H9002–/וְ–v

Now don't you be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

וּבֹ֤אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְעִבְדוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָשֹׁ֥ב (וְ) ve. “so”

For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.

וּבְנֵיכֶ֤ם (וּ) u. “and”וְלָשׁ֖וּב (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַחוּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they ridiculed them, and mocked them.

וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַלְעִגִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

Nevertheless certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמִזְּבֻל֑וּן (וּ) u. “and”

Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.

וְהַשָּׂרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.

וְאֵ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [ergänzt: day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into the house of Yahweh.

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”

For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to Yahweh.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם (וְ) ve. “and”

For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Yahweh pardon everyone

וּמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה (וּ) u. “and”וּזְבֻלוּן֙ (וּ) u. “and”

who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, though not [ergänzt: cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day by day, [ergänzt: singing] with loud instruments to Yahweh.

וּֽמְהַלְלִ֣ים (וּֽ) u. “and”וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites who had good understanding [ergänzt: in the service] of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

וּמִ֨תְוַדִּ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

וְשִׁבְעַ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׂרִ֞ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְצֹ֖אן (וְ) ve. “and”

All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly who came out of Israel, and the foreigners who came out of the land of Israel, and who lived in Judah, rejoiced.

וְהַכֹּהֲנִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגֵּרִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיּוֹשְׁבִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

וּכְכַלּ֣וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִנְיָמִ֛ן (וּ) u. “and”וּבְאֶפְרַ֥יִם (וּ) u. “and”וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.

וְ֠הַלְוִיִּם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְלַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׁלָמִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְהֹד֣וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּלְהַלֵּ֔ל (וּ) u. “and”

[ergänzt: He appointed] also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt-offerings, [ergänzt: to wit], for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of Yahweh.

וּמְנָת֩ (וּ) u. “and”וְהָעֶ֔רֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָ֣עֹל֔וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֶחֳדָשִׁ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַמֹּעֲדִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Yahweh.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”

As soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

וְכִפְרֹ֣ץ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִצְהָר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְבַ֔שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וְכֹ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַעְשַׂ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to Yahweh their God, and laid them by heaps.

וּבְנֵ֧י (וּ) u. “and”וִֽיהוּדָ֗ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”וָצֹ֔אן (וָ) va. “and”וּמַעְשַׂ֣ר (וּ) u. “and”

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

וּבַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (וּ) u. “and”

When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh, and his people Israel.

וְהַשָּׂרִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since [ergänzt: the people] began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

וְשָׂב֤וֹעַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹתֵר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנּוֹתָ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.

וְהַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲלֵיהֶ֤ם (וַ) va. “and”וְשִׁמְעִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”