15
And I gathered them
together to the
river that
runneth to
Ahava; and there abode we in
tents three days: and I
viewed the
people, and the
priests, and
found there none of the
sons of
Levi.
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
Then
sent I 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.
!'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
And I
sent them with
commandment unto
Iddo the
chief at the
place Casiphia, and I
told* them
what they should
say unto
Iddo, and to his
brethren the
Nethinims*, at the
place Casiphia, that they should
bring unto us
ministers 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
And by the
good hand of our
God upon us they
brought us a
man of
understanding, of the
sons of
Mahli, the
son of
Levi, the
son of
Israel; and
Sherebiah, with his
sons and his
brethren, eighteen*;
.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 with him
Jeshaiah of the
sons of
Merari, his
brethren and their
sons, twenty;
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
20
Also of the
Nethinims, whom
David and the
princes had
appointed for the
service of the
Levites, two
hundred and
twenty Nethinims: all of them were
expressed 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