Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 13:4-13

4Nowמִזֶּ֔הmi.ZehH2088beforeוְלִפְנֵ֣יve.lif.NeiH6440this,Eliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיב֙'el.ya.ShivH475thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548, who wasappointedנָת֖וּןna.TunH5414over thechambersבְּלִשְׁכַּ֣תbe.lish.KatH3957of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004of ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,beingH430allied untoTobiahלְטוֹבִיָּֽה׃le.toi.YahH2900,

5hadpreparedוַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213for him agreatגְדוֹלָ֗הge.do.LahH1419chamberלִשְׁכָּ֣הlish.KahH3957,whereH8033aforetime theylaidH5414themealH4503offeringsהַמִּנְחָ֨הha.min.ChahH4503, thefrankincenseהַלְּבוֹנָ֜הha.le.vo.NahH3828, and thevesselsוְהַכֵּלִ֗יםve.ha.ke.LimH3627, and thetithesוּמַעְשַׂ֤רu.ma'.SarH4643of the corn, thewineהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁha.ti.Ro.oshH8492, and theoilוְהַיִּצְהָ֔רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323,whichH8033weregivenH5414bycommandmentמִצְוַת֙mitz.VatH4687to theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881, and thesingersוְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖יםve.ham.sho.re.RimH7891, and the porters; and theheaveוּתְרוּמַ֖תu.te.ru.MatH8641offeringsH4503for thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ha.ko.ha.NimH3548.

6But inallוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605this time I wasnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808atJerusalemבִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389: for in thetwoוּשְׁתַּ֜יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147andthirtiethשְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםshe.lo.ShimH7970yearבִּשְׁנַת֩bish.NatH8141ofArtaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shast'H783kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894Iwentבָּ֣אתִיBa.tiH935unto thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, andafterH4480certaindaysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117askedנִשְׁאַ֥לְתִּיnish.'Al.tiH7592IleaveH4480of thekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428:

7and Icameוָאָב֖וֹאva.'a.Vo'H935toJerusalemלִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םli.ru.sha.LimH3389, andunderstoodוָאָבִ֣ינָהva.'a.Vi.nahH995of theevilבָרָעָ֗הva.ra.'AhH7451thatEliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיב֙'el.ya.ShivH475haddoneעָשָׂ֤ה'a.SahH6213forTobiahלְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔הle.Toi.YahH2900, inpreparingלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213him a chamber in the courts of thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.HimH430.

8And it grievedmeH4480sore: therefore Icastוָֽאַשְׁלִ֜יכָהva.'ash.Li.khahH7993forthallכָּל־kol-H3605thehouseholdבֵית־veit-H1004stuff ofTobiahטוֹבִיָּ֛הtoi.YahH2900outH4480of thechamberהַלִּשְׁכָּֽה׃ha.lish.KahH3957.

9Then Icommandedוָאֹ֣מְרָ֔הva.'O.me.RahH559, and theycleansedוַֽיְטַהֲר֖וּvay.ta.ha.RuH2891thechambersהַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹתha.le.sha.KhotH3957: and thitherbroughtH7725IagainH7725thevesselsכְּלֵי֙ke.LeiH3627of thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, with themealH4503offeringsהַמִּנְחָ֖הha.min.ChahH4503and thefrankincenseוְהַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃ פve.ha.le.vo.NahH3828.

10And Iperceivedוָאֵ֣דְעָ֔הva.'E.de.'AhH3045that theportionsמְנָי֥וֹתme.na.YotH4521of theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֖םhal.vi.YimH3881hadnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808beengivenנִתָּ֑נָהni.Ta.nahH5414them;soH6213that theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֥םhal.vi.YimH3881and thesingersוְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖יםve.ham.sho.re.RimH7891, thatdidH6213theworkהַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ha.me.la.KhahH4399, werefledוַיִּבְרְח֧וּvai.yiv.re.ChuH1272everyאִישׁ־'ish-H376one to hisfieldלְשָׂדֵ֛הוּle.sa.De.huH7704.

11Thencontendedוָאָרִ֙יבָה֙va.'a.Ri.vahH7378I with therulersהַסְּגָנִ֔יםha.se.ga.NimH5461, andsaidוָאֹ֣מְרָ֔הva.'O.me.RahH559,Whyמַדּ֖וּעַma.Du.a'H4069is thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430forsaken? And IgatheredH6908themtogetherH6908, andsetוָֽאַעֲמִדֵ֖םva.'a.'a.mi.DemH5975them in theirplaceעָמְדָֽם׃'a.me.DamH5977.

12Thenbroughtהֵבִ֜יאוּhe.Vi.'uH935allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605Judahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063thetitheמַעְשַׂ֧רma'.SarH4643of the corn and thewineוְהַתִּיר֥וֹשׁve.ha.ti.Ro.oshH8492and theoilוְהַיִּצְהָ֖רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323unto thetreasuriesלָאוֹצָרֽוֹת׃la.'o.tza.RotH214.

13And I made treasurers over thetreasuriesא֠וֹצָרוֹת'o.tza.rotH214,Shelemiahשֶׁלֶמְיָ֨הshe.lem.YahH8018thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.HenH3548, andZadokוְצָד֣וֹקve.tza.DokH6659thescribeהַסּוֹפֵ֗רha.so.FerH5608, and of theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881,Pedaiahוּפְדָיָה֙u.fe.da.YahH6305: andnextH5921to them wasHananחָנָ֥ןcha.NanH2605thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZaccurזַכּ֖וּרza.KurH2139, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofMattaniahמַתַּנְיָ֑הma.tan.YahH4983: for they werecountedH5608faithfulנֶאֱמָנִים֙ne.'e.ma.NimH539, and their business was to distribute unto theirbrethrenלַאֲחֵיהֶֽם׃ פla.'a.chei.HemH251.

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