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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", that|strong="H3605" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:1  }“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.} word|strong="H1697" by|strong="H3068" Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" mouth|strong="H6310" might|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1571" accomplished|strong="H3615", Yahweh|strong="H3068" stirred|strong="H5782" up|strong="H5782" the|strong="H3605" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", so|strong="H1571" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3605" a|strong="H0259" proclamation|strong="H6963" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438", and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3615" it|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" in|strong="H8141" writing|strong="H4385", saying|strong="H0559", 
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\verseNumber{2}“Cyrus|strong="H3566" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" says|strong="H0559", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:2  }The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} 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" commanded|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" build|strong="H1129" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" 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" all|strong="H3605" 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" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" (he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430"), which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{4}Whoever|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0834" left|strong="H7604", in|strong="H0430" any|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" lives|strong="H1481", let the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" help him|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" silver|strong="H3701", with|strong="H5973" gold|strong="H2091", with|strong="H5973" goods|strong="H7399", and|strong="H0430" with|strong="H5973" animals|strong="H0929", in|strong="H0430" addition to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" free|strong="H5973" will|strong="H0430" offering|strong="H5071" for|strong="H1004" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".’” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H6965" Benjamin|strong="H1144", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", all|strong="H3605" whose|strong="H0834" spirit|strong="H7307" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3068" stirred|strong="H5782" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{6}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3027" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5921" strengthened|strong="H2388" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5921" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701", with|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091", with|strong="H5921" goods|strong="H7399", with|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5921" precious|strong="H4030" things|strong="H3605", in|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3027" willingly|strong="H5068" offered|strong="H5068". 
\verseNumber{7}Also|strong="H3068" Cyrus|strong="H3566" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", which|strong="H0834" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3068" had|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" those|strong="H5921", Cyrus|strong="H3566" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Mithredath|strong="H4990" the|strong="H5921" treasurer|strong="H1489", and|strong="H3063" counted|strong="H5608" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5921" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339" the|strong="H5921" prince|strong="H5387" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{9}This|strong="H0428" is|strong="H3701" the|strong="H0428" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" them|strong="H0505": thirty|strong="H7970" platters of|strong="H4557" gold|strong="H2091", one|strong="H0428" thousand|strong="H0505" platters of|strong="H4557" silver|strong="H3701", twenty-nine|strong="H8672" knives, 
\verseNumber{10}thirty|strong="H7970" bowls|strong="H3713" of|strong="H3627" gold|strong="H2091", four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" ten|strong="H6235" silver|strong="H3701" bowls|strong="H3713" of|strong="H3627" a|strong="H3701" second|strong="H4932" kind, and|strong="H3967" one|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" other|strong="H0312" vessels|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3967" of|strong="H3627" silver|strong="H3701" were|strong="H0702" five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967". Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339" brought|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" up|strong="H5927" when|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" captives|strong="H1473" were|strong="H0702" brought|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" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" province|strong="H4082" who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" captivity|strong="H1540" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H0428" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H7725", whom|strong="H0834" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H0834" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", everyone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" city|strong="H5892"; 
\verseNumber{2}who|strong="H0834" came|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", and|strong="H0935" Baanah|strong="H1196". 
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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" seventy-two. 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203", three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" seventy-two. 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Arah|strong="H0733", seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" seventy-five|strong="H7657". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3097" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pahathmoab, 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" twelve|strong="H6240". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867", one|strong="H1121" thousand|strong="H0505" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" fifty-four. 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zattu|strong="H2240", nine|strong="H8672" hundred|strong="H3967" forty-five|strong="H0705". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zaccai|strong="H2140", seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" sixty|strong="H8346". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137", six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" forty-two|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bebai|strong="H0893", six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty-three. 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azgad|strong="H5803", one|strong="H1121" thousand|strong="H0505" two|strong="H8147" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty-two|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adonikam|strong="H0140", six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" sixty-six. 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bigvai|strong="H0902", two thousand|strong="H0505" fifty-six. 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adin|strong="H5720", four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" 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" twenty-three. 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jorah|strong="H3139", one|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" twelve|strong="H6240". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hashum|strong="H2828", two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" 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" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", one|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" 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", one|strong="H0376" hundred|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|strong="H7157" Arim, Chephirah, and|strong="H1121" Beeroth|strong="H0881", seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" 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" twenty-one. 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Michmas|strong="H4363", one|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty-two|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H3967" Ai|strong="H5857", two|strong="H3967" hundred|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", one|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" fifty-six. 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" Elam|strong="H5867", one|strong="H1121" thousand|strong="H0505" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" fifty-four. 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766", three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" 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" twenty-five|strong="H2568". 
\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jericho|strong="H3405", three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" 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" thirty|strong="H7970". 
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\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" seventy-three. 
\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Immer|strong="H0564", one|strong="H1121" thousand|strong="H0505" fifty-two|strong="H2572". 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583", one|strong="H1121" thousand|strong="H0505" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" forty-seven. 
\verseNumber{39}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766", one|strong="H1121" thousand|strong="H0505" seventeen|strong="H6240". 
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\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" singers|strong="H7891": the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", one|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty-eight|strong="H8083". 
\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" gatekeepers|strong="H7778": 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", in|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" thirty-nine. 
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\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H1121" temple|strong="H5411" servants|strong="H5411": 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". 
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\verseNumber{55}The|strong="H5650" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" 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, the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ami. 
\verseNumber{58}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H5411" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" servants|strong="H5650", were|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" ninety-two. 
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\verseNumber{59}These|strong="H0428" were|strong="H3478" those|strong="H0428" who|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H3478" Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub|strong="H3743", Addan|strong="H0135", and|strong="H3478" Immer|strong="H0564"; but|strong="H0518" they|strong="H1992" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" show|strong="H5046" their|strong="H1992" fathers’|strong="H0001" houses|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H1992" offspring|strong="H2233",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:59  }or, seed} whether|strong="H0518" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" of|strong="H1004" Israel|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" fifty-two|strong="H2572". 
\verseNumber{61}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", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271", who|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|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" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H7121" after|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3947" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{62}These|strong="H0428" sought|strong="H1245" their|strong="H1245" place among|strong="H4480" those|strong="H0428" who|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0428" registered by|strong="H3187" genealogy|strong="H3187", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H0428" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672"; therefore they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H0428" deemed disqualified and|strong="H3808" removed|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" priesthood|strong="H3550". 
\verseNumber{63}The|strong="H0559" governor|strong="H8660" told|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5975" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3548" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" of|strong="H3548" the|strong="H0559" most|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944" until|strong="H5704" a|strong="H0834" priest|strong="H3548" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" to|strong="H0559" serve|strong="H5975" with|strong="H0398" Urim|strong="H0224" and|strong="H0398" with|strong="H0398" Thummim|strong="H8550". 
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\verseNumber{64}The|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" together|strong="H0259" was|strong="H0259" forty-two thousand|strong="H0505" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" sixty|strong="H8346", 
\verseNumber{65}in|strong="H5650" addition to|strong="H5650" their male|strong="H5650" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3967" their female|strong="H0519" servants|strong="H5650", of|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0428" there were|strong="H0428" seven|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" thirty-seven; and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H0428" had|strong="H7969" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" singing|strong="H7891" men|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3967" singing|strong="H7891" women. 
\verseNumber{66}Their horses|strong="H5483" were seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" thirty-six; their mules|strong="H6505", two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" forty-five|strong="H0705"; 
\verseNumber{67}their camels|strong="H1581", four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" thirty-five; their donkeys|strong="H2543", six|strong="H8337" thousand|strong="H0505" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242". 
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\verseNumber{68}Some of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H1004", when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", offered|strong="H5068" willingly|strong="H5068" for|strong="H5921" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0935" set|strong="H5975" it|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4349". 
\verseNumber{69}They|strong="H4399" gave|strong="H5414" according to|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" ability|strong="H3581" into|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" treasury|strong="H0214" of|strong="H0505" the|strong="H5414" work|strong="H4399" sixty-one thousand|strong="H0505" darics of|strong="H0505" gold|strong="H2091",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:69  }a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.} five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505" minas|strong="H4488"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:69  A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds, so 5,000 minas is about 3 metric tons.} of|strong="H0505" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" one|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" priests’|strong="H3548" garments|strong="H3801". 
