1 On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" read|strong="H7121" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H3117" Moses|strong="H4872" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" audience of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971"; and|strong="H4872" therein|strong="H7121" was|strong="H1931" found|strong="H4672" written|strong="H3789", that|strong="H5971" an|strong="H4672" Ammonite|strong="H5984" and|strong="H4872" a|strong="H3068" Moabite|strong="H4125" should|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" enter into|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H3117" God|strong="H3808" for|strong="H5704" ever|strong="H5769";
2 because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" met|strong="H6923" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5921" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325", but|strong="H3588" hired|strong="H7936" Balaam|strong="H1109" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", to|strong="H3478" curse|strong="H7045" them|strong="H5921": howbeit our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3808" turned|strong="H2015" the|strong="H5921" curse|strong="H7045" into|strong="H2015" a|strong="H3068" blessing|strong="H1293".
3 And|strong="H3478" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" separated from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mixed|strong="H6154" multitude|strong="H6154".
4 Now|strong="H2088" before|strong="H6440" this|strong="H2088", Eliashib the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H1004" appointed|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" chambers|strong="H3957" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" our|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414", being|strong="H1004" allied|strong="H7138" unto|strong="H5414" Tobiah|strong="H2900",
5 had|strong="H1961" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" chamber|strong="H3957", where|strong="H8033" aforetime|strong="H6440" they|strong="H8033" laid|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" meal|strong="H4503" offerings|strong="H4503", the|strong="H6440" frankincense|strong="H3828", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H6440" vessels|strong="H3627", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H6440" tithes|strong="H4643" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H6440" corn|strong="H1715", the|strong="H6440" wine|strong="H8492", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H6440" oil|strong="H3323", which|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5414" commandment|strong="H4687" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H6440" singers|strong="H7891", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H6440" porters|strong="H7778"; and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H6440" heave|strong="H8641" offerings|strong="H4503" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548".
6 But|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" time I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" at|strong="H3117" Jerusalem|strong="H3389": for|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" and|strong="H4428" thirtieth|strong="H7970" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Artaxerxes king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon I|strong="H3588" went|strong="H4428" unto|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" after|strong="H7093" certain|strong="H7093" days|strong="H3117" asked|strong="H7592" I|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428":
7 and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H1004" came|strong="H7451" to|strong="H6213" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1004" understood of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H2691" Eliashib had|strong="H3389" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" Tobiah|strong="H2900", in|strong="H1004" preparing|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3068" chamber|strong="H5393" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" courts|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God.
8 And|strong="H1004" it|strong="H7993" grieved|strong="H7489" me|strong="H4480" sore|strong="H3966": therefore I|strong="H4480" cast|strong="H7993" forth|strong="H7993" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" stuff|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1004" Tobiah|strong="H2900" out|strong="H2351" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" chamber|strong="H3957".
9 Then|strong="H7725" I|strong="H1004" commanded, and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H8033" cleansed|strong="H2891" the|strong="H7725" chambers|strong="H3957": and|strong="H7725" thither|strong="H8033" brought|strong="H7725" I|strong="H1004" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God, with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7725" meal|strong="H4503" offerings|strong="H4503" and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" frankincense|strong="H3828".
10 And|strong="H7704" I|strong="H3588" perceived|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" portions|strong="H4521" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3588" Levites|strong="H3881" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"; so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3588" singers|strong="H7891", that|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399", were|strong="H3881" fled|strong="H1272" every|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3808" to|strong="H6213" his|strong="H5414" field|strong="H7704".
11 Then|strong="H5975" contended|strong="H7378" I|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" rulers|strong="H5461", and|strong="H1004" said, Why|strong="H4069" is|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God forsaken|strong="H5800"? And|strong="H1004" I|strong="H5921" gathered|strong="H6908" them|strong="H5921" together|strong="H6908", and|strong="H1004" set|strong="H5975" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" place|strong="H1004".
12 Then|strong="H3063" brought all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" tithe|strong="H4643" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" corn|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" wine|strong="H8492" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" oil|strong="H3323" unto|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" treasuries.
13 And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" made|strong="H2803" treasurers over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" treasuries, Shelemiah|strong="H8018" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H5921" scribe|strong="H5608", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Levites|strong="H3881", Pedaiah|strong="H6305": and|strong="H1121" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1121" Hanan|strong="H2605" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zaccur|strong="H2139", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983": for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" counted|strong="H2803" faithful, and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" business was|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" distribute|strong="H2505" unto|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5921" brethren.
14 Remember|strong="H2142" me|strong="H5921", O|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5921" God, concerning|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063", and|strong="H1004" wipe|strong="H4229" not|strong="H6213" out|strong="H4229" my|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2617" deeds|strong="H2617" that|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1004" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H5921" God, and|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" observances thereof|strong="H2617".
15 In|strong="H5921" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" some|strong="H1992" treading|strong="H1869" winepresses|strong="H1660" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sabbath|strong="H7676", and|strong="H3063" bringing in|strong="H5921" sheaves|strong="H6194", and|strong="H3063" lading|strong="H6006" asses|strong="H2543" therewith; as|strong="H3117" also|strong="H3117" wine|strong="H3196", grapes|strong="H6025", and|strong="H3063" figs|strong="H8384", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" manner|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" burdens|strong="H4853", which|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" brought into|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117": and|strong="H3063" I|strong="H3117" testified|strong="H5749" against them in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" wherein|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" sold|strong="H4376" victuals|strong="H6718".
