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And in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and its daughter-towns,

וּבַחֲצַ֥ר (בַ) va. “in”וּבִבְאֵ֥ר (בִ) vi “in”

And in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its daughter-towns,

וּבְצִֽקְלַ֥ג (בְ) ve. “in”וּבִמְכֹנָ֖ה (בִ) vi “in”וּבִבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (בִ) vi “in”

And in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,

וּבְעֵ֥ין (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְצָרְעָ֖ה (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְיַרְמֽוּת׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

בִּימֵ֥י (בִּ) bi. “in”

And in the days of Joiakim there were priests, heads of families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

וּבִימֵי֙ (בִ) vi. “in”

The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were listed as heads of families; and the priests, when Darius the Persian was king.

בִּימֵ֨י (בִּ) bi. “in”

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.

בְּמִצְוַ֖ת (בְּ) be. “by”

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at the store-houses of the doors.

בַּאֲסֻפֵּ֖י (בַּ) ba. “at”

These were in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the ruler and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

בִּימֵ֛י (בִּ) bi. “[were] in”וּבִימֵי֙ (בִ) vi. “in”

And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.

וּבַחֲנֻכַּ֞ת (בַ) va. “at”וּבְתוֹד֣וֹת (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְשִׁ֔יר (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְכִנֹּרֽוֹת׃ (בְ) ve. “with”

And certain of the priests' sons with wind instruments; Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

בַּחֲצֹצְר֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “with”

And his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the music-instruments of David, the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was at their head;

בִּכְלֵי־ (בִּ) bi “with”

And by the doorway of the fountain and straight in front of them, they went up by the steps of the town of David, at the slope up of the wall, over the house of David, as far as the water-doorway to the east.

בַּֽמַּעֲלֶ֖ה (בַּֽ) ba. “at the”

And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop.

בְּשַׁ֖עַר (בְּ) be. “at”

So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”

And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with wind instruments;

בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ (בַּ) ba. “with”

And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.

בַיּוֹם־ (בַ) va “on the”

And on that day certain men were put over the rooms where the things which had been given were stored, for the lifted offerings and the first-fruits and the tenths, and to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town, fixed by the law for th

בַיּוֹם֩ (בַ) va “on the”בָּהֶ֜ם (בָּ) ba. “in”

For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessing and praise to God.

בִימֵ֥י (בִ) vi. “in”

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave what was needed by the music-makers and the door-keepers day by day: and they made the offerings holy for the Levites; and the Levites did the same for the sons of Aaron.

בִּימֵ֨י (בִּ) bi. “in”וּבִימֵ֣י (בִ) vi. “in”בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

On that day there was a reading from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and they saw that it said in the book that no Ammonite or Moabite might ever come into the meeting of God;

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בְּסֵ֥פֶר (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאָזְנֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “in”בִּקְהַ֥ל (בִּ) bi “in”

Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.

בַּלֶּ֣חֶם (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”וּבַמָּ֑יִם (בַ) va. “with <the>”

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God, being a friend of Tobiah,

בְּלִשְׁכַּ֣ת (בְּ) be. “over”

But all this time I was not at Jerusalem: for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, king of Babylon, I went to the king; and after some days, I got the king to let me go,

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּֽ) bi. “in”בִּשְׁנַת֩ (בִּ) bi “in”

And I came to Jerusalem; and it was clear to me what evil Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in making ready for him a room in the buildings of the house of God.

בָרָעָ֗ה (בָ) va. “<in> the”בְּחַצְרֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”