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And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.

בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה (בְּ) be. “on”

And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה (בְּ) be. “with”בִּמְלֶ֥אכֶת (בִּ) bi “in”

Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

בְּמַלְכ֖וּת (בְּ) be. “in”

This Ezra went from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

בְּתוֹרַ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”

And there went some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

בִּשְׁנַת־ (בִּ) bi “in”

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For upon the first day of the first month he began to go from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

בְּאֶחָד֙ (בְּ) be. “on”וּבְאֶחָ֞ד (בְ) ve. “on”

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (בְּ) be. “in”

I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, who are disposed of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.

בְּמַלְכוּתִי֩ (בְּ) be. “in”

Forasmuch as thou art sent by the king, and by his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

בְּדָ֥ת (בְּ) be. “in”בִידָֽךְ׃ (בִ) vi. “[is] in”

And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

בִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֖ם (בִֽ) vi. “[is] in”

And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will-offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:

בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “in”בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃ (בִ) vi. “[is] in”

That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

בְּכַסְפָּ֣א (בְּ) be. “with”בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃ (בִ) vi. “[is] in”

And whatever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do after the will of your God.

בִּשְׁאָ֛ר (בִּ) bi “with”

And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

בַּעֲבַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “[are] in”

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thy hand, set magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

בִידָךְ֙ (בִ) vi. “[is] in”בַּעֲבַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “[is] in”

Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

בְּלֵ֣ב (בְּ) be. “in”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “[is] in”

These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

בְּמַלְכ֛וּת (בְּ) be. “in”

And I assembled them at the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we abode in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

בָעָם֙ (בָ) va. “<in> the”וּבַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (בַ) va. “<in> the”

And I sent them with commandment to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

בְּכָסִפְיָ֖א (בְּ) be. “in”בְּפִיהֶ֨ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּכָסִפְיָ֣א (בְּ) be. “in”

Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

בְשֵׁמֽוֹת׃ (בְ) ve. “by”

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them, before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

בִּשְׁנֵ֤ים (בִּ) bi “on”

Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

וּבַיּ֣וֹם (בַ) vai. “on the”בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”