16 There|strong="H3427" dwelt|strong="H3427" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tyre|strong="H6876" also|strong="H1121" therein|strong="H3427", which|strong="H3063" brought in|strong="H3427" fish|strong="H1709", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" manner|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" ware|strong="H4377", and|strong="H1121" sold|strong="H4376" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" sabbath|strong="H7676" unto|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
17 Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3117" contended|strong="H7378" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" nobles|strong="H2715" of|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H1697" unto|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", What|strong="H4100" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3117" ye|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3063" profane|strong="H2490" the|strong="H6213" sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117"?
18 Did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3605" fathers thus|strong="H3541", and|strong="H3478" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" evil|strong="H7451" upon|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3478" upon|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892"? yet|strong="H3808" ye|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" more|strong="H3808" wrath|strong="H2740" upon|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" by|strong="H5921" profaning|strong="H2490" the|strong="H3605" sabbath|strong="H7676".
19 And|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5921" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" pass|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3117" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" dark|strong="H6751" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" sabbath|strong="H7676", I|strong="H3117" commanded that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" doors|strong="H1817" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" shut|strong="H5462", and|strong="H3117" commanded that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" opened|strong="H6605" till|strong="H5704" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" sabbath|strong="H7676": and|strong="H3117" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5288" set|strong="H5975" I|strong="H3117" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" gates|strong="H8179", that|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961" should|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3808" burden|strong="H4853" be|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117".
20 So the|strong="H3605" merchants|strong="H7402" and|strong="H3389" sellers|strong="H4376" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" kind of|strong="H3605" ware|strong="H4465" lodged|strong="H3885" without|strong="H2351" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" once|strong="H6471" or|strong="H4376" twice|strong="H6471".
21 Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H6256" testified|strong="H5749" against|strong="H4480" them|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" said unto|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971", Why|strong="H4069" lodge|strong="H3885" ye|strong="H3885" about|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" wall|strong="H2346"? if|strong="H1931" ye|strong="H3885" do|strong="H8138" so|strong="H4480" again|strong="H7971", I|strong="H6256" will|strong="H3027" lay|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" you|strong="H7971". From|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" forth|strong="H7971" came they|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H4480" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H4480" sabbath|strong="H7676".
22 And|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" commanded|strong="H1571" the|strong="H5921" Levites|strong="H3881" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" purify|strong="H2891" themselves|strong="H6942", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" come|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3117" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" gates|strong="H8179", to|strong="H1961" sanctify|strong="H6942" the|strong="H5921" sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117". Remember|strong="H2142" unto|strong="H2617" me|strong="H5921", O|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8104" God, this|strong="H2063" also|strong="H1571", and|strong="H3117" spare|strong="H2347" me|strong="H5921" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" greatness|strong="H7230" of|strong="H3117" thy|strong="H8104" mercy|strong="H2617".
23 In|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1571" saw|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3064" married|strong="H3427" women|strong="H1992" of|strong="H3117" Ashdod, of|strong="H3117" Ammon|strong="H4125", and of|strong="H3117" Moab|strong="H4125":
24 and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5234" children|strong="H1121" spake|strong="H1696" half|strong="H2677" in|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" speech|strong="H3956" of|strong="H1121" Ashdod, and|strong="H1121" could|strong="H5234" not|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" in|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" Jews’ language|strong="H3956", but|strong="H1696" according to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" language|strong="H3956" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971".
25 And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" contended|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" cursed|strong="H7043" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" smote|strong="H5221" certain of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" plucked off|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" hair|strong="H4803", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" swear|strong="H7650" by|strong="H7650" God|strong="H5414", saying, Ye|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H1121" not|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" unto|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121", nor|strong="H1121" take|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" daughters|strong="H1323" for|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121", or|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" yourselves|strong="H5375".
26 Did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" Solomon|strong="H8010" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398" by|strong="H5921" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605"? yet|strong="H1571" among|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" beloved of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" God|strong="H5414" made|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478": nevertheless|strong="H1571" even|strong="H1571" him|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3478" strange|strong="H5237" women cause|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398".
27 Shall|strong="H7451" we|strong="H3068" then|strong="H6213" hearken|strong="H8085" unto|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" great|strong="H1419" evil|strong="H7451", to|strong="H6213" trespass|strong="H4603" against|strong="H2063" our|strong="H3605" God in|strong="H3427" marrying|strong="H3427" strange|strong="H5237" women|strong="H7451"?
28 And|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joiada|strong="H3111", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliashib the|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1419" priest|strong="H3548", was|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" law|strong="H2860" to|strong="H5921" Sanballat|strong="H5571" the|strong="H5921" Horonite|strong="H2772": therefore|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" chased|strong="H1272" him|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921".
29 Remember|strong="H2142" them|strong="H1992", O|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5921" God, because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1992" defiled|strong="H1352" the|strong="H5921" priesthood|strong="H3550", and|strong="H1285" the|strong="H5921" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" priesthood|strong="H3550", and|strong="H1285" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Levites|strong="H3881".
30 Thus cleansed|strong="H2891" I|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5975" from|strong="H3881" all|strong="H3605" strangers|strong="H5236", and|strong="H3548" appointed|strong="H5975" wards|strong="H4931" for|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" for|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5975" his|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399";
31 and|strong="H6086" for|strong="H6086" the|strong="H2142" wood|strong="H6086" offering|strong="H7133", at|strong="H2896" times|strong="H6256" appointed|strong="H2163", and|strong="H6086" for|strong="H6086" the|strong="H2142" firstfruits|strong="H1061". Remember|strong="H2142" me|strong="H2142", O|strong="H3068" my|strong="H2142" God, for|strong="H6086" good|strong="H2896".