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\verseNumber{70}So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", with|strong="H3427" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3605" singers|strong="H7891", the|strong="H3605" gatekeepers|strong="H7778", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H5411" servants|strong="H5411", lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
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\chapterNumber{3}When|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320" had|strong="H3478" come|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" cities|strong="H5892", the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" as|strong="H1121" 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 stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5921" 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" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" relatives|strong="H0251", and|strong="H1121" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H5921" offer|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3478" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", as|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0430" written|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}In|strong="H5921" spite|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3068" fear|strong="H0367" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" surrounding lands|strong="H0776", they|strong="H3588" set|strong="H3559" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" base; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" offered|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", even|strong="H3588" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3068" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3117" kept|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" booths|strong="H5521", as|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789", and|strong="H3117" offered the|strong="H0853" daily|strong="H3117" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H5930" by|strong="H3117" number|strong="H4557", according|strong="H4941" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" ordinance|strong="H4941", as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" duty|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" required|strong="H1697"; 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="H3068" afterward|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" continual|strong="H8548" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5071", the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5071" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2320" moons|strong="H2320", of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" set|strong="H6942" feasts|strong="H4150" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" were consecrated|strong="H6942", and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" willingly|strong="H5068" offered|strong="H5068" a|strong="H3068" free will|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5071" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|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" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H3245". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" masons|strong="H2672" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" carpenters|strong="H2796". They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3978", drink|strong="H4960", and|strong="H0935" oil|strong="H8081" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" people of|strong="H4428" Sidon and|strong="H0935" Tyre|strong="H6876" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" from|strong="H4480" Lebanon|strong="H3844" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220", to|strong="H0413" Joppa|strong="H3305", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" grant|strong="H5414" that|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" from|strong="H4480" Cyrus|strong="H3566" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539". 
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\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" to|strong="H0413" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004" at|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320", Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shealtiel|strong="H7597", 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" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" captivity|strong="H7628" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", began|strong="H2490" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" and|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", from|strong="H0935" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" upward|strong="H4605", to|strong="H0413" have|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" oversight of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6213" Jeshua|strong="H3442" stood|strong="H5975" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251", Kadmiel|strong="H6934" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121", the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", together|strong="H0259" to|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" oversight of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" workmen|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5921" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004": 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". 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" builders|strong="H1129" laid|strong="H3245" the|strong="H0853" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964", they|strong="H5921" set|strong="H5975" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" vestments with|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H2689", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623" with|strong="H3068" cymbals|strong="H4700", to|strong="H5921" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" directions|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3588" sang|strong="H7321" to|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3605" another in|strong="H5921" praising|strong="H1984" and|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H3034" thanks|strong="H3034" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896", for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" loving kindness|strong="H2617" endures|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769" toward|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478".” All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321" with|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" shout|strong="H7321", when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5769" laid|strong="H3245". 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H7200" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1004" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H1004" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H1004", the|strong="H0853" 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" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H0834" laid|strong="H3245" before|strong="H5869" their|strong="H7200" eyes|strong="H5869", wept|strong="H1058" with|strong="H1004" a|strong="H7200" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963". Many|strong="H7227" also|strong="H0853" shouted|strong="H8643" aloud|strong="H7311" for|strong="H1004" joy|strong="H8057", 
\verseNumber{13}so|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H5971" not|strong="H0369" discern|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3588" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3588" shout|strong="H7321" of|strong="H6963" joy|strong="H8057" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3588" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3588" weeping|strong="H1065" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321" with|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" loud|strong="H1419" shout|strong="H7321", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H3588" noise|strong="H6963" was|strong="H0369" heard|strong="H8085" far|strong="H5704" away|strong="H7350". 
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\chapterNumber{4}Now|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" adversaries of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" captivity were|strong="H3478" building|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1964" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\verseNumber{2}they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H5927" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Let|strong="H3808" us|strong="H0413" build|strong="H1129" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" seek|strong="H1875" your|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" do; and|strong="H0430" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H0001" been|strong="H5927" sacrificing|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Esar Haddon king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", who|strong="H0430" brought|strong="H5927" us|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927" here|strong="H6311".” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", Jeshua|strong="H3442", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H6680", “You|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" nothing|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6680" with|strong="H1004" us|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0430" building|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0559" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"; but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" ourselves|strong="H0587" together|strong="H3162" will|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" to|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", as|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" us|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" weakened the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" troubled them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H0776" building|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3117" hired|strong="H7936" counselors|strong="H3289" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" frustrate their|strong="H3605" purpose|strong="H6098" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", even|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" reign|strong="H4438" of|strong="H4428" Darius|strong="H1867" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4438" of|strong="H3427" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" beginning|strong="H8462" of|strong="H3427" his|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4438", they|strong="H5921" wrote|strong="H3789" an|strong="H5921" accusation|strong="H7855" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" days|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" companions wrote|strong="H3789" to|strong="H5921" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" writing|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" letter|strong="H3791" was|strong="H4428" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" Syrian and|strong="H4428" delivered in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Syrian language. 
\verseNumber{8}Rehum|strong="H7348" the|strong="H5922" chancellor and|strong="H4430" Shimshai|strong="H8124" the|strong="H5922" scribe|strong="H5613" wrote|strong="H3790" a|strong="H2298" letter|strong="H0104" against|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" to|strong="H5922" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430" as follows|strong="H3660". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H0116" Rehum|strong="H7348" the|strong="H0116" chancellor, Shimshai|strong="H8124" the|strong="H0116" scribe|strong="H5613", and|strong="H0116" the|strong="H0116" rest|strong="H7606" of|strong="H7801" their companions, 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" whom|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5675" great|strong="H7229" and|strong="H0524" noble Osnappar|strong="H0620" brought over and|strong="H0524" settled|strong="H3488" in|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5675" city|strong="H7149" of|strong="H5103" Samaria|strong="H8115", and|strong="H0524" in|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5675" rest|strong="H7606" of|strong="H5103" the|strong="H5675" country beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5675" River|strong="H5103", and|strong="H0524" so|strong="H1768" forth, wrote. 
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\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H1836" is|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5675" copy|strong="H6573" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5675" letter|strong="H0104" that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" sent|strong="H7972": 
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To|strong="H5922" King|strong="H4430" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783", from|strong="H1768" your|strong="H5922" servants|strong="H5649", the|strong="H5675" people beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5675" River|strong="H5103". 
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\verseNumber{12}Be|strong="H1934" it|strong="H5922" known|strong="H3046" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" who|strong="H1768" came|strong="H0858" up|strong="H5559" from|strong="H4481" you|strong="H1768" have|strong="H4430" come|strong="H0858" to|strong="H5922" us to|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". They|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" building|strong="H1124" the|strong="H5922" rebellious and|strong="H4430" bad city|strong="H7149", and|strong="H4430" have|strong="H4430" finished|strong="H3635" the|strong="H5922" walls|strong="H7792" and|strong="H4430" repaired the|strong="H5922" foundations|strong="H0787". 
\verseNumber{13}Be|strong="H1934" it|strong="H2006" known|strong="H3046" now|strong="H3705" to|strong="H3046" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" that|strong="H1768" if|strong="H2006" this|strong="H1791" city|strong="H7149" is|strong="H1768" built|strong="H1124" and|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" walls|strong="H7792" finished|strong="H3635", they|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" pay|strong="H5415" tribute|strong="H4061", custom|strong="H1093", or|strong="H2006" toll|strong="H1983", and|strong="H4430" in|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" end it|strong="H2006" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" hurtful to|strong="H3046" the|strong="H1768" kings|strong="H4430". 
\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H3705" because|strong="H6903" we|strong="H1768" eat the|strong="H3606" salt|strong="H4416" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" palace|strong="H1965" and|strong="H4430" it|strong="H5922" is|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" appropriate|strong="H0749" for|strong="H1768" us to|strong="H5922" see|strong="H2370" the|strong="H3606" king’s|strong="H4430" dishonor|strong="H6173", therefore|strong="H6903" we|strong="H1768" have|strong="H4430" sent|strong="H7972" and|strong="H4430" informed|strong="H3046" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", 
\verseNumber{15}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". You|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" see in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" book|strong="H5609" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H5922" records, and|strong="H4430" know|strong="H3046" that|strong="H1768" this|strong="H1836" city|strong="H7149" is|strong="H1768" a|strong="H5648" rebellious city|strong="H7149", and|strong="H4430" hurtful to|strong="H5922" kings|strong="H4430" and|strong="H4430" provinces|strong="H4083", and|strong="H4430" that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" have|strong="H4430" started rebellions within|strong="H1459" it|strong="H5922" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" past|strong="H5957". That|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" why this|strong="H1836" city|strong="H7149" was|strong="H4430" destroyed. 
