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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.

הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַדָּֽרֶךְ׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

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

הָרְבִיעִ֡י (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַכֶּסֶף֩ (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַזָּהָ֨ב (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַכֵּלִ֜ים (הַ) ha. “the”הַכֹּהֵ֔ן (הַ) ha. “the”הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ (הַ) ha “the”

All was handed over by number and by weight: and the weight was put on record at that time.

הַמִּשְׁקָ֖ל (הַ) ha. “the”הַהִֽיא׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And those who had been prisoners, who had come back from a strange land, made burned offerings to the God of Israel, twelve oxen for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burned offerin

הַ֠בָּאִים (הַ֠) Ha. “those”מֵֽהַשְּׁבִ֨י (הַ) ha. “the”הַגּוֹלָ֜ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַכֹּ֖ל (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And they gave the king's orders to the king's captains and the rulers across the river, and they gave the people and the house of God the help which was needed.

הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַנָּהָ֑ר (הַ) ha. “the”הָעָ֖ם (הָ) ha. “the”הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittite

הַשָּׂרִים֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הָעָ֤ם (הָ) ha. “the”וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (הַ) ha “the”הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת (הָ) ha. “the”הַחִתִּ֜י (הַ) ha. “the”הַפְּרִזִּ֣י (הַ) ha. “the”הַיְבוּסִ֗י (הַ) ha “the”הָֽעַמֹּנִי֙ (הָֽ) ha. “the”הַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔י (הַ) ha. “the”הַמִּצְרִ֖י (הַ) ha. “the”וְהָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.

הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת (הָ) ha. “the”הַשָּׂרִ֣ים (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים (הַ) ha. “the”הַזֶּ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

הַדָּבָ֣ר (הַ) ha. “the”הַזֶּ֔ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.

הַגּוֹלָ֑ה (הַ) ha. “the”הָעָֽרֶב׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,

הָעֶ֗רֶב (הָ) ha. “the”

From the days of our fathers till this day we have been great sinners; and for our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been given up into the hands of the kings of the lands, to the sword and to prison and to loss of goods and to shame of face, a

הַיּ֣וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַזֶּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָאֲרָצ֗וֹת (הָ) ha. “the”כְּהַיּ֥וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַזֶּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Which you gave to your servants the prophets, saying, The land into which you are going, to take it for a heritage, is an unclean land, because of the evil lives of the peoples of the land and their disgusting ways, which have made the land unclean from

הַנְּבִיאִים֮ (הַ) ha. “the”הָאָ֗רֶץ (הָ) ha. “the”הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת (הָ) ha. “the”

So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for

הָאָ֔רֶץ (הָ) ha. “the”

And after everything which has come on us because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment which you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;

הַבָּ֣א (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָרָעִ֔ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַגְּדֹלָ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?

הַתֹּעֵב֖וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”הָאֵ֑לֶּה (הָ) ha. “<the>”

O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.

כְּהַיּ֣וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַזֶּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.

הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”הָעָ֖ם (הָ) ha. “the”

And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

הָאָ֑רֶץ (הָ) ha. “the”

Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.

וְהַנּוֹלָ֤ד (הַ) ha. “those”וְהַחֲרֵדִ֖ים (הַ) ha. “the”

Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.

הַדָּבָ֖ר (הַ) ha. “the”

Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.

הַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים (הַ) ha. “the”הַלְוִיִּ֜ם (הַ) ha “the”הַזֶּ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the room of Jehohanan, the son of Eliashib; but when he came there, he took no food or drink, for he was sorrowing for the sin of those who had come back.

הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (הָֽ) ha. “<the>”הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

And they made a public statement through all Judah and Jerusalem, to all those who had come back, that they were to come together to Jerusalem;

הַגּוֹלָ֔ה (הַ) ha. “the”

And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the responsible men, all his goods would be put under the curse, and he himself would be cut off from the meeting of the people who had come back.

הַיָּמִ֗ים (הַ) hai. “the”הַשָּׂרִים֙ (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַזְּקֵנִ֔ים (הַ) ha. “the”הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear be

הַיָּמִ֗ים (הַ) hai. “the”הַתְּשִׁיעִ֖י (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָעָ֗ם (הָ) ha. “the”הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַדָּבָ֖ר (הַ) ha. “the”וּמֵהַגְּשָׁמִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”