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Nehemiah 5:10-12

10I likewise, andmy brethrenאַחַ֣י'a.ChaiH251,and my servantsוּנְעָרַ֔יu.ne.'a.RaiH5288,might exactנֹשִׁ֥יםno.ShimH5383of them moneyכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701and grainוְדָגָ֑ןve.da.GanH1715:I pray you, let us leave offנַֽעַזְבָה־na.'az.vah-H5800this usuryהַמַּשָּׁ֥אha.ma.Sha'H4855.

11Restoreהָשִׁיבוּ֩ha.shi.VuH7725,I pray you, to them, even this dayכְּהַיּ֗וֹםke.hai.YomH3117,their landsשְׂדֹתֵיהֶ֛םse.do.tei.HemH7704,their vineyardsכַּרְמֵיהֶ֥םkar.mei.HemH3754,their oliveyardsזֵיתֵיהֶ֖םzei.tei.HemH2132,and their housesוּבָתֵּיהֶ֑םu.va.tei.HemH1004,also the hundredthוּמְאַ֨תu.me.'AtH3967partof the moneyהַכֶּ֤סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701,and of the grainוְהַדָּגָן֙ve.ha.da.GanH1715,the wineהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁha.ti.Ro.oshH8492,and the oilוְהַיִּצְהָ֔רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323,that ye exactנֹשִׁ֥יםno.ShimH5383of them.

12Then saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559they, We will restoreנָשִׁ֗יבna.ShivH7725them,and will requireנְבַקֵּ֔שׁne.va.KeshH1245nothing of them; so will we doנַעֲשֶׂ֔הna.'a.SehH6213as thou sayestאוֹמֵ֑ר'o.MerH559.Then I calledוָאֶקְרָא֙va.'ek.Ra'H7121the priestsהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.NimH3548,and took an oathוָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔םva.'ash.bi.'EmH7650of them, that they should doלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213according to this promiseכַּדָּבָ֥רka.da.VarH1697.

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