H9002–/וְ–v

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

וְשֵׁיצִיא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,

וַעֲבַ֣דוּ (וַ) va. “and”וְלֵוָיֵ֜א (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁאָ֣ר (וּ) u. “and”

And offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

וְהַקְרִ֗בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּצְפִירֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, who is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

וַהֲקִ֨ימוּ (וַ) va. “and”וְלֵוָיֵא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַאֲחֵיהֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָהֶֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Israel, who had returned from captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,

וְכֹ֗ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

וְאַחַר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

This Ezra went from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there went some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֜ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

For upon the first day of the first month he began to go from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

וּבְאֶחָ֞ד (וּ) u. “and”

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

וְלַעֲשֹׂ֑ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְלַמֵּ֥ד (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

וְזֶ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֻקָּ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”

Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃ (וּ) u. “and”

I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, who are disposed of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.

וְכָהֲנ֣וֹהִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֵוָיֵ֗א (וְ) ve. “and”

Forasmuch as thou art sent by the king, and by his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וּדְהַ֑ב (וּ) u. “and”וְיָעֲט֗וֹהִי (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will-offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:

וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְהַ֔ב (וּ) u. “and”וְכָֽהֲנַיָּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן (וּ) u. “and”וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְקָרֵ֣ב (וּ) u. “so”

And whatever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do after the will of your God.

וּמָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַהֲבָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

וּמָֽאנַיָּא֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And whatever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure-house.

וּשְׁאָ֗ר (וּ) u. “and”

And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

וּ֠מִנִּי (וּ֠) U. “and”

To a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

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

Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Also we certify you, that concerning any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom upon them.

וּלְכֹ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וְ֠לֵוָיֵא (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וּפָ֣לְחֵ֔י (וּ) u. “and”וַהֲלָ֔ךְ (וַ) va. “and”