H9002–/וְ–v

And of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְשִׁמְעִ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְעֻזִּיאֵֽל׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

On the first day of the first month the work of making the house holy was started, and on the eighth day they came to the covered way of the Lord; in eight days they made the Lord's house holy, and on the sixteenth day of the first month the work was don

וּבְי֧וֹם (וּ) u. “and”וּבְי֨וֹם (וּ) u. “and”

Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, We have made all the house of the Lord clean, as well as the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the table for the holy bread, with all its vessels.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the vessels which were turned out by King Ahaz in his sin while he was king, we have put in order and made holy, and now they are in their places before the altar of the Lord.

וְאֵ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִקְדָּ֑שְׁנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנָּ֕ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they took with them seven oxen and seven male sheep and seven lambs and seven he-goats as a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the holy house and for Judah. And he gave orders to the sons of Aaron, the priests, that these were to be offered on the

וְאֵילִ֨ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְבָשִׂ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”וּצְפִירֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them:

וְהַקָּהָ֑ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And the priests put them to death, and made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to take away the sin of all Israel: for the king gave orders that the burned offering and the sin-offering were for all Israel.

וְהַחַטָּֽאת׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.

וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְגָ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתָ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”

So the Levites took their places with David's instruments, and the priests with their horns.

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And Hezekiah gave the word for the burned offering to be offered on the altar. And when the burned offering was started, then the song of the Lord was started, with the blowing of horns and with all the instruments of David, king of Israel.

וּבְעֵ֞ת (וּ) u. “and”וְהַחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַ֨ל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people gave worship, to the sound of songs and the blowing of horns; and this went on till the burned offering was ended.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשִּׁ֣יר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

And at the end of the offering, the king and all who were present with him gave worship with bent heads.

וּכְכַלּ֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.

וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָסָ֣ף (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Hezekiah made answer and said, Now that you have given yourselves to the Lord, come near and take offerings and praise-offerings into the house of the Lord. So all the people took in offerings and praise-offerings: and those whose hearts were moved,

וְהָבִ֛יאוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתוֹד֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְתוֹד֔וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the holy things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

וְֽהַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְצֹ֖אן (וְ) ve. “and”

There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַ֣ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And there was a great amount of burned offerings, with the fat of the peace-offerings and the drink offerings for every burned offering. So the work of the Lord's house was put in order.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַנְּסָכִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

And Hezekiah and all the people were full of joy, because God had made the people ready: for the thing was done suddenly.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah, and sent letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, requesting them to come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel.

וִֽיהוּדָ֗ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְגַֽם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

For the king, after discussion with his chiefs and all the body of the people in Jerusalem, had made a decision to keep the Passover in the second month.

וְשָׂרָ֛יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

It was not possible to keep it at that time, because not enough priests had made themselves holy, and the people had not come together in Jerusalem.

וְהָעָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and all the people.

וּבְעֵינֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

So it was ordered that word was to be sent out through all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that they were to come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: because they had not kept it in great numbers in agreement with the law.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So runners went with letters from the king and his chiefs through all Israel and Judah, by the order of the king, saying, O children of Israel, come back again to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may come again to that small ba

וְשָׂרָ֗יו (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”וּכְמִצְוַ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָשֹׁב֙ (וְ) ve. “so”

Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were sinners against the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them a cause of fear, as you see.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַ֣אֲחֵיכֶ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”