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And the children of the captivity held the passover upon the fourteenth of the first month.

בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה (בְּ) be. “on”

and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for Jehovah had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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

And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkijah,

בְּמַלְכ֖וּת (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בְּתוֹרַ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”

(And there went up [ergänzt: some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, 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, which was in the seventh year of the king.

בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For upon the first of the first month the project of going up from Babylon was determined on, and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

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

For Ezra had directed his heart to seek the law of Jehovah and to do it, and to teach in Israel the statutes and the ordinances.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (בְּ) be. “in”

I have given orders that all they of the people of Israel, and of their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are disposed to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.

בְּמַלְכוּתִי֩ (בְּ) be. “in”

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

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

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

בִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֖ם (בִֽ) vi. “[is] in”

and all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, besides the voluntary offering of the people, and of the priests, who offer willingly for the house of their God which is at Jerusalem.

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

Therefore thou shalt buy diligently with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their oblations and their drink-offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is at Jerusalem.

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

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

בִּשְׁאָ֛ר (בִּ) bi “with”

And I, I Artaxerxes the king, do give orders to all the treasurers that are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest and scribe of the law of the God of the heavens shall require of you, it be done diligently,

בַּעֲבַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “[are] in”

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knows [ergänzt: them] not.

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

Blessed be Jehovah the God of our fathers, who has put [ergänzt: such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem;

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

And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

בְּמַלְכ֛וּת (בְּ) be. “in”

And I gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I surveyed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.

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

And I gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo [ergänzt: and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

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

and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were expressed by name.

בְשֵׁמֽוֹת׃ (בְ) ve. “by”

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him.

בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

Watch and keep [ergänzt: them] until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

בִּשְׁנֵ֤ים (בִּ) bi “on”

And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Urijah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites:

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