1Now these are thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of theprovinceהַמְּדִינָ֗הha.me.di.NahH4082that wentupהָֽעֹלִים֙ha.'o.LimH5927from thecaptivityמִשְּׁבִ֣יmi.she.ViH7628, of those who had been carriedawayהַגּוֹלָ֔הha.go.LahH1473, whomNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.ne.tzorH5019thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894had carriedawayהֶגְלָ֛הheg.LahH1540toBabylonלְבָבֶ֑לle.va.VelH894, and cameagainוַיָּשׁ֛וּבוּvai.ya.Shu.vuH7725toJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַ֥םli.ru.sha.LimH3389andJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֖הvi.hu.DahH3063, everyoneאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376to hiscityלְעִירֽוֹ׃le.'i.RoH5892;
36Thepriestsהַֽכֹּהֲנִ֑יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548: thechildrenבְּנֵ֤יbe.NeiH1121ofJedaiahיְדַֽעְיָה֙ye.da'.YahH3048, of thehouseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004ofJeshuaיֵשׁ֔וּעַye.Shu.a'H3442,nineתְּשַׁ֥עte.Sha'H8672hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967andseventyשִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImH7657andthreeוּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ סu.she.lo.ShahH7969.
40TheLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֑םhal.vi.YimH3881: thechildrenבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121ofJeshuaיֵשׁ֧וּעַye.Shu.a'H3442andKadmielוְקַדְמִיאֵ֛לve.kad.mi.'ElH6934, of thechildrenלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121ofHodaviahהוֹדַוְיָ֖הho.dav.YahH1938,seventyשִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImH7657andfourוְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ סve.'ar.ba.'AhH702.
58All theNethinimsהַנְּתִינִ֔יםha.ne.ti.NimH5411, and thechildrenוּבְנֵ֖יu.ve.NeiH1121ofSolomon’sשְׁלֹמֹ֑הshe.lo.MohH8010servantsעַבְדֵ֣י'av.DeiH5650, werethreeשְׁלֹ֥שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967andninetyתִּשְׁעִ֥יםtish.'ImH8673andtwoוּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ סu.she.Na.yimH8147.
59And these were they who wentupהָֽעֹלִים֙ha.'o.LimH5927fromTelmelahH8528,TelharsaH8521,Cherubכְּר֥וּבke.RuvH3743,Addanאַדָּ֖ן'a.DanH135, andImmerאִמֵּ֑ר'i.MerH564: but theycouldיָֽכְל֗וּya.khe.LuH3201notshowלְהַגִּ֤ידle.ha.GidH5046theirfather’sאֲבוֹתָם֙'a.vo.TamH1houseבֵּית־beit-H1004, and theirseedוְזַרְעָ֔םve.zar.'AmH2233, whether they were ofIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478:
61And of thechildrenוּמִבְּנֵי֙u.mi.be.NeiH1121of thepriestsהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.NimH3548: thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofHabaiahחֳבַיָּ֖הchoai.YahH2252, thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofKozהַקּ֑וֹץha.KotzH6976, thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofBarzillaiבַרְזִלַּ֗יvar.zi.LaiH1271; whotookלָ֠קַחLa.kachH3947awifeאִשָּׁ֔ה'i.ShahH802of thedaughtersמִבְּנ֞וֹתmi.be.NotH1323ofBarzillaiבַּרְזִלַּ֤יbar.zi.LaiH1271theGileaditeהַגִּלְעָדִי֙ha.gil.'a.DiH1569, and wascalledוַיִּקָּרֵ֖אvai.yi.ka.Re'H7121after theirnameשְׁמָֽם׃she.MamH8034:
62Thesesoughtבִּקְשׁ֧וּbik.ShuH1245their familyrecordכְתָבָ֛םkhe.ta.VamH3791among those that were reckoned bygenealogyהַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖יםha.mit.yach.SimH3187, but they were notfoundנִמְצָ֑אוּnim.Tza.'uH4672: therefore were they, aspollutedוַֽיְגֹאֲל֖וּvay.go.'a.LuH1351, put from thepriesthoodהַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃ha.ke.hu.NahH3550.
63And theTirshathaהַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙ha.tir.Sha.ta'H8660saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, that they should noteatיֹאכְל֖וּyo.khe.LuH398of themostמִקֹּ֣דֶשׁmi.Ko.deshH6944holythingsהַקֳּדָשִׁ֑יםha.ko.da.ShimH6944, till there stoodupעֲמֹ֥ד'a.ModH5975apriestכֹּהֵ֖ןko.HenH3548withUrimלְאוּרִ֥יםle.'u.RimH224and withThummimוּלְתֻמִּֽים׃u.le.tu.MimH8550.
65Besides theirmaleעַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם'av.dei.HemH5650and femaleservantsוְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ve.'am.ho.tei.HemH519, of whom there weresevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִ֔ים'a.la.FimH505threeשְׁלֹ֥שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967andthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimH7970andsevenוְשִׁבְעָ֑הve.shiv.'AhH7651: and there wereאֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehH428among them twohundredמָאתָֽיִם׃ma.Ta.yimH3967menמְשֹׁרְרִ֥יםme.sho.re.RimH7891and womensingersוּֽמְשֹׁרְר֖וֹתu.me.sho.re.RotH7891.
68And some of theheadsוּמֵרָאשֵׁי֙u.me.ra.SheiH7218of thefathers’הָֽאָב֔וֹתha.'a.VotH1houses, when theycameבְּבוֹאָ֕םbe.vo.'AmH935to thehouseלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068which is atJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389, offeredfreelyהִֽתְנַדְּבוּ֙hit.na.de.VuH5068for thehouseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430to set itupלְהַעֲמִיד֖וֹle.ha.'a.mi.DoH5975in itsplaceמְכוֹנֽוֹ׃me.kho.NoH4349:
70So thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548, and theLevitesוְ֠הַלְוִיִּםVe.hal.vi.yimH3881, and some of thepeopleהָעָ֞םha.'AmH5971, and thesingersוְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧יםve.ham.sho.re.RimH7891, and theportersוְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֛יםve.ha.sho.'a.RimH7778, and theNethinimsוְהַנְּתִינִ֖יםve.ha.ne.ti.NimH5411,dweltוַיֵּשְׁב֣וּvai.ye.she.VuH3427in theircitiesבְּעָרֵיהֶ֑םbe.'a.rei.HemH5892, and allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478in theircitiesבְּעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ סbe.'a.rei.HemH5892.
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