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Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.

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Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.

אוֹתָ֜ם (אוֹתָ֜) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”

Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel.

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The sons of Hassenaah were the builders of the fish doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

וְאֵת֙ (אֵת֙) 'Et “<obj.>”

Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

וְאֵת֩ (אֵת֩) 'Et “<obj.>”

Malchijah, the son of Harim, and Hasshub, the son of Pahath-moab, were working on another part, and the tower of the ovens.

וְאֵ֖ת (אֵ֖ת) 'Et “<obj.>”

Hanun and the people of Zanoah were working on the doorway of the valley; they put it up and put up its doors, with their locks and rods, and a thousand cubits of wall as far as the doorway where the waste material was placed.

אֵת֩ 'et “<obj.>”

And Malchijah, the son of Rechab, the ruler of the division of Beth-haccherem, made good the doorway of the waste, building it up and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods.

וְאֵ֣ת׀ (אֵ֣ת) 'Et “<obj.>”

And Shallun, the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the division of Mizpah, made good the doorway of the fountain, building it up and covering it and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods, with the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, a

וְאֵת֩ (אֵת֩) 'Et “<obj.>”וְ֠אֵת (אֵת) 'et “<obj.>”

Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.

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And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned com

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.

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And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters,

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no pow

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”

And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”וְאֵ֖ת (אֵ֖ת) 'Et “<obj.>”

And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise t

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

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.

אֹתִ֗י (אֹתִ֗) 'o.T “<obj.>”

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

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