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2 Chronicles 23:2-6

2And theywentH935aboutH413inJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֔הbi.hu.DahH3063, andgatheredוַיִּקְבְּצ֤וּvai.yik.be.TzuH6908theLevitesהַלְוִיִּם֙hal.vi.YimH3881outH413ofallמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605thecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, and theheadsוְרָאשֵׁ֥יve.ra.SheiH7218offathers’הָאָב֖וֹתha.'a.VotH1houses ofIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, and theycameH935toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

3Andallכָּל־kol-H3605thecongregationהַקָּהָ֥לha.ka.HalH6951madeוַיִּכְרֹ֨תvai.yikh.RotH3772acovenantבְּרִ֛יתbe.RitH1285with thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428in thehouseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430. And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them,Beholdהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009, theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428sonבֶן־ven-H1121shallreignיִמְלֹ֔ךְyim.LokhH4427, as theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathspokenדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696concerning thesonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofDavidדָוִֽיד׃da.VidH1732.

4This is thethingהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697that ye shalldoתַּעֲשׂ֑וּta.'a.SuH6213: athirdהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֨יתha.she.li.ShitH7992partH4480ofyouאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834, thatcomeבָּאֵ֣יba.'EiH935in on thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֗תha.sha.BatH7676, of thepriestsלַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙la.ko.ha.NimH3548and of theLevitesוְלַלְוִיִּ֔םve.lal.vi.YimH3881, shall be porters of the doors;

5and athirdוְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ve.ha.she.li.ShitH7992partוְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖יתve.ha.she.li.ShitH7992shall be at theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004; and athirdH7992partH7992at thegateבְּשַׁ֣עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179of thefoundationהַיְס֑וֹדhay.SodH3247: andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971shall be in thecourtsH8179of thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

6Butletוְאַל־ve.'al-H408noneH3605comeH935intoH935thehouseבֵית־veit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, save thepriestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.NimH3548, and they thatministerוְהַמְשָׁרְתִ֣יםve.ham.sha.re.TimH8334of theLevitesלַלְוִיִּ֔םlal.vi.YimH3881; they shallcomeH935in, for they areholyקֹ֣דֶשׁKo.deshH6944: butallH3605thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971shallkeepיִשְׁמְר֖וּyish.me.RuH8104thewatchH8104of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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