Nehemiah 12 Cross References - LITV

¹ And these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, ² Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, ³ Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, ⁴ Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, ⁵ Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, ⁶ Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, ⁷ Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the rulers of the priests and their brothers in the days of Jeshua. ⁸ And the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah. Mattaniah was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers. ⁹ And Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were next to them in the watches. ¹⁰ And Jeshua fathered Joiakim, and Joiakim fathered Eliashib; and Eliashib fathered Joiada; ¹¹ and Joiada fathered Jonathan; and Jonathan fathered Jaddua. ¹² And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the rulers of the fathers, from the house of Seraiah was Meraiah; from Jeremiah was Hananiah; ¹³ from Ezra was Meshullam; from Amariah was Jehohanan; ¹⁴ from Melicu was Jonathan; from Shebaniah was Joseph; ¹⁵ from Harim was Adna; from Meraioth was Helkai; ¹⁶ from Iddo was Zechariah; from Ginnethon was Meshullam; ¹⁷ from Abijah was Zichri; from Miniamin, of Moadiah was Piltai; ¹⁸ from Bilgah was Shammua; from Shemaiah was Jehonathan; ¹⁹ and from Joiarib was Mattenai; from Jedaiah was Uzzi; ²⁰ from Sallai was Kallai; from Amok was Eber; ²¹ from Hilkiah was Hashabiah; from Jedaiah was Nethaneel. ²² The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were written rulers of the fathers; also the priests until the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ The sons of the Levites, the rulers of the fathers, are written in the Book of the Matters of the Days, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. ²⁴ And the rulers of the Levites were Hashabiah; Sherebiah; and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers next to them, to praise, to give thanks according to the command of David the man of God, watch by watch. ²⁵ Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were guards of the gates, the guard at the thresholds of the gates. ²⁶ These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. ²⁷ And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, and with thanksgiving, and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and with lyres. ²⁸ And the sons of the singers gathered themselves, both out of the plain country around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the inhabitants of Netophah; ²⁹ and from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth (for the singers had built themselves villages all around Jerusalem). ³⁰ And the priests and the Levites purified themselves. And they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. ³¹ Then I brought up the rulers of Judah on the wall, and chose two great thanksgiving choirs. One went to the right on the wall toward the Dung Gate, ³² and after them went Hoshaiah, and half the rulers of Judah; ³³ even Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, ³⁴ Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah; ³⁵ and many of the priests' sons with trumpets, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, ³⁶ and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe was before them. ³⁷ And at the Fountain Gate across from them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall above the house of David, even to the Water Gate eastward. ³⁸ And the other thanksgiving choir was going to the opposite side, and I after them, and half of the people on the wall, from beyond the Tower of Furnaces, even to the Broad Wall; ³⁹ and from above the Ephraim Gate, and above the Old Gate, and above the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananeel, and the Tower of Meah, even to the Sheep Gate. And they stood still in the Prison Gate. ⁴⁰ So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and half of the rulers with me. ⁴¹ And the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah were with trumpets. ⁴² And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer; and the singers sang aloud with Jezrahiah as their overseer. ⁴³ And that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced. For God had made them rejoice with great joy. And the wives, and the children rejoiced so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even at a distance. ⁴⁴ And at that time some were chosen over the rooms for the treasuries, for the offerings for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather to them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the Law for the priests and the Levites. For Judah rejoiced for the priests, and for the Levites who waited. ⁴⁵ And both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the watch of their God, and the watch of the cleansing, according to the command of David, of his son Solomon. ⁴⁶ For in the past days of David and Asaph, there were heads of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. ⁴⁷ And all Israel gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, everyday its portion, in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah. And they set the holy things apart for the Levites; and the Levites set apart for the sons of Aaron.

¹⁷ And the sons of Jeconiah were Assir, and Shealtiel his son, ¹⁸ and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama; and Nedabiah. ¹⁹ And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and their sister Shelomith;

¹ Now these are the sons of the province who went up out of the captivity, of those who had been exiled, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had exiled to Babylon. And they came again to Jerusalem and Judah, each one to his own city; ² who came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. This is the number of the men of the people of Israel:

⁸ Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests, and the Levites, and all they who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began. And they made to stand the Levites from a son of twenty years and over, to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah.

² then they came to Zerubbabel and to the head of the fathers and said to them, Let us build with you, for we seek your God, as you. And we have not sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.

² Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God in Jerusalem. And with them were the prophets of God helping them.

⁷ The ones coming with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel was:

² Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, ³ Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, ⁴ Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, ⁵ Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, ⁶ Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, ⁷ Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, ⁸ Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. These were the priests.

¹⁰ And Jeshua fathered Joiakim, and Joiakim fathered Eliashib; and Eliashib fathered Joiada;

¹² And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the rulers of the fathers, from the house of Seraiah was Meraiah; from Jeremiah was Hananiah; ¹³ from Ezra was Meshullam; from Amariah was Jehohanan; ¹⁴ from Melicu was Jonathan; from Shebaniah was Joseph; ¹⁵ from Harim was Adna; from Meraioth was Helkai; ¹⁶ from Iddo was Zechariah; from Ginnethon was Meshullam; ¹⁷ from Abijah was Zichri; from Miniamin, of Moadiah was Piltai; ¹⁸ from Bilgah was Shammua; from Shemaiah was Jehonathan; ¹⁹ and from Joiarib was Mattenai; from Jedaiah was Uzzi; ²⁰ from Sallai was Kallai; from Amok was Eber; ²¹ from Hilkiah was Hashabiah; from Jedaiah was Nethaneel.

¹ In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of Jehovah came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah; and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying:

¹² Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him. And the people feared before Jehovah.

