Nechemyah, starting at chapter 10
{10:1} Now those who sealed were: Nechemyah the governor, the son of
Hakhalyah, and Tzidkiyahu, {10:2} Serayah, `Azaryah, Yirmeyahu, {10:3}
Pashchur, Amaryah, Malkiyah, {10:4} Hattush, Shevanyah, Mallukh,
{10:5} Harim, Meremot, `Ovadyah, {10:6} Daniyel, Ginneton, Barukh,
{10:7} Meshullam, Aviyah, Miyamin, {10:8} Ma`azyah, Bilgai, Shemayah;
these were the [1>]Kohanim[<1]. {10:9} The Levites: namely, Yeshua the
son of Azanyah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmi'el; {10:10} and
their brothers, Shevanyah, Hodiyah, Kelita, Pelayah, Hanan, {10:11}
Mikha, Rechov, Hashavyah, {10:12} Zakkur, Sherevyah, Shevanyah,
{10:13} Hodiyah, Bani, Beninu. {10:14} The chiefs of the people:
Par`osh, Pachat-Mo'av, `Elam, Zattu, Bani, {10:15} Bunni, Azgad,
Bevai, {10:16} Adoniyahu, Bigvai, `Adin, {10:17} Ater, Hizkiyahu,
Azur, {10:18} Hodiyah, Hashum, Betzai, {10:19} Harif, `Anatot, Nevai,
{10:20} Magpi`ash, Meshullam, Hetzir, {10:21} Meshezav'el, Tzadok,
Yaddua, {10:22} Pelatyah, Hanan, `Anayah, {10:23} Hoshea, Hananyah,
Hashshuv, {10:24} Hallochesh, Pilecha, Shovek, {10:25} Rechum,
Hashavnah, Ma`aseyah, {10:26} and Achyah, Hanan, `Anan, {10:27}
Mallukh, Harim, Ba`anah. {10:28} The rest of the people, the
[2>]Kohanim[<2], the Levites, the porters, the singers, the temple
servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples
of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their
daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding; {10:29} They
joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse,
and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moshe the
servant of God, and to observe and do all the [3>]mitzvot[<3] of the
LORD our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes; {10:30} and that
we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take
their daughters for our sons; {10:31} and if the peoples of the land
bring wares or any grain on the day of Shabbat to sell, that we would
not buy of them on the Shabbat, or on a holy day; and that we would
forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. {10:32} Also
we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third
part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; {10:33} for
the show bread, and for the continual meal-offering, and for the
continual burnt-offering, for the Shabbatot, for the new moons, for
the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to
make atonement for Yisra'el, and for all the work of the house of our
God. {10:34} We cast lots, the [4>]Kohanim[<4], the Levites, and the
people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God,
according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to
burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law;
{10:35} and to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first
fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, to the house
of the LORD; {10:36} also the firstborn of our sons, and of our
cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstborn of our herds
and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the
[5>]Kohanim[<5] who minister in the house of our God; {10:37} and that
we should bring the first fruits of our dough, and our
heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine
and the oil, to the [6>]Kohanim[<6], to the chambers of the house of
our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the
Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. {10:38} The
[7>]Kohen[<7] the son of Aharon shall be with the Levites, when the
Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the
tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the
treasure-house. {10:39} For the children of Yisra'el and the children
of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the grain, of the new wine,
and of the oil, to the chambers, where are the vessels of the
sanctuary, and the [8>]Kohanim[<8] who minister, and the porters, and
the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
{11:1} The princes of the people lived in Yerushalayim: the rest of
the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in
Yerushalayim the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities.
{11:2} The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves
to dwell in Yerushalayim. {11:3} Now these are the chiefs of the
province who lived in Yerushalayim: but in the cities of Yehudah lived
everyone in his possession in their cities, [to wit], Yisra'el, the
[1>]Kohanim[<1], and the Levites, and the temple servants, and the
children of Shlomo's servants. {11:4} In Yerushalayim lived certain of
the children of Yehudah, and of the children of Binyamin. Of the
children of Yehudah: `Atayah the son of `Uzziyah, the son of
Zekharyah, the son of Amaryah, the son of Shefatyah, the son of
Mahalal'el, of the children of Peretz; {11:5} and Ma`aseyah the son of
Barukh, the son of Kolchozeh, the son of Hazayah, the son of `Adayah,
the son of Yoiariv, the son of Zekharyah, the son of the Shiloni.
{11:6} All the sons of Peretz who lived in Yerushalayim were four
hundred sixty-eight valiant men. {11:7} These are the sons of
Binyamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Yo`ed, the son of
Pedayahu, the son of Kolayah, the son of Ma`aseyah, the son of
'Iti'el, the son of Yesha`yah. {11:8} After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine
hundred twenty-eight. {11:9} Yo'el the son of Zikhri was their
overseer; and Yehudah the son of Senu'ah was second over the city.