\verseNumber{16}We|strong="H0586" inform|strong="H3046" the|strong="H5675" king|strong="H4430" that|strong="H1768" if|strong="H2006" this|strong="H1836" city|strong="H7149" is|strong="H1768" built|strong="H1124" and|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5675" walls|strong="H7792" finished|strong="H3635", then|strong="H4430" you|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" have|strong="H0383" no|strong="H3809" possession|strong="H2508" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5675" River|strong="H5103". 
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\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" chancellor, and|strong="H4430" to|strong="H5922" Shimshai|strong="H8124" the|strong="H5675" scribe|strong="H5613", and|strong="H4430" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5675" rest|strong="H7606" of|strong="H4430" their companions who|strong="H1768" live|strong="H3488" in|strong="H5922" Samaria|strong="H8115", and|strong="H4430" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5675" rest|strong="H7606" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5675" country beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5675" River|strong="H5103": 
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Peace|strong="H8001". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H5922" letter which|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" sent|strong="H7972" to|strong="H5922" us has|strong="H1768" been plainly read|strong="H7123" before|strong="H6925" me|strong="H6925". 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H4481" decreed, and|strong="H4430" search|strong="H1240" has|strong="H1768" been made|strong="H5648", and|strong="H4430" it|strong="H5922" was|strong="H4430" found|strong="H7912" that|strong="H1768" this|strong="H1791" city|strong="H7149" has|strong="H1768" made|strong="H5648" insurrection against|strong="H5922" kings|strong="H4430" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" past|strong="H5957", and|strong="H4430" that|strong="H1768" rebellion|strong="H4776" and|strong="H4430" revolts|strong="H0849" have|strong="H4430" been made|strong="H5648" in|strong="H5922" it|strong="H5922". 
\verseNumber{20}There have|strong="H4430" also been mighty|strong="H8624" kings|strong="H4430" over|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" who have|strong="H4430" ruled|strong="H1934" over|strong="H5922" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" country beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H3606" River|strong="H5103"; and|strong="H4430" tribute|strong="H4061", custom|strong="H1093", and|strong="H4430" toll|strong="H1983" was|strong="H1934" paid|strong="H3052" to|strong="H5922" them. 
\verseNumber{21}Make|strong="H7761" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" now|strong="H3705" to|strong="H2942" cause these|strong="H0479" men|strong="H1400" to|strong="H2942" cease|strong="H0989", and|strong="H7149" that|strong="H2942" this|strong="H1791" city|strong="H7149" not|strong="H3809" be|strong="H3705" built|strong="H1124" until|strong="H5705" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" is|strong="H7149" made|strong="H7761" by|strong="H7761" me. 
\verseNumber{22}Be|strong="H1934" careful that|strong="H4430" you|strong="H5922" not be|strong="H1934" slack doing|strong="H5648" so. Why|strong="H4101" should|strong="H4101" damage|strong="H5142" grow to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" hurt of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5922" kings|strong="H4430"? 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H0116" when|strong="H1768" the|strong="H0116" copy|strong="H6573" of|strong="H4481" King|strong="H4430" Artaxerxes’ letter was|strong="H4430" read|strong="H7123" before|strong="H6925" Rehum|strong="H7348", Shimshai|strong="H8124" the|strong="H0116" scribe|strong="H5613", and|strong="H4430" their companions, they|strong="H0116" went|strong="H0236" in|strong="H0236" haste|strong="H0924" to|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H0116" Jews|strong="H3062", and|strong="H4430" made|strong="H7123" them|strong="H1994" to|strong="H5922" cease|strong="H0989" by|strong="H4481" force|strong="H0153" of|strong="H4481" arms|strong="H2429". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H0116" work|strong="H5673" stopped|strong="H0989" on|strong="H5705" God’s house|strong="H1005" which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". It stopped|strong="H0989" until|strong="H5705" the|strong="H0116" second|strong="H8648" year|strong="H8140" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H0116" reign|strong="H4437" 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" the|strong="H5922" prophet and|strong="H3061" Zechariah|strong="H2148" the|strong="H5922" son|strong="H1247" of|strong="H0426" Iddo|strong="H5714", prophesied|strong="H5013" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" who|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" in|strong="H0426" Judah|strong="H3061" and|strong="H3061" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". They|strong="H1768" prophesied|strong="H5013" to|strong="H5922" them 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 rose up and|strong="H1005" began|strong="H8271" to|strong="H5974" build God’s house|strong="H1005" which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390"; and|strong="H1005" with|strong="H5974" them were|strong="H1768" the|strong="H0116" prophets|strong="H5029" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426", helping them. 
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\verseNumber{3}At the|strong="H5675" same time|strong="H2166" Tattenai|strong="H8674", the|strong="H5675" governor|strong="H6347" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5675" River|strong="H5103", came|strong="H0858" to|strong="H5922" them|strong="H0560", with|strong="H5922" Shetharbozenai and|strong="H3652" their companions, and|strong="H3652" asked|strong="H0560" them|strong="H0560", “Who|strong="H4479" gave|strong="H0560" you|strong="H5922" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" to|strong="H5922" build this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" and|strong="H3652" to|strong="H5922" finish|strong="H3635" this|strong="H1836" wall?” 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H0116" also|strong="H3660" asked|strong="H0560" for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H0116" names|strong="H8036" of|strong="H1836" the|strong="H0116" men|strong="H1400" were|strong="H1400" who|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1400" making 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" elders|strong="H7868" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H0116" Jews|strong="H3062", and|strong="H5705" they|strong="H0116" didn’t make them|strong="H1994" cease|strong="H0989" until|strong="H5705" the|strong="H0116" matter should come to|strong="H5922" Darius|strong="H1868", and|strong="H5705" an answer should be|strong="H0426" returned|strong="H8421" by letter concerning|strong="H5922" it|strong="H5922". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5675" copy|strong="H6573" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5675" letter|strong="H0104" that|strong="H1768" Tattenai|strong="H8674", the|strong="H5675" governor|strong="H6347" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5675" River|strong="H5103", and|strong="H4430" Shetharbozenai, and|strong="H4430" his|strong="H7972" companions the|strong="H5675" Apharsachites who|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5675" River|strong="H5103", sent|strong="H7972" to|strong="H5922" Darius|strong="H1868" the|strong="H5675" king|strong="H4430" follows. 
\verseNumber{7}They sent|strong="H7972" a|strong="H7972" letter to|strong="H5922" him, in|strong="H5922" which was|strong="H4430" written|strong="H3790": 
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To|strong="H5922" Darius|strong="H1868" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", all|strong="H3606" peace|strong="H8001". 
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\verseNumber{8}Be|strong="H0426" it known|strong="H3046" to|strong="H0236" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" that|strong="H1768" we|strong="H1768" went|strong="H0236" into the|strong="H1768" province|strong="H4083" of|strong="H0426" Judah|strong="H3061", to|strong="H0236" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" great|strong="H7229" God|strong="H0426", which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" being built|strong="H1124" with|strong="H1124" great|strong="H7229" stones|strong="H0069" and|strong="H4430" timber|strong="H0636" is|strong="H1768" laid|strong="H7761" in|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" walls|strong="H3797". This|strong="H1791" work|strong="H5673" goes on with|strong="H1124" diligence|strong="H0629" and|strong="H4430" prospers in|strong="H0426" their hands|strong="H3028". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H0116" we|strong="H0116" asked|strong="H7593" those|strong="H0479" elders|strong="H7868", and|strong="H1005" said|strong="H0560" to|strong="H0560" them|strong="H0560" thus|strong="H1836", “Who|strong="H4479" gave|strong="H0560" you a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" to|strong="H0560" build this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005", and|strong="H1005" to|strong="H0560" finish|strong="H3635" this|strong="H1836" wall?” 
