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And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people came together like one man to Jerusalem.

וַיִּגַּע֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּאָסְפ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיָּקָם֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנ֕וּ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיָּכִ֤ינוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they kept the feast of tents, as it is recorded, making the regular burned offerings every day by number, as it is ordered; for every day what was needed.

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

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.

וַיִּ֨תְּנוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of Hodaviah, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brothers, the Levites.

וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

And when the builders put in position the base of the Temple of the Lord, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to the Lord in the way ordered by Davi

וְיִסְּד֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּעֲמִידוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was

וַֽ֠יַּעֲנוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”

Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of families, and said to them, Let us take part in the building with you; for we are servants of your God, even as you are; and we have been making offerings to him from the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyr

וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them, You have no part with us in the building of a house for our God; we ourselves will do the work together for the Lord, the God of Israel, as Cyrus, king of Persia, has

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then the people of the land made the hands of the people of Judah feeble, troubling them with fear in their building;

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel who had come back kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

For the priests and the Levites had made themselves clean together; they were all clean: and they put the Passover lamb to death for all those who had come back, and for their brothers the priests and for themselves.

וַיִּשְׁחֲט֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel, who had come back, and all those who were joined to them, after separating themselves from the evil ways of the people of the land to become the servants of the Lord, the God of Israel, took food together,

וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וְֽהֵסֵ֞ב (וְֽ) ve. “and”

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

And some of the children of Israel went up, with some of the priests and the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

וַיַּֽעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king's rule.

וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

וָאֶקְבְּצָ֧ה (וָ) va. “and”

And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three days: and after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.

וָֽאֶקְבְּצֵ֗ם (וָֽ) va. “and”וַנַּחֲנֶ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”וָאָבִ֤ינָה (וָ) va. “and”

Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֡ה (וָ) va. “and”

And I sent them to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and gave them orders what to say to Iddo and his brothers the Nethinim at the place Casiphia, so that they might come back to us with men to do the work of the house of our God.

וָאֲצַוֶּ֤ה (וָ) va. “and”וָאָשִׂימָה֩ (וָ) va. “and”

And by the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;

וַיָּבִ֨יאּוּ (וַ) va “and”