{11:10} Of the [2>]Kohanim[<2]: Yedayah the son of Yoiariv, Yakhin,
{11:11} Serayah the son of Hilkiyah, the son of Meshullam, the son of
Tzadok, the son of Merayot, the son of Achituv, the ruler of the house
of God, {11:12} and their brothers who did the work of the house,
eight hundred twenty-two; and `Adayah the son of Yerocham, the son of
Pelalyah, the son of Amtzi, the son of Zekharyah, the son of Pashchur,
the son of Malkiyah, {11:13} and his brothers, chiefs of fathers'
[houses], two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai the son of `Azar'el, the
son of Achzai, the son of Meshillemot, the son of Immer, {11:14} and
their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and
their overseer was Zavdi'el, the son of Haggedolim. {11:15} Of the
Levites: Shemayah the son of Hashshuv, the son of `Azrikam, the son of
Hashavyah, the son of Bunni; {11:16} and Shabbetai and Yozavad, of the
chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business
of the house of God; {11:17} and Mattanyah the son of Mikha, the son
of Zavdi, the son of Asaf, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving
in prayer, and Bakbukyah, the second among his brothers; and `Avda the
son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Yedutun. {11:18} All the
Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four. {11:19}
Moreover the porters, `Akkuv, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept
watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two. {11:20} The residue
of Yisra'el, of the [3>]Kohanim[<3], the Levites, were in all the
cities of Yehudah, everyone in his inheritance. {11:21} But the temple
servants lived in `Ofel: and Tzicha and Gishpa were over the temple
servants. {11:22} The overseer also of the Levites at Yerushalayim was
`Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashavyah, the son of Mattanyah, the
son of Mikha, of the sons of Asaf, the singers, over the business of
the house of God. {11:23} For there was a [4>]mitzvah[<4] from the
king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as
every day required. {11:24} Petachyah the son of Meshezav'el, of the
children of Zerach the son of Yehudah, was at the king's hand in all
matters concerning the people. {11:25} As for the villages, with their
fields, some of the children of Yehudah lived in Kiryat-Arba and the
towns of it, and in Divon and the towns of it, and in Yekavtze'el and
the villages of it, {11:26} and in Yeshua, and in Moladah, and
Beit-Pelet, {11:27} and in Hatzar-Shu`al, and in Be'er-Sheva and the
towns of it, {11:28} and in Tziklag, and in Mekhonah and in the towns
of it, {11:29} and in En-rimmon, and in Tzor`ah, and in Yarmut,
{11:30} Zanoach, `Adullam, and their villages, Lakhish and the fields
of it, `Azeka and the towns of it. So they encamped from Be'er-Sheva
to the valley of Hinnom. {11:31} The children of Binyamin also [lived]
from Geva [onward], at Mikhmash and Ayah, and at Beit-El and the towns
of it, {11:32} at `Anatot, Nov, `Ananyah, {11:33} Hatzor, Ramah,
Gittayim, {11:34} Hadid, Tzevo`im, Nevalat, {11:35} Lod, and Ono, the
valley of craftsmen. {11:36} Of the Levites, certain courses in
Yehudah [were joined] to Binyamin.
{12:1} Now these are the [1>]Kohanim[<1] and the Levites who went up
with Zerubbavel the son of She'alti'el, and Yeshua: Serayah,
Yirmeyahu, Ezra, {12:2} Amaryah, Mallukh, Hattush, {12:3} Shekhanyahu,
Rechum, Meremot, {12:4} `Iddo, Ginnetoi, Aviyah, {12:5} Miyamin,
Ma`adyah, Bilgah, {12:6} Shemayah, and Yoiariv, Yedayah. {12:7} Sallu,
`Amok, Hilkiyah, Yedayah. These were the chiefs of the [2>]Kohanim[<2]
and of their brothers in the days of Yeshua. {12:8} Moreover the
Levites: Yeshua, Binnui, Kadmi'el, Sherevyah, Yehudah, [and]
Mattanyah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers. {12:9}
Also Bakbukyah and Unno, their brothers, were over against them
according to their offices. {12:10} Yeshua became the father of
Yoiakim, and Yoiakim became the father of Elyashiv, and Elyashiv
became the father of Yoiada, {12:11} and Yoiada became the father of
Yonatan, and Yonatan became the father of Yaddua. {12:12} In the days
of Yoiakim were [3>]Kohanim[<3], heads of fathers' [houses]: of
Serayah, Merayah; of Yirmeyahu, Hananyah; {12:13} of Ezra, Meshullam;
of Amaryah, Yehochanan; {12:14} of Malluchi, Yonatan; of Shevanyah,
Yosef; {12:15} of Harim, `Adna; of Merayot, Helkai; {12:16} of `Iddo,
Zekharyah; of Ginneton, Meshullam; {12:17} of Aviyah, Zikhri; of
Minyamin, of Mo`adyah, Piltai; {12:18} of Bilgah, Shammua; of
Shemayah, Yehonatan; {12:19} and of Yoiariv, Mattenai; of Yedayah,
`Uzzi; {12:20} of Sallai, Kallai; of `Amok, `Ever; {12:21} of
Hilkiyah, Hashavyah; of Yedayah, Netan'el. {12:22} As for the Levites,
in the days of Elyashiv, Yoiada, and Yochanan, and Yaddua, there were
recorded the heads of fathers' [houses]; also the [4>]Kohanim[<4], in
the reign of Daryavesh the Parsian. {12:23} The sons of Levi, heads of