\verseNumber{10}We|strong="H1768" asked|strong="H7593" them their names|strong="H8036" also|strong="H0638", to|strong="H8036" inform|strong="H3046" you|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" we|strong="H1768" might write|strong="H3790" the|strong="H1768" names|strong="H8036" of|strong="H7217" the|strong="H1768" men|strong="H1400" who|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" at their head|strong="H7217". 
\verseNumber{11}Thus|strong="H1836" they|strong="H3660" returned|strong="H8421" us|strong="H5649" answer|strong="H6600", 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" are|strong="H1768" building|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" that|strong="H1768" was|strong="H1934" built|strong="H1124" these|strong="H1836" many|strong="H7690" years|strong="H8140" ago|strong="H6928", which|strong="H1768" a|strong="H1934" great|strong="H7229" king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H0426" Israel|strong="H3479" built|strong="H1124" and|strong="H4430" finished|strong="H3635". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3861" after|strong="H4481" our fathers|strong="H0002" had|strong="H4430" provoked|strong="H7265" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065" to|strong="H4481" wrath|strong="H7265", he|strong="H1768" gave|strong="H3052" them|strong="H1994" into the|strong="H1768" hand|strong="H3028" of|strong="H0426" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H0426" Babylon|strong="H0895", the|strong="H1768" Chaldean, who|strong="H1768" destroyed this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" and|strong="H4430" carried 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" made|strong="H7761" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" to|strong="H2942" build this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H1768" gold|strong="H1722" and|strong="H4430" silver|strong="H3702" vessels|strong="H3984" of|strong="H0426" God’s house|strong="H1005", which|strong="H1768" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" took|strong="H5312" out of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" that|strong="H1768" was|strong="H4430" in|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" and|strong="H4430" brought|strong="H2987" into the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" Babylon|strong="H0895", those|strong="H1768" Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" also|strong="H0638" took|strong="H5312" out of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" Babylon|strong="H0895", and|strong="H4430" they|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" delivered to|strong="H4481" one whose|strong="H1768" name|strong="H8036" was|strong="H4430" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8340", whom|strong="H1768" he|strong="H1768" had|strong="H4430" made|strong="H7761" governor|strong="H6347". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H1768" said|strong="H0560" to|strong="H5922" him, ‘Take|strong="H5376" these|strong="H0412" vessels|strong="H3984", go|strong="H0236", put|strong="H5182" them|strong="H1994" in|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5922" temple|strong="H1005" that|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", and|strong="H1005" let God’s house|strong="H1005" be|strong="H0426" built|strong="H1124" in|strong="H0426" its place|strong="H0870".’ 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H0116" the|strong="H0116" same Sheshbazzar|strong="H8340" came|strong="H0858" and|strong="H1005" laid|strong="H3052" the|strong="H0116" foundations|strong="H0787" of|strong="H0426" God’s house|strong="H1005" which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". Since|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" time|strong="H0116" even|strong="H1768" until|strong="H5705" now|strong="H3705" it has|strong="H0426" been being built|strong="H1124", and|strong="H1005" yet it is|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" completed|strong="H8000". 
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\verseNumber{17}Now|strong="H3705" therefore, if|strong="H2006" it|strong="H2006" seems good to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430", let|strong="H3705" a|strong="H7761" search|strong="H1240" be|strong="H0426" made|strong="H1240" in|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5922" king’s|strong="H4430" treasure|strong="H1596" house|strong="H1005", which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" there|strong="H8536" at|strong="H0426" Babylon|strong="H0895", whether|strong="H2006" it|strong="H2006" is|strong="H1768" so|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" was|strong="H4430" made|strong="H1240" by|strong="H7761" Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430" to|strong="H5922" build 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" his|strong="H7972" pleasure to|strong="H5922" us concerning|strong="H5922" this|strong="H1836" matter.” 
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\chapterNumber{6}Then|strong="H0116" Darius|strong="H1868" the|strong="H0116" king|strong="H4430" made|strong="H1240" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942", and|strong="H4430" the|strong="H0116" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H0116" archives|strong="H1596", where|strong="H1768" the|strong="H0116" treasures|strong="H1596" were|strong="H1768" laid|strong="H7761" up in|strong="H5182" Babylon|strong="H0895", was|strong="H4430" searched. 
\verseNumber{2}A|strong="H7912" scroll|strong="H4040" was|strong="H1768" found|strong="H7912" at Achmetha, in|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" palace that|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" province|strong="H4083" of|strong="H4083" Media|strong="H4076", and|strong="H4076" in|strong="H1768" it this was|strong="H1768" written|strong="H3790" for|strong="H1768" a|strong="H7912" record: 
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\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" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942": Concerning|strong="H2942" God’s house|strong="H1005" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", let the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" be|strong="H0426" built|strong="H1124", the|strong="H1768" place|strong="H0870" where|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" offer sacrifices|strong="H1685", and|strong="H4430" let its foundations|strong="H0787" be|strong="H0426" strongly laid|strong="H7761", with|strong="H1124" its height|strong="H7314" sixty|strong="H8361" cubits|strong="H0521"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:3  }A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.} and|strong="H4430" its width|strong="H6613" sixty|strong="H8361" cubits|strong="H0521"; 
\verseNumber{4}with three|strong="H8532" courses of|strong="H1005" great stones|strong="H0069" and|strong="H4430" a course of|strong="H1005" new timber|strong="H0636". Let the|strong="H1768" expenses be|strong="H5313" given|strong="H3052" out of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H1768" king’s|strong="H4430" house|strong="H1005". 
\verseNumber{5}Also|strong="H0638" let|strong="H0638" the|strong="H1768" gold|strong="H1722" and|strong="H3702" silver|strong="H3702" vessels|strong="H3984" of|strong="H0426" God’s house|strong="H1005", which|strong="H1768" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" took|strong="H5312" out of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" and|strong="H3702" brought|strong="H2987" to|strong="H4481" Babylon|strong="H0895", be|strong="H0426" restored|strong="H8421" and|strong="H3702" brought|strong="H2987" again to|strong="H4481" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", everything to|strong="H4481" its|strong="H4481" place|strong="H0870". You|strong="H1768" shall put|strong="H5182" them in|strong="H0426" God’s house|strong="H1005". 
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\verseNumber{6}Now|strong="H3705" therefore, Tattenai|strong="H8674", governor|strong="H6347" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5675" River|strong="H5103", Shetharbozenai, and|strong="H8370" your companions the|strong="H5675" Apharsachites, who|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5675" River|strong="H5103", you|strong="H1768" must stay far|strong="H7352" from|strong="H4481" there|strong="H8536". 
\verseNumber{7}Leave|strong="H7662" the|strong="H5922" work|strong="H5673" of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1791" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" alone|strong="H7662"; let the|strong="H5922" governor|strong="H6347" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" and|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" elders|strong="H7868" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" build this|strong="H1791" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" in|strong="H0426" its place|strong="H0870". 
\verseNumber{8}Moreover I|strong="H4481" make|strong="H5648" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" regarding what|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" shall do|strong="H5648" for|strong="H1768" these|strong="H0479" elders|strong="H7868" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5675" Jews|strong="H3062" for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5675" building|strong="H1124" of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1791" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426": that|strong="H1768" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5675" king’s|strong="H4430" goods|strong="H5232", even|strong="H1768" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5675" tribute|strong="H4061" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5675" River|strong="H5103", expenses must be|strong="H0426" given|strong="H3052" with|strong="H5974" all|strong="H0629" diligence|strong="H0629" to|strong="H2942" these|strong="H0479" men|strong="H1400", that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" be|strong="H0426" hindered. 
\verseNumber{9}That|strong="H1768" which|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" have|strong="H1934" need|strong="H2818" of|strong="H0426", including young|strong="H1123" bulls|strong="H8450", rams|strong="H1798", and|strong="H8065" lambs|strong="H0563", for|strong="H1768" burnt|strong="H5928" offerings to|strong="H3549" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065"; also wheat, salt|strong="H4416", wine|strong="H2562", and|strong="H8065" oil|strong="H4887", according to|strong="H3549" the|strong="H1768" word of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" priests|strong="H3549" who|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", let it be|strong="H0426" given|strong="H3052" them day|strong="H3118" by|strong="H3549" day|strong="H3118" without|strong="H3809" fail|strong="H7960", 
\verseNumber{10}that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" may|strong="H2417" offer|strong="H7127" sacrifices|strong="H5208" of|strong="H0426" pleasant aroma to|strong="H8065" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065", and|strong="H4430" pray|strong="H6739" 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}I|strong="H4481" have also made|strong="H5648" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" that|strong="H1768" whoever alters this|strong="H1836" message, let a|strong="H7761" beam be pulled out|strong="H5648" from|strong="H4481" his|strong="H5922" house|strong="H1005", and|strong="H0606" let him|strong="H4481" be lifted up and|strong="H0606" fastened on|strong="H5922" it|strong="H5922"; and|strong="H0606" let his|strong="H5922" house|strong="H1005" be made|strong="H5648" a|strong="H7761" dunghill for|strong="H1768" this|strong="H1836". 
