong="H3967" priests' robes|strong="H3801". 
\verseNumber{70}So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" music-makers and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" door-keepers and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Nethinim, took up|strong="H4480" their|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892"; even all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892". 
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\chapterNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320" came|strong="H5060", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" towns|strong="H5892", the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H5060" together|strong="H0622" like|strong="H3478" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H6965" Jeshua|strong="H3442", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jozadak, and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shealtiel|strong="H7597", with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251", got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" burned offerings|strong="H3478" as|strong="H1121" is|strong="H0430" recorded|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" base; for|strong="H3588" fear|strong="H0367" was|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" countries|strong="H0776": and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H3559" burned offerings|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3068", even|strong="H3588" burned offerings|strong="H3068" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3068" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" kept|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" tents, as|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" recorded|strong="H3789", making|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" regular burned offerings|strong="H5930" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3117" number|strong="H4557", as|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" ordered; for|strong="H4941" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" needed. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3068" after|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" regular|strong="H8548" burned offering|strong="H5071" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5071" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2320" moons|strong="H2320" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fixed|strong="H4150" feasts|strong="H4150" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" which|strong="H4150" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6942" holy|strong="H6942", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H5071" of|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" freely|strong="H5071" gave his|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H5071" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}From|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320" they|strong="H3117" made|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5927" start with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" burned offerings|strong="H3068", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" base of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1964" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" still not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5927" put|strong="H5927" in|strong="H3068" its|strong="H5927" place. 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" stoneworkers and|strong="H0935" woodworkers; and|strong="H0935" meat and|strong="H0935" drink|strong="H4960" and|strong="H0935" oil|strong="H8081" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" people of|strong="H4428" Zidon and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6876", for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" transport of|strong="H4428" cedar-trees from|strong="H4480" Lebanon|strong="H3844" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220", to|strong="H0413" Joppa|strong="H3305", as|strong="H0935" Cyrus|strong="H3566", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", had|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" authority|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{8}Now|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" coming|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320", the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" was|strong="H3068" taken in|strong="H5921" hand by|strong="H5921" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shealtiel|strong="H7597", and|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jozadak, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" land where|strong="H0413" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1121" prisoners|strong="H7628" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389": and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" made|strong="H4399" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", of|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" over|strong="H5921", responsible for|strong="H5921" overseeing the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6213" Jeshua|strong="H3442" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251", Kadmiel|strong="H6934" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121", the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hodaviah, together|strong="H0259" took|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1121" overseeing the|strong="H5921" workmen|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430": the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Henadad|strong="H2582" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251", the|strong="H5921" Levites|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" builders|strong="H1129" put|strong="H3847" in|strong="H5921" position|strong="H5975" the|strong="H0853" base of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Temple|strong="H1964" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548", dressed|strong="H3847" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" robes, took|strong="H0853" their|strong="H3068" places with|strong="H3068" horns, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881", the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", with|strong="H3068" brass instruments, to|strong="H5921" give praise|strong="H1984" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H5921" ordered by|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H7321" praise|strong="H1984" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", answering one|strong="H3605" another in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" songs and|strong="H3068" saying, For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896", for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" mercy|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3068" eternal|strong="H5769". And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" gave|strong="H7321" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" cry|strong="H7321" of|strong="H1004" joy|strong="H8643", when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H7321" praise|strong="H1984" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" base of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Lord's house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" put in|strong="H5921" place|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" number of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1004" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" families|strong="H1004", old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H7223" house|strong="H1004", when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" base of|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H0834" put down|strong="H7218" before|strong="H5869" their|strong="H7200" eyes|strong="H5869", were|strong="H0834" overcome with|strong="H1004" weeping|strong="H1058"; and|strong="H1004" a|strong="H7200" number were|strong="H0834" crying|strong="H1058" out|strong="H7200" with|strong="H1004" joy|strong="H8057": 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3588" ears of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7321" of|strong="H6963" joy|strong="H8057" was|strong="H0369" mixed with|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3588" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" weeping|strong="H1065"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" cries|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0369" loud|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" came to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" ears of|strong="H6963" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0369" were|strong="H0369" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H5704" way|strong="H5704" off|strong="H7350". 
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\chapterNumber{4}Now|strong="H3588" news came to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" haters of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" come back were|strong="H3478" building|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" Temple|strong="H1964" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478"; 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H0853" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" families|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", Let|strong="H3808" us|strong="H0413" take|strong="H5927" part in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" building|strong="H1129" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588"; for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3117" servants of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430", even|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H0430" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H0001" been|strong="H5927" making|strong="H1875" offerings|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Esar-haddon, king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", who|strong="H0430" put|strong="H5927" us|strong="H0413" here|strong="H6311". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" and|strong="H3068" Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" families|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H6680", You|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" part with|strong="H1004" us|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" building|strong="H1129" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"; we|strong="H0587" ourselves|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6680" the|strong="H0559" work together|strong="H3162" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", as|strong="H0834" Cyrus|strong="H3566", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" us|strong="H3588" orders|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" made|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063" feeble|strong="H7503", troubling them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H3027" fear in|strong="H0776" their|strong="H1961" building|strong="H1129"; 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H3289" payment to|strong="H5704" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" designs|strong="H6098" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" kept them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" effecting their|strong="H3605" purpose|strong="H6098", all|strong="H3605" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", till|strong="H5704" Darius|strong="H1867" became king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3063" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H8462" of|strong="H3427" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", when|strong="H3427" he|strong="H3389" first|strong="H8462" became king|strong="H5921", they|strong="H5921" put on|strong="H5921" record|strong="H3789" a|strong="H5921" statement against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783", Bishlam|strong="H1312", Mithredath|strong="H4990", Tabeel|strong="H2870", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" friends, sent a|strong="H5921" letter|strong="H3791" to|strong="H5921" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", writing|strong="H3789" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Aramaean writing|strong="H3789" and|strong="H4428" language. 
\verseNumber{8}Rehum|strong="H7348", the|strong="H5922" chief ruler, and|strong="H4430" Shimshai|strong="H8124" the|strong="H5922" scribe|strong="H5613", sent a|strong="H2298" letter|strong="H0104" against|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", to|strong="H5922" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430"; 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H0116" letter was|strong="H2942" sent by Rehum|strong="H7348", the|strong="H0116" chief ruler, and|strong="H0116" Shimshai|strong="H8124" the|strong="H0116" scribe|strong="H5613" and|strong="H0116" their friends; the|strong="H0116" Dinaites and|strong="H0116" the|strong="H0116" Apharsathchites, the|strong="H0116" Tarpelites, the|strong="H0116" Apharsites, the|strong="H0116" Archevites, the|strong="H0116" Babylonians|strong="H0896", the|strong="H0116" Shushanchites, the|strong="H0116" Dehaites, the|strong="H0116" Elamites|strong="H5962", 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0524" the|strong="H5675" rest|strong="H7606" of|strong="H5103" the|strong="H5675" nations|strong="H0524" which|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5675" great|strong="H7229" and|strong="H0524" noble Osnappar|strong="H0620" took|strong="H3488" over and|strong="H0524" put in|strong="H3488" Samaria|strong="H8115" and|strong="H0524" the|strong="H5675" rest|strong="H7606" of|strong="H5103" the|strong="H5675" country over the|strong="H5675" river|strong="H5103": 
\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H1836" is|strong="H1768" a|strong="H7972" copy|strong="H6573" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5675" letter|strong="H0104" which|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" sent|strong="H7972" to|strong="H5922" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" the|strong="H5675" king|strong="H4430": Your|strong="H5922" servants|strong="H5649" living across the|strong="H5675" river|strong="H5103" send|strong="H7972" these|strong="H1836" words: 
\verseNumber{12}We|strong="H1768" give news to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" who|strong="H1768" came|strong="H0858" from|strong="H4481" you|strong="H1768" have|strong="H4430" come|strong="H0858" to|strong="H5922" us at Jerusalem|strong="H3390"; they|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" building|strong="H1124" up|strong="H5559" again that|strong="H1768" uncontrolled and|strong="H4430" evil|strong="H0873" town; the|strong="H5922" walls|strong="H7792" are|strong="H1768" complete and|strong="H4430" they|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" joining up|strong="H5559" the|strong="H5922" bases. 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" may be|strong="H1934" certain that|strong="H1768" when|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" building|strong="H1124" of|strong="H4430" this|strong="H1791" town and|strong="H4430" its|strong="H3046" walls|strong="H7792" is|strong="H1768" complete, they|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" give|strong="H5415" no|strong="H3809" tax|strong="H4061" or|strong="H2006" payment in|strong="H4430" goods or|strong="H2006" forced payments, and|strong="H4430" in|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" end it|strong="H2006" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" a|strong="H1934" cause of|strong="H4430" loss|strong="H5142" to|strong="H5142" the|strong="H1768" kings|strong="H4430". 