fathers' [houses], were written in the book of the chronicles, even
until the days of Yochanan the son of Elyashiv. {12:24} The chiefs of
the Levites: Hashavyah, Sherevyah, and Yeshua the son of Kadmi'el,
with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks,
according to the [5>]mitzvah[<5] of David the man of God, watch next
to watch. {12:25} Mattanyah, and Bakbukyah, `Ovadyah, Meshullam,
Talmon, `Akkuv, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of
the gates. {12:26} These were in the days of Yoiakim the son of
Yeshua, the son of Yotzadak, and in the days of Nechemyah the
governor, and of Ezra the [6>]Kohen[<6] the [7>]Sofer[<7]. {12:27} At
the dedication of the wall of Yerushalayim they sought the Levites out
of all their places, to bring them to Yerushalayim, to keep the
dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing,
with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. {12:28} The sons of the
singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round
about Yerushalayim, and from the villages of the Netofati; {12:29}
also from Beit-Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geva and `Azmavet: for
the singers had built them villages round about Yerushalayim. {12:30}
The [8>]Kohanim[<8] and the Levites purified themselves; and they
purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. {12:31} Then I
brought up the princes of Yehudah on the wall, and appointed two great
companies who gave thanks and went in procession; [whereof one went]
on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate: {12:32} and after
them went Hosha`yah, and half of the princes of Yehudah, {12:33} and
`Azaryah, Ezra, and Meshullam, {12:34} Yehudah, and Binyamin, and
Shemayah, and Yirmeyahu, {12:35} and certain of the [9>]Kohanim[<9]'
sons with trumpets: Zekharyah the son of Yonatan, the son of Shemayah,
the son of Mattanyah, the son of Mikhayahu, the son of Zakkur, the son
of Asaf; {12:36} and his brothers, Shemayah, and `Azar'el, Milalai,
Gilalai, Ma`ai, Netan'el, and Yehudah, Hanani, with the musical
instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the [10>]Sofer[<10] was
before them. {12:37} By the spring gate, and straight before them,
they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the
wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.
{12:38} The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them,
and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall, above the
tower of the furnaces, even to the broad wall, {12:39} and above the
gate of Efrayim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the
tower of Hanan'el, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate:
and they stood still in the gate of the guard. {12:40} So stood the
two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and
the half of the rulers with me; {12:41} and the [11>]Kohanim[<11],
Elyakim, Ma`aseyah, Minyamin, Mikhayahu, Elyo`enai, Zekharyah, and
Hananyah, with trumpets; {12:42} and Ma`aseyah, and Shemayah, and
El`azar, and `Uzzi, and Yehochanan, and Malkiyah, and `Elam, and
Etzer. The singers sang loud, with Yizrachyah their overseer. {12:43}
They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made
them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children
rejoiced: so that the joy of Yerushalayim was heard even afar off.
{12:44} On that day were men appointed over the chambers for the
treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first fruits, and for the
tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities,
the portions appointed by the law for the [12>]Kohanim[<12] and
Levites: for Yehudah rejoiced for the [13>]Kohanim[<13] and for the
Levites who waited. {12:45} They kept the charge of their God, and the
charge of the purification, and [so did] the singers and the porters,
according to the [14>]mitzvah[<14] of David, and of Shlomo his son.
{12:46} For in the days of David and Asaf of old there was a chief of
the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. {12:47} All
Yisra'el in the days of Zerubbavel, and in the days of Nechemyah, gave
the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required:
and they set apart [that which was] for the Levites; and the Levites
set apart [that which was] for the sons of Aharon.
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Footnotes:
[1] {10:8} priests
[2] {10:28} priests
[3] {10:29} commandments
[4] {10:34} priests
[5] {10:36} priests
[6] {10:37} priests
[7] {10:38} priest
[8] {10:39} priests
[1] {11:3} priests
[2] {11:10} priests
[3] {11:20} priests
[4] {11:23} commandment
[1] {12:1} priests
[2] {12:7} priests
[3] {12:12} priests
[4] {12:22} priests
[5] {12:24} commandment
[6] {12:26} priest
[7] {12:26} scribe
[8] {12:30} priests
[9] {12:35} priests
[10] {12:36} scribe
[11] {12:41} priests
[12] {12:44} priests
[13] {12:44} priests
[14] {12:45} commandment
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