H0853–אֵת–et

And in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem; and they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to superintend the work of the house of Jehovah.

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And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, they set the priests in their apparel, with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah according to the directions of David king of Israel.

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But many of the priests and Levites and chief fathers, the ancient men that had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice, [supplied: when] the foundation of this house was laid in their sight; and many shouted aloud for joy.

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and they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief fathers, and said to them, We would build with you; for we seek your God, as ye; and we have sacrificed to him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

אֹתָ֖נוּ (אֹתָ֖) 'o.Ta. “<obj.>”

And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building;

אוֹתָ֖ם (אוֹתָ֖) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”

And the children of the captivity held the passover upon the fourteenth of the first month.

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For Ezra had directed his heart to seek the law of Jehovah and to do it, and to teach in Israel the statutes and the ordinances.

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Blessed be Jehovah the God of our fathers, who has put [supplied: such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem;

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And I gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo [supplied: and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

אוֹתָם֙ (אוֹתָ) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”

and Hashabiah, and with him Isaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”

and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”

And they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river. And they furthered the people and the house of God.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”

And when I heard this thing, I rent my mantle and my garment, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down overwhelmed.

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For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us before the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

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Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, of the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.

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And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

We have acted very perversely against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances that thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples;

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶתְכֶ֖ם (אֶתְ) 'et. “<obj.>”

but if ye return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

אֹתָ֑ם (אֹתָ֑) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [supplied: that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.

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and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [supplied: appertains] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

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And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of a force and horsemen with me.

אֵ֖ת 'et “<obj.>”

And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

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