\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H3705" because|strong="H6903" we|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" responsible to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", and|strong="H4430" it|strong="H5922" is|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" right for|strong="H1768" us to|strong="H5922" see|strong="H2370" the|strong="H3606" king's honour damaged, we|strong="H1768" have|strong="H4430" sent|strong="H7972" to|strong="H5922" give the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" word of|strong="H4430" these|strong="H1836" things|strong="H3606", 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" search|strong="H1240" may be|strong="H1240" made|strong="H3046" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" book|strong="H5609" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H5922" records of|strong="H4481" your|strong="H5922" fathers|strong="H0002": and|strong="H4430" you|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" see in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" book|strong="H5609" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H5922" records that|strong="H1768" this|strong="H1836" town has|strong="H1768" been uncontrolled, and|strong="H4430" a|strong="H5648" cause of|strong="H4481" trouble to|strong="H5922" kings|strong="H4430" and|strong="H4430" countries, and|strong="H4430" that|strong="H1768" there|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" outbursts against|strong="H5922" authority there|strong="H1768" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" past|strong="H5957": for|strong="H1768" which|strong="H1768" reason the|strong="H5922" town was|strong="H4430" made|strong="H3046" waste|strong="H2718". 
\verseNumber{16}We|strong="H0586" give you|strong="H1768" word, that|strong="H1768" if|strong="H2006" the|strong="H5675" building|strong="H1124" of|strong="H4430" this|strong="H1836" town and|strong="H4430" its|strong="H3046" walls|strong="H7792" is|strong="H1768" made|strong="H3046" complete, there|strong="H0383" will|strong="H1768" be an end of|strong="H4430" your power in|strong="H2508" the|strong="H5675" country across the|strong="H5675" river|strong="H5103". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5675" king|strong="H4430" sent|strong="H7972" an|strong="H7972" answer|strong="H6600" to|strong="H5922" Rehum|strong="H7348", the|strong="H5675" chief ruler, and|strong="H4430" Shimshai|strong="H8124" the|strong="H5675" scribe|strong="H5613", and|strong="H4430" their friends living in|strong="H5922" Samaria|strong="H8115", and|strong="H4430" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5675" rest|strong="H7606" of|strong="H4430" those|strong="H1768" across the|strong="H5675" river|strong="H5103", saying, Peace|strong="H8001" to|strong="H5922" you|strong="H1768": 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H7972" now the|strong="H5922" sense of|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" letter which|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" sent|strong="H7972" to|strong="H5922" us has|strong="H1768" been made|strong="H7123" clear to|strong="H5922" me|strong="H6925", 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H4430" I|strong="H4481" gave|strong="H7761" orders|strong="H2942" for|strong="H1768" a|strong="H7761" search|strong="H1240" to|strong="H5922" be|strong="H1240" made|strong="H5648", and|strong="H4430" it|strong="H5922" is|strong="H1768" certain that|strong="H1768" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" past|strong="H5957" this|strong="H1791" town has|strong="H1768" made|strong="H5648" trouble for|strong="H1768" kings|strong="H4430", and|strong="H4430" that|strong="H1768" outbursts against|strong="H5922" authority have|strong="H4430" taken place there|strong="H1768". 
\verseNumber{20}Further, there have|strong="H4430" been great kings|strong="H4430" in|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", ruling over|strong="H5922" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" country across the|strong="H3606" river|strong="H5103", to|strong="H5922" whom they gave|strong="H3052" taxes|strong="H4061" and|strong="H4430" payments in|strong="H5922" goods and|strong="H4430" forced payments. 
\verseNumber{21}Give|strong="H7761" an order now|strong="H3705", that|strong="H2942" these|strong="H0479" men|strong="H1400" are to|strong="H2942" do nothing|strong="H3809" more|strong="H4481", and|strong="H7149" that|strong="H2942" the|strong="H1124" building|strong="H1124" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H1124" town is|strong="H7149" to|strong="H2942" be|strong="H3705" stopped|strong="H0989", till I|strong="H4481" give|strong="H7761" an order. 
\verseNumber{22}Be|strong="H1934" certain to|strong="H5922" do|strong="H5648" this|strong="H1836" with|strong="H5922" all care: do|strong="H5648" not let trouble be|strong="H1934" increased to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" king's damage|strong="H5142". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H0116", after|strong="H4481" reading the|strong="H0116" king's letter, Rehum|strong="H7348" and|strong="H4430" Shimshai|strong="H8124" the|strong="H0116" scribe|strong="H5613" and|strong="H4430" their friends went|strong="H0236" quickly to|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H0116" Jews|strong="H3062", and|strong="H4430" had|strong="H4430" them|strong="H1994" stopped|strong="H0989" by|strong="H4481" force|strong="H0153". 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H0116" the|strong="H0116" work|strong="H5673" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H0116" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" came to|strong="H5705" an end; so|strong="H0116" it was|strong="H1934" stopped|strong="H0989", till the|strong="H0116" second|strong="H8648" year|strong="H8140" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H0116" rule of|strong="H0426" Darius|strong="H1868", king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H0426" Persia|strong="H6540". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Now the|strong="H5922" prophets Haggai|strong="H2292" and|strong="H3061" Zechariah|strong="H2148", the|strong="H5922" son|strong="H1247" of|strong="H0426" Iddo|strong="H5714", were|strong="H1768" preaching to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" in|strong="H0426" Judah|strong="H3061" and|strong="H3061" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" in|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5922" name|strong="H8036" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5922" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" Israel|strong="H3479". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H0116" Zerubbabel|strong="H2217", the|strong="H0116" son|strong="H1247" of|strong="H0426" Shealtiel|strong="H7598", and|strong="H1005" Jeshua|strong="H3443", the|strong="H0116" son|strong="H1247" of|strong="H0426" Jozadak, got up and|strong="H1005" made|strong="H6966" a|strong="H0116" start at|strong="H0426" building|strong="H1124" the|strong="H0116" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390": and|strong="H1005" the|strong="H0116" prophets|strong="H5029" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" were|strong="H1768" with|strong="H5974" them, helping them. 
\verseNumber{3}At the|strong="H5675" same time|strong="H2166", Tattenai|strong="H8674", ruler of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5675" land across the|strong="H5675" river|strong="H5103", and|strong="H1005" Shethar-bozenai|strong="H8370", and|strong="H1005" their men, came|strong="H0858" to|strong="H5922" them|strong="H0560" and|strong="H1005" said|strong="H0560", Who|strong="H4479" gave|strong="H0560" you|strong="H5922" orders|strong="H0560" to|strong="H5922" go on|strong="H5922" building|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" and|strong="H1005" this|strong="H1836" wall? 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0116" they|strong="H0116" said|strong="H0560" these|strong="H1836" words to|strong="H0560" them|strong="H0560": What|strong="H4479" are|strong="H1768" the|strong="H0116" names|strong="H8036" of|strong="H1124" the|strong="H0116" men|strong="H1400" who|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" at work on this|strong="H1836" building|strong="H1124"? 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H0116" the|strong="H0116" eye of|strong="H0426" their God|strong="H0426" was|strong="H1934" on|strong="H5922" the|strong="H0116" chiefs of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H0116" Jews|strong="H3062", and|strong="H3062" they|strong="H0116" did not|strong="H3809" make them|strong="H1994" give|strong="H8421" up working till the|strong="H0116" question had|strong="H1868" been put before|strong="H5705" Darius|strong="H1868" and|strong="H3062" an answer had|strong="H1868" come by letter about|strong="H5922" it|strong="H5922". 
