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Book of Ezra

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Book of Nehemiah

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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">All Israel was listed in the genealogies recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. They were taken captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The People in Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those from Judah, from Benjamin, and from Ephraim and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem were:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Of the Shelanites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:5 </span><span class="ft">See Num. 26:20; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shilonites.</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.9.5"><span class="content">Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Of the Zerahites:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.9.6"><span class="content">Jeuel.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.9.6"><span class="content">The people from Judah numbered 690.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Of the Benjamites:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.9.7"><span class="content">Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Mikri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The people from Benjamin, as listed in their genealogy, numbered 956. All these men were heads of their families.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Of the priests:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.9.10"><span class="content">Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the official in charge of the house of God;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The priests, who were heads of families, numbered 1,760. They were able men, responsible for ministering in the house of God.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Of the Levites:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.9.14"><span class="content">Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a Merarite; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah son of Mika, the son of Zikri, the son of Asaph; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berekiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The gatekeepers:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.9.17"><span class="content">Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their fellow Levites, Shallum their chief </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">being stationed at the King&#8217;s Gate on the east, up to the present time. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his fellow gatekeepers from his family (the Korahites) were responsible for guarding the thresholds of the tent just as their ancestors had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar was the official in charge of the gatekeepers, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with him. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;the house called the tent of meeting. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Their fellow Levites in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day periods. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key for opening it each morning.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service; they counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Others were assigned to take care of the furnishings and all the other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the special flour and wine, and the olive oil, incense and spices. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But some of the priests took care of mixing the spices. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with the responsibility for baking the offering bread. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Some of the Kohathites, their fellow Levites, were in charge of preparing for every Sabbath the bread set out on the table.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.9.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Those who were musicians, heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work day and night.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they lived in Jerusalem.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.12.12"><span class="content">of Seraiah&#8217;s family, Meraiah;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.12.12"><span class="content">of Jeremiah&#8217;s, Hananiah;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NEH.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">of Ezra&#8217;s, Meshullam;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NEH.12.13"><span class="content">of Amariah&#8217;s, Jehohanan;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NEH.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">of Malluk&#8217;s, Jonathan;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.12.14"><span class="content">of Shekaniah&#8217;s,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:14 </span><span class="ft">Very many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also verse 3); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Shebaniah&#8217;s</span></span></span><span class="content"> Joseph;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NEH.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">of Harim&#8217;s, Adna;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NEH.12.15"><span class="content">of Meremoth&#8217;s,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:15 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also verse 3); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Meraioth&#8217;s</span></span></span><span class="content"> Helkai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NEH.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NEH.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">of Iddo&#8217;s, Zechariah;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NEH.12.16"><span class="content">of Ginnethon&#8217;s, Meshullam;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NEH.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NEH.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">of Abijah&#8217;s, Zikri;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NEH.12.17"><span class="content">of Miniamin&#8217;s and of Moadiah&#8217;s, Piltai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NEH.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NEH.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">of Bilgah&#8217;s, Shammua;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NEH.12.18"><span class="content">of Shemaiah&#8217;s, Jehonathan;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NEH.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NEH.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">of Joiarib&#8217;s, Mattenai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NEH.12.19"><span class="content">of Jedaiah&#8217;s, Uzzi;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NEH.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NEH.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">of Sallu&#8217;s, Kallai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NEH.12.20"><span class="content">of Amok&#8217;s, Eber;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NEH.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NEH.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">of Hilkiah&#8217;s, Hashabiah;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NEH.12.21"><span class="content">of Jedaiah&#8217;s, Nethanel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NEH.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NEH.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The family heads of the Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua, as well as those of the priests, were recorded in the reign of Darius the Persian. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NEH.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The family heads among the descendants of Levi up to the time of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the book of the annals. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NEH.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their associates, who stood opposite them to give praise and thanksgiving, one section responding to the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NEH.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NEH.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NEH.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They served in the days of Joiakim son of Joshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NEH.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NEH.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NEH.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The musicians also were brought together from the region around Jerusalem&#8212;from the villages of the Netophathites, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NEH.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">from Beth Gilgal, and from the area of Geba and Azmaveth, for the musicians had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NEH.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When the priests and Levites had purified themselves ceremonially, they purified the people, the gates and the wall.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NEH.12.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NEH.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">I had the leaders of Judah go up on top of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">go alongside</span></span></span><span class="content"> the wall. I also assigned two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on top of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">proceed alongside</span></span></span><span class="content"> the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NEH.12.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NEH.12.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NEH.12.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NEH.12.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">as well as some priests with trumpets, and also Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zakkur, the son of Asaph, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NEH.12.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">and his associates&#8212;Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani&#8212;with musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the teacher of the Law led the procession. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NEH.12.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">At the Fountain Gate they continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the site of David&#8217;s palace to the Water Gate on the east.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NEH.12.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NEH.12.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">The second choir proceeded in the opposite direction. I followed them on top of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:38 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">them alongside</span></span></span><span class="content"> the wall, together with half the people&#8212;past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NEH.12.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:39 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Old</span></span></span><span class="content"> Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NEH.12.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NEH.12.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The two choirs that gave thanks then took their places in the house of God; so did I, together with half the officials, </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NEH.12.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">as well as the priests&#8212;Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah with their trumpets&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NEH.12.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam and Ezer. The choirs sang under the direction of Jezrahiah. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NEH.12.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NEH.12.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NEH.12.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">At that time men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the contributions, firstfruits and tithes. From the fields around the towns they were to bring into the storerooms the portions required by the Law for the priests and the Levites, for Judah was pleased with the ministering priests and Levites. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NEH.12.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did also the musicians and gatekeepers, according to the commands of David and his son Solomon. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NEH.12.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the musicians and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NEH.12.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">So in the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the musicians and the gatekeepers. They also set aside the portion for the other Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch148" data-usfm="PSA.148">
            <div class="label">148</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 148</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">148:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 14</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">praise him in the heights above.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise him, all his angels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">praise him, all his heavenly hosts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise him, sun and moon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">praise him, all you shining stars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Praise him, you highest heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">and you waters above the skies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">for at his command they were created,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and he established them for ever and ever&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">he issued a decree that will never pass away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">lightning and hail, snow and clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">stormy winds that do his bidding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">you mountains and all hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">fruit trees and all cedars,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">wild animals and all cattle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">small creatures and flying birds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">kings of the earth and all nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">you princes and all rulers on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">young men and women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">old men and children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">for his name alone is exalted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And he has raised up for his people a horn,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">148:14 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">the praise of all his faithful servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">of Israel, the people close to his heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch149" data-usfm="PSA.149">
            <div class="label">149</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 149</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">149:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a new song,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="content">his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.149.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.149.2"><span class="content">let the people of Zion be glad in their King.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.149.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.149.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let them praise his name with dancing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.149.3"><span class="content">and make music to him with timbrel and harp.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.149.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.149.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes delight in his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.149.4"><span class="content">he crowns the humble with victory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.149.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.149.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.149.5"><span class="content">and sing for joy on their beds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.149.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.149.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May the praise of God be in their mouths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.149.6"><span class="content">and a double-edged sword in their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.149.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.149.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">to inflict vengeance on the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.149.7"><span class="content">and punishment on the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.149.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.149.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">to bind their kings with fetters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.149.8"><span class="content">their nobles with shackles of iron,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.149.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.149.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">to carry out the sentence written against them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.149.9"><span class="content">this is the glory of all his faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.149.9"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch150" data-usfm="PSA.150">
            <div class="label">150</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 150</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">150:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 6</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">Praise God in his sanctuary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">praise him in his mighty heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise him for his acts of power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="content">praise him for his surpassing greatness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="content">praise him with the harp and lyre,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">praise him with timbrel and dancing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="content">praise him with the strings and pipe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">praise him with the clash of cymbals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="content">praise him with resounding cymbals.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.150.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let everything that has breath praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.150.6"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="NEH.13.1+NEH.13.2+NEH.13.3+NEH.13.4+NEH.13.5+NEH.13.6">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NEH.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">On that day the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people and there it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be admitted into the assembly of God, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NEH.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam to call a curse down on them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.) </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NEH.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NEH.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NEH.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Before this, Eliashib the priest had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God. He was closely associated with Tobiah, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NEH.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and he had provided him with a large room formerly used to store the grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes of grain, new wine and olive oil prescribed for the Levites, musicians and gatekeepers, as well as the contributions for the priests.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NEH.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NEH.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later I asked his permission </span></span></div>
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