\verseNumber{12}May the|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0426" who|strong="H1768" has|strong="H0426" caused his|strong="H7972" name|strong="H8036" to|strong="H2942" dwell|strong="H7932" there|strong="H8536" overthrow|strong="H4049" all|strong="H3606" kings|strong="H4430" and|strong="H4430" peoples|strong="H5972" who|strong="H1768" stretch out|strong="H5648" their|strong="H3606" hand|strong="H3028" to|strong="H2942" alter this|strong="H1791", to|strong="H2942" destroy|strong="H2255" this|strong="H1791" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". I|strong="H0576" Darius|strong="H1868" have|strong="H0576" made|strong="H5648" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942". Let it be|strong="H0426" done|strong="H5648" with|strong="H0426" all|strong="H3606" diligence|strong="H0629". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H0116" Tattenai|strong="H8674", the|strong="H5675" governor|strong="H6347" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5675" River|strong="H5103", Shetharbozenai, and|strong="H4430" their companions did accordingly|strong="H3660" with|strong="H6903" all|strong="H0629" diligence|strong="H0629", because|strong="H6903" Darius|strong="H1868" the|strong="H5675" king|strong="H4430" had|strong="H4430" sent|strong="H7972" a|strong="H5648" decree. 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H1868" elders|strong="H7868" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1868" Jews|strong="H3062" built|strong="H1124" and|strong="H4430" prospered|strong="H6744", through the|strong="H1868" prophesying|strong="H5017" 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 built|strong="H1124" and|strong="H4430" finished|strong="H3635" it, according|strong="H4481" to|strong="H2942" the|strong="H1868" commandment of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1868" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" Israel|strong="H3479", and|strong="H4430" according|strong="H4481" to|strong="H2942" the|strong="H1868" decree|strong="H2942" of|strong="H0426" Cyrus|strong="H3567", Darius|strong="H1868", and|strong="H4430" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H0426" Persia|strong="H6540". 
\verseNumber{15}This|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" was|strong="H4430" finished on|strong="H5705" the|strong="H1768" third|strong="H8532" day|strong="H3118" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H1768" month|strong="H3393" Adar|strong="H0144", which|strong="H1768" was|strong="H4430" in|strong="H4437" the|strong="H1768" sixth|strong="H8353" year|strong="H8140" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H1768" reign|strong="H4437" of|strong="H1005" Darius|strong="H1868" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H5648" children|strong="H1123" of|strong="H0426" Israel|strong="H3479", the|strong="H5648" priests|strong="H3549", the|strong="H5648" Levites|strong="H3879", and|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5648" rest|strong="H7606" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5648" children|strong="H1123" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5648" captivity, kept the|strong="H5648" dedication|strong="H2597" of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" with|strong="H5648" joy|strong="H2305". 
\verseNumber{17}They offered|strong="H7127" at|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" dedication|strong="H2597" of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" one|strong="H1836" hundred|strong="H3969" bulls|strong="H8450", two hundred|strong="H3969" rams|strong="H1798", four|strong="H0703" hundred|strong="H3969" lambs|strong="H0563"; and|strong="H1005" for|strong="H5922" a sin|strong="H2409" offering|strong="H7127" for|strong="H5922" all|strong="H3606" Israel|strong="H3479", twelve|strong="H6236" male|strong="H6841" goats|strong="H5796", according to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" number|strong="H4510" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" tribes|strong="H7625" of|strong="H0426" Israel|strong="H3479". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H1768" set|strong="H6966" 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 courses, for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" service|strong="H5673" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426" which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" at|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", as|strong="H1768" it|strong="H5922" is|strong="H1768" written|strong="H3792" in|strong="H0426" the|strong="H5922" book|strong="H5609" of|strong="H0426" Moses|strong="H4873". 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" captivity 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}Because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" had|strong="H3588" purified|strong="H2891" themselves|strong="H2891" together|strong="H0259", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" pure|strong="H2889". They|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H7819" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" captivity, 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}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" captivity, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" separated|strong="H0914" themselves to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" filthiness of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0413" seek|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", ate|strong="H0398", 
\verseNumber{22}and|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" feast|strong="H2282" of|strong="H4428" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H4682" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" with|strong="H1004" joy|strong="H8057"; because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" joyful|strong="H8055", and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" turned|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" strengthen|strong="H2388" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel’s|strong="H3478" house|strong="H1004". 
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\chapterNumber{7}Now|strong="H0310" after|strong="H0310" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0310" reign|strong="H4438" of|strong="H1121" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" 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". He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" a|strong="H5414" skilled|strong="H4106" scribe|strong="H5608" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H4428" Moses|strong="H4872", which|strong="H0834" Yahweh|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" granted|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" request|strong="H1246", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God’s|strong="H0430" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", including|strong="H4428" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H0413" Levites|strong="H3881", the|strong="H0413" singers|strong="H7891", the|strong="H0413" gatekeepers|strong="H7778", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" temple|strong="H5411" servants|strong="H5411" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" 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}He|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0935" fifth|strong="H2549" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0935" seventh|strong="H7637" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="H3588" 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" began|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5921" from|strong="H0935" Babylon|strong="H0894"; and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5921" fifth|strong="H2549" month|strong="H2320" he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{10}For|strong="H3588" Ezra|strong="H5830" had|strong="H3068" set|strong="H3559" his|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3068" seek|strong="H1875" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" law|strong="H8451", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3925" statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" ordinances|strong="H4941" in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" letter|strong="H5406" that|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Ezra|strong="H5830" the|strong="H0834" priest|strong="H3548", the|strong="H0834" scribe|strong="H5608", even|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" scribe|strong="H5608" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commandments|strong="H4687", and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" statutes|strong="H2706" to|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478": 
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\verseNumber{12}Artaxerxes|strong="H0783", king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H0426" kings|strong="H4430", 
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To|strong="H4430" Ezra|strong="H5831" the|strong="H1768" priest|strong="H3549", the|strong="H1768" scribe|strong="H5613" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" law|strong="H1882" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" perfect|strong="H1585" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065". 
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Now|strong="H3706" 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H4481" make|strong="H7761" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" 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" the|strong="H3606" Levites|strong="H3879" in|strong="H4437" my|strong="H1768" realm|strong="H4437", who|strong="H1768" intend of|strong="H4481" their|strong="H3606" own free will|strong="H1768" to|strong="H2942" go to|strong="H2942" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", 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="H6925" seven|strong="H7655" counselors to|strong="H5922" inquire|strong="H1240" concerning|strong="H5922" Judah|strong="H3061" and|strong="H4430" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", according|strong="H4481" to|strong="H5922" 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="H5069" carry the|strong="H1768" silver|strong="H3702" and|strong="H4430" gold|strong="H1722", which|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" and|strong="H4430" his|strong="H1768" counselors have|strong="H4430" freely|strong="H5069" offered|strong="H5069" to|strong="H5069" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" Israel|strong="H3479", whose|strong="H1768" habitation is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="H1722" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" silver|strong="H3702" and|strong="H1722" gold|strong="H1722" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" find|strong="H7912" in|strong="H0426" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" province|strong="H4083" of|strong="H0426" Babylon|strong="H0895", with|strong="H5974" the|strong="H3606" free will|strong="H1768" offering|strong="H5069" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H5972" and|strong="H1722" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" priests|strong="H3549", offering|strong="H5069" willingly|strong="H5069" 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}Therefore|strong="H6903" you|strong="H1768" shall with|strong="H5922" all|strong="H3606" diligence|strong="H0629" buy|strong="H7066" with|strong="H5922" this|strong="H1836" money|strong="H3702" bulls|strong="H8450", rams|strong="H1798", 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", and|strong="H3702" shall offer|strong="H7127" them|strong="H1994" 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}Whatever|strong="H4101" seems good|strong="H3191" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3702" 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="H3702" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H1722", do|strong="H5648" that|strong="H1768" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4101" of|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0426". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H1768" vessels|strong="H3984" that|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" given|strong="H3052" to|strong="H6925" you|strong="H1768" for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" service|strong="H6402" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" your|strong="H3052" God|strong="H0426", deliver|strong="H8000" before|strong="H6925" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". 
