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Cyrus, king of Persia, has said, All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord, the God of heaven; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people

לִ֗י (לִ֗) L “to”לִבְנֽוֹת־ (לִ) Li “to”ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “for”

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and

לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ (לְ) le. “of”לִכְל֥וֹת (לִ) li “to”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”לִבְנֽוֹת־ (לִ) Li “to”ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “for”

Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.

לִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (לִ) li. “to”

And whoever there may be of the rest of Israel, living in any place, let the men of that place give him help with offerings of silver and gold and goods and beasts, in addition to the offering freely given for the house of God in Jerusalem.

לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “for”

Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

לִֽיהוּדָה֙ (לִֽ) li. “of”לְכֹ֨ל (לְ) le. “to”לַעֲל֣וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לִבְנ֔וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And all their neighbours gave them help with offerings of vessels of silver and gold and goods and beasts and things of great value, in addition to what was freely offered.

לְבַ֖ד (לְ) le. “<to>”

Even these Cyrus made Mithredath, the keeper of his wealth, get out, and he gave them, after numbering them, to Sheshbazzar, the ruler of Judah.

לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֔ר (לְ) le. “to”לִיהוּדָֽה׃ (לִ) li. “of”

There were five thousand, four hundred gold and silver vessels. All these were taken back by Sheshbazzar, when those who had been taken prisoner went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

לַזָּהָ֣ב (לַ) la. “of <the>”וְלַכֶּ֔סֶף (לַ) la. “of <the>”לִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (לִ) li. “to”

Now these are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and taken away to Babylon, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his town;

לְבָבֶ֑ל (לְ) le. “to”לִירוּשָׁלִַ֥ם (לִ) li. “to”לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and twelve.

לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “of”

The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

לִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֖ה (לִֽ) li. “of”

The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.

לְבֵ֣ית (לְ) le. “of”

The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “of”

And these were the people who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer. But having no knowledge of their fathers' families or offspring, it was not certain that they were Israelites;

לְהַגִּ֤יד (לְ) le. “to”

And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”לְאוּרִ֥ים (לְ) le. “to”וּלְתֻמִּֽים׃ (לְ) le. “to”

As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven: and they had two hundred men and women to make music.

מִ֠לְּבַד (לְּ) le. “<to>”וְלָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “[belonged] to”

And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place:

לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”לְבֵ֣ית (לְ) le. “for”לְהַעֲמִיד֖וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

Every one, as he was able, gave for the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand pounds of silver and a hundred priests' robes.

לְאוֹצַ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”

Then Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, with his brothers, got up and made the altar of the God of Israel for burned offerings as is recorded in the law of Moses, the man of God.

לְהַעֲל֤וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

They put the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the people of the countries: and they made burned offerings on it to the Lord, even burned offerings morning and evening.

לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”לַבֹּ֥קֶר (לַ) la. “of the”וְלָעָֽרֶב׃ (לָ) la. “of the”

And after that, the regular burned offering and the offerings for the new moons and all the fixed feasts of the Lord which had been made holy, and the offering of everyone who freely gave his offering to the Lord.

וְלֶ֣חֳדָשִׁ֔ים (לֶ֣) Le. “for the”וּלְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”וּלְכֹ֛ל (לְ) le. “for”לַיהוָֽה׃ (לַ) la. “to”

From the first day of the seventh month they made a start with the burned offerings, but the base of the Temple of the Lord had still not been put in its place.

לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”לְהַעֲל֥וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לַיהוָ֑ה (לַ) la. “to”

And they gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers; and meat and drink and oil to the people of Zidon and of Tyre, for the transport of cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had given them authority to do.

לַחֹצְבִ֖ים (לַ) la. “to the”וְלֶחָרָשִׁ֑ים (לֶ) le. “to the”לַצִּֽדֹנִים֙ (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַצֹּרִ֔ים (לַ) la. “to the”לְהָבִיא֩ (לְ) le. “to”

Now in the second year of their coming into the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, the work was taken in hand by Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, an

לְבוֹאָ֞ם (לְ) le. “of”לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (לִ) li. “to”לְנַצֵּ֖חַ (לְ) le. “to”