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Nehemiah 13:4-13

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.

10AndIperceivedthattheportionsמְנָי֥וֹתme.na.YotH4521oftheLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֖םhal.vi.YimH3881hadnotbeengivenH5414,andthattheLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֥םhal.vi.YimH3881andthesingersוְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖יםve.ham.sho.re.RimH7891thatdidtheworkהַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ha.me.la.KhahH4399hadfledH1272everyoneאִישׁ־'ish-H376tohisfieldלְשָׂדֵ֛הוּle.sa.De.huH7704.

11ThenIcontendedוָאָרִ֙יבָה֙va.'a.Ri.vahH7378withtherulers,andsaidH559,Whyמַדּ֖וּעַma.Du.a'H4069isthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430forsaken?AndIgatheredH6908themtogetherH6908andsetH5975themintheirplaceעָמְדָֽם׃'a.me.DamH5977.

12AndallJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063broughtH935thetitheמַעְשַׂ֧רma'.SarH4643ofthecornandthenewוְהַתִּיר֥וֹשׁve.ha.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492andtheoilוְהַיִּצְהָ֖רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323intothestorehousesH214.

13AndImade storekeepersoverthestorehousesH214:Shelemiahשֶׁלֶמְיָ֨הshe.lem.YahH8018thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.HenH3548,andZadokוְצָד֣וֹקve.tza.DokH6659thescribeהַסּוֹפֵ֗רha.so.FerH5608,andoftheLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881,Pedaiahוּפְדָיָה֙u.fe.da.YahH6305;andsubordinatetothem,Hananחָנָ֥ןcha.NanH2605thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZaccurזַכּ֖וּרza.KurH2139,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofMattaniahמַתַּנְיָ֑הma.tan.YahH4983;fortheywereesteemedH2803faithfulH539,andtheirofficewastodistributetotheirbrethren.

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