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Now
after these things, in the
reign of
Artaxerxes king of
Persia, there went up
Ezra son of
Seraiah,
son of
Azariah,
son of
Hilkiah,
a.T.s;v.x;T.r;a t.Wk.l;m.B h,Lea'h ~yir'b.D;h r;x;a.w ? h'y.r;z][ -n,B h'y'r.f -n,B a'r.z,[ s'r'P -.k,l,m ? h'Yiq.lix -n,B
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son of
Shallum,
son of
Zadok,
son of
Ahitub,
b.Wjyix]a -n,B qw{d'c -n,B ~.WL;v -n,B
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son of
Amariah,
son of
Azariah,
son of
Meraioth,
tw{y'r.m -n,B h'y.r;z][ -n,b h'y.r;m]a -n,B
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son of
Zerahiah,
son of
Uzzi,
son of
Bukki,
yiQUB -n,B yiZU[ -n,b h'y.x;r.z -n,B
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son of
Abishua,
son of
Phinehas,
son of
Eleazar,
son of
Aaron the
chief priest.
r'z'[.l,a -n,B s'x.nyiP -n,B ;[.Wvyib]a -n,B ? va{r'h !eh{K;h !{r]h;a -n,B
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This Ezra went up from
Babylon, and he was a
scribe skilled in the
law of
Moses,
which the
LORD God of
Israel had
given; and the
king granted him
all he
requested because the
hand of the
LORD his
God was upon him.
ryih'm rep{s -a.Wh.w l,b'Bim h'l'[ a'r.z,[ a.Wh ? lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a h'wh.y !;t'n -r,v]a h,v{m t;rw{t.B ? wy'l'[ wy'h{l/a h'wh.y -d;y.K .$,l,M;h w{l -n,TiY;w ? w{t'v'Q;B l{K
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Some of the
sons of
Israel and
some of the
priests, the
Levites, the
singers, the
gatekeepers and the
temple servants went up to
Jerusalem in the
seventh year of
King Artaxerxes.
~iYiw.l;h.w ~yin]h{K;h -nim.W lea'r.fIy -yen.Bim .Wl][;Y;w ? ~i'l'v.Wr.y -l,a ~yinyit.N;h.w ~yir][{V;h.w ~yir.r{v.m;h.w ? .$,l,M;h a.T.s;v.x;T.r;a.l [;b,v -t;n.viB
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He
came to
Jerusalem in the
fifth month,
which was in the
seventh year of the
king.
t;n.v ayih yivyim]x;h v,d{x;B ~i;l'v.Wr.y a{b'Y;w ? .$,l,M;l tyi[yib.V;h
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For on the
first of the
first month he
began to
go up from
Babylon; and on the
first of the
fifth month he
came to
Jerusalem, because the
good hand of his
God was upon him.
h'l][;M;h dUs.y a.Wh !w{vair'h v,d{x;l d'x,a.B yiK ? ~i;l'v.Wr.y -l,a a'B yivyim]x;h v,d{x;l d'x,a.b.W l,b'Bim ? wy'l'[ h'bw{J;h wy'h{l/a -d;y.K
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For
Ezra had
set his
heart to
study the
law of the
LORD and to
practice it, and to
teach His
statutes and
ordinances in
Israel.
t;rw{T -t,a vw{r.dil w{b'b.l !yikeh a'r.z,[ yiK ? j'P.vim.W q{x lea'r.fIy.B deM;l.l.W t{f][;l.w h'wh.y