\verseNumber{6}This is|strong="H1768" a|strong="H7972" copy|strong="H6573" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5675" letter|strong="H0104" which|strong="H1768" Tattenai|strong="H8674", the|strong="H5675" ruler of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5675" land across the|strong="H5675" river|strong="H5103", and|strong="H4430" Shethar-bozenai|strong="H8370" and|strong="H4430" his|strong="H7972" friends the|strong="H5675" Apharsachites, living across the|strong="H5675" river|strong="H5103", sent|strong="H7972" to|strong="H5922" Darius|strong="H1868" the|strong="H5675" king|strong="H4430": 
\verseNumber{7}They sent|strong="H7972" him a|strong="H3790" letter saying, To|strong="H5922" Darius|strong="H1868" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", all|strong="H3606" peace|strong="H8001": 
\verseNumber{8}This|strong="H1791" is|strong="H1768" to|strong="H3046" give|strong="H7761" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" word that|strong="H1768" we|strong="H1768" went|strong="H0236" into the|strong="H1768" land of|strong="H0426" Judah|strong="H3061", to|strong="H3046" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" great|strong="H7229" God|strong="H0426", which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" made|strong="H3046" of|strong="H0426" great|strong="H7229" stones|strong="H0069", and|strong="H4430" has|strong="H0426" its|strong="H3046" walls|strong="H3797" supported with|strong="H1124" wood|strong="H0636", and|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" work|strong="H5673" is|strong="H1768" going|strong="H5648" on with|strong="H1124" industry, and|strong="H4430" they|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" doing|strong="H5648" it well. 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H0116" we|strong="H0116" said|strong="H0560" to|strong="H0560" the|strong="H0116" men responsible, who|strong="H4479" gave|strong="H0560" you authority for|strong="H0560" the|strong="H0116" building|strong="H1124" of|strong="H1005" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" and|strong="H1005" these|strong="H0479" walls? 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1768" we|strong="H1768" made|strong="H3046" request for|strong="H1768" their names|strong="H8036", so|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" we|strong="H1768" might send you|strong="H1768" word, and|strong="H1768" give you|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" names|strong="H8036" of|strong="H7217" the|strong="H1768" men|strong="H1400" at the|strong="H1768" head|strong="H7217" of|strong="H7217" them. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H4430" they|strong="H3660" made answer|strong="H6600" to|strong="H0560" us|strong="H5649", saying|strong="H0560", We|strong="H0586" are|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" servants|strong="H5649" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065" and|strong="H4430" earth|strong="H0772", and|strong="H4430" we|strong="H0586" are|strong="H1768" building|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" which|strong="H1768" was|strong="H1934" put up in|strong="H0426" times long past and|strong="H4430" was|strong="H1934" designed and|strong="H4430" made complete by a|strong="H1934" great|strong="H7229" king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H0426" Israel|strong="H3479". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3861" when|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065" was|strong="H4430" moved to|strong="H4481" wrath|strong="H7265" by|strong="H4481" our fathers|strong="H0002", he|strong="H1768" gave|strong="H3052" them|strong="H1994" up into the|strong="H1768" hands|strong="H3028" of|strong="H0426" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020", king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H0426" Babylon|strong="H0895", the|strong="H1768" Chaldaean, who|strong="H1768" sent destruction on this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" and|strong="H4430" took the|strong="H1768" people|strong="H5972" away into Babylon|strong="H0895". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H1297" in|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" first|strong="H2298" year|strong="H8140" of|strong="H0426" Cyrus|strong="H3567", king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H0426" Babylon|strong="H0895", Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" gave|strong="H7761" an order for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" building|strong="H1124" of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426"; 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" gold|strong="H1722" and|strong="H4430" silver|strong="H3702" vessels|strong="H3984" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426", which|strong="H1768" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" took|strong="H5312" from|strong="H4481" the|strong="H1768" Temple|strong="H1005" which|strong="H1768" was|strong="H4430" in|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", and|strong="H4430" put into the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" his|strong="H5020" god|strong="H0426" in|strong="H0426" Babylon|strong="H0895", these|strong="H1994" Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" took|strong="H5312" from|strong="H4481" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" his|strong="H5020" god|strong="H0426" in|strong="H0426" Babylon|strong="H0895", and|strong="H4430" gave|strong="H7761" to|strong="H4481" one named|strong="H8036" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8340", whom|strong="H1768" he|strong="H1768" had|strong="H4430" made|strong="H7761" ruler; 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1005" he|strong="H1768" said|strong="H0560" to|strong="H5922" him, Go|strong="H0236", take|strong="H5376" these|strong="H0412" vessels|strong="H3984", and|strong="H1005" put|strong="H5182" them|strong="H1994" in|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5922" Temple|strong="H1005" in|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", and|strong="H1005" let the|strong="H5922" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" be|strong="H0426" put|strong="H5182" up|strong="H5376" again in|strong="H0426" its place|strong="H0870". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H0116" this|strong="H1791" same Sheshbazzar|strong="H8340" came|strong="H0858" and|strong="H1005" put|strong="H8000" the|strong="H0116" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" in|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" on|strong="H5705" its|strong="H4481" bases: and|strong="H1005" from|strong="H4481" that|strong="H1768" time|strong="H0116" till now|strong="H3705" the|strong="H0116" building|strong="H1124" has|strong="H0426" been going on|strong="H5705", but|strong="H1768" it is|strong="H1768" still not|strong="H3809" complete. 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1768" now|strong="H3705", if|strong="H2006" it|strong="H2006" seems good to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430", let|strong="H3705" search|strong="H1240" be|strong="H0426" made|strong="H1240" in|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5922" king's store-house at|strong="H0426" Babylon|strong="H0895", to|strong="H5922" see if|strong="H2006" it|strong="H2006" is|strong="H1768" true that|strong="H1768" an|strong="H7972" order was|strong="H4430" given by|strong="H7761" Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430" for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" building|strong="H1124" of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", and|strong="H4430" let|strong="H3705" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430" send|strong="H7972" us word of|strong="H0426" his|strong="H7972" pleasure in|strong="H0426" connection with|strong="H5922" this|strong="H1836" business. 
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\chapterNumber{6}Then|strong="H0116" Darius|strong="H1868" the|strong="H0116" king|strong="H4430" gave|strong="H7761" an order and|strong="H4430" a|strong="H7761" search|strong="H1240" was|strong="H4430" made|strong="H1240" in|strong="H4430" the|strong="H0116" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H0116" records, where|strong="H1768" the|strong="H0116" things of|strong="H1005" value were|strong="H1768" stored|strong="H5182" up in|strong="H4430" Babylon|strong="H0895". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4076" at Achmetha, in|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" great house of|strong="H4083" the|strong="H1768" king in|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" land of|strong="H4083" Media|strong="H4076", they|strong="H1768" came across a|strong="H7912" roll, in|strong="H1768" which|strong="H1768" this statement was|strong="H4040" put on record: 
\verseNumber{3}In|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" first|strong="H2298" year|strong="H8140" of|strong="H0426" Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430", Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" made|strong="H7761" an order: In|strong="H0426" connection with|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", let the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" be|strong="H0426" put up, the|strong="H1768" place|strong="H0870" where|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" make|strong="H7761" offerings, and|strong="H4430" let the|strong="H1768" earth for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" bases be|strong="H0426" put in|strong="H0426" place|strong="H0870"; let it be|strong="H0426" sixty|strong="H8361" cubits|strong="H0521" high and|strong="H4430" sixty|strong="H8361" cubits|strong="H0521" wide|strong="H6613"; 
\verseNumber{4}With three|strong="H8532" lines of|strong="H1005" great stones|strong="H0069" and|strong="H4430" one line of|strong="H1005" new wood|strong="H0636" supports; and|strong="H4430" let the|strong="H1768" necessary money be|strong="H5313" given|strong="H3052" out of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H1768" king's store-house; 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1722" let|strong="H0638" the|strong="H1768" gold|strong="H1722" and|strong="H1722" silver|strong="H3702" vessels|strong="H3984" from|strong="H4481" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426", which|strong="H1768" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" took|strong="H5312" from|strong="H4481" the|strong="H1768" Temple|strong="H1005" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" to|strong="H4481" Babylon|strong="H0895", be|strong="H0426" given back and|strong="H1722" taken|strong="H5312" again to|strong="H4481" the|strong="H1768" Temple|strong="H1005" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", every one in|strong="H0426" its|strong="H4481" place|strong="H0870", and|strong="H1722" put|strong="H5182" them in|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1768" now|strong="H3705", Tattenai|strong="H8674", ruler of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H5675" land across the|strong="H5675" river|strong="H5103", and|strong="H8370" Shethar-bozenai|strong="H8370" and|strong="H8370" your people the|strong="H5675" Apharsachites across the|strong="H5675" river|strong="H5103", keep|strong="H7352" far|strong="H7352" from|strong="H4481" that|strong="H1768" place|strong="H1934": 
\verseNumber{7}Let the|strong="H5922" work|strong="H5673" of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1791" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" go on|strong="H5922"; let the|strong="H5922" ruler of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" and|strong="H1005" their responsible men put up this|strong="H1791" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" in|strong="H0426" its place|strong="H0870". 
