H9002–/וְ–v

And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.

וְאַ֣נְתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַיָּנִ֗ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְדִ֧י (וְ) ve. “and”

And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדָתָא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֶאֱסוּרִֽין׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

וְעָלַ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֽוֹעֲצָ֔יו (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

Now these are the heads of families who were listed of those who went up with me from Babylon, when Artaxerxes was king.

וְאֵ֛לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִתְיַחְשָׂ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Of the sons of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed a hundred and fifty males.

וְעִמּ֛וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃ (וַ) va. “and”

Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.

וְעִמּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.

וְעִמּ֕וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And of the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.

וּמִבְּנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְעִמּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah; the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.

וּמִבְּנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְעִמּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.

וּמִבְּנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְעִמּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

וְעִמּ֕וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמֹנָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him a hundred and sixty males.

וּמִבְּנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וְעִמּ֕וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁשִּׁ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.

וּמִבְּנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְעִמּ֕וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמֹנָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan; and with him a hundred and ten males.

וּמִבְּנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְעִמּ֕וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲשָׂרָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

And of the sons of Adonikam, the last, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.

וּמִבְּנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֣לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽשְׁמַעְיָ֑ה (וּֽ) u. “and”וְעִמָּהֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.

וּמִבְּנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וְזַכּ֑וּר (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִמּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three days: and after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.

וּבַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּמִבְּנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.

וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן (וּ) u. “and”וּלְיָרִ֜יב (וּ) u. “and”וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֧ן (וּ) u. “and”וּלְנָתָ֛ן (וּ) u. “and”וְלִזְכַרְיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִמְשֻׁלָּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְיוֹיָרִ֥יב (וּ) u. “and”וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”

And by the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;

וְשֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנָ֥יו (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶחָ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִתּ֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

And of the Nethinim, to whom David and the captains had given the work of helping the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them specially named.

וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.

וּלְטַפֵּ֖נוּ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power a

וּפָרָשִׁ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וְעֻזּ֣וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַפּ֔וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

So I put on one side twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,

וְעִמָּהֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֹעֲצָ֣יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂרָ֔יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”