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Ezra 10:10-19

10AndEzraעֶזְרָ֤א'ez.Ra'H5830thepriestהַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.HenH3548stoodH6965upH6965, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Ye have trespassed, and havemarriedH802strangewomenH802, toincreaseלְהוֹסִ֖יףle.ho.SifH3254theguiltאַשְׁמַ֥ת'ash.MatH819ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

11Nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258thereforemakeתְּנ֥וּte.NuH5414confessionתוֹדָ֛הto.DahH8426unto theLORDלַיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430of yourfathersאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם'a.vo.tei.KhemH1, anddoוַעֲשׂ֣וּva.'a.SuH6213hispleasureרְצוֹנ֑וֹre.tzo.NoH7522: andseparateוְהִבָּֽדְלוּ֙ve.hi.ba.de.LuH914yourselves from thepeoplesמֵעַמֵּ֣יme.'a.MeiH5971of thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and from the strangewomenהַנָּשִׁ֖יםha.na.ShimH802.

12ThenallH3605thecongregationהַקָּהָ֛לha.ka.HalH6951answeredH559andsaidH559with aloudגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419voiceק֣וֹלKolH6963, as thou hastsaidH559concerningusעָלֵ֖ינוּ'a.Lei.nuH5921,soכֵּ֛ןkenH3651mustweH3605doלַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃la.'a.SotH6213.

13But thepeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971aremanyרָב֙ravH7227, and it is a time ofmuchH7235rainגְּשָׁמִ֔יםge.sha.MimH1653, andweH3588arenotH3808able tostandלַעֲמ֣וֹדla.'a.ModH5975withoutH3808,neitherH3808is this aworkוְהַמְּלָאכָ֗הve.ha.me.la.KhahH4399of onedayלְי֤וֹםle.YomH3117ortwoלִשְׁנַ֔יִםlish.Na.yimH8147: forweH3588havegreatlyH7235transgressedלִפְשֹׁ֖עַlif.Sho.a'H6586in thismatterבַּדָּבָ֥רba.da.VarH1697.

14LetH4994nowH4994ourprincesשָׂ֠רֵינוּSa.rei.nuH8269beappointedH5975forallH3605thecongregationהַקָּהָ֞לha.ka.HalH6951, andletH4994allH3605them that are in ourcitiesH5892whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834havemarriedH802strangewomenH802comeיָבֹא֙ya.Vo'H935atappointedH5975timesלְעִתִּ֣יםle.'i.TimH6256, and with them theeldersזִקְנֵי־zik.nei-H2205ofeveryH3605cityH5892, and thejudgesוְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יהָve.sho.fe.Tei.haH8199thereof,untilעַ֠ד'adH5704thefierceחֲר֤וֹןcha.RonH2740wrathאַף־'af-H639of ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430beturnedלְהָשִׁ֞יבle.ha.ShivH7725fromusH4994,untilעַ֖ד'adH5704thismatterלַדָּבָ֥רla.da.VarH1697be despatched.

15Onlyאַ֣ךְ'akhH389Jonathanיוֹנָתָ֧ןyo.na.TanH3129thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAsahelעֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל'a.sa.h.'ElH6214andJahzeiahוְיַחְזְיָ֥הve.yach.ze.YahH3167thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofTikvahתִּקְוָ֖הtik.VahH8616stoodH5975upH5975againstעַל־'al-H5921this matter: andMeshullamוּמְשֻׁלָּ֛םu.me.shu.LamH4918andShabbethaiוְשַׁבְּתַ֥יve.sha.be.TaiH7678theLeviteהַלֵּוִ֖יha.le.ViH3881helpedעֲזָרֻֽם׃'a.za.RumH5826them.

16And thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of the captivitydidוַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213soכֵן֮khenH3651. AndEzraעֶזְרָ֨א'ez.Ra'H5830thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.HenH3548, withcertainH259headsרָאשֵׁ֧יra.SheiH7218offathers’הָאָב֛וֹתha.'a.VotH1housesלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1004,afterH3117theirfathers’אֲבֹתָ֖ם'a.vo.TamH1housesH1004, andallוְכֻלָּ֣םve.khu.LamH3605of them by theirnamesבְּשֵׁמ֑וֹתbe.she.MotH8034, wereseparatedוַיִּבָּדְלוּ֩vai.yi.ba.de.LuH914; and theysatH3427downוַיֵּשְׁב֗וּvai.ye.she.VuH3427in thefirstH259dayבְּי֤וֹםbe.YomH3117of thetenthהָעֲשִׂירִ֔יha.'a.si.RiH6224monthלַחֹ֣דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320to examine thematterהַדָּבָֽר׃ha.da.VarH1697.

17And theymadeH3605anendוַיְכַלּ֣וּvay.kha.LuH3615withallH3605themenH376that hadmarriedH802strangewomenH802by thefirstהָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ פha.ri.ShonH7223dayי֥וֹםYomH3117of thefirstH7223monthלַחֹ֥דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320.

18And among thesonsמִבְּנֵ֣יmi.be.NeiH1121of thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֔יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548there werefoundוַיִּמָּצֵא֙vai.yi.ma.Tze'H4672that hadmarriedH802strangewomenH802: namely, of thesonsמִבְּנֵ֨יmi.be.NeiH1121ofJeshuaיֵשׁ֤וּעַye.Shu.a'H3442, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Jozadak, and hisbrethrenוְאֶחָ֔יוve.'e.ChavH251,Maaseiahמַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ma.'a.se.YahH4641, andEliezerוֶֽאֱלִיעֶ֔זֶרve.'e.li.'E.zerH461, andJaribוְיָרִ֖יבve.ya.RivH3402, andGedaliahוּגְדַלְיָֽה׃u.ge.dal.YahH1436.

19And theygaveH5414theirhandיָדָ֖םya.DamH3027that they wouldputH5414awayלְהוֹצִ֣יאle.ho.Tzi'H3318theirwivesנְשֵׁיהֶ֑םne.shei.HemH802; and beingguiltyוַאֲשֵׁמִ֥יםva.'a.she.MimH818, theyofferedH5414aramאֵֽיל־'eil-H352of theflockצֹ֖אןtzonH6629for theirguiltאַשְׁמָתָֽם׃ ס'ash.ma.TamH819.

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