\verseNumber{8}Further, I|strong="H4481" give|strong="H3052" orders|strong="H2942" as|strong="H1768" to|strong="H2942" what|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" to|strong="H2942" do|strong="H5648" for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5675" responsible men|strong="H1400" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5675" Jews|strong="H3062" in|strong="H0426" connection with|strong="H5974" the|strong="H5675" building|strong="H1124" of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1791" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426": that|strong="H1768" from|strong="H4481" the|strong="H5675" king's wealth, that|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768", from|strong="H4481" the|strong="H5675" taxes|strong="H4061" got together in|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5675" land over the|strong="H5675" river|strong="H5103", the|strong="H5675" money needed is|strong="H1768" to|strong="H2942" be|strong="H0426" given|strong="H3052" to|strong="H2942" these|strong="H0479" men|strong="H1400" readily, so|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" their work may not|strong="H3809" be|strong="H0426" stopped|strong="H0989". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H8065" whatever|strong="H4101" they|strong="H1768" have|strong="H1934" need|strong="H2818" of|strong="H0426", young|strong="H1123" oxen and|strong="H8065" sheep and|strong="H8065" lambs|strong="H0563", for|strong="H1768" burned offerings to|strong="H3390" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065", grain, salt|strong="H4416", wine|strong="H2562", and|strong="H8065" oil|strong="H4887", whatever|strong="H4101" the|strong="H1768" priests|strong="H3549" in|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" say is|strong="H1768" necessary, is|strong="H1768" to|strong="H3390" be|strong="H0426" given|strong="H3052" to|strong="H3390" them day|strong="H3118" by|strong="H3549" day|strong="H3118" regularly: 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" may|strong="H2417" make offerings of|strong="H0426" a|strong="H1934" sweet smell to|strong="H8065" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065", with|strong="H0426" prayers for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" life|strong="H2417" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" and|strong="H4430" of|strong="H0426" his|strong="H1768" sons|strong="H1123". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0606" I|strong="H4481" have given orders|strong="H2942" that|strong="H1768" if anyone|strong="H0606" makes any|strong="H3606" change|strong="H8133" in|strong="H5922" this|strong="H1836" word, one|strong="H1836" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H3606" supports is|strong="H1768" to|strong="H5922" be pulled out|strong="H5648" of|strong="H1005" his|strong="H5922" house|strong="H1005", and|strong="H0606" he|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" to|strong="H5922" be lifted up and|strong="H0606" fixed to|strong="H5922" it|strong="H5922"; and|strong="H0606" his|strong="H5922" house|strong="H1005" is|strong="H1768" to|strong="H5922" be made|strong="H5648" waste for|strong="H1768" this|strong="H1836"; 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H4430" may the|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0426" who|strong="H1768" has|strong="H0426" made|strong="H5648" it a|strong="H7761" resting-place for|strong="H1768" his|strong="H7972" name|strong="H8036" send|strong="H7972" destruction on all|strong="H3606" kings|strong="H4430" and|strong="H4430" peoples|strong="H5972" whose|strong="H1768" hands|strong="H3028" are|strong="H1768" outstretched to|strong="H2942" make|strong="H5648" any|strong="H3606" change|strong="H8133" in|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1791" or|strong="H0426" to|strong="H2942" do|strong="H5648" damage to|strong="H2942" this|strong="H1791" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". I|strong="H0576", Darius|strong="H1868", have|strong="H0576" given this|strong="H1791" order, let it be|strong="H0426" done|strong="H5648" with|strong="H0426" all|strong="H3606" care|strong="H0629". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H0116" Tattenai|strong="H8674", the|strong="H5675" ruler across the|strong="H5675" river|strong="H5103", and|strong="H4430" Shethar-bozenai|strong="H8370" and|strong="H4430" their people, because|strong="H6903" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5675" order given by King|strong="H4430" Darius|strong="H1868", did as|strong="H1768" he|strong="H1768" had|strong="H4430" said with|strong="H5648" all|strong="H0629" care|strong="H0629". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1868" responsible men of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1868" Jews|strong="H3062" went on with|strong="H1124" their building|strong="H1124", and|strong="H4430" did well, helped by|strong="H4481" the|strong="H1868" teaching of|strong="H0426" Haggai|strong="H2292" the|strong="H1868" prophet|strong="H5029" and|strong="H4430" Zechariah|strong="H2148", the|strong="H1868" son|strong="H1247" of|strong="H0426" Iddo|strong="H5714". They went on building|strong="H1124" till it was|strong="H4430" complete, in|strong="H0426" keeping with|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1868" word of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1868" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" Israel|strong="H3479", and|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1868" orders|strong="H2942" given by|strong="H4481" Cyrus|strong="H3567", and|strong="H4430" Darius|strong="H1868", and|strong="H4430" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783", king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H0426" Persia|strong="H6540". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" building of|strong="H1005" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" was|strong="H4430" complete on|strong="H5705" the|strong="H1768" third|strong="H8532" day|strong="H3118" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H1768" month|strong="H3393" Adar|strong="H0144", in|strong="H4437" the|strong="H1768" sixth|strong="H8353" year|strong="H8140" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H1768" rule of|strong="H1005" Darius|strong="H1868" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5648" children|strong="H1123" of|strong="H0426" Israel|strong="H3479", the|strong="H5648" priests|strong="H3549" and|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5648" Levites|strong="H3879", and|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5648" rest|strong="H7606" of|strong="H0426" those who had come back, kept the|strong="H5648" feast of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5648" opening of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" with|strong="H0426" joy|strong="H2305". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1005" they gave as offerings at|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" opening of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" a hundred|strong="H3969" oxen, two hundred|strong="H3969" sheep, four|strong="H0703" hundred|strong="H3969" lambs|strong="H0563"; and|strong="H1005" for|strong="H5922" a sin-offering for|strong="H5922" all|strong="H3606" Israel|strong="H3479", twelve|strong="H6236" he-goats, being the|strong="H3606" number|strong="H4510" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" tribes|strong="H7625" of|strong="H0426" Israel|strong="H3479". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3792" they|strong="H1768" put the|strong="H5922" priests|strong="H3549" in|strong="H0426" their divisions|strong="H6392" and|strong="H3792" the|strong="H5922" Levites|strong="H3879" in|strong="H0426" their order, for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" worship of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390"; as|strong="H1768" it|strong="H5922" is|strong="H1768" recorded in|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5922" book|strong="H5609" of|strong="H0426" Moses|strong="H4873". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H0853" come back kept|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" Passover|strong="H6453" on|strong="H6453" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" had|strong="H3588" made|strong="H3605" themselves|strong="H2891" clean|strong="H2889" together|strong="H0259"; they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" clean|strong="H2889": and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" put the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" lamb to|strong="H1121" death for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3588" come back, and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H2891". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" joined|strong="H0914" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", after|strong="H0413" separating themselves from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" evil ways of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0413" become|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" servants of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", took|strong="H7725" food|strong="H0398" together, 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" feast|strong="H2282" of|strong="H4428" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H4682" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" with|strong="H1004" joy|strong="H8057": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" full|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" joy|strong="H8057", by|strong="H5921" turning|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H8055" them|strong="H5921" help in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\chapterNumber{7}Now|strong="H0310" after|strong="H0310" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", when|strong="H1121" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" was|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Persia|strong="H6539", Ezra|strong="H5830", the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seraiah|strong="H8304", the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838", the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967", the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659", the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285", 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5838" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amariah|strong="H0568", the|strong="H5838" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838", the|strong="H5838" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meraioth|strong="H4812", 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zerahiah|strong="H2228", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzzi|strong="H5813", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bukki|strong="H1231", 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0499" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abishua|strong="H0050", the|strong="H0499" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", the|strong="H0499" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499", the|strong="H0499" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" the|strong="H0499" chief|strong="H7218" priest|strong="H3548": 
\verseNumber{6}This|strong="H1931" Ezra|strong="H5830" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" a|strong="H5414" scribe|strong="H5608", expert in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H4428" Moses|strong="H4872" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414": and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", moved by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" whatever|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246" for|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", with|strong="H0413" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" music-makers and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" door-keepers and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" Nethinim, to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0413" seventh|strong="H7651" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0935" fifth|strong="H2549" month|strong="H2320", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0935" seventh|strong="H7637" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0935" king's rule|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="H3588", starting his|strong="H5921" journey|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Babylon|strong="H0894" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5921" fifth|strong="H2549" month|strong="H2320", by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" help of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{10}For|strong="H3588" Ezra|strong="H5830" had|strong="H3068" given his|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3068" learning the|strong="H0853" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" teaching|strong="H8451" his|strong="H3068" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" decisions|strong="H4941" in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H5414" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" letter|strong="H5406" which|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Ezra|strong="H5830", the|strong="H0834" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" scribe|strong="H5608", who|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" writing the|strong="H0834" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" orders|strong="H4687" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" rules|strong="H2706" for|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478": 
\verseNumber{12}Artaxerxes|strong="H0783", king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H0426" kings|strong="H4430", to|strong="H8065" Ezra|strong="H5831" the|strong="H1768" priest|strong="H3549", scribe|strong="H5613" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" law|strong="H1882" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065", all peace; 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H4437" now it is|strong="H1768" my|strong="H1768" order that|strong="H1768" all|strong="H3606" those|strong="H1768" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H5972" of|strong="H4481" Israel|strong="H3479", and|strong="H4437" their|strong="H3606" priests|strong="H3549" and|strong="H4437" Levites|strong="H3879" in|strong="H4437" my|strong="H1768" kingdom|strong="H4437", who|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" ready and|strong="H4437" have a|strong="H7761" desire to|strong="H2942" go to|strong="H2942" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", are|strong="H1768" to|strong="H2942" go with|strong="H5974" you|strong="H1768". 
