H9002–/וְ–v

Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,

וַחֲמִשִּׁ֔ים (וַ) va. “and”וּכְלֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”

And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.

וּכְפֹרֵ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וּכְלֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”

And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

וְהַכֵּלִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֶּ֤סֶף (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַזָּהָב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.

וְשִׁמְר֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂרֵֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the priests and the Levites took the weight of silver and gold and the vessels, to take them to Jerusalem into the house of our God.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַזָּהָ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֵּלִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

וְיַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאוֹרֵ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And on the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the vessels were measured out by weight in the house of our God into the hands of Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the priest; and with him was Eleazar, the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad, the so

וּבַיּ֣וֹם (וּ) u. “and”וְהַזָּהָ֨ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֵּלִ֜ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִמּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִמָּהֶ֞ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֽוֹעַדְיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And those who had been prisoners, who had come back from a strange land, made burned offerings to the God of Israel, twelve oxen for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burned offerin

וְשִׁשָּׁ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁבְעָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And they gave the king's orders to the king's captains and the rulers across the river, and they gave the people and the house of God the help which was needed.

וּפַחֲו֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittite

וּכְכַלּ֣וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.

וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְיַ֧ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

וּכְשָׁמְעִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמְעִילִ֑י (וּ) u. “and”וּזְקָנִ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.

וְאֵלַ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,

וּבְמִנְחַ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”וּבְקָרְעִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וּמְעִילִ֑י (וּ) u. “and”

I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.

וְנִכְלַ֔מְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַשְׁמָתֵ֥נוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

From the days of our fathers till this day we have been great sinners; and for our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been given up into the hands of the kings of the lands, to the sword and to prison and to loss of goods and to shame of face, a

וּבַעֲוֹנֹתֵ֡ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”וּבַבִּזָּ֛ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבְבֹ֥שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”

And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.

וְעַתָּ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָתֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְתִתֵּ֛נוּ (וּ) u. “and”

For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give u

וּבְעַבְדֻ֔תֵנוּ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְהַעֲמִ֣יד (וּ) u. “and”וְלָֽתֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,

וְעַתָּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for

וְ֠עַתָּה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וּבְנֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְטוֹבָתָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And after everything which has come on us because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment which you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;

וְאַֽחֲרֵי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְאַשְׁמָתֵ֖נוּ (וּ) u. “and”

Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?

וּ֨לְהִתְחַתֵּ֔ן (וּ֨) u. “and”וּפְלֵיטָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.

וּכְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤ל (וּ) u. “and”וּכְ֨הִתְוַדֹּת֔וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִתְנַפֵּ֔ל (וּ) u. “and”וְנָשִׁים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽילָדִ֔ים (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

וְעַתָּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנּוֹלָ֤ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַחֲרֵדִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַתּוֹרָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”