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Nehemiah 13:1-9

1Onthatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117theyreadנִקְרָ֛אnik.Ra'H7121inthebookH5612ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872intheaudienceofthepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971;andtherewasfoundH4672writtenH3789initthattheAmmoniteעַמֹּנִ֧י'a.mo.NiH5984andtheMoabiteוּמֹאָבִ֛יu.mo.'a.ViH4125shouldnotcomeיָב֨וֹאya.Vo'H935intothecongregationofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430foreverH5769;

2becausetheyhadnotmetH6923thechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478withbreadH3899andwithwaterוּבַמָּ֑יִםu.va.Ma.yimH4325,andhadhiredH7936Balaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109againstthem,tocurseהַקְּלָלָ֖הha.ke.la.LahH7045them;butourGodאֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430turnedוַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְvai.ya.ha.FokhH2015thecurseH7045intoblessingלִבְרָכָֽה׃liv.ra.KhahH1293.

3Anditcametopass,whentheyheardH8085thelawהַתּוֹרָ֑הha.to.RahH8451,thattheyseparatedH914fromIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478allthemixed multitude.

4Andbeforethis,Eliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיב֙'el.ya.ShivH475thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548,whohadtheoversightofthechambersofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofourGodאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,akinsmanofTobijah,

5hadpreparedforhimagreatH1419chamber,whereformerlytheylaidtheoblations,thefrankincenseהַלְּבוֹנָ֜הha.le.vo.NahH3828,andthevesselsH3627,andthetithesוּמַעְשַׂ֤רu.ma'.SarH4643ofthecorn,thenewהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁha.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492andtheoilוְהַיִּצְהָ֔רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323,whichwasH1961commandedH4687fortheLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881andthesingersוְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖יםve.ham.sho.re.RimH7891andthedoorkeepers,andtheheave-offeringsofthepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ha.ko.ha.NimH3548.

6Andduringallthat[time]IwasH1961notatJerusalemבִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389;forinthetwo-and-thirtiethyearבִּשְׁנַת֩bish.NatH8141ofArtaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shast'H783kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894IcameH935tothekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428;andaftersometimeIobtainedleaveofthekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

7AndIcameH935toJerusalemלִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םli.ru.sha.LimH3389,andobservedH6213theevilבָרָעָ֗הva.ra.'AhH7451thatEliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיב֙'el.ya.ShivH475haddoneforTobijah,inpreparinghimachamberinthecourtsofthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.HimH430.

8Anditgrievedmemuch,andIcastH7993forthallthehouseholdבֵית־veit-H1004stuffofTobijahoutofthechamber.

9AndIcommanded,andtheypurifiedH2891thechambers;andthitherbroughtH7725IagainthevesselsH3627ofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,theoblationandthefrankincenseוְהַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃ פve.ha.le.vo.NahH3828.

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