¹⁴ And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and worked on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,

² Now speak to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

²¹ Speak to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth. ²² And I will overthrow the throne of the kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. And I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will come down, each one by the sword of his brother. ²³ In that day, says Jehovah of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel, says Jehovah, and will make you like a signet; for I have chosen you, declares Jehovah of hosts.

¹ And he made me see Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. ² And Jehovah said to Satan, Jehovah rebuke you, Satan! And, Jehovah who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked out of the fire? ³ And Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and he stood before the Angel. ⁴ And He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And He said to him, Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with ceremonial robes. ⁵ And I said, Let them set a clean turban on his head. And they set a clean turban on his head and clothed him with clothing. And the Angel of Jehovah stood by. ⁶ And the Angel of Jehovah charged Joshua, saying, ⁷ So says Jehovah of hosts: If you will walk in My ways, and if you will keep My charge, then you shall also judge My house, and shall also keep My courts, and I will give you room to walk among these who stand by. ⁸ Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your associates who are sitting before you; for they are men of symbol. ⁹ For, behold, I will bring forth My Servant, the BRANCH. For behold, the stone which I have given before Joshua, on the one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave its engraving, says Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

⁶ Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says Jehovah of hosts. ⁷ Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts: Grace! Grace to it! ⁸ And the word of Jehovah was to me, saying, ⁹ The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it . And you shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to you. ¹⁰ For who has despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice and shall see the plummet stone in the hand of Zerubbabel. These seven are the eyes of Jehovah; they run to and fro through all the earth.

¹¹ And take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set on the head of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

¹² And after the deportation of Babylon, Jehoiachin fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel, ¹³ and Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, and Abiud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor,

⁵ In the days of Herod the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the daily course of Abijah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

¹⁰ And the priests, Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

¹⁰ From the priests were Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

¹⁸ the twenty third to Delaiah, the twenty fourth to Maaziah.

² Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak stood up, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel in order to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

¹ And these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

¹ And he made me see Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

³³ And these are the singers, heads of fathers to the Levites in the chambers; they were free for they were employed day and night in the work.

⁴⁸ the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai,

⁴ Then Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Chenani, of the Levites stood on the stairs and cried with a loud voice to Jehovah their God.

⁹ And the Levites were both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui, of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel, ¹⁰ and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, ¹¹ Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, ¹² Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, ¹³ Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

¹⁷ And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the leader of the beginning, he gave thanks with prayer. And Bakbukiah the second from his brothers, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

²² And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.

²⁴ And the rulers of the Levites were Hashabiah; Sherebiah; and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers next to them, to praise, to give thanks according to the command of David the man of God, watch by watch.

¹ A Song of Ascents. Behold, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah; who stand in the house of Jehovah at night. ² Lift up your hands in the holy place, and bless Jehovah. ³ May Jehovah bless you out of Zion, He who made the heavens and earth.

³ And Amram's sons: Aaron and Moses; also Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁴ Eleazar fathered Phinehas; Phinehas fathered Abishua; ⁵ and Abishua fathered Bukki; and Bukki fathered Uzzi; ⁶ and Uzzi fathered Zerahiah; and Zerahiah fathered Meraioth; ⁷ Meraioth fathered Amariah; and Amariah fathered Ahitub; ⁸ and Ahitub fathered Zadok; and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz; ⁹ and Ahimaaz fathered Azariah; and Azariah fathered Johanan; ¹⁰ and Johanan fathered Azariah, he who acted in the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem. ¹¹ And Azariah fathered Amariah; and Amariah fathered Ahitub; ¹² and Ahitub fathered Zadok; and Zadok fathered Shallum; ¹³ and Shallum fathered Hilkiah; and Hilkiah fathered Azariah; ¹⁴ and Azariah fathered Seraiah; and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak; ¹⁵ and Jehozadak went away when Jehovah exiled Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

¹ And Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests. And they built the Sheep Gate. They sanctified it and set up its doors. Even to the Tower of Meah they sanctified it, to the Tower of Hananeel.

²⁶ These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

⁴ And before this, Eliashib the priest, who was set over the rooms of the house of our God, who was related to Tobiah,

⁷ And I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil which Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing a room for him in the courts of the house of God.

²⁸ And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. And I chased him from me.

³³ And these are the singers, heads of fathers to the Levites in the chambers; they were free for they were employed day and night in the work. ³⁴ These heads of the fathers of the Levites were heads throughout their generation; these lived at Jerusalem.

¹² and said to them, You are the heads of your fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brothers, and you shall bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

⁶ And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the rulers, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and Levites. One father's house was taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. ⁷ And the first lot came out for Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, ⁸ the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, ⁹ the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, ¹⁰ the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, ¹¹ the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, ¹² the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, ¹³ the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, ¹⁴ the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, ¹⁵ the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, ¹⁶ the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, ¹⁷ the twenty first to Jachin, the twenty second to Gamul, ¹⁸ the twenty third to Delaiah, the twenty fourth to Maaziah. ¹⁹ These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance, to Aaron their father, as Jehovah God of Israel had commanded him. ²⁰ And the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. ²¹ For Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. ²² Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. ²³ And the sons of Hebron were Jeriah. Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. ²⁴ Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah. Of the sons of Michah, Shamir. ²⁵ The brother of Michah was Isshiah. Of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. ²⁶ The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Jaaziah: Beno. ²⁷ The sons of Merari by Jaaziah: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. ²⁸ Of Mahli, Eleazar, and no sons were to him. ²⁹ Of Kish, Jerahmeel the son of Kish. ³⁰ The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their father's house. ³¹ And they also made fall lots just as their brothers the sons of Aaron did before the face of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers, for the priests and Levites, even the head of the fathers, as well as his younger brother.