\verseNumber{14}Because|strong="H6903" you|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" sent|strong="H7972" by|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" and|strong="H4430" his|strong="H7972" seven|strong="H7655" wise men, to|strong="H5922" get knowledge about|strong="H5922" Judah|strong="H3061" and|strong="H4430" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", as|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" ordered by|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" law|strong="H1882" of|strong="H0426" your|strong="H5922" God|strong="H0426" which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H0426" your|strong="H5922" hand|strong="H3028"; 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H4430" to|strong="H3390" take with|strong="H0426" you|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" silver|strong="H3702" and|strong="H4430" gold|strong="H1722" freely|strong="H5069" offered|strong="H5069" by the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" and|strong="H4430" his|strong="H1768" wise men to|strong="H3390" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" Israel|strong="H3479", whose|strong="H1768" Temple is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", 
\verseNumber{16}As|strong="H1768" well as|strong="H1768" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" silver|strong="H3702" and|strong="H1722" gold|strong="H1722" which|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" get from|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" land of|strong="H0426" Babylon|strong="H0895", together with|strong="H5974" the|strong="H3606" offering|strong="H5069" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H5972" and|strong="H1722" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" priests|strong="H3549", freely|strong="H5069" given for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" their|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0426", which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390": 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1768" with|strong="H5922" this|strong="H1836" money|strong="H3702" get with|strong="H5922" care|strong="H0629" oxen, sheep, and|strong="H3702" lambs|strong="H0563", with|strong="H5922" their|strong="H3606" meal offerings|strong="H5261" and|strong="H3702" their|strong="H3606" drink|strong="H5261" offerings|strong="H5261", to|strong="H5922" be|strong="H0426" offered|strong="H7127" on|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" altar|strong="H4056" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" your|strong="H5922" God|strong="H0426", which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1722" whatever|strong="H4101" seems right to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1722" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0252" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5648" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H7606" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3702" and|strong="H1722" gold|strong="H1722", that|strong="H1768" do|strong="H5648", as|strong="H1768" may be|strong="H0426" pleasing to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0426". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1005" the|strong="H1768" vessels|strong="H3984" which|strong="H1768" have been given|strong="H3052" to|strong="H6925" you|strong="H1768" for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" uses of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" your|strong="H3052" God|strong="H0426", you|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" to|strong="H6925" give|strong="H3052" to|strong="H6925" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H4430" whatever more|strong="H4481" is|strong="H1768" needed for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" your God|strong="H0426", and|strong="H4430" which|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" may have|strong="H4430" to|strong="H4481" give|strong="H5415", take it from|strong="H4481" the|strong="H1768" king's store-house. 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H4430" I|strong="H0576", even|strong="H1768" I|strong="H0576", Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", now|strong="H4430" give|strong="H7761" orders|strong="H2942" to|strong="H2942" all|strong="H3606" keepers of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" king's money across the|strong="H3606" river|strong="H5103", that|strong="H1768" whatever|strong="H3606" Ezra|strong="H5831" the|strong="H3606" priest|strong="H3549", the|strong="H3606" scribe|strong="H5613" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" law|strong="H1882" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065", may have|strong="H0576" need of|strong="H0426" from|strong="H4481" you|strong="H1768", is|strong="H1768" to|strong="H2942" be|strong="H0426" done|strong="H5648" with|strong="H0426" all|strong="H3606" care|strong="H0629", 
\verseNumber{22}Up to|strong="H5705" a|strong="H5705" hundred|strong="H3969" talents|strong="H3604" of|strong="H1325" silver|strong="H3702", a|strong="H5705" hundred|strong="H3969" measures of|strong="H1325" grain, a|strong="H5705" hundred|strong="H3969" measures of|strong="H1325" wine|strong="H2562", and|strong="H3702" a|strong="H5705" hundred|strong="H3969" measures of|strong="H1325" oil|strong="H4887", and|strong="H3702" salt|strong="H4416" without|strong="H3809" measure. 
\verseNumber{23}Whatever|strong="H4101" is|strong="H1768" ordered by|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065", let it|strong="H5922" be|strong="H0426" done|strong="H5648" completely for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065"; so|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" there|strong="H1768" may not be|strong="H0426" wrath|strong="H7109" against|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" kingdom|strong="H4437" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" and|strong="H4430" his|strong="H5922" sons|strong="H1123". 
\verseNumber{24}In|strong="H0426" addition, we|strong="H1768" make|strong="H3046" it|strong="H5922" clear to|strong="H5922" you|strong="H1768", that|strong="H1768" it|strong="H5922" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H0426" against|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" law to|strong="H5922" put any|strong="H3606" tax|strong="H4061" or|strong="H0426" payment in|strong="H0426" goods or|strong="H0426" forced payment on|strong="H5922" any|strong="H3606" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" priests|strong="H3549" or|strong="H0426" Levites|strong="H3879", the|strong="H3606" music-makers, door-keepers, Nethinim|strong="H5412", or|strong="H0426" any|strong="H3606" servants|strong="H6399" of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H2452" you|strong="H0607", Ezra|strong="H5831", by the|strong="H3606" wisdom|strong="H2452" of|strong="H0426" your|strong="H4483" God|strong="H0426" which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H0426" you|strong="H0607", are|strong="H1768" to|strong="H5972" put rulers and|strong="H2452" judges|strong="H1782" to|strong="H5972" have|strong="H1934" authority over all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H5972" across the|strong="H3606" river|strong="H5103" who|strong="H1768" have|strong="H1934" knowledge of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" laws|strong="H1882" of|strong="H0426" your|strong="H4483" God|strong="H0426"; and|strong="H2452" you|strong="H0607" are|strong="H1768" to|strong="H5972" give teaching to|strong="H5972" him who|strong="H1768" has|strong="H0426" no|strong="H3809" knowledge of|strong="H0426" them. 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H4430" if|strong="H2006" anyone|strong="H3606" does|strong="H5648" not|strong="H3809" keep the|strong="H3606" law|strong="H1882" of|strong="H0426" your God|strong="H0426" and|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" law|strong="H1882" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", take|strong="H1934" care|strong="H0629" that|strong="H1768" punishment is|strong="H1768" given to|strong="H4481" him|strong="H4481", by|strong="H4481" death|strong="H4193" or|strong="H0426" by|strong="H4481" driving him|strong="H4481" from|strong="H4481" his|strong="H3606" country or|strong="H0426" by|strong="H4481" taking away his|strong="H3606" goods|strong="H5232" or|strong="H0426" by|strong="H4481" putting him|strong="H4481" in|strong="H0426" prison. 
\verseNumber{27}Praise|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1288" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" such|strong="H0834" a|strong="H5414" thing|strong="H2063" into|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5414" fair the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3289" mercy|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" government and|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's great|strong="H0430" captains|strong="H8269". And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" made|strong="H2388" strong|strong="H2388" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" which was|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" got|strong="H5927" together|strong="H5973" out|strong="H2388" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" chief|strong="H7218" men|strong="H1368" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H6440". 