\verseNumber{20}Whatever more|strong="H4481" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H0426" needed for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" your God|strong="H0426", which|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" may have|strong="H5308" occasion|strong="H5308" to|strong="H4481" give|strong="H5415", give|strong="H5415" it out of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H1768" king’s|strong="H4430" treasure|strong="H1596" house|strong="H1005". 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H0576", even|strong="H1768" I|strong="H0576", Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", make|strong="H5648" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" to|strong="H2942" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" treasurers|strong="H1490" who|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" beyond|strong="H5675" 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", requires of|strong="H0426" you|strong="H1768", it shall be|strong="H0426" done|strong="H5648" with|strong="H0426" all|strong="H3606" diligence|strong="H0629", 
\verseNumber{22}up to|strong="H5705" one hundred|strong="H3969" talents|strong="H3604"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:22  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces} of|strong="H1325" silver|strong="H3702", and|strong="H3702" to|strong="H5705" one hundred|strong="H3969" cors|strong="H3734"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:22  1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels.} of|strong="H1325" wheat, and|strong="H3702" to|strong="H5705" one hundred|strong="H3969" baths|strong="H1325"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:22  1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters or 2.4 pecks. 100 baths would be about 2,100 liters.} of|strong="H1325" wine|strong="H2562", and|strong="H3702" to|strong="H5705" one hundred|strong="H3969" baths|strong="H1325" of|strong="H1325" oil|strong="H4887", and|strong="H3702" salt|strong="H4416" without|strong="H3809" prescribing how much. 
\verseNumber{23}Whatever|strong="H4101" is|strong="H1768" commanded 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" exactly for|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0426" of|strong="H0426" heaven|strong="H8065"; for|strong="H1768" why|strong="H4101" should|strong="H4101" there|strong="H1768" be|strong="H0426" wrath|strong="H7109" against|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" realm|strong="H4437" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" and|strong="H4430" his|strong="H5922" sons|strong="H1123"? 
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\verseNumber{24}Also we|strong="H1768" inform|strong="H3046" you|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" it|strong="H5922" shall not|strong="H3809" be|strong="H0426" lawful to|strong="H5922" impose|strong="H7412" tribute|strong="H4061", custom|strong="H1093", or|strong="H0426" toll|strong="H1983" on|strong="H5922" any|strong="H3606" of|strong="H0426" the|strong="H3606" priests|strong="H3549", Levites|strong="H3879", singers|strong="H2171", gatekeepers, temple|strong="H1005" servants|strong="H6399", or|strong="H0426" laborers of|strong="H0426" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H0426" God|strong="H0426". 
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\verseNumber{25}You|strong="H0607", Ezra|strong="H5831", according to|strong="H5972" the|strong="H3606" wisdom|strong="H2452" of|strong="H0426" your|strong="H4483" God|strong="H0426" that|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H0426" your|strong="H4483" hand|strong="H3028", appoint|strong="H4483" magistrates|strong="H8200" and|strong="H2452" judges|strong="H1782" who|strong="H1768" may judge all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H5972" who|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H3606" River|strong="H5103", who|strong="H1768" all|strong="H3606" know|strong="H3046" the|strong="H3606" laws|strong="H1882" of|strong="H0426" your|strong="H4483" God|strong="H0426"; and|strong="H2452" teach|strong="H3046" him who|strong="H1768" doesn’t know|strong="H3046" them. 
\verseNumber{26}Whoever will|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" do|strong="H5648" 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", let judgment|strong="H1780" be|strong="H0426" executed|strong="H5648" on him|strong="H4481" with|strong="H0426" all|strong="H3606" diligence|strong="H0629", whether|strong="H2006" it|strong="H2006" is|strong="H1768" to|strong="H4481" death|strong="H4193", or|strong="H0426" to|strong="H4481" banishment|strong="H8332", or|strong="H0426" to|strong="H4481" confiscation|strong="H6065" of|strong="H0426" goods|strong="H5232", or|strong="H0426" to|strong="H4481" imprisonment|strong="H0613". 
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\verseNumber{27}Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1288" Yahweh|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" as|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2063" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" heart|strong="H3820", to|strong="H3068" beautify|strong="H6286" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
\verseNumber{28}and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" extended|strong="H5186" loving kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" counselors|strong="H3289", and|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" mighty|strong="H1368" princes|strong="H8269". I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" strengthened|strong="H2388" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" God’s|strong="H0430" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H5973" chief|strong="H7218" men|strong="H1368" out|strong="H2388" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" 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" their|strong="H5927" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H0001", and|strong="H4428" this|strong="H0428" is|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5973" genealogy|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", in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5973" reign|strong="H4438" of|strong="H4428" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" the|strong="H5973" king|strong="H4428": 
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\verseNumber{2}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", Gershom|strong="H1647". 
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Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385", Daniel|strong="H1840". 
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Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", Hattush|strong="H2407". 
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\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" by|strong="H3187" genealogy|strong="H3187" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" males|strong="H2145" one|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" fifty|strong="H2572". 
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\verseNumber{4}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pahathmoab, 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". 
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\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". 
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\verseNumber{6}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". 
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\verseNumber{7}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". 
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\verseNumber{8}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". 
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\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" eighteen|strong="H6240" males|strong="H2145". 
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\verseNumber{10}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" one|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" sixty|strong="H8346" males|strong="H2145". 
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\verseNumber{11}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". 
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\verseNumber{12}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" one|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" ten|strong="H6235" males|strong="H2145". 
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\verseNumber{13}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adonikam|strong="H0140", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" last|strong="H0314", their|strong="H5973" names|strong="H8034" are|strong="H0428": 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". 
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\verseNumber{14}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". 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3117" gathered|strong="H6908" them|strong="H0413" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" river|strong="H5104" that|strong="H3117" runs|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Ahava|strong="H0163"; and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" we|strong="H3117" encamped|strong="H2583" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H0935" I|strong="H3117" looked|strong="H0995" around at|strong="H2583" the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" found|strong="H4672" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" Eliezer|strong="H0461", for|strong="H7971" Ariel|strong="H0740", for|strong="H7971" Shemaiah|strong="H8098", for|strong="H7971" Elnathan|strong="H0494", for|strong="H7971" Jarib|strong="H3402", for|strong="H7971" Elnathan|strong="H0494", for|strong="H7971" Nathan|strong="H5416", for|strong="H7971" Zechariah|strong="H2148", and|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" Meshullam|strong="H4918", chief|strong="H7218" men|strong="H7218"; also for|strong="H7971" Joiarib|strong="H3114" and|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" Elnathan|strong="H0494", who|strong="H0995" were|strong="H7218" teachers|strong="H0995". 
\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H7760" sent|strong="H3318" them|strong="H0413" out|strong="H3318" 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" I|strong="H7760" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H0413" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H5921" should|strong="H0413" tell|strong="H1696" Iddo|strong="H0112" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H0853" temple|strong="H1004" servants|strong="H5411" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" Casiphia|strong="H3703", that|strong="H1697" they|strong="H5921" should|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413" ministers|strong="H8334" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{18}According|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H0935" us|strong="H5921" a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" discretion|strong="H7922", 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", namely Sherebiah|strong="H8274", with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" 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" temple|strong="H5411" servants|strong="H5411", whom David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" had|strong="H1732" given|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", two|strong="H4480" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" temple|strong="H5411" servants|strong="H5411". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8269" them|strong="H5414" were|strong="H3881" mentioned by|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H7121" I|strong="H4480" proclaimed|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" fast|strong="H6685" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104" Ahava|strong="H0163", that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H8033" might humble ourselves|strong="H4480" before|strong="H6440" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H5921" seek|strong="H1245" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7121" straight|strong="H3477" way|strong="H1870" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", for|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945", and|strong="H0430" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399". 