²² The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were written rulers of the fathers; also the priests until the reign of Darius the Persian.

¹⁰ And Jeshua fathered Joiakim, and Joiakim fathered Eliashib; and Eliashib fathered Joiada; ¹¹ and Joiada fathered Jonathan; and Jonathan fathered Jaddua. ¹² And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the rulers of the fathers, from the house of Seraiah was Meraiah; from Jeremiah was Hananiah; ¹³ from Ezra was Meshullam; from Amariah was Jehohanan;

¹⁴ And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵ and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; ¹⁶ and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites. ¹⁷ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers; Shallum being the head. ¹⁸ And until they were at the king's gate eastward; they were gatekeepers in the companies of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹ And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle. And their fathers were over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entry. ²⁰ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him. ²¹ Zechariah of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ²² All these who were chosen for gatekeepers in the gates were two hundred and twelve. They were in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer had appointed in their faithfulness. ²³ And they and their sons were over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tabernacle, by watches. ²⁴ The gatekeepers were to the four winds: east, west, north, and south. ²⁵ And their brothers in their villages were to come in for seven days from time to time with them. ²⁶ For they were in faithfulness, the four chiefs of the gatekeepers; they were Levites and were over the rooms, and over the treasuries of the house of God. ²⁷ And they lived around the house of God, for the watch duty was on them; and they were to open it morning by morning. ²⁸ And certain of them were over the vessels of service, for they brought them by number; and they took them out by number. ²⁹ And certain of them were appointed over the vessels, even over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰ And certain of the sons of the priests mixed the mixture for spices. ³¹ And Mattithiah of the Levites (he is the first-born to Shallum the Korahite) was first over the work of the pans. ³² And others of the sons of the Kohathites, from among their brothers, were over the Bread of Arrangement, to prepare sabbath by sabbath. ³³ And these are the singers, heads of fathers to the Levites in the chambers; they were free for they were employed day and night in the work. ³⁴ These heads of the fathers of the Levites were heads throughout their generation; these lived at Jerusalem. ³⁵ And in Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel. And his wife's name was Maachah; ³⁶ and his first-born son was Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, ³⁷ and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. ³⁸ And Mikloth fathered Shimeam; and they also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, across from their brothers. ³⁹ And Ner fathered Kish, and Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. ⁴⁰ And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal fathered Micah. ⁴¹ And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, ⁴² and Ahaz fathered Jarah, and Jarah fathered Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri fathered Moza; ⁴³ and Moza fathered Binea; and Rephaiah was his son; Eleasah, his son; Azel, his son. ⁴⁴ And to Azel were six sons, and these their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

¹ And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.

⁶ And the sons of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You know the word that Jehovah spoke to Moses the man of God as to me and as to you in Kadesh-barnea.

²⁴ And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know this, that you are a man of God, and the word of Jehovah in your mouth is truth.

¹ And David was old, and satisfied with days, and caused his son Solomon to reign over Israel. ² And he gathered all Israel's rulers, and the priests, and the Levites. ³ And the Levites were counted from a son of thirty years and upward; and their number by their heads, as to men, thirty eight thousand. ⁴ Of these, twenty four thousand to be overseers over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges; ⁵ and four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah with instruments which I made for praising. ⁶ And David divided them into divisions of the sons of Levi, of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ⁷ Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei. ⁸ The sons of Laadan were Jehiel the head, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ⁹ The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers of Laadan. ¹⁰ And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush and Beriah; these four the sons of Shimei. ¹¹ And Jahath was the head, and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons. And they were in one roster, a father's house. ¹² The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ¹³ The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated so that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons perpetually to burn incense before Jehovah, to minister to Him and to bless in His name perpetually. ¹⁴ And as to Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. ¹⁵ The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer. ¹⁶ Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the head. ¹⁷ And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. ¹⁸ Of the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the head. ¹⁹ Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰ Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesiah the second. ²¹ Mushi and Mahli were the sons of Merari. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. ²² And Eleazar died. And he had no sons, but he had daughters. And their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them. ²³ The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. ²⁴ These were the sons of Levi to the house of their fathers, the heads of the fathers, to their rosters, by number of names, by their heads, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah from the son of twenty years and over. ²⁵ For David said, Jehovah God of Israel has given rest to His people so that they may dwell in Jerusalem perpetually, ²⁶ and also to the Levites; there was no need to carry the tabernacle nor all its vessels for its service. ²⁷ For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from a son of twenty years and above, ²⁸ because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of God's house, ²⁹ both for the Bread of Arrangement, and for the fine flour for food offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the pan, and for what is soaked in oil, and for every measure and size, ³⁰ and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at evening. ³¹ And they were to offer all burnt sacrifices to Jehovah in the sabbath, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded to them, continually before the face of Jehovah, ³² and that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the Holy Place, and the charge of Aaron's sons, their brothers, in the service of the house of Jehovah.

¹ And David and the commanders of the army separated some to the service of the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, who were prophets with harps, with lyres and with cymbals. And their number, of the workmen according to their service, was: ² of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph at the hands of Asaph, who prophesied at the hands of the king. ³ Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, and Shimei, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun who prophesied with the lyre to give thanks and to praise Jehovah. ⁴ Of Heman were the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these were at the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God, at the hands of the king: Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman. ⁷ So was their number, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Jehovah, all that were skilled: two hundred, eighty eight. ⁸ And they made fall lots for duty, as in the rule, as the small, so the great, the teacher with the pupil. ⁹ And the first lot came out for Asaph, to Joseph: Gedaliah, he was the second; and his brothers and sons twelve men. ¹⁰ The third was Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹¹ The fourth was to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹² The fifth was to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹³ The sixth was to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁴ The seventh was to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁵ The eighth was to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁶ The ninth was to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁷ The tenth was to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁸ The eleventh was Azareel his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁹ The twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁰ The thirteenth to Shubael his sons and his brothers twelve. ²¹ The fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²² The fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²³ The sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁴ The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁵ The eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁶ The nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

¹⁴ And according to the decree of his father David, he made stand the divisions of the priests over their service, and of the Levites over their charges, to praise and to minister before the priests, according to the duty of every day, and the gatekeepers in their courses at every gate, for so was the command of David the man of God.

