H9002–/וְ–v

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to hold the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [supplied: with] cymbals, lutes and harps.

וּבַחֲנֻכַּ֞ת (וּ) u. “and”וְשִׂמְחָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְתוֹד֣וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּבְשִׁ֔יר (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכִנֹּרֽוֹת׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And the children of the singers were assembled, both from the plain [supplied: of Jordan] round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,

וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

also from Beth-Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves hamlets round about Jerusalem.

וּמִבֵּית֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשְּׂד֥וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְעַזְמָ֑וֶת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates and the wall.

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

And I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs and processions, on the right hand upon the wall towards the dung-gate.

וְתַהֲלֻכֹ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

וַחֲצִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

וַעֲזַרְיָ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”וּמְשֻׁלָּֽם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Judah and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן (וּ) u. “and”וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֖ה (וּֽ) u. “and”וְיִרְמְיָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

and [supplied: certain] of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;

וּמִבְּנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe before them.

וְֽאֶחָ֡יו (וְֽ) ve. “and”וַעֲזַרְאֵ֡ל (וַ) va. “and”וִֽיהוּדָה֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְעֶזְרָ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And at the fountain-gate, and over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water-gate eastward.

וְעַל֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֶגְדָּ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַ֛ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And the second choir went in the opposite direction upon the wall, and I after them, and the half of the people, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even to the broad wall;

וְהַתּוֹדָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וַחֲצִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”וְעַ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

and from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the gate of the old [supplied: wall], and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep-gate; and they stood still in the prison-gate.

וּמֵעַ֣ל (וּ) u. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִגְדַּ֤ל (וּ) u. “and”וּמִגְדַּ֣ל (וּ) u. “and”וְעַ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And both choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

וַאֲנִ֕י (וַ) va. “and”וַחֲצִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets;

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֡ים (וְ) ve. “and”

and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud; and Jizrahiah was their overseer.

וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֨ה (וּ) u. “and”וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜ה (וּֽ) u. “and”וְאֶלְעָזָ֧ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֻזִּ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֥ן (וִֽ) vi. “and”וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעֵילָ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וָעָ֑זֶר (וָ) va. “and”וְיִֽזְרַחְיָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and also the women and the children rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

וְגַ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיְלָדִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And at that time men were appointed over the chambers of the treasures for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, out of the fields of the cities, the portions assigned by the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests, and over the Levites that waited.

וְלַמַּֽעַשְׂרוֹת֒ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַלְוִיִּ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David [supplied: and] of Solomon his son.

וּמִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

For of old, in the days of David and Asaph, there were the chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgivings to God.

וְאָסָ֖ף (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁיר־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֹד֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, every day what was needed, and they consecrated things for the Levites; and the Levites consecrated for the children of Aaron.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִימֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַקְדִּשִׁים֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and there was found written in it that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

וּמֹאָבִ֛י (וּ) u. “and”

because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and with water, and had hired Balaam against them, to curse them; but our God turned the curse into blessing.

וּבַמָּ֑יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And before this, Eliashib the priest, who had the oversight of the chambers of the house of our God, a kinsman of Tobijah,

וְלִפְנֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

had prepared for him a great chamber, where formerly they laid the oblations, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine and the oil, which was commanded for the Levites and the singers and the doorkeepers, and the heave-offerings of the priests.

וְשָׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֵּלִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַעְשַׂ֤ר (וּ) u. “and”וְהַיִּצְהָ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְרוּמַ֖ת (וּ) u. “and”