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Ezra 6:16-21

16And thechildrenH1123ofIsraelיִ֠שְׂרָאֵלYis.ra.'elH3479, thepriestsכָּהֲנַיָּ֨אka.ha.nai.Ya'H3549and theLevitesוְלֵוָיֵ֜אve.le.va.Ye'H3879, and therestוּשְׁאָ֣רu.she.'ArH7606of thechildrenH1123of the captivity, kept thededicationחֲנֻכַּ֛תcha.nu.KatH2597of thishouseבֵּית־beit-H1005ofGodאֱלָהָ֥א'e.la.Ha'H426withjoyבְּחֶדְוָֽה׃be.ched.VahH2305.

17And theyofferedוְהַקְרִ֗בוּve.hak.Ri.vuH7127at thededicationלַחֲנֻכַּת֮la.cha.nu.KatH2597of thishouseבֵּית־beit-H1005ofGodאֱלָהָ֣א'e.la.Ha'H426anhundredמְאָ֔הme.'AhH3969bullocks, twohundredמָאתַ֔יִןma.Ta.yinH3969ramsדִּכְרִ֣יןdikh.RinH1798,fourאַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'H703hundredמְאָ֑הme.'AhH3969lambsאִמְּרִ֖ין'i.me.RinH563; and for asinH2409offering forallכָּל־kol-H3606Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3479,twelveעֲשַׂ֔ר'a.SarH6236he-goats, according to thenumberלְמִנְיָ֖ןle.min.YanH4510of thetribesשִׁבְטֵ֥יshiv.TeiH7625ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3479.

18And theysetוַהֲקִ֨ימוּva.ha.Ki.muH6966thepriestsכָהֲנַיָּ֜אkha.ha.nai.Ya'H3549in theirdivisionsבִּפְלֻגָּתְה֗וֹןbif.lu.ga.te.HonH6392, and theLevitesוְלֵוָיֵא֙ve.le.va.Ye'H3879in their courses, for theserviceעֲבִידַ֥ת'a.vi.DatH5673ofGodאֱלָהָ֖א'e.la.Ha'H426,whichדִּ֣יdiH1768is atJerusalemבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390; as it iswrittenכִּכְתָ֖בkikh.TavH3792in thebookסְפַ֥רse.FarH5609ofMosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃ פmo.ShehH4873.

19And thechildrenבְנֵי־ve.nei-H1121of the captivitykeptוַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213thepassoverהַפָּ֑סַחha.Pa.sachH6453upon the fourteenthdayH2320of thefirstהָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ha.ri.ShonH7223monthלַחֹ֥דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320.

20For thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֧יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548and theLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּ֛םve.hal.vi.YimH3881hadpurifiedH2891themselvesH2891togetherכְּאֶחָ֖דke.'e.ChadH259;allכֻּלָּ֣םku.LamH3605of them werepureטְהוֹרִ֑יםte.ho.RimH2889: and theykilledוַיִּשְׁחֲט֤וּvai.yish.cha.TuH7819thepassoverהַפֶּ֙סַח֙ha.Pe.sachH6453forallלְכָל־le.kholH3605thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of the captivity, and for theirbrethrenוְלַאֲחֵיהֶ֥םve.la.'a.chei.HemH251thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548, and forthemselvesH2891.

21And thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whichגּוֹיֵֽ־go.ye-H1471werecomeH7725againH7725outאֲלֵהֶ֑ם'a.le.HemH413of the captivity, andallH3605suchH3605as hadseparatedהַנִּבְדָּ֛לha.niv.DalH914themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776, toseekלִדְרֹ֕שׁlid.RoshH1875theLORDלַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478, dideatוַיֹּאכְל֣וּvai.yo.khe.LuH398,

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