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\chapterNumber{8}Now these|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0428" the|strong="H5973" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" families|strong="H0001" who|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0428" listed|strong="H3187" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H0428" who|strong="H0428" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973" from|strong="H5927" Babylon|strong="H0894", when|strong="H5927" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" was|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", Gershom|strong="H1647"; of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385", Daniel|strong="H1840"; of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", Hattush|strong="H2407"; 
\verseNumber{3}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shecaniah|strong="H7935"; of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Parosh|strong="H6551", Zechariah|strong="H2148"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" were|strong="H1121" listed|strong="H3187" a|strong="H2145" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" fifty|strong="H2572" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{4}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pahath-moab|strong="H6355", Eliehoenai|strong="H0454", the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zerahiah|strong="H2228"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{5}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shecaniah|strong="H7935", the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jahaziel|strong="H3166"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adin|strong="H5720", Ebed|strong="H5651", the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" fifty|strong="H2572" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867", Jeshaiah|strong="H3470"; the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Athaliah|strong="H6271"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" seventy|strong="H7657" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203", Zebadiah|strong="H2069", the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Michael|strong="H4317"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" eighty|strong="H8084" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{9}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097", Obadiah|strong="H5662", the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehiel|strong="H3171"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" eighteen|strong="H6240" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelomith|strong="H8019", the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Josiphiah|strong="H3131"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" a|strong="H2145" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" sixty|strong="H8346" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bebai|strong="H0893", Zechariah|strong="H2148", the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bebai|strong="H0893"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" twenty-eight|strong="H8083" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azgad|strong="H5803", Johanan|strong="H3110", the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hakkatan|strong="H6997"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" a|strong="H2145" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adonikam|strong="H0140", the|strong="H5973" last|strong="H0314", whose|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" Eliphelet|strong="H0467", Jeuel|strong="H3273", and|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H1121" sixty|strong="H8346" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bigvai|strong="H0902", Uthai|strong="H5793" and|strong="H1121" Zabbud|strong="H2072"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H1121" seventy|strong="H7657" males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" made them|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" together|strong="H6908" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" river|strong="H5104" flowing to|strong="H0413" Ahava|strong="H0163"; and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H0935" tents for|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117": and|strong="H1121" after|strong="H0413" viewing the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" priests|strong="H3548" I|strong="H3117" saw that|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" Eliezer|strong="H0461" and|strong="H7971" Ariel|strong="H0740" and|strong="H7971" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" and|strong="H7971" Elnathan|strong="H0494" Jarib|strong="H3402" and|strong="H7971" Elnathan|strong="H0494" and|strong="H7971" Nathan|strong="H5416" and|strong="H7971" Zechariah|strong="H2148" and|strong="H7971" Meshullam|strong="H4918", all responsible|strong="H7218" men|strong="H7218"; and|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" Joiarib|strong="H3114" and|strong="H7971" Elnathan|strong="H0494", who|strong="H0995" were|strong="H7218" wise men|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0935" I|strong="H7760" sent|strong="H3318" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Iddo|strong="H0112" the|strong="H0853" chief|strong="H7218" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" Casiphia|strong="H3703", and|strong="H0935" gave|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0413" orders|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Iddo|strong="H0112" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H0853" Nethinim at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" Casiphia|strong="H3703", so|strong="H3318" that|strong="H1697" they|strong="H5921" might|strong="H4725" come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" men|strong="H7218" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" work|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" help of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" they|strong="H5921" got for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" Ish-sechel, one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahli|strong="H4249", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H1121" Sherebiah|strong="H8274" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" brothers|strong="H0251", eighteen|strong="H6240"; 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" Hashabiah|strong="H2811", and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853" Jeshaiah|strong="H3470" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847", his|strong="H0854" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H4847" sons|strong="H1121", twenty|strong="H6242"; 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3967" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" Nethinim, to|strong="H5414" whom David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" had|strong="H1732" given|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" of|strong="H8269" helping the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", two|strong="H4480" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" Nethinim, all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8269" them|strong="H5414" specially named|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H7121" I|strong="H4480" gave|strong="H7121" orders for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7121" time of|strong="H0430" going without|strong="H4480" food, there|strong="H8033" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104" Ahava|strong="H0163", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H8033" might make|strong="H7121" ourselves|strong="H4480" low before|strong="H6440" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" prayer, requesting from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7121" straight|strong="H3477" way|strong="H1870" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0430" for|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945" and|strong="H0430" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" substance. 
\verseNumber{22}For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0559" not|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" shame|strong="H0954", make|strong="H3588" request|strong="H7592" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" band of|strong="H4428" armed men|strong="H3605" and|strong="H0430" horsemen|strong="H6571" to|strong="H0559" give us|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826" against|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" might|strong="H5797" make|strong="H3588" attacks on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870": for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", The|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" servants for|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896", but|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" and|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3605" wrath|strong="H0639" are|strong="H3027" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3027" turned away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5921" we went without food, requesting our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063": and|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5921" ear was|strong="H0430" open to|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" prayer|strong="H6279". 
\verseNumber{24}So I|strong="H8147" put on|strong="H5973" one|strong="H8147" side|strong="H5973" twelve|strong="H6240" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5973" chiefs|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5973" priests|strong="H3548", Sherebiah|strong="H8274", Hashabiah|strong="H2811", and|strong="H3548" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H8269" their|strong="H8147" brothers|strong="H0251" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H0251", 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3478" gave|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H1992" by|strong="H3478" weight the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H8641" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" which|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" wise men|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" there|strong="H4672" present|strong="H4672" had|strong="H0430" given|strong="H3289": 
\verseNumber{26}Measuring into|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" fifty|strong="H2572" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" silver|strong="H3701" vessels|strong="H3627", a|strong="H5921" hundred|strong="H3967" talents' weight, and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5921" hundred|strong="H3967" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H3027" gold|strong="H2091", 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H2091" twenty|strong="H6242" gold|strong="H2091" basins, of|strong="H3627" a thousand|strong="H0505" darics|strong="H0150", and|strong="H2091" two|strong="H8147" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H8147" best|strong="H2896" bright brass|strong="H5178", equal in|strong="H3627" value to|strong="H5178" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" vessels|strong="H3627" are|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944": and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" gold|strong="H2091" are|strong="H3068" an|strong="H0559" offering|strong="H5071" freely|strong="H5071" given to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{29}Take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" them|strong="H6440", till|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6440" put them|strong="H6440" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" scales before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" chiefs|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" chiefs|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" families|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H3957" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" Levites|strong="H3881" took|strong="H6901" the|strong="H0935" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H0935" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" vessels|strong="H3627", to|strong="H0935" take|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" our|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H1961" we went|strong="H5265" away|strong="H5337" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" river|strong="H5104" of|strong="H0430" Ahava|strong="H0163" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" twelfth day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H1961" us|strong="H5921" salvation from|strong="H5265" our|strong="H5921" haters and|strong="H0430" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0430" were|strong="H1961" waiting to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H3027" an|strong="H1961" attack on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H0935" we|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H0935" were|strong="H3117" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fourth|strong="H7243" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" vessels|strong="H3627" were|strong="H1121" measured out|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" weight in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Meremoth|strong="H4822", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uriah|strong="H0223", the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0430" Eleazar|strong="H0499", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372"; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1121" Jozabad|strong="H3107", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442", and|strong="H1121" Noadiah|strong="H5129", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Binnui|strong="H1131", the|strong="H5921" Levites|strong="H3881"; 
\verseNumber{34}All|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1931" handed over|strong="H3605" by|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" and|strong="H6256" by|strong="H3605" weight|strong="H4948": and|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3605" weight|strong="H4948" was|strong="H1931" put on|strong="H3605" record|strong="H3789" at|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" prisoners|strong="H7628", who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" strange land, made|strong="H3605" burned offerings|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", twelve|strong="H6240" oxen|strong="H6499" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", ninety-six|strong="H8337" male|strong="H3532" sheep|strong="H3532", seventy-seven|strong="H7657" lambs|strong="H3532", twelve|strong="H6240" he-goats for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H0935" sin-offering: all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H0935" burned offering|strong="H7126" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H0430" they|strong="H5971" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" king's orders to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" king's captains|strong="H6346" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" rulers|strong="H0430" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H0853" river|strong="H5104", and|strong="H0430" they|strong="H5971" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" help|strong="H5971" which|strong="H1004" was|strong="H0430" needed. 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\chapterNumber{9}Now after|strong="H0413" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428" were|strong="H3478" done, the|strong="H0559" captains|strong="H8269" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", The|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" Levites|strong="H3881" have|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" kept themselves|strong="H0428" separate|strong="H0914" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" lands|strong="H0776", but|strong="H3808" have|strong="H0776" taken part in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" disgusting|strong="H8441" ways of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" Canaanites|strong="H3669", the|strong="H0559" Hittites|strong="H2850", the|strong="H0559" Perizzites|strong="H6522", the|strong="H0559" Jebusites|strong="H2983", the|strong="H0559" Ammonites|strong="H5984", the|strong="H0559" Moabites|strong="H4125", the|strong="H0559" Egyptians|strong="H4713", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" Amorites|strong="H0567". 