⁴⁰ The Levites: The sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy four.

¹⁰ And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, they made stand the priests in their robes with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals to praise Jehovah, according to the ordinance of David king of Israel. ¹¹ And they sang, praising and giving thanks to Jehovah, because He is good, for His mercy endures forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised Jehovah because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.

⁷ And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the Law. And the people were in their place.

⁸ And the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah. Mattaniah was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers. ⁹ And Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were next to them in the watches.

¹¹ But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness.

¹⁷ so that the man of God may be perfected, fully furnished for every good work.

¹⁴ And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵ and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; ¹⁶ and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites. ¹⁷ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers; Shallum being the head.

³² and that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the Holy Place, and the charge of Aaron's sons, their brothers, in the service of the house of Jehovah.

¹² To these were the divisions of the gatekeepers for the heads of the men, having charges like their brothers, to minister in the house of Jehovah.

¹⁵ and to Obededom, southward; and to his sons the house of the stores;

¹⁷ And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the leader of the beginning, he gave thanks with prayer. And Bakbukiah the second from his brothers, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. ¹⁸ All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty four. ¹⁹ And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers who kept the gates, a hundred and seventy two.

⁸ And he cried, A lion! My lord, I always stand on my watchtower by day; and I am stationed at my post all the nights.

⁶ this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all he asked, according to the hand of Jehovah his God on him.

¹¹ And this is the copy of the letter which the king, Artaxerxes, gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commands of Jehovah, and of His statutes to Israel:

⁹ And Nehemiah the governor, and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God. Do not mourn or weep, For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law.

¹¹ And you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, you and your son, and your daughter, and your male slave, and your slave-girl, and the Levite that is inside your gates, and the alien, and the fatherless, and the widow that are among you, in the place which Jehovah your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there.

⁵ And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, who is the man that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, that he not die in battle and another man dedicate it.

¹² And it was told to king David, saying, Jehovah has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all is his, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with joy.

⁸ And David and all Israel were playing before God with all their might, and with songs, and with lyres, and with harps, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

⁴ And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites.

¹⁶ And David commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and sounding cymbals, to lift up the voice with joy.

²⁸ And all Israel was bringing up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of a horn, and with trumpets, and cymbals, sounding aloud with lyres and harps.

⁵ Asaph the head, and Zechariah his second; Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of harps, and with lyres; and Asaph was sounding with the cymbals.

⁴² and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those making a sound, and instruments of the song of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were at the gate.

⁵ and four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah with instruments which I made for praising.

¹ And David and the commanders of the army separated some to the service of the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, who were prophets with harps, with lyres and with cymbals. And their number, of the workmen according to their service, was: ² of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph at the hands of Asaph, who prophesied at the hands of the king. ³ Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, and Shimei, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun who prophesied with the lyre to give thanks and to praise Jehovah. ⁴ Of Heman were the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these were at the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God, at the hands of the king: Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman.

³¹ Of Hebron: Jerijah the head of the Hebronites, for his generations to his fathers. In the fortieth year of David's reign, they were sought, and were found among them mighty warriors at Jazer of Gilead.

¹³ And they were as one to the trumpeters, and to the singers to cause one sound to be heard to praise and to thank Jehovah. And when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah, saying, For He is good; for his mercy endures forever; and a cloud filled the house, the house of Jehovah;

⁶ And the priests were standing over their charges, and the Levites with instruments of the music to Jehovah, that David the king had made, to give thanks to Jehovah, for His mercy endures forever, when praised David by their hand; and the priests were blowing trumpets before them, and all Israel was standing.

⁴ And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and he gathered them to the plaza on the east. ⁵ And he said to them, Hear me, O Levites, now consecrate yourselves. And consecrate the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and bring out the uncleanness from the holy place. ⁶ For our fathers have acted slyly and did the evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God, and they have forsaken Him and turned their faces away from the temple of Jehovah, and have given their backs. ⁷ And they have shut the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and they have not burned incense, and have not offered burnt offering in the sanctuary to the God of Israel. ⁸ And the wrath of Jehovah is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He has given them for a trembling, for a horror, and for hissing, as you see with your eyes. ⁹ For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in exile for this. ¹⁰ Now it is in my heart to cut a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, and the glow of His anger shall turn back from us. ¹¹ Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for Jehovah has chosen you to stand before His face, to serve Him and to be ministers and incense burners for Him.

³⁰ And Hezekiah the king and the leaders commanded the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer; and they praised with joy, and they bowed and worshiped.

¹⁶ And the sons of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

¹⁵ And I gathered them to the river which runs to Ahava. And we camped there in tents three days. And I considered the people and the priests, and did not find there any of the sons of Levi. ¹⁶ Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib and for Elnathan, men of understanding. ¹⁷ And I sent them with command to Iddo, the chief of the place Casiphia, and I put in their mouth words to say to Iddo, to his brothers the temple-slaves, at the place Casiphia; that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God. ¹⁸ And by the good hand of our God on us, they brought us a man of understanding from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen. ¹⁹ Also came Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah from the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty. ²⁰ Also came of the temple-slaves whom David and the leaders had chosen for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty temple-slaves. All of them were called by name.

