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Nehemiah 9:16-25

16ButtheyandourfathersH1dealtproudly,andhardenedH7185theirneckעָרְפָּ֔ם'a.re.PamH6203,andhearkenednottothycommandmentsמִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃mitz.vo.Tei.khaH4687,

17andrefusedH3985toobey,neitherweremindfulofthywondersנִפְלְאֹתֶ֙יךָ֙nif.le.'o.Tei.khaH6381thatthou didstamongthem,buthardenedH7185theirneckעָרְפָּ֔ם'a.re.PamH6203,andintheirrebellionבְּמִרְיָ֑םbe.mir.YamH4805appointedacaptaintoreturnלָשׁ֥וּבla.ShuvH7725totheirbondage.Butthou artaGodאֱל֨וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433readytopardon,graciousחַנּ֧וּןcha.NunH2587andmerciful,slowtoangerאַפַּ֥יִם'a.Pa.yimH639,andabundantinlovingkindness,andforsookestthemnot.

18Yea,whentheyhadmadeH6213themamoltencalfעֵ֣גֶל'E.gelH5695,andsaidH559,ThisisthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430thatbroughtH5927theeupoutofEgyptמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,andhadwroughtgreatגְּדֹלֽוֹת׃ge.do.LotH1419provocations;

19yetthouinthy manifoldmerciesforsookestthemnotinthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057:thepillarעַמּ֣וּד'a.MudH5982ofcloudהֶ֠עָנָןHe.'a.nonH6051departedסָ֨רsarH5493notfromoverthembydayH3119,toleadלְהַנְחֹתָ֣םle.han.cho.TamH5148theminthewayבְּהַדֶּ֔רֶךְbe.ha.De.rekhH1870;neitherthepillarעַמּ֨וּד'a.MudH5982offireהָאֵ֤שׁha.'EshH784bynightבְּלַ֙יְלָה֙be.Lay.lahH3915,toshowthemlightלְהָאִ֣ירle.ha.'IrH215,andthewayהַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870whereintheyshouldgo.

20Thou gavest also thygoodהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896Spiritוְרוּחֲךָ֨ve.ru.cha.KhaH7307toinstructthem,andwithheldestnotthymannaוּמַנְךָ֙u.man.KhaH4478fromtheirmouthמִפִּיהֶ֔םmi.pi.HemH6310,andgavestthemwaterוּמַ֛יִםu.Ma.yimH4325fortheirthirstלִצְמָאָֽם׃litz.ma.'AmH6772.

21Yea,fortyוְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםve.'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָ֛הsha.NahH8141didst thousustainכִּלְכַּלְתָּ֥םkil.kal.TamH3557theminthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֖רba.mid.BarH4057,andtheylackedחָסֵ֑רוּcha.Se.ruH2637nothing;theirclothesשַׂלְמֹֽתֵיהֶם֙sal.mo.tei.HemH8008waxednotold,andtheirfeetH7272swellednot.

22Moreover thou gavestthemkingdomsמַמְלָכוֹת֙mam.la.khOtH4467andpeoplesH5971, which thou didstallotaftertheirportions:sotheypossessedH3423thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofSihonסִיח֗וֹןsi.ChonH5511,eventhelandאֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retzH776ofthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofHeshbonחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןchesh.BonH2809,andthelandאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776ofOgע֥וֹגogH5747kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBashanהַבָּשָֽׁן׃ha.ba.ShanH1316.

23Theirchildrenalsomultipliedst thouasthestarsכְּכֹכְבֵ֖יke.cho.khe.VeiH3556ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,andbroughtestthemintothelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776concerningH413whichthou didstsayH559totheirfathersH1,thattheyshouldgoH935intopossessH3423it.

24SothechildrenwentH935inandpossessedH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andthou subduedstbeforethemtheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֤יyo.she.VeiH3427ofthelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776,theCanaanitesהַכְּנַ֣עֲנִ֔יםha.ke.Na.'a.NimH3669,andgavestthemintotheirhandsבְּיָדָ֑םbe.ya.DamH3027,withtheirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428,andthepeoplesH5971ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,thattheymightdowiththemastheywould.

25AndtheytookH3920fortifiedH1219citiesעָרִ֣ים'a.RimH5892,andafatוַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּvai.yash.Mi.nuH8080landH127,andpossessedH3423housesH1004fullמְלֵֽאִים־me.le.'im-H4392ofallgoodט֠וּבtuvH2898things,cisternsH953hewnout,vineyardsכְּרָמִ֧יםke.ra.MimH3754,andoliveyards,andfruit-treesinabundanceלָרֹ֑בla.RoH7230:sotheydideatH398,andwerefilled,andbecamefatH8080,anddelighted themselvesinthygreatהַגָּדֽוֹל׃ha.ga.DolH1419goodnessבְּטוּבְךָ֥be.tu.ve.KhaH2898.

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