\verseNumber{2}For|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" daughters|strong="H1323" for|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" holy|strong="H6944" seed|strong="H2233" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" mixed with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" lands|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H0776" fact the|strong="H3588" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" rulers|strong="H8269" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" first|strong="H7223" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H3027" this|strong="H2088" evil. 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H7218" hearing|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2088", with|strong="H3427" signs of|strong="H1697" grief|strong="H1697" and|strong="H7218" pulling out|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" hair|strong="H8181" of|strong="H1697" my|strong="H8085" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" my|strong="H8085" chin, I|strong="H1697" took|strong="H0853" my|strong="H8085" seat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" earth deeply troubled. 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" went|strong="H0413" in|strong="H3427" fear of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" sin of|strong="H0430" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H0430" come back|strong="H0413", came|strong="H0413" together|strong="H0622" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0589" kept where|strong="H0413" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3478", overcome with|strong="H0413" grief|strong="H1697", till|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153" offering|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H6965" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" evening|strong="H6153" offering|strong="H4503", having made myself low|strong="H3766" before|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430", I|strong="H3068" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" with|strong="H0413" signs of|strong="H0430" grief, falling down|strong="H3766" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" knees|strong="H1290", with|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3709" stretched|strong="H6566" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", O|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430", shame|strong="H0954" keeps me|strong="H0413" from|strong="H6440" lifting|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" my|strong="H3588" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588", my|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430": for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H0430" sins|strong="H5771" are|strong="H8064" increased|strong="H7235" higher|strong="H4605" than|strong="H7235" our|strong="H0430" heads|strong="H7218" and|strong="H0430" our|strong="H0430" evil-doing has|strong="H0430" come up|strong="H7311" to|strong="H0413" heaven|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{7}From|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5414" fathers|strong="H0001" till|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H0001" been|strong="H0776" great|strong="H1419" sinners; and|strong="H0776" for|strong="H0776" our|strong="H5414" sins|strong="H5771", we|strong="H0587" and|strong="H0776" our|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0776" our|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" have|strong="H0001" been|strong="H0776" given|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5704" into|strong="H0776" the|strong="H6440" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" lands|strong="H0776", to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5704" prison and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5704" loss of|strong="H4428" goods and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5704" shame|strong="H1322" of|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440", as|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" for|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H4592" time|strong="H6258" grace|strong="H8467" has|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H5414" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H1961" let|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" small|strong="H4592" band of|strong="H0430" us|strong="H5414" get free and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" nail in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5414" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" may|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" light|strong="H0215" to|strong="H1961" our|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" measure of|strong="H0430" new life|strong="H4241" in|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3068" prison chains. 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H0430" servants|strong="H5650"; but|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" turned|strong="H5186" away|strong="H5186" from|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5414" prison|strong="H1004", but|strong="H3588" has|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0430" mercy on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" eyes of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" new strength to|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" up|strong="H7311" again|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H5414" fair its|strong="H5414" waste|strong="H2723" places|strong="H2723", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H1447" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0430" now|strong="H6258", O|strong="H4100" our|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", what|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559" after|strong="H0310" this|strong="H2063"? for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" kept your|strong="H3588" laws, 
\verseNumber{11}Which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0834" servants|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030", saying|strong="H0559", The|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" into|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" going|strong="H0935", to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3423" it|strong="H1931" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" heritage, is|strong="H0834" an|strong="H0935" unclean|strong="H5079" land|strong="H0776", because|strong="H0834" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" evil lives|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0935" their|strong="H0935" disgusting|strong="H8441" ways, which|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" unclean|strong="H5079" from|strong="H0935" end|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0413" end|strong="H6310". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H4616" now|strong="H6258" do|strong="H0408" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121" or|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" daughters|strong="H1323" for|strong="H0776" your|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" or|strong="H3808" do|strong="H0408" anything|strong="H0398" for|strong="H0776" their|strong="H5375" peace|strong="H7965" or|strong="H3808" well-being|strong="H7965" for|strong="H0776" ever|strong="H5769"; so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4616" you|strong="H5414" may|strong="H0776" be|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H2388", living on|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" good|strong="H2896" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H1121" handing it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" for|strong="H0776" a|strong="H5414" heritage for|strong="H0776" ever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" everything|strong="H3605" which has|strong="H0430" come|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3605" evil-doing and|strong="H0935" our|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" sin|strong="H5771", and|strong="H0935" seeing|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" punishment|strong="H5771" which you|strong="H0859", O|strong="H0859" God|strong="H0430", have|strong="H0859" given|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414", is|strong="H0430" less|strong="H3588" than|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" measure of|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H5771", and|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" kept|strong="H2820" from|strong="H0935" death those|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" us|strong="H5414" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H0430" here|strong="H2063"; 
\verseNumber{14}Are|strong="H0428" we|strong="H5704" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H7725" against your|strong="H7725" orders|strong="H4687", taking wives from|strong="H7725" among|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0369" do|strong="H0369" these|strong="H0428" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H0428"? would|strong="H0369" you|strong="H5704" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H0599" with|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725" till|strong="H5704" our|strong="H0428" destruction|strong="H3615" was|strong="H0369" complete|strong="H3615", till|strong="H5704" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0369" who|strong="H0369" got away|strong="H7725" safe? 
\verseNumber{15}O|strong="H0859" Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", righteousness is|strong="H0369" yours|strong="H0859"; we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" only a|strong="H3588" small band which|strong="H2088" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H5975" from|strong="H5921" death, as|strong="H3068" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117": see|strong="H2005", we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0859" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068" sin; for|strong="H3588" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" may|strong="H0430" keep his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H2088" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0859" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H0430" this|strong="H2088". 
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\chapterNumber{10}Now|strong="H3588" while|strong="H3588" Ezra|strong="H5830" was|strong="H3478" making|strong="H3034" his|strong="H0376" prayer and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H0376" statement of|strong="H1004" wrongdoing, weeping|strong="H1058" and|strong="H3478" falling|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430", a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1004" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3478" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3478" children|strong="H3206" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H0413" together|strong="H6908" round him|strong="H0413": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" weeping|strong="H1058" bitterly|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1121" Shecaniah|strong="H7935", the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehiel|strong="H3171", one|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867", answering, said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Ezra|strong="H5830", We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3426" done evil against|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3426" taken|strong="H3427" as|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" wives|strong="H0802" strange women|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776": but|strong="H6030" still|strong="H0559" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H0776" hope for|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2063" question. 