¹⁷ And all the congregation of those who had come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths. For since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day, the sons of Israel had not done so. And there was very great gladness.

²⁰ And the rest of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each one in his inheritance.

¹ A Psalm; a Song of Dedication of the House of David. I will exalt You, O Jehovah; for You have lifted me up, and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.

¹ To the chief musician. On Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob. ² Lift up a song, and the timbrel, the pleasing lyre with the harp. ³ Blow the ram's horn in the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. ⁴ For this was a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

¹ A Psalm, A Song for the Sabbath Day. It is good to give thanks to Jehovah, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; ² to make Your mercy known in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night; ³ on the ten strings, and on the harp; on the lyre with sounding music.

⁴ Make a joyful noise to Jehovah, all the earth; break out and rejoice and sing praise. ⁵ Sing praise to Jehovah with the lyre; with the lyre and the voice of a song. ⁶ With trumpets and the sound of a horn, make a joyful noise before Jehovah the King.

¹ A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout joyfully to Jehovah, all the land. ² Worship Jehovah with gladness; come before His face with joyful singing.

³ Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing praise to Him with the timbrel and lyre.

² Praise Him in His mighty acts; praise Him according to His excellent greatness. ³ Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the harp and lyre. ⁴ Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with strings and pipes. ⁵ Praise Him on the sounding cymbals; praise Him with the resounding cymbals.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, Rejoice!

⁸ And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having harps, and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.

⁵⁴ The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab; and half the Manahethites; the Zorites.

¹⁶ and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

² Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do evil to me.

³⁰ Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites that live in the Arabah, opposite to Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

⁹ And Jehovah said to Joshua, Today I have rolled the reproach of Egypt off of you. And he called the name of that place Gilgal to this day.

⁴³ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him to the camp at Gilgal.

¹⁷ And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its open lands, Geba and its open lands,

⁶⁰ And out of the tribe of Benjamin was Geba and its open lands; and Alemeth and its open lands; and Anathoth and its open lands. All their cities in their families were thirteen cities.

²⁴ The sons of Azmaveth, forty two.

³¹ And the sons of Benjamin from Geba were at Michmash; and Aija; and Bethel, and their villages;

² And Jacob said to his house, and to all those with him, Put away the strange gods in your midst, and purify yourselves, and change your clothing.

¹⁰ And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow. And let them wash their clothes.

¹⁵ And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Do not approach a woman.

² This is the statute of the law which Jehovah has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke ever came. ³ And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and she shall be brought forth outside the camp; and she shall be slaughtered before his face. ⁴ And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and shall sprinkle of her blood toward the front of the tabernacle of the congregation seven times. ⁵ And the heifer shall be burned before his eyes; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood with her dung, shall be burned. ⁶ And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop and scarlet, and shall cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. ⁷ Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp; and the priest shall be unclean until the evening. ⁸ And he that burned her shall wash his clothes in water, and shall bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening. ⁹ And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and shall lay them up outside the camp in a clean place. And it shall be kept for the congregation of the sons of Israel for a water of impurity; it is a purging offering. ¹⁰ And he that gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening; and it shall be to the sons of Israel, and to the stranger that lives among them, for a never ending statute. ¹¹ He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. ¹² He shall cleanse himself for it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean. And if he does not cleanse himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he shall not be clean. ¹³ Anyone who touches the dead body, the body of a man who dies, and does not cleanse himself, he shall have defiled the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that person shall be cut off from Israel, for the water of impurity shall not be sprinkled upon him. He shall be unclean; his uncleanness shall be still on him. ¹⁴ This is the law when a man dies in a tent: Everyone who comes into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. ¹⁵ And every open vessel which has no covering of thread on it shall be unclean. ¹⁶ And whoever in the open field touches one that has been pierced with a sword, or one that has died of himself, or the bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. ¹⁷ And for the unclean they shall take the ashes of the burning of the purging offering, and running water in a vessel shall be put on it. ¹⁸ And a clean person shall take hyssop, and shall dip it in the water, and shall sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave. ¹⁹ And the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify himself; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening. ²⁰ But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah; the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he shall be unclean.

⁵ And he said to them, Hear me, O Levites, now consecrate yourselves. And consecrate the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and bring out the uncleanness from the holy place.

³⁴ Only, the priests had become few, and were not able to skin all of the burnt offerings; and their brothers the Levites strengthened them until the work was ended, and until the priests sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

²¹ And the sons of Israel ate, those who had returned from the exile, and who had all separated themselves to them from the impurity of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah the God of Israel.

²² And I commanded the Levites that they should be cleansing themselves, and they should come guarding the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. O my God, remember me for this also and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy.

³⁰ And I cleansed them from all aliens, and appointed watches to the priests and the Levites, each one in his business,

⁵ And it happened, when the day of feasting had gone around, Job would send and sanctify them. And he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt sacrifices according to all their number. For Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. This Job always did.

¹ For every high priest being taken from men is appointed on behalf of men in the things respecting God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;

³ And because of this he ought to offer for sins as concerning the people, so also concerning himself.

¹ And David consulted the chiefs of the thousands and of the hundreds, to every leader.

¹ And David assembled all the chiefs of Israel; the chiefs of the tribes and chiefs of the divisions who were serving the king, and commanders of the thousands, and commanders of the hundreds, and heads of all property and possessions of the king, and of his sons, with the eunuchs and the mighty ones, even to every mighty one of valor, to Jerusalem.

