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Nehemiah 13:10-30

10And Iperceivedוָאֵ֣דְעָ֔הva.'E.de.'AhH3045that theportionsמְנָי֥וֹתme.na.YotH4521of theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֖םhal.vi.YimH3881had not beengivenנִתָּ֑נָהni.Ta.nahH5414them : for theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֥םhal.vi.YimH3881and thesingersוְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖יםve.ham.sho.re.RimH7891, thatdidעֹשֵׂ֥י'o.SeiH6213theworkהַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ha.me.la.KhahH4399, hadfledוַיִּבְרְח֧וּvai.yiv.re.ChuH1272everyoneאִישׁ־'ish-H376to hisfieldלְשָׂדֵ֛הוּle.sa.De.huH7704.

11Then Icontendedוָאָרִ֙יבָה֙va.'a.Ri.vahH7378with therulersהַסְּגָנִ֔יםha.se.ga.NimH5461, andsaidוָאֹ֣מְרָ֔הva.'O.me.RahH559, Why is thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430forsakenנֶעֱזַ֣בne.'e.ZavH5800? And I gathered themtogetherוָֽאֶ֨קְבְּצֵ֔םva.'Ek.be.TzemH6908, andsetוָֽאַעֲמִדֵ֖םva.'a.'a.mi.DemH5975them in theirplaceעָמְדָֽם׃'a.me.DamH5977.

12Then allJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063broughtהֵבִ֜יאוּhe.Vi.'uH935thetitheמַעְשַׂ֧רma'.SarH4643of thegrainהַדָּגָ֛ןha.da.GanH1715and the newwineוְהַתִּיר֥וֹשׁve.ha.ti.Ro.oshH8492and theoilוְהַיִּצְהָ֖רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323to thetreasuriesלָאוֹצָרֽוֹת׃la.'o.tza.RotH214.

13And I madetreasurersוָאוֹצְרָ֣הva.'otz.RahH686over thetreasuriesא֠וֹצָרוֹת'o.tza.rotH214,Shelemiahשֶׁלֶמְיָ֨הshe.lem.YahH8018thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.HenH3548, andZadokוְצָד֣וֹקve.tza.DokH6659thescribeהַסּוֹפֵ֗רha.so.FerH5608, and of theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881,Pedaiahוּפְדָיָה֙u.fe.da.YahH6305: and next tothemיָדָ֔םya.DamH3027wasHananחָנָ֥ןcha.NanH2605thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZaccurזַכּ֖וּרza.KurH2139, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofMattaniahמַתַּנְיָ֑הma.tan.YahH4983: for they wereaccountedנֶחְשָׁ֔בוּnech.Sha.vuH2803faithfulנֶאֱמָנִים֙ne.'e.ma.NimH539, and their office was todistributeלַחֲלֹ֥קla.cha.LokH2505to theirbrethrenלַאֲחֵיהֶֽם׃ פla.'a.chei.HemH251.

14Rememberזָכְרָה־za.khe.rah-H2142me, O myGodאֱלֹהַ֖י'e.lo.HaiH430, concerning this, and wipe notoutתֶּ֣מַחTe.machH4229mygoodחֲסָדַ֗יcha.sa.DaiH2617deeds that I havedoneעָשִׂ֛יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213for thehouseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004of myGodאֱלֹהַ֖י'e.lo.HaiH430, and for itsofficesוּבְמִשְׁמָרָֽיו׃u.ve.mish.ma.RavH4929.

15In thosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117Isawרָאִ֣יתִיra.'I.tiH7200inJudahבִֽיהוּדָ֣ה׀vi.hu.DahH3063sometreadingדֹּֽרְכִֽים־do.re.khim-H1869winepressesגִּתּ֣וֹת׀gi.TotH1660on thesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּ֡תba.sha.BatH7676, and bringinginוּמְבִיאִ֣יםu.me.vi.'ImH935sheavesהָעֲרֵמ֣וֹתha.'a.re.MotH6194, and putting themonוְֽעֹמְסִ֪יםve.'o.me.SimH6006donkeysהַחֲמֹרִ֟יםha.cha.mo.RimH2543; as alsowineיַ֜יִןYa.yinH3196,grapesעֲנָבִ֤ים'a.na.VimH6025, andfigsוּתְאֵנִים֙u.te.'e.NimH8384, and all manner ofburdensמַשָּׂ֔אma.Sa'H4853, which theybroughtוּמְבִיאִ֥יםu.me.vi.'ImH935intoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389on thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117: and Itestifiedוָאָעִ֕ידva.'a.'IdH5749against them in thedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117when theysoldמִכְרָ֥םmikh.RamH4376foodצָֽיִד׃Tza.yidH6718.

