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And I sent them to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and gave them orders what to say to Iddo and his brothers the Nethinim at the place Casiphia, so that they might come back to us with men to do the work of the house of our God.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

And by the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;

אֱלֹהֵ֨ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.

אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּלְטַפֵּ֖נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”רְכוּשֵֽׁנוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power a

אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.

מֵאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:

אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

So the priests and the Levites took the weight of silver and gold and the vessels, to take them to Jerusalem into the house of our God.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

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.

אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”

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

אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.

עֲוֹנֹתֵ֤ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וְאַשְׁמָתֵ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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

אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּבַעֲוֹנֹתֵ֡ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”מְלָכֵ֨ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”כֹהֲנֵ֜ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.

אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”עֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”בְּעַבְדֻתֵֽנוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give u

וּבְעַבְדֻ֔תֵנוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”

And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,

אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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;

בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”וּבְאַשְׁמָתֵ֖נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”מֵֽעֲוֹנֵ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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.

בְּאַשְׁמָתֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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.

בֵאלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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.

לֵ֠אלֹהֵינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

So now let our rulers be representatives for all the people, and let all those in our towns who are married to strange women come at fixed times, and with them the responsible men and the judges of every town, till the burning wrath of our God is turned

שָׂ֠רֵינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”בֶּעָרֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”

Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”

But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.

אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

צָרֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work

אוֹיְבֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”כֻּלָּ֙נוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”

Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.

אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.

בְּגָדֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”