² Then Solomon gathered the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, rulers of the fathers of the sons of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the city of David; it is Zion.

¹³ And I went out by night by the Valley Gate, even before the Jackal Fountain, and to the Dung Gate. And I examined the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and its gates which were burned with fire.

¹³ Hanun, and the dwellers of Zanoah, repaired the Valley Gate. They built it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits on the wall to the Dung Gate. ¹⁴ And the Dung Gate was repaired by Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem. He built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

³⁸ And the other thanksgiving choir was going to the opposite side, and I after them, and half of the people on the wall, from beyond the Tower of Furnaces, even to the Broad Wall;

⁴⁰ So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and half of the rulers with me.

² Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, ³ Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, ⁴ Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, ⁵ Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, ⁶ Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, ⁷ Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

² Make two trumpets of silver for yourself. You shall make them of hammered work, and they shall be to you for the calling of the congregation, and for causing the camps to pull up stakes . ³ And when they blow with them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁴ And if they blow with one, then the rulers, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall assemble to you. ⁵ And when you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall then pull up. ⁶ And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall pull up; they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. ⁷ But when the assembly is gathered, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm. ⁸ And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets. And they shall be to you for a never ending statute throughout your generations. ⁹ And when you go into battle in your land against the foe distressing you, then you shall blow with the trumpets, and you shall be remembered before Jehovah your God. And you shall be saved from your enemies. ¹⁰ And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed times, and in your new moons, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings And they shall be to you for a memorial before your God. I am Jehovah your God.

⁴ And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of ram's horns before the ark. And on the seventh day you shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

³⁹ And his kinsman Asaph who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, ⁴⁰ the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, ⁴¹ the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, ⁴² the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, ⁴³ the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

² of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph at the hands of Asaph, who prophesied at the hands of the king.

¹⁰ Also to Hosah, of the sons of Merari, were sons: Simri the head, though not the first-born, yet his father made him the head; ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Hosah: thirteen.

¹² and the Levitical singers to all of them, to Asaph, to Heman, to Jeduthun, and to their sons and to their brothers, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, and with harps and lyres, were standing on the east of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing with trumpets.

¹² And, behold, God is with us at our head, and His priests, and the trumpets, the signal to sound for battle against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah, the God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper.

¹ And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

¹ Now these are the heads of the fathers, and the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

⁵ those chanting with the mouth of the harp; they invent instruments of song for themselves like David;

⁷ And David captured the stronghold of Zion. It is the city of David. ⁸ And David said on that day, Anyone who strikes the Jebusite, let him touch at the water shaft and capture the lame and the blind, the hated of the soul of David. On this account they say, The blind and the lame shall not enter into the house. ⁹ And David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.

¹⁴ Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate, and to the King's Pool. But there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.

¹⁵ And the Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah. He built it and covered it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King's Garden, and to the stairs that go down from the City of David. ¹⁶ After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, repaired in front of the Tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.

²⁶ And the temple-slaves lived in Ophel, across from the Water Gate toward the east, and the tower that sticks out.

¹ And all the people gathered as one man into the plaza before the Water Gate. And they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel.

³ And he read in it before the plaza before the Water Gate, from the morning until noon, before the men and the women, and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people listened to the Book of the Law.

¹⁶ And the people went out and brought in, and made booths for themselves, each man on his roof and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the plaza of the Water Gate, and in the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.

⁸ And next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths, repaired. And next to his hand Hananiah the son of one of the perfumers repaired. And they left Jerusalem safe to the Broad Wall.

¹¹ Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab repaired the other piece, and the Tower of the Furnaces.

³¹ Then I brought up the rulers of Judah on the wall, and chose two great thanksgiving choirs. One went to the right on the wall toward the Dung Gate,

¹³ And Amaziah the king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, Jehoash the king of Israel caught in Beth-shemesh. And they came in to Jerusalem, and he broke through the wall of Jerusalem at the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

³ But the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate, who laid its beams, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars.

⁶ And the Old Gate was repaired by Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars.

²⁵ Palal the son of Uzai repaired across from the corner, and the tower which sticks out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired .

³¹ After him Malchiah the goldsmith's son repaired the place of the temple-slaves, and of the merchants, before the Miphkad Gate, and to the going up of the corner. ³² And between the going up of the corner to the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.

³⁸ Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that the city will be built to Jehovah, from the Tower of Hananeel to the Corner Gate.

² For then the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem. And Jeremiah the prophet was shut in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

¹⁰ And it shall be in that day, declares Jehovah, the sound of a cry from the Fish Gate, and a howling from the Second, and a great breaking from the hills.

² And at Jerusalem is a pool at the Sheep Gate which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

³¹ Then I brought up the rulers of Judah on the wall, and chose two great thanksgiving choirs. One went to the right on the wall toward the Dung Gate, ³² and after them went Hoshaiah, and half the rulers of Judah;

⁴ When I remember these things and I pour out my soul on me (for I passed over with the throng; I led them to the house of God with the voice of rejoicing and praise, a host keeping the feast).

⁶ Sing praise; sing praise; sing praise to our King, sing praise! ⁷ For God is the king of all the earth; sing a psalm for edification. ⁸ God reigns over the nations; God sits on the throne of His holiness. ⁹ The nobles of peoples gather together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth are God's; He is greatly lifted up.

¹⁴ and their brothers, mighty men, were a hundred and twenty eight. And their overseer was Zabdiel, a son of one of the great men.

¹ To the chief musician. On Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.

¹ O come, let us sing to Jehovah; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.

