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

בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה (בְּ) be. “on”

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.

בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה (בְּ) be. “with”בִּמְלֶ֥אכֶת (בִּ) bi “in”

Now after these things, when Artaxerxes was king of Persia, Ezra, the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

בְּמַלְכ֖וּת (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בְּתוֹרַ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בִּשְׁנַת־ (בִּ) bi “in”

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

בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For, starting his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, he came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God.

בְּאֶחָד֙ (בְּ) be. “on”וּבְאֶחָ֞ד (בְ) ve. “on”

For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And now it is my order that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and Levites in my kingdom, who are ready and have a desire to go to Jerusalem, are to go with you.

בְּמַלְכוּתִי֩ (בְּ) be. “in”

Because you are sent by the king and his seven wise men, to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem, as you are ordered by the law of your God which is in your hand;

בְּדָ֥ת (בְּ) be. “in”בִידָֽךְ׃ (בִ) vi. “[is] in”

And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem,

בִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֖ם (בִֽ) vi. “[is] in”

As well as all the silver and gold which you get from the land of Babylon, together with the offering of the people and of the priests, freely given for the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem:

בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “in”בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃ (בִ) vi. “[is] in”

So with this money get with care oxen, sheep, and lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, to be offered on the altar of the house of your God, which is in Jerusalem.

בְּכַסְפָּ֣א (בְּ) be. “with”בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃ (בִ) vi. “[is] in”

And whatever seems right to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do, as may be pleasing to your God.

בִּשְׁאָ֛ר (בִּ) bi “with”

And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, now give orders to all keepers of the king's money across the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may have need of from you, is to be done with all care,

בַּעֲבַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “[are] in”

And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.

בִידָךְ֙ (בִ) vi. “[is] in”בַּעֲבַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “[is] in”

Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

בְּלֵ֣ב (בְּ) be. “in”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “[is] in”

Now these are the heads of families who were listed of those who went up with me from Babylon, when Artaxerxes was king.

בְּמַלְכ֛וּת (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בָעָם֙ (בָ) va. “<in> the”וּבַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (בַ) va. “<in> the”

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.

בְּכָסִפְיָ֖א (בְּ) be. “in”בְּפִיהֶ֨ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּכָסִפְיָ֣א (בְּ) be. “in”

And of the Nethinim, to whom David and the captains had given the work of helping the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them specially named.

בְשֵׁמֽוֹת׃ (בְ) ve. “by”

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power a

בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

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.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

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.

בִּשְׁנֵ֤ים (בִּ) bi “on”

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 (בַ) vai. “on the”בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”