H9002–/וְ–v

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

וּבֹ֤אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְעִבְדוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָשֹׁ֥ב (וְ) ve. “so”

For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

וּבְנֵיכֶ֤ם (וּ) u. “and”וְלָשׁ֖וּב (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַחוּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַלְעִגִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמִזְּבֻל֑וּן (וּ) u. “and”

Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

וְהַשָּׂרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.

וְאֵ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”

For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם (וְ) ve. “and”

For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one

וּמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה (וּ) u. “and”וּזְבֻלוּן֙ (וּ) u. “and”

That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.

וּֽמְהַלְלִ֣ים (וּֽ) u. “and”וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.

וּמִ֨תְוַדִּ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

וְשִׁבְעַ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׂרִ֞ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְצֹ֖אן (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.

וְהַכֹּהֲנִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגֵּרִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיּוֹשְׁבִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

וּכְכַלּ֣וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִנְיָמִ֛ן (וּ) u. “and”וּבְאֶפְרַ֥יִם (וּ) u. “and”וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

וְ֠הַלְוִיִּם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְלַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׁלָמִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְהֹד֣וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּלְהַלֵּ֔ל (וּ) u. “and”

He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

וּמְנָת֩ (וּ) u. “and”וְהָעֶ֔רֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָ֣עֹל֔וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֶחֳדָשִׁ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַמֹּעֲדִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

וְכִפְרֹ֣ץ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִצְהָר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְבַ֔שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וְכֹ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַעְשַׂ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”

And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

וּבְנֵ֧י (וּ) u. “and”וִֽיהוּדָ֗ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”וָצֹ֔אן (וָ) va. “and”וּמַעְשַׂ֣ר (וּ) u. “and”

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

וּבַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (וּ) u. “and”

And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

וְהַשָּׂרִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

וְשָׂב֤וֹעַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹתֵר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנּוֹתָ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.

וְהַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲלֵיהֶ֤ם (וַ) va. “and”וְשִׁמְעִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”