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Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.

בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “to”

Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of

בְּלֶ֤חֶם (בְּ) be. “<in>”

And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.

בִּמְלֶ֜אכֶת (בִּ) bi “on”

Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways

בָּ֖הּ (בָּ֖) ba “in”בַשְּׁעָרִֽים׃ (בַ) va. “in the”

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.

בַּכְּפִירִ֖ים (בַּ) ba. “at <the>”בְּבִקְעַ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpos

בָּ֗הּ (בָּ֗) Ba “in”בַּגּוֹיִ֤ם (בַּ) ba. “among the”

And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.

בִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֜ם (בִֽ) vi. “in”בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה (בִּֽ) bi. “[is] in”

So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (בְּ) be. “on”

And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.

בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”

And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.

בַּיָּמִ֣ים (בַּ) ba “in the”

For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.

בִּֽיהוּדָ֗ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.

בְּמִשְׁמָר֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”

Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up.

בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ (בְּ) be. “in”

And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:

בָּרִאשׁוֹנָ֔ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”בּֽוֹ׃ (בּֽ) b “in”

So the priests and the Levites and the door-keepers and the music-makers and some of the people and the Nethinim, and all Israel, were living in their towns.

בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.

בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the l

בוֹ֩ (ב) v “in”

And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.

בְּמֹ֣עַל (בְּ) be. “in”

And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.

בַסֵּ֛פֶר (בַ) va. “in the”בְּתוֹרַ֥ת (בְּ) be. “in”בַּמִּקְרָֽא׃ (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.

בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

And on the second day the heads of families of all the people and the priests and the Levites came together to Ezra the scribe, to give attention to the words of the law.

וּבַיּ֣וֹם (בַ) vai. “on the”

And they saw that it was recorded in the law that the Lord had given orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month:

בַּתּוֹרָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”בַּסֻּכּ֛וֹת (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בֶּחָ֖ג (בֶּ) be. “at the”בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”