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Now I
assembled them at the
river that
runs to
Ahava,
where we
camped for
three days; and when I
observed the
people and the
priests, I did not
find any Levites * there.
h,n]x;N;w a'w]h;a -l,a a'B;h r'h'N;h -l,a ~ec.B.q,a'w ? ~yin]h{K;b.W ~'['b h'nyib'a'w h'v{l.v ~yim'y ~'v ? ~'v yita'c'm -a{l yiwel yen.Bim.W
16
So I
sent for
Eliezer,
Ariel,
Shemaiah,
Elnathan,
Jarib,
Elnathan,
Nathan,
Zechariah and
Meshullam,
leading men, and for
Joiarib and
Elnathan,
teachers.
!'t'n.l,a.l.W h'y.[;m.vil leayir]a;l r,z,[yil/a,l h'x.l.v,a'w ? ~'LUv.mil.w h'y.r;k.zil.w !'t'n.l.W !'t'n.l,a.l.W byir'y.l.W ? ]myinyib.m !'t'n.l,a.l.W byir'yw{y.l.W ~yiva'r
17
I
sent them to
Iddo the
leading man at the
place Casiphia; and I
told * * them
what to
say to
Iddo and his
brothers, the
temple servants at the
place Casiphia, that is, to
bring ministers to us for the
house of our
God.
a'y.pis'k.B va{r'h w{Dia -l;[ ~'tw{a h'aicw{a'w ? w{Dia -l,a reB;d.l ~yir'b.D ~,hyip.B h'myif'a'w ~w{q'M;h ? .Wn'l -ayib'h.l ~w{q'M;h a'y.pis'k.B ~yin.Wt.N;h wyix'a ? .Wnyeh{l/a tyeb.l ~yit.r'v.m
18
According to the
good hand of our
God upon us they
brought us a
man of
insight of the
sons of
Mahli, the
son of
Levi, the
son of
Israel, namely
Sherebiah, and his
sons and
brothers,
18 * men;
.Wnyel'[ h'bw{J;h .Wnyeh{l/a -d;y.K .Wn'l .WAyib'Y;w ? lea'r.fIy -n,B yiwel -n,B yil.x;m yen.Bim l,k,f vyia ? r'f'[ h'n{m.v wy'x,a.w wy'n'b.W h'y.berev.w
19
and
Hashabiah and
Jeshaiah of the
sons of
Merari, with his
brothers and their
sons,
20 men;
yir'r.m yen.Bim h'y.[;v.y w{Tia.w h'y.b;v]x -t,a.w ? ~yir.f,[ ~,hyen.b.W wy'x,a
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and
220 * of the
temple servants,
whom David and the
princes had
given for the
service of the
Levites,
all of them
designated by
name.
t;d{b][;l ~yir'F;h.w dyiw'D !;t'N,v ~yinyit.N;h -nim.W ? .Wb.Qin ~'LUK ~yir.f,[.w ~Iy;ta'm ~yinyit.n ~iYiw.l;h ? tw{mev.b