\verseNumber{3}Let|strong="H6258" us|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3205" put|strong="H3318" away|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H3205", if it|strong="H6213" seems|strong="H3605" right to|strong="H3205" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3205" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" go|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0430" fear of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H8451" of|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430"; and|strong="H0430" let|strong="H6258" it|strong="H6213" be|strong="H0430" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0430" keeping with|strong="H1285" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{4}Up|strong="H6965", now|strong="H3588"! for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1697" your|strong="H5921" business|strong="H1697", and|strong="H6965" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1697" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588"; take|strong="H2388" heart and|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" Ezra|strong="H5830" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" chiefs|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" take|strong="H7650" an|strong="H7650" oath|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3605" took|strong="H0853" an|strong="H7650" oath|strong="H7650". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6965" Ezra|strong="H5830" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H6965" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" room|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Jehohanan|strong="H3076", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliashib|strong="H0475"; but|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033", he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H0398" no|strong="H3808" food|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0430" sorrowing for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" sin of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H0430" come|strong="H6965" back|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3389" public|strong="H6963" statement through|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", to|strong="H3389" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3063" come back, that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3389" come together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" if|strong="H0834" anyone|strong="H3605" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" before|strong="H3808" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" were|strong="H0834" past, as|strong="H0834" ordered by|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" responsible men|strong="H2205", all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" goods|strong="H7399" would|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3808" put|strong="H0935" under|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" curse, and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" himself|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3808" cut off from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" meeting of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H0376" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" before|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" were|strong="H0376" past; it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" ninth|strong="H8671" month|strong="H2320", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" twentieth|strong="H6242" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320"; and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0376" seated|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" wide square|strong="H7339" in|strong="H3427" front of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430", shaking with|strong="H1004" fear because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" this|strong="H1931" business|strong="H1697" and|strong="H3063" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H0430" rain|strong="H1653". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H6965" Ezra|strong="H5830" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548" got|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" feet and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" done|strong="H3254" wrong and|strong="H6965" taken|strong="H3427" strange women|strong="H0802" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" wives|strong="H0802", so|strong="H6965" increasing|strong="H3254" the|strong="H0559" sin of|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H4480" now|strong="H6258", give|strong="H5414" praise|strong="H8426" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" his|strong="H5414" pleasure|strong="H7522"; and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5414" yourselves|strong="H3068" separate|strong="H0914" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" strange women|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H6030" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people, answering, said|strong="H0559" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963", As|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1697" said|strong="H0559", so|strong="H3651" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3651" right|strong="H3651" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" is|strong="H0369" great|strong="H7227", and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H3117" much|strong="H7235" rain|strong="H1653"; it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" possible for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0369" go on|strong="H3117" waiting outside|strong="H2351", and|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" thing|strong="H1697" which|strong="H2088" may|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" done in|strong="H3117" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" or|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3588" two|strong="H8147": for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3588" sin in|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2088" business|strong="H4399" is|strong="H0369" great|strong="H7227". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H4480" now|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" our|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" be|strong="H1697" representatives for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427", and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H4994" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" our|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" married|strong="H0802" to|strong="H0935" strange women|strong="H0802" come|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3427" fixed|strong="H5975" times|strong="H6256", and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" responsible men|strong="H2205" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199" of|strong="H0430" every|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892", till|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" burning|strong="H2740" wrath|strong="H0639" of|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" us|strong="H4994", and|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" has|strong="H0430" been|strong="H0834" done|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{15}Only|strong="H0389" Jonathan|strong="H3129", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asahel|strong="H6214", and|strong="H1121" Jahzeiah|strong="H3167", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tikvah|strong="H8616", were|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063", Meshullam|strong="H4918" and|strong="H1121" Shabbethai|strong="H7678" the|strong="H5921" Levite|strong="H3881" supporting|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3651" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H0001" come back|strong="H1004" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651". And|strong="H1121" Ezra|strong="H5830" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", with|strong="H1004" certain|strong="H0259" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" families|strong="H1004", by|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" fathers' families|strong="H1004", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H3427" by|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034", were|strong="H1121" marked out|strong="H3605"; and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320" they|strong="H3651" took their|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0376" go into|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" question|strong="H1697" with|strong="H1004" care|strong="H1875". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" got to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" end|strong="H3615" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0376" married|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5704" strange women|strong="H0802" by|strong="H0802" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" among|strong="H4672" the|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" married|strong="H0802" to|strong="H1121" strange women|strong="H0802" were|strong="H0834" these|strong="H0834": of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442", the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jozadak and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H0834" brothers|strong="H0251", Maaseiah|strong="H4641" and|strong="H1121" Eliezer|strong="H0461" and|strong="H1121" Jarib|strong="H3402" and|strong="H1121" Gedaliah|strong="H1436". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" word that|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" would put|strong="H5414" away|strong="H3318" their|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H3027" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" sin, they|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H0819" of|strong="H3027" a|strong="H5414" male sheep|strong="H6629" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" flock|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Immer|strong="H0564", Hanani|strong="H2607" and|strong="H1121" Zebadiah|strong="H2069". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8098" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766", Maaseiah|strong="H4641" and|strong="H1121" Elijah|strong="H0452" and|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" and|strong="H1121" Jehiel|strong="H3171" and|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3458" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583", Elioenai|strong="H0454", Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Ishmael|strong="H3458", Nethanel|strong="H5417", Jozabad|strong="H3107", and|strong="H1121" Elasah|strong="H0501". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H3063" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" Levites|strong="H3881", Jozabad|strong="H3107", and|strong="H3063" Shimei|strong="H8096", and|strong="H3063" Kelaiah|strong="H7041" (that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" Kelita|strong="H7042"), Pethahiah|strong="H6611", Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" Eliezer|strong="H0461". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H7891" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" music-makers, Eliashib|strong="H0475"; and|strong="H7891" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" door-keepers, Shallum|strong="H7967" and|strong="H7891" Telem|strong="H2928" and|strong="H7891" Uri|strong="H0221". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H0499" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Parosh|strong="H6551", Ramiah|strong="H7422" and|strong="H1121" Izziah|strong="H3150" and|strong="H1121" Malchijah|strong="H4441" and|strong="H1121" Mijamin|strong="H4326" and|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Malchijah|strong="H4441" and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Zechariah|strong="H2148", and|strong="H1121" Jehiel|strong="H3171" and|strong="H1121" Abdi|strong="H5660" and|strong="H1121" Jeremoth|strong="H3406" and|strong="H1121" Elijah|strong="H0452". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zattu|strong="H2240", Elioenai|strong="H0454", Eliashib|strong="H0475", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", and|strong="H1121" Jeremoth|strong="H3406" and|strong="H1121" Zabad|strong="H2066" and|strong="H1121" Aziza|strong="H5819". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3076" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bebai|strong="H0893", Jehohanan|strong="H3076", Hananiah|strong="H2608", Zabbai|strong="H2079", Athlai. 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137", Meshullam|strong="H4918", Malluch|strong="H4409", and|strong="H1121" Adaiah|strong="H5718", Jashub|strong="H3437" and|strong="H1121" Sheal|strong="H7594", Jeremoth|strong="H3406". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pahath-moab|strong="H6355", Adna|strong="H5733" and|strong="H1121" Chelal|strong="H3636", Benaiah|strong="H1141", Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Bezalel|strong="H1212" and|strong="H1121" Binnui|strong="H1131" and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8098" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766", Eliezer|strong="H0461", Isshijah|strong="H3449", Malchijah|strong="H4441", Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Shimeon|strong="H8095", 
\verseNumber{32}Benjamin|strong="H1144", Malluch|strong="H4409", Shemariah|strong="H8114". 
\verseNumber{33}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hashum|strong="H2828", Mattenai|strong="H4982", Mattattah|strong="H4992", Zabad|strong="H2066", Eliphelet|strong="H0467", Jeremai|strong="H3413", Manasseh|strong="H4519", Shimei|strong="H8096". 
\verseNumber{34}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137", Maadai|strong="H4572", Amram|strong="H6019", and|strong="H1121" Uel|strong="H0177", 
\verseNumber{35}Benaiah|strong="H1141", Bedeiah|strong="H0912", Cheluhi|strong="H3622", 
\verseNumber{36}Vaniah|strong="H2057", Meremoth|strong="H4822", Eliashib|strong="H0475", 
\verseNumber{37}Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Mattenai|strong="H4982", and Jaasu|strong="H3299", 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H1121" Bani and|strong="H1121" Binnui|strong="H1131", Shimei|strong="H8096"; 
\verseNumber{39}And|strong="H5416" Shelemiah|strong="H8018" and|strong="H5416" Nathan|strong="H5416" and|strong="H5416" Adaiah|strong="H5718", 
\verseNumber{40}Machnadebai|strong="H4367", Shashai|strong="H8343", Sharai|strong="H8298", 
\verseNumber{41}Azarel|strong="H5832" and|strong="H8114" Shelemiah|strong="H8018", Shemariah|strong="H8114", 
\verseNumber{42}Shallum|strong="H7967", Amariah|strong="H0568", Joseph|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{43}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebo|strong="H5015", Jeiel|strong="H3273", Mattithiah|strong="H4993", Zabad|strong="H2066", Zebina|strong="H2081", Iddo|strong="H3035", and|strong="H1121" Joel|strong="H3100", Benaiah|strong="H1141". 
\verseNumber{44}All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" had|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H5375" strange wives|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H0428" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1121" wives|strong="H0802" by|strong="H0802" whom|strong="H0428" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1121" offspring|strong="H1121". 
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