16Theredweltיָ֣שְׁבוּYa.she.vuH3427men ofTyreוְהַצֹּרִים֙ve.ha.tzo.RimH6876also in the city, whobroughtמְבִיאִ֥יםme.vi.'ImH935fishדָּ֖אגdagH1709, and all kinds ofwaresמֶ֑כֶרMe.kherH4377, andsoldוּמֹכְרִ֧יםu.mo.khe.RimH4376on thesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּ֛תba.sha.BatH7676to thechildrenלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063, and inJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃u.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

17Then Icontendedוָאָרִ֕יבָהva.'a.Ri.vahH7378with thenoblesחֹרֵ֣יcho.ReiH2715ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, andsaidוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559to them, Whatevilהָרָ֤עha.Ra'H7451thingהַדָּבָ֨רha.da.VarH1697is this that yedoעֹשִׂ֔ים'o.SimH6213, andprofaneוּֽמְחַלְּלִ֖יםu.me.cha.le.LimH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayי֥וֹםYomH3117?

18Didעָשׂוּ֙'a.SuH6213not yourfathersאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם'a.Vo.tei.KhemH1thus, anddidH935not ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430bringH935all thisevilהָרָעָ֣הha.ra.'AhH7451upon us, and upon thiscityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892? yet yebringH935moreמוֹסִיפִ֤יםmo.si.FimH3254wrathחָרוֹן֙cha.rOnH2740uponIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478byprofaningלְחַלֵּ֖לle.cha.LelH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ פha.sha.BatH7676.

19And it came to pass, that when thegatesשַׁעֲרֵ֨יsha.'a.ReiH8179ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389began to bedarkצָֽלֲלוּ֩tza.la.LuH6751beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֗תha.sha.BatH7676, Icommandedוָאֹֽמְרָה֙va.'o.me.RahH559that thegatesהַדְּלָת֔וֹתha.de.la.TotH1817should beshutוַיִּסָּגְר֣וּvai.yi.sa.ge.RuH5462, andchargedוָאֹ֣מְרָ֔הva.'O.me.RahH559that they should not beopenedיִפְתָּח֔וּםyif.ta.ChumH6605tillafterאַחַ֣ר'a.CharH310thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676: and Isetהֶֽעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙he.'e.Mad.tiH5975some of myservantsוּמִנְּעָרַ֗יu.mi.ne.'a.RaiH5288at thegatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֔יםha.she.'a.RimH8179, that there should noburdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853be broughtinיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935on thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

20So themerchantsהָרֹכְלִ֜יםha.ro.khe.LimH7402andsellersוּמֹכְרֵ֧יu.mo.khe.ReiH4376of all kind ofwaresמִמְכָּ֛רmi.KarH4465lodgedוַיָּלִ֨ינוּvai.ya.Li.nuH3885outsideofמִח֥וּץmi.ChutzH2351Jerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִָ֖םli.ru.sha.LimH3389onceפַּ֥עַםPa.'amH6471ortwiceוּשְׁתָּֽיִם׃u.she.Ta.yimH8147.

21Then Itestifiedוָאָעִ֣ידָהva.'a.'I.dahH5749against them, andsaidוָאֹמְרָ֤הva.'o.me.RahH559to them, Whylodgeלֵנִים֙le.NimH3885yebeforeנֶ֣גֶדNe.gedH5048thewallהַחוֹמָ֔הha.cho.MahH2346? if ye do soagainתִּשְׁנ֕וּtish.NuH8138, I willlayאֶשְׁלַ֣ח'esh.LachH7971handsיָ֖דyadH3027on you. From thattimeהָעֵ֣תha.'EtH6256forth theycameבָ֖אוּVa.'uH935no more on thesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּֽת׃ סba.sha.BatH7676.

22And Icommandedוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559theLevitesלַלְוִיִּ֗םlal.vi.YimH3881that they shouldcleanseמִֽטַּהֲרִים֙mi.ta.ha.RimH2891themselves, and that they shouldcomeוּבָאִים֙u.va.'ImH935andkeepשֹׁמְרִ֣יםsho.me.RimH8104thegatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֔יםha.she.'a.RimH8179, tosanctifyלְקַדֵּ֖שׁle.ka.DeshH6942thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676dayי֣וֹםYomH3117.Rememberזָכְרָה־za.khe.rah-H2142me, O myGodאֱלֹהַ֔י'e.lo.HaiH430, concerning this also, andspareוְח֥וּסָהve.Chu.sahH2347me according to thegreatnessכְּרֹ֥בke.RoH7230of thymercyחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃ פchas.De.khaH2617.

