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Nehemiah 5:10-15

10AndIlikewise,mybrethrenandmyservantsוּנְעָרַ֔יu.ne.'a.RaiH5288,dolendthemmoneyכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701andgrainוְדָגָ֑ןve.da.GanH1715.Iprayyou,letusleaveH5800offthisusuryהַמַּשָּׁ֥אha.ma.Sha'H4855.

11RestoreH7725,Iprayyou,tothem, eventhisdayכְּהַיּ֗וֹםke.hai.YomH3117,theirfieldsשְׂדֹתֵיהֶ֛םse.do.tei.HemH7704,theirvineyardsכַּרְמֵיהֶ֥םkar.mei.HemH3754,theiroliveyards,andtheirhousesH1004,alsothehundredthpartofthemoneyהַכֶּ֤סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701,andofthegrainוְהַדָּגָן֙ve.ha.da.GanH1715,thenewהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁha.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492,andtheoilוְהַיִּצְהָ֔רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323,thatye exactofthem.

12ThensaidH559they,WewillrestoreH7725them,andwillrequireנְבַקֵּ֔שׁne.va.KeshH1245nothingofthem;soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651willwedo,evenasthou sayest.ThenIcalledH7121thepriestsהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.NimH3548,andtookanoathוָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔םva.'ash.bi.'EmH7650ofthem,thattheywoulddoaccordingtothispromise.

13Alsoגַּם־gam-H1571IshookH5287outmylap,andsaidH559,SoGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֟יםha.'E.lo.HimH430shakeH5287outeverymanH376fromhishouseמִבֵּיתוֹ֙mi.bei.ToH1004,andfromhislabor,thatperformethnotthispromise;eventhusH3602beיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961heshakenH5287out,andemptiedוָרֵ֑קva.RekH7386.Andalltheassemblyהַקָּהָ֜לha.ka.HalH6951saidH559,Amenאָמֵ֗ן'a.MenH543,andpraisedH1984Jehovah.Andthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971didaccordingtothispromise.

14MoreoverfromthetimethatIwasלִהְי֣וֹתlih.YotH1961appointedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680tobeH1961theirgovernorפֶּחָם֮pe.ChamH6346inthelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofJudahיְהוּדָה֒ye.hu.DahH3063,fromthetwentiethyearמִשְּׁנַ֣תmi.she.NatH8141evenuntothetwoH8147andthirtiethyearשְׁנַ֨תshe.NatH8141ofArtaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shast'H783thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,thatis,twelveyearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141,IandmybrethrenhavenoteatenH398thebreadH3899ofthegovernorהַפֶּ֖חָהha.Pe.chahH6346.

15Buttheformerהָרִאשֹׁנִ֨יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223governorsוְהַפַּחוֹת֩ve.ha.pa.chOtH6346thatwerebeforemewerechargeable untothepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971,andtookH3947ofthembreadH3899andwineוָיַ֙יִן֙va.Ya.yinH3196,besidesfortyאַרְבָּעִ֔ים'ar.ba.'ImH705shekelsשְׁקָלִ֣יםshe.ka.LimH8255ofsilverכֶּֽסֶף־ke.sef-H3701; yea,eventheirservantsנַעֲרֵיהֶ֖םna.'a.rei.HemH5288bare ruleoverthepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971:butsoH3651didnotI,becauseofthefearיִרְאַ֥תyir.'AtH3374ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430.

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