\verseNumber{22}For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0430" ashamed|strong="H0954" to|strong="H0559" ask|strong="H7592" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" band of|strong="H4428" soldiers|strong="H2428" and|strong="H0430" horsemen|strong="H6571" to|strong="H0559" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" enemy|strong="H0341" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0430" spoken|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" seek|strong="H1245" him|strong="H5921", for|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896"; but|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" and|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3605" wrath|strong="H0639" is|strong="H0430" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" forsake|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5921" we fasted|strong="H6684" and|strong="H0430" begged our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063", and|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0430" granted our|strong="H5921" request|strong="H1245". 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H3548" I|strong="H8147" set|strong="H0914" apart|strong="H0914" twelve|strong="H6240" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5973" chiefs|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5973" priests|strong="H3548", even Sherebiah|strong="H8274", Hashabiah|strong="H2811", and|strong="H3548" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H8269" their|strong="H3548" brothers|strong="H0251" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H0251", 
\verseNumber{25}and|strong="H3478" weighed|strong="H8254" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701", the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627", even|strong="H0853" 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", his|strong="H3605" counselors|strong="H3289", his|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" there|strong="H4672" present|strong="H4672", had|strong="H0430" offered|strong="H7311". 
\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H5921" weighed|strong="H8254" into|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" fifty|strong="H2572" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8:26  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces} one|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701" vessels|strong="H3627", one|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H3027" gold|strong="H2091", 
\verseNumber{27}twenty|strong="H6242" bowls|strong="H3713" of|strong="H3627" gold|strong="H2091" weighing one|strong="H8147" thousand|strong="H0505" darics|strong="H0150",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8:27  }a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.} and|strong="H2091" two|strong="H8147" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" fine bright bronze|strong="H5178", precious|strong="H2532" as|strong="H2091" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{28}I|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" vessels|strong="H3627" are|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944". The|strong="H0559" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" gold|strong="H2091" are|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" free will|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5071" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{29}Watch|strong="H8104" and|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" them|strong="H6440" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6440" weigh|strong="H8254" them|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" chiefs|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H6440" Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H3957" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" Levites|strong="H3881" received|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0935" silver|strong="H3701", the|strong="H0935" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" vessels|strong="H3627", to|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" our|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H1961" we departed|strong="H5265" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" river|strong="H5104" 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". 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" delivered|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5921" enemy|strong="H0341" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5921" bandits|strong="H0693" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{32}We|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0935" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{33}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" weighed|strong="H8254" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hand|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}Everything|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1931" counted|strong="H4557" and|strong="H3605" weighed|strong="H4948"; and|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" weight|strong="H4948" was|strong="H1931" written|strong="H3789" at|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256". 
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\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" captivity|strong="H7628", who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" exile|strong="H1473", offered|strong="H7126" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": twelve|strong="H6240" bulls|strong="H6499" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", ninety-six|strong="H8337" rams|strong="H0352", seventy-seven|strong="H7657" lambs|strong="H3532", and|strong="H1121" twelve|strong="H6240" male|strong="H3532" goats|strong="H6842" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H0935" sin|strong="H2403" offering|strong="H7126". All|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H0935" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H7126" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{36}They|strong="H5971" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" commissions|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" local governors|strong="H6346" and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" governors|strong="H6346" beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H0853" River|strong="H5104". So|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5971" supported|strong="H5375" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0430" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004". 
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\chapterNumber{9}Now when|strong="H3615" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428" were|strong="H3478" done, the|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" Levites|strong="H3881" have|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" separated|strong="H0914" themselves|strong="H0428" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" lands|strong="H0776", following their|strong="H3808" abominations|strong="H8441", even|strong="H3808" those|strong="H0428" 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" of|strong="H1121" 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" offspring|strong="H2233" have|strong="H1961" mixed themselves|strong="H1992" with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" lands|strong="H0776". Yes|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3588" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" rulers|strong="H8269" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" chief|strong="H8269" in|strong="H0776" this|strong="H2088" trespass|strong="H4604".” 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H8085" I|strong="H1697" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697", I|strong="H1697" tore|strong="H7167" my|strong="H8085" garment|strong="H0899" and|strong="H7218" my|strong="H8085" robe|strong="H4598", and|strong="H7218" pulled|strong="H4803" the|strong="H0853" hair|strong="H8181" out|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1697" my|strong="H8085" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1697" my|strong="H8085" beard|strong="H2206", and|strong="H7218" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" confounded. 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" trembled at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" assembled|strong="H0622" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" trespass|strong="H4604" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" exiles|strong="H1473"; and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0589" sat|strong="H3427" confounded until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153" offering|strong="H4503". 
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\verseNumber{5}At|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" evening|strong="H6153" offering|strong="H4503" I|strong="H3068" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" humiliation|strong="H8589", even|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" garment|strong="H0899" and|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3068" robe|strong="H4598" torn|strong="H7167"; and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3068" fell|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" knees|strong="H1290", and|strong="H6965" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3709" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"; 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="H0430" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H0430" ashamed|strong="H0954" and|strong="H0430" blush|strong="H3637" to|strong="H0413" lift|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" iniquities|strong="H5771" have|strong="H5771" increased|strong="H7235" over|strong="H0413" our|strong="H0430" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H0430" our|strong="H0430" guiltiness has|strong="H0430" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H7311" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" heavens|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{7}Since|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5414" fathers|strong="H0001" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H0001" been|strong="H0776" exceedingly|strong="H1419" guilty|strong="H5771" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H0776" for|strong="H0776" our|strong="H5414" iniquities|strong="H5771" we|strong="H0587", our|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428", and|strong="H0776" our|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" have|strong="H0001" been|strong="H0776" delivered|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0776" the|strong="H6440" hand|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", to|strong="H5704" captivity|strong="H7628", to|strong="H5704" plunder|strong="H0961", and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5704" confusion of|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440", as|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{8}Now|strong="H6258" for|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H4592" moment|strong="H7281" grace|strong="H8467" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" shown from|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H1961" leave|strong="H7604" us|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" remnant|strong="H7604" to|strong="H1961" escape|strong="H6413", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" stake in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5414" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725", that|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" may|strong="H1961" lighten our|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" revive|strong="H0215" us|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H4592" in|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3068" bondage|strong="H5659". 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H0430" bondservants; yet|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" forsaken us|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5414" bondage|strong="H5650", but|strong="H3588" has|strong="H0430" extended|strong="H5186" loving kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sight|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", to|strong="H5921" revive us|strong="H5414", to|strong="H5921" set|strong="H5414" up|strong="H7311" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" repair its|strong="H5414" ruins|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" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{10}“Now|strong="H6258", our|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" after|strong="H0310" this|strong="H2063"? For|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" forsaken your|strong="H3588" commandments|strong="H4687", 
\verseNumber{11}which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" by|strong="H3027" your|strong="H0834" servants|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030", saying|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" possess|strong="H3423" is|strong="H0834" an|strong="H0935" unclean|strong="H5079" land|strong="H0776" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" uncleanness|strong="H5079" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" lands|strong="H0776", through|strong="H3027" their|strong="H0935" abominations|strong="H8441", which|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" filled|strong="H4390" it|strong="H1931" from|strong="H0935" one|strong="H1931" end|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0413" another|strong="H6310" with|strong="H4390" their|strong="H0935" filthiness. 
\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" don’t|strong="H0408" give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121". Don’t|strong="H0408" take|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121", nor|strong="H3808" seek|strong="H1875" their|strong="H5375" peace|strong="H7965" or|strong="H3808" their|strong="H5375" prosperity|strong="H7965" forever|strong="H5769", that|strong="H4616" you|strong="H5414" may|strong="H0776" be|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" good|strong="H2896" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H1121" leave|strong="H4616" it|strong="H5414" for|strong="H0776" an|strong="H5414" inheritance|strong="H3423" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" forever|strong="H5769".’ 