⁴ Make a joyful noise to Jehovah, all the earth; break out and rejoice and sing praise. ⁵ Sing praise to Jehovah with the lyre; with the lyre and the voice of a song. ⁶ With trumpets and the sound of a horn, make a joyful noise before Jehovah the King. ⁷ Let the sea roar, and the fullness of it; the world, and those who live in it. ⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands; let the heights shout for joy together ⁹ before Jehovah; for He comes to judge the earth; with righteousness He shall judge the world, and the peoples in uprightness.

⁵ Sing to Jehovah, for He has done majestically; this is known in all the earth. ⁶ Cry and shout, O dweller of Zion! For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.

²⁰ And the sister of Aaron, Miriam the prophetess took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. ²¹ And Miriam answered to them, Sing to Jehovah, for surely He has triumphed gloriously; He has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea.

¹⁰ And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed times, and in your new moons, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings And they shall be to you for a memorial before your God. I am Jehovah your God.

¹¹ And it shall be the place which Jehovah your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I am commanding you, your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice freewill offerings which you vow to Jehovah. ¹² And you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, you and your sons, and your daughters, and your male slaves, and your female slaves, and the Levite within your gates because he has no portion or inheritance with you.

⁵ And it happened, when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted a great shout, and the earth shook.

²¹ And they sacrificed sacrifices to Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings to Jehovah, on the next day after that day: a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in great plenty for all Israel. ²² And they ate and drank before Jehovah on that day with great joy, and made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and anointed him before Jehovah as ruler, and Zadok as priest.

⁵ and king Solomon offered the sacrifice from the herd, twenty two thousand, and from the flock, a hundred and twenty thousand; all the people dedicated the house of God. ⁶ And the priests were standing over their charges, and the Levites with instruments of the music to Jehovah, that David the king had made, to give thanks to Jehovah, for His mercy endures forever, when praised David by their hand; and the priests were blowing trumpets before them, and all Israel was standing. ⁷ And Solomon dedicated the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for he had offered there the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings; for the bronze altar that Solomon had made was not able to contain the burnt offering, and the food offering, and the fat.

¹⁰ And on the twenty third day of the seventh month, he sent the people to their tents, rejoicing and glad of heart, for the goodness that Jehovah had done to David, and to Solomon, and to His people Israel.

¹³ And all Judah was standing before Jehovah, and their infants and their wives and their sons.

²⁷ And they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them rejoice over their enemies.

³⁵ And also, there were many burnt offerings with fat of the peace offerings, and with drink offerings for the burnt offering; and the service of the house of Jehovah was established. ³⁶ And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced, because God had given preparation to the people; for the thing had happened suddenly.

¹³ So that the people could not tell the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of weeping of the people. For the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

²⁹ And He gives rest; who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him? Even it may be against a nation and a man together,

⁶ And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies, my encirclers, and I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises to Jehovah.

⁷ Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; yea, my heart greatly rejoices; and I will thank Him with my song.

¹¹ You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have loosed my sackcloth and have clothed me with gladness. ¹² So my glory shall praise You, and not be quiet; O Jehovah, my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

⁴ For You have rejoiced me with Your work, O Jehovah; I will shout in the works of Your hands.

¹¹ kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the earth, ¹² young men and virgins too, old men and youths. ¹³ Let them praise the name of Jehovah; for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heavens.

³ to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of the spirit of infirmity, so that one calls them trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, in order to beautify Himself.

¹⁰ Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all who love her. Rejoice a rejoicing with her, all who mourn for her; ¹¹ that you may suck and be satisfied with her comforting breasts; that you may milk out and delight yourselves with the fullness of her glory. ¹² For so says Jehovah: Behold, I stretch out peace to her like a river, and glory of nations like an overflowing torrent. And You shall suck; you shall be carried on the side and be dandled on knees. ¹³ As a man whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you. And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And you will see, and your heart shall rejoice; and your bones shall flourish like the grass. And the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward His servants, and He shall be indignant with His enemies.

¹³ Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, both young men and elders together. For I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

¹¹ the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of those saying, Praise Jehovah of Hosts, for Jehovah is good, for His mercy endures forever; those who shall bring the sacrifice of thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah. For I will bring back the captivity of the land, as at the first, says Jehovah.

⁹ And the crowd, the ones going before and the ones following, were crying out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! "Blessed is He coming in the name of the Lord"! Hosanna in the highest! Psa. 118:25, 26

¹⁵ But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the wonders which He did, and the children crying out in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were incensed.

²² And you, then, truly have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one takes your joy from you.

¹⁹ speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and praising in your heart to the Lord,

¹³ Does anyone suffer ill among you? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him praise in song.

¹⁰ And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

²⁴ This is that which pertains to the Levites: from twenty five years old and upward he shall go in to do the service and the works of the tabernacle of the congregation. ²⁵ And from a son of fifty years they shall return from the service of the work, and shall not serve any more.

²⁶ For they were in faithfulness, the four chiefs of the gatekeepers; they were Levites and were over the rooms, and over the treasuries of the house of God.

²⁸ because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of God's house,

²¹ The sons of Laadan, sons of the Gershonites; heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli; ²² the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and his brother Joel, who were over the treasures of the house of Jehovah, ²³ For the Amramites, for the Izharites, for the Hebronites, for the Uzzielites. ²⁴ And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses was ruler over the treasures. ²⁵ And his brothers by Eliezer were his son Rehabiah, and his son Jeshaiah, and his son Joram, and his son Zichri, and his son Shelomith. ²⁶ Of Shelomith, he and his brothers were over all the treasures of the holy things that David the king, and the heads of the fathers, the commanders over thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army had dedicated.

