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And our kings, our rulers, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or given attention to your orders and your witness, with which you gave witness against them.

בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “<in>”

For they have not been your servants in their kingdom, and in all the good things you gave them, and in the great and fat land you gave them, and they have not been turned away from their evil-doing.

בְּמַלְכוּתָם֩ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְטוּבְךָ֨ (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְאֶ֨רֶץ (בְ) ve. “in”

And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.

בְּחַטֹּאותֵ֑ינוּ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבִבְהֶמְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ (בִ) vi “over”וּבְצָרָ֥ה (בְ) ve. “[are] in”

And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”

They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his

בְּאָלָ֣ה (בְּ) be. “in”וּבִשְׁבוּעָ֗ה (בִ) vi “in”בְּתוֹרַ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “by”

And if the peoples of the lands come to do trade in goods or food on the Sabbath day, that we would do no trade with them on the Sabbath or on a holy day: and that in the seventh year we would take no payment from any debtor.

בְּי֤וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בַּשַּׁבָּ֖ת (בַּ) ba. “on the”וּבְי֣וֹם (בְ) ve. “on”

And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;

בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And we, the priests and the Levites and the people, made selection, by the decision of the Lord, of those who were to take the wood offering into the house of God, by families at the regular times, year by year, to be burned on the altar of the Lord our

בְשָׁנָ֑ה (בְ) ve. “in”בַּתּוֹרָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And to take the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of every sort of tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord;

בְשָׁנָ֑ה (בְ) ve. “in”

As well as the first of our sons and of our cattle, as it is recorded in the law, and the first lambs of our herds and of our flocks, which are to be taken to the house of our God, to the priests who are servants in the house of our God:

בַּתּוֹרָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”

And that we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites; for they,

בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And the priest, the son of Aaron, is to be with the Levites, when the Levites take the tenths: and the Levites are to take a tenth of the tenths into the house of our God, to the rooms, into the store-house;

בַּעְשֵׂ֣ר (בַּ) ba “when”

And the rulers of the people were living in Jerusalem: the rest of the people made selection, by the decision of chance, of one out of every ten to be living in Jerusalem, the holy town; the other nine to go to the other towns.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (בִּֽ) bi. “in”בֶּעָרִֽים׃ (בֶּ) be. “[were] in the”

And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

Now these are the chiefs of the divisions of the country who were living in Jerusalem: but in the towns of Judah everyone was living on his heritage in the towns, that is, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's serv

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”וּבְעָרֵ֣י (בְ) ve. “in”בַּאֲחֻזָּתוֹ֙ (בַּ) ba. “on”בְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “in”

And in Jerusalem there were living certain of the children of Judah and of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah, the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;

וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (בִֽ) vi. “in”

All the sons of Perez living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight men of good position.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

All the Levites in the holy town were two hundred and eighty-four.

בְּעִ֣יר (בְּ) be. “in”

In addition the door-keepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers who kept watch at the doors, were a hundred and seventy-two.

בַּשְּׁעָרִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “at the”

And the rest of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his heritage.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”בְּנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “on”

But the Nethinim were living in the Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.

בָּעֹ֑פֶל (בָּ) ba. “on <the>”

And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi, the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the music-makers, who was over the business of the house of God.

בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

For there was an order from the king about them and a regular amount for the music-makers, for their needs day by day.

בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And for the daughter-towns with their fields, some of the men of Judah were living in Kiriath-arba and its daughter-towns, and in Dibon and its daughter-towns, and in Jekabzeel and its daughter-towns,

בִּשְׂדֹתָ֑ם (בִּ) bi “with”בְּקִרְיַ֤ת (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְדִיבֹן֙ (בְ) ve. “in”וּבִֽיקַּבְצְאֵ֖ל (בִֽ) vi. “in”

And in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet,

וּבְיֵשׁ֥וּעַ (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְמוֹלָדָ֖ה (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְבֵ֥ית (בְ) ve. “in”