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the whole by number and by weight; and all the weight was written at that time.

בְּמִסְפָּ֥ר (בְּ) be. “by”בְּמִשְׁקָ֖ל (בְּ) be. “by”בָּעֵ֥ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons; so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands; yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been first in this faithlessness.'

בְּעַמֵּ֖י (בְּ) be. “with”בַּמַּ֥עַל (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of them of the captivity; and I sat appalled until the evening offering.

בְּדִבְרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “at”

And at the evening offering I arose up from my fasting, even with my garment and my mantle rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God;

וּבְמִנְחַ֣ת (בְ) ve. “at”וּבְקָרְעִ֥י (בְ) ve. “in”

Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to spoiling, and to confusion o

בְּאַשְׁמָ֣ה (בְּ) be. “[have been] in”וּבַעֲוֹנֹתֵ֡ינוּ (בַ) va. “in”בְּיַ֣ד׀ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֶ֜רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”בַּשְּׁבִ֧י (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”וּבַבִּזָּ֛ה (בַ) va “by <the>”וּבְבֹ֥שֶׁת (בְ) ve. “by”

And now for a little moment grace hath been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in His holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

בִּמְק֣וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”בְּעַבְדֻתֵֽנוּ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a fence in Ju

וּבְעַבְדֻ֔תֵנוּ (בְ) ve. “in”בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”וּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִ) vi. “in”

which Thou hast commanded by Thy servants the prophets, saying: The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, wherewith they have filled it from one end to an

בְּיַ֨ד (בְּ) be. “by”בְּנִדַּ֖ת (בְּ) be. “by”בְּתוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם (בְּ) be. “by”בְּטֻמְאָתָֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “with”

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that Thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such a remnant,

בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֙ינוּ֙ (בְּ) be. “by”וּבְאַשְׁמָתֵ֖נוּ (בְ) ve. “by”

shall we again break Thy commandments, and make marriages with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest not Thou be angry with us till Thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

בְּעַמֵּ֥י (בְּ) be. “with”בָּ֙נוּ֙ (בָּ֙) ba. “with”

O LORD, the God of Israel, Thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day; behold, we are before Thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before Thee because of this.'

בְּאַשְׁמָתֵ֔ינוּ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra: 'We have broken faith with our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

בֵאלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (בֵ) ve. “against”

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of the LORD, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

בַּעֲצַ֣ת (בַּ) ba. “by”בְּמִצְוַ֣ת (בְּ) be. “at”

And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

בִּיהוּדָ֣ה (בִּ) bi. “in”

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of t

בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים (בְּ) be. “on”בַּחֹ֑דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִּרְחוֹב֙ (בִּ) bi “in”

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

בַּח֑וּץ (בַּ) ba. “on the”בַּדָּבָ֥ר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Let now our princes of all the congregation stand, and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turne

בֶּעָרֵ֗ינוּ (בֶּ) be. “[is] in <the>”

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were separated; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter

בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת (בְּ) be. “by”בְּי֤וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

And they were finished with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.

בַכֹּ֔ל (בַ) va. “with <the>”

THE WORDS of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the castle,

בְחֹֽדֶשׁ־ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן (בְּ) be. “in”

And they said unto me: 'The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.'

בַּמְּדִינָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּרָעָ֥ה (בְּ) be. “[are] in”וּבְחֶרְפָּ֑ה (בְ) ve. “in”בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “with <the>”

Remember, I beseech Thee, the word that Thou didst command Thy servant Moses, saying: If ye deal treacherously, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples;

בָּעַמִּֽים׃ (בָּ) ba. “among the”

but if ye return unto Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though your dispersed were in the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to dwell there.

בִּקְצֵ֤ה (בִּ) bi “at”

Now these are Thy servants and Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed by Thy great power, and by Thy strong hand.

בְּכֹחֲךָ֣ (בְּ) be. “by”וּבְיָדְךָ֖ (בְ) ve. “by”

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בְּ) be. “in”