¹¹ And it happened as the priests were going from the sanctuary (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves without observing divisions), ¹² and the Levitical singers to all of them, to Asaph, to Heman, to Jeduthun, and to their sons and to their brothers, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, and with harps and lyres, were standing on the east of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing with trumpets.

¹¹ and are offering to Jehovah burnt offerings morning by morning, and evening by evening, and sweet incense, and the Bread of Arrangement on the pure table, and the golden lampstand and its lamps, to burn evening by evening. For we are keeping the charge of Jehovah our God. And surely you have forsaken Him. ¹² And, behold, God is with us at our head, and His priests, and the trumpets, the signal to sound for battle against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah, the God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper.

¹¹ And Hezekiah ordered them to build rooms in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared, ¹² and they brought in the heave offering, and the tithes, and the holy things, faithfully. And over them was a leader, the Levite Cononiah, and his second brother, Shimei; ¹³ and Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and his brother Shimei, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

³⁷ And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all kinds of trees, of wine, and of oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; and they, the Levites, might have the tithes in all the cities we worked. ³⁸ And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites, tithing the Levites; and the Levites shall bring up the tithes of the tithes to the house of our God to the rooms, into the treasure house. ³⁹ For the sons of Israel, and the sons of Levi, shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine, and the oil, to the rooms, and there shall be the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests ministering, and the gatekeepers and the singers. And we will not forsake the house of our God.

⁴ And before this, Eliashib the priest, who was set over the rooms of the house of our God, who was related to Tobiah, ⁵ (and he had prepared for himself a large room where they had in days past laid the food offering, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the offerings of the priests).

¹² Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, into the treasuries. ¹³ And I made treasurers over the treasuries: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah. And next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah. For they were counted faithful, and on them was the duty to distribute to their brothers.

³⁴ Blessed is the man listening to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

³¹ but the ones waiting for Jehovah shall renew power; they shall go up with wings as the eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not be faint!

⁷ or ministry, in the ministry; or the one teaching, in the teaching;

⁶ And no one shall enter the house of Jehovah except the priests and those ministering of the Levites; they may go in, for they are holy; and all the people shall keep the watch of Jehovah.

¹ And David and the commanders of the army separated some to the service of the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, who were prophets with harps, with lyres and with cymbals. And their number, of the workmen according to their service, was: ² of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph at the hands of Asaph, who prophesied at the hands of the king. ³ Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, and Shimei, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun who prophesied with the lyre to give thanks and to praise Jehovah. ⁴ Of Heman were the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these were at the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God, at the hands of the king: Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman. ⁷ So was their number, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Jehovah, all that were skilled: two hundred, eighty eight. ⁸ And they made fall lots for duty, as in the rule, as the small, so the great, the teacher with the pupil. ⁹ And the first lot came out for Asaph, to Joseph: Gedaliah, he was the second; and his brothers and sons twelve men. ¹⁰ The third was Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹¹ The fourth was to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹² The fifth was to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹³ The sixth was to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁴ The seventh was to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁵ The eighth was to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁶ The ninth was to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁷ The tenth was to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁸ The eleventh was Azareel his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁹ The twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁰ The thirteenth to Shubael his sons and his brothers twelve. ²¹ The fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²² The fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²³ The sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁴ The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁵ The eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁶ The nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁷ The twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁸ The twenty first to Hothir, his sons and his brothers. ²⁹ The twenty second to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ³⁰ The twenty third to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ³¹ The twenty fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

¹ A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are of a pure heart.

¹ A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God do not keep silence to Yourself; do not be speechless; yea, do not be still, O God.

²¹ And, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel to the sons of Levi for an inheritance, in return for their service which they are serving, the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. ²² And the sons of Israel shall not come near to the tabernacle of the congregation any more, lest they bear sin, and die. ²³ But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a never ending statute throughout your generations, that in the midst of the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance; ²⁴ but the tithes of the sons of Israel which they shall lift up to Jehovah, a heave offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance; therefore I have said to them, They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel. ²⁵ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁶ And you shall say to the Levites; and you shall speak to them, When you take the tithe from the sons of Israel, which I have given to you from them, for your inheritance, then you shall lift from it a heave offering of Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe. ²⁷ And your heave offering shall be counted to you as grain from the threshing floor, and as fullness from the winepress. ²⁸ So you also shall lift up the heave offering of Jehovah from all your tithes which you receive from the sons of Israel. And you shall give from it the heave offering of Jehovah to Aaron the priest. ²⁹ You shall lift up the whole heave offering of Jehovah out of all your gifts, out of all its fat, its holy part, out of it.

⁵ And as the word spread, the sons of Israel brought abundantly the firstfruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and the tithe of all; they brought very much. ⁶ And the sons of Israel and Judah, those living in the cities of Judah, also they tithed of the herd and the flock, even a tithe of the holy things that were sanctified to Jehovah their God, were brought in. And they piled heaps of heaps.

³⁵ also to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of Jehovah; ³⁶ also to bring the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law; and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.

²³ For it was the king's command concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, the matter of the day in his day.

¹² And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the rulers of the fathers, from the house of Seraiah was Meraiah; from Jeremiah was Hananiah;

¹⁰ And I was aware that the portions of the Levites had not been given, for the Levites and the singers who did the work had each one fled to his field. ¹¹ Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them and set them in their place. ¹² Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, into the treasuries.

⁸ Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering! ⁹ You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the nation, all of it. ¹⁰ Bring all the tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. And test Me now with this, says Jehovah of hosts, whether I will not open the windows of the heavens for you and pour out a blessing until there is no sufficiency.

⁶ But let the one being taught in the word share with the one teaching, in all good things.