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\verseNumber{13}“After|strong="H0310" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H0430" come|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" deeds|strong="H4639" and|strong="H0935" for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" guilt|strong="H5771", since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859", our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", have|strong="H0859" punished us|strong="H5414" less|strong="H3588" than|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" iniquities|strong="H5771" deserve, and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0859" given|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" such|strong="H2063" a|strong="H3588" remnant|strong="H6413", 
\verseNumber{14}shall|strong="H3808" we|strong="H5704" again|strong="H7725" break|strong="H6565" your|strong="H7725" commandments|strong="H4687", and|strong="H7725" join ourselves with|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5704" peoples|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3808" do|strong="H0369" these|strong="H0428" abominations|strong="H8441"? Wouldn’t you|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H0599" with|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" had|strong="H0369" consumed|strong="H3615" us|strong="H7725", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" there|strong="H0369" would|strong="H0369" be|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" remnant|strong="H7611", nor|strong="H3808" any|strong="H0369" to|strong="H5704" escape|strong="H6413"? 
\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" righteous|strong="H6662"; for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" left|strong="H7604" a|strong="H3588" remnant|strong="H7604" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" escaped|strong="H6413", as|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0369" today|strong="H3117". Behold|strong="H2005",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:15  }“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0859" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068" guiltiness; for|strong="H3588" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" can|strong="H0369" stand|strong="H5975" 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" prayed|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3478" made|strong="H6419" confession|strong="H3034", weeping|strong="H1058" and|strong="H3478" casting himself|strong="H6440" down|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004", there was|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H1004" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3478" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3478" children|strong="H3206"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" wept|strong="H1058" very|strong="H3966" bitterly|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{2}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", answered|strong="H0559" Ezra|strong="H5830", “We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3426" trespassed against|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3426" married|strong="H0802" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776". Yet|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H0776" hope for|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" concerning|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" thing|strong="H2063". 
\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" let’s make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3772" covenant|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" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" born|strong="H3205" of|strong="H0430" them|strong="H1992", according to|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3605" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" and|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" tremble at|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". Let|strong="H6258" it|strong="H6213" be|strong="H0430" done|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{4}Arise|strong="H6965", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" matter|strong="H1697" belongs to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H6965" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1697" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588". Be|strong="H1697" courageous|strong="H2388", and|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" Ezra|strong="H5830" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" chiefs|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" swear|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H3478" this|strong="H2088" word|strong="H1697". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3605" swore|strong="H7650". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6965" Ezra|strong="H5830" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" before|strong="H6440" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004", 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". When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033", he|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drank|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" mourned|strong="H0056" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" trespass|strong="H4604" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" exiles|strong="H1473". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3389" proclamation|strong="H6963" throughout|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3389" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" captivity, that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" should gather|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" whoever|strong="H3605" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" within|strong="H0935" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", according to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205", all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" forfeited, and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" himself|strong="H1931" separated|strong="H0914" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" captivity. 
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\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" gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H5921" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" within|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". 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" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" wide place|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3427" front of|strong="H1004" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004", trembling|strong="H7460" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" this|strong="H1931" matter|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3063" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H0430" rain|strong="H1653". 
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\verseNumber{10}Ezra|strong="H5830" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" trespassed, and|strong="H6965" have|strong="H0859" married|strong="H0802" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802", increasing|strong="H3254" the|strong="H0559" guilt|strong="H0819" of|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" make|strong="H5414" confession|strong="H8426" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|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". Separate|strong="H0914" yourselves|strong="H3068" 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" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H6030" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" answered|strong="H0559" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963", “We|strong="H3605" must do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1697" said|strong="H0559" concerning|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3117" many|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", and|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" able to|strong="H0369" stand|strong="H5975" outside|strong="H2351". This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H3117" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" or|strong="H3808" two|strong="H8147", for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0369" greatly|strong="H7235" transgressed|strong="H6586" in|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2088" matter|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" our|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" be|strong="H1697" appointed|strong="H5975" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951", and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H4994" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3427" our|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" married|strong="H0802" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802" come|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3427" appointed|strong="H5975" times|strong="H6256", and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H0430" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H0935" its|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" fierce|strong="H2740" wrath|strong="H0639" of|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" us|strong="H4994", until|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" matter|strong="H1697" is|strong="H0834" resolved.” 
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\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" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" against|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063"; and|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918" and|strong="H1121" Shabbethai|strong="H7678" the|strong="H5921" Levite|strong="H3881" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" captivity did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651". Ezra|strong="H5830" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", with|strong="H1004" certain|strong="H0259" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H1004", after|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" fathers’|strong="H0001" houses|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H3427" by|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034", were|strong="H1121" set|strong="H0914" apart|strong="H0914"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320" to|strong="H0376" examine the|strong="H3605" matter|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3117" finished|strong="H3615" with|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H0376" married|strong="H0802" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802" by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320". 
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\verseNumber{18}Among|strong="H4672" the|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" priests|strong="H3548" there|strong="H3427" were|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" married|strong="H0802" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802": 
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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", Eliezer|strong="H0461", Jarib|strong="H3402", and|strong="H1121" Gedaliah|strong="H1436". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" would put|strong="H5414" away|strong="H3318" their|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H3027" being guilty|strong="H0818", they|strong="H5921" offered|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" ram|strong="H0352" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" flock|strong="H6629" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" guilt|strong="H0819". 
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\verseNumber{20}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Immer|strong="H0564": Hanani|strong="H2607" and|strong="H1121" Zebadiah|strong="H2069". 
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\verseNumber{21}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8098" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766": Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Elijah|strong="H0452", Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Jehiel|strong="H3171", and|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818". 
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\verseNumber{22}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". 
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\verseNumber{23}Of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" Levites|strong="H3881": Jozabad|strong="H3107", Shimei|strong="H8096", Kelaiah|strong="H7041" (also|strong="H3063" called Kelita|strong="H7042"), Pethahiah|strong="H6611", Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" Eliezer|strong="H0461". 
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\verseNumber{24}Of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" singers|strong="H7891": Eliashib|strong="H0475". 
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Of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" gatekeepers|strong="H7778": Shallum|strong="H7967", Telem|strong="H2928", and|strong="H7891" Uri|strong="H0221". 
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\verseNumber{25}Of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0499" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Parosh|strong="H6551": Ramiah|strong="H7422", Izziah|strong="H3150", Malchijah|strong="H4441", Mijamin|strong="H4326", Eleazar|strong="H0499", Malchijah|strong="H4441", and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141". 
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\verseNumber{26}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867": Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Zechariah|strong="H2148", Jehiel|strong="H3171", Abdi|strong="H5660", Jeremoth|strong="H3406", and|strong="H1121" Elijah|strong="H0452". 
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\verseNumber{27}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zattu|strong="H2240": Elioenai|strong="H0454", Eliashib|strong="H0475", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Jeremoth|strong="H3406", Zabad|strong="H2066", and|strong="H1121" Aziza|strong="H5819". 
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\verseNumber{28}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3076" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bebai|strong="H0893": Jehohanan|strong="H3076", Hananiah|strong="H2608", Zabbai|strong="H2079", and|strong="H1121" Athlai. 
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\verseNumber{29}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137": Meshullam|strong="H4918", Malluch|strong="H4409", Adaiah|strong="H5718", Jashub|strong="H3437", Sheal|strong="H7594", and|strong="H1121" Jeremoth|strong="H3406". 
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\verseNumber{30}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pahathmoab: Adna|strong="H5733", Chelal|strong="H3636", Benaiah|strong="H1141", Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Bezalel|strong="H1212", Binnui|strong="H1131", and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{31}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", and|strong="H1144" Shemariah|strong="H8114". 
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\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", and|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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\verseNumber{34}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137": Maadai|strong="H4572", Amram|strong="H6019", 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", Jaasu|strong="H3299", 
\verseNumber{38}Bani, Binnui|strong="H1131", Shimei|strong="H8096", 
\verseNumber{39}Shelemiah|strong="H8018", Nathan|strong="H5416", Adaiah|strong="H5718", 
\verseNumber{40}Machnadebai|strong="H4367", Shashai|strong="H8343", Sharai|strong="H8298", 
\verseNumber{41}Azarel|strong="H5832", Shelemiah|strong="H8018", Shemariah|strong="H8114", 
\verseNumber{42}Shallum|strong="H7967", Amariah|strong="H0568", and|strong="H3130" Joseph|strong="H3130". 
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\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", Joel|strong="H3100", and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141". 
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\verseNumber{44}All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" had|strong="H0802" taken|strong="H5375" foreign|strong="H5237" wives|strong="H0802". Some|strong="H0428" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" had|strong="H0802" wives|strong="H0802" by|strong="H0802" whom|strong="H0428" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H0802" children|strong="H1121". 
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