23In thosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117also Isawרָאִ֤יתִיra.'I.tiH7200Jewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064that hadmarriedהֹשִׁ֗יבוּho.Shi.vuH3427womenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802ofAshdodאַשְׁדֳּדִיּ֔וֹת'ash.do.di.yotH796, ofAmmonעַמֳּנִיּ֖וֹתa.mo.ni.yotH5984, and ofMoabמוֹאֲבִיּֽוֹת׃mo.'a.vi.YotH4125:

24And theirchildrenוּבְנֵיהֶ֗םu.ve.nei.HemH1121spokeמְדַבֵּ֣רme.da.BerH1696halfחֲצִי֙cha.TziH2677in the speech ofAshdodאַשְׁדּוֹדִ֔ית'ash.do.DitH797, andcouldמַכִּירִ֖יםma.ki.RimH5234notspeakלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696in the Jews’languageיְהוּדִ֑יתye.hu.DitH3066, but according to thelanguageוְכִלְשׁ֖וֹןve.khil.ShonH3956ofeachעַ֥ם'amH5971peopleוָעָֽם׃va.'AmH5971.

25And Icontendedוָאָרִ֤יבva.'a.RivH7378with them, andcursedוָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔םva.'a.ka.LemH7043them, andsmoteוָאַכֶּ֥הva.'a.KehH5221certainאֲנָשִׁ֖ים'a.na.ShimH582of them, and plucked off theirhairוָֽאֶמְרְטֵ֑םva.'em.re.TemH4803, and made themswearוָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣םva.'ash.bi.'EmH7650byGodבֵּֽאלֹהִ֗יםbe.lo.HimH430, saying, Ye shall notgiveתִּתְּנ֤וּti.te.NuH5414yourdaughtersבְנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ve.no.tei.KhemH1323to theirsonsלִבְנֵיהֶ֔םliv.nei.HemH1121, nortakeתִּשְׂאוּ֙tis.'UH5375theirdaughtersמִבְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םmi.be.No.tei.HemH1323to yoursonsלִבְנֵיכֶ֖םliv.nei.KhemH1121, or for yourselves.

26Did notSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֡לYis.ra.'ElH3478sinחָטָֽא־cha.ta'-H2398by these things? yet amongmanyהָרַבִּים֩ha.ra.BimH7227nationsוּבַגּוֹיִ֣םu.va.go.YimH1471was there nokingמֶ֜לֶךְMe.lekhH4428like him, who wasbelovedוְאָה֤וּבve.'a.HuvH157by hisGodלֵֽאלֹהָיו֙le.lo.HavH430, andGodאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430madeוַיִּתְּנֵ֣הוּvai.yi.te.Ne.huH5414himkingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428over allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: nevertheless evenhimגַּם־gam-H1571didforeignהַנָּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ha.na.khe.ri.YotH5237womenהַנָּשִׁ֖יםha.na.ShimH802cause tosinהֶחֱטִ֔יאוּhe.che.Ti.'uH2398.

27Shall we thenhearkenהֲנִשְׁמַ֗עha.nish.Ma'H8085to you todoלַעֲשֹׂת֙la.'a.SotH6213all thisgreatהַגְּדוֹלָה֙ha.ge.do.LahH1419evilהָרָעָ֤הha.ra.'AhH7451, totransgressלִמְעֹ֖לlim.'OlH4603against ourGodבֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּbe.lo.Hei.nuH430inmarryingלְהֹשִׁ֖יבle.ho.ShivH3427foreignנָכְרִיּֽוֹת׃na.khe.ri.YotH5237womenנָשִׁ֥יםna.ShimH802?

28And one of thesonsוּמִבְּנֵ֨יu.mi.be.NeiH1121ofJoiadaיוֹיָדָ֤עyo.ya.Da'H3111, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofEliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיב֙'el.ya.ShivH475thehighהַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.DolH1419priestהַכֹּהֵ֣ןha.ko.HenH3548, was son inlawחָתָ֖ןcha.TanH2860toSanballatלְסַנְבַלַּ֣טle.san.va.LatH5571theHoroniteהַחֹרֹנִ֑יha.cho.ro.NiH2772: therefore I drove himawayוָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּva.'av.ri.Che.huH1272from me.

29Rememberזָכְרָ֥הza.khe.RahH2142them, O myGodאֱלֹהָ֑י'e.lo.HaiH430, because they havedefiledגָּאֳלֵ֣יgo.'o.LeiH1352thepriesthoodהַכְּהֻנָּ֔הha.ke.hu.NahH3550, and thecovenantוּבְרִ֥יתu.ve.RitH1285of thepriesthoodהַכְּהֻנָּ֖הha.ke.hu.NahH3550, and of theLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ve.hal.vi.YimH3881.

30Thus Icleansedוְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖יםve.ti.har.TimH2891them from allstrangersנֵכָ֑רne.KharH5236, andappointedוָאַעֲמִ֧ידָהva.'a.'a.Mi.dahH5975thedutiesמִשְׁמָר֛וֹתmish.ma.RotH4931of thepriestsלַכֹּהֲנִ֥יםla.ko.ha.NimH3548and theLevitesוְלַלְוִיִּ֖םve.lal.vi.YimH3881, everyoneאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376in hisbusinessבִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃bim.lakh.ToH4399;

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