And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its open lands, Daberath with its open lands,

and Ramoth with its open lands, and Anem with its open lands were given.

And out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its open lands, and Abdon with its open lands,

and Hukok with its open lands, and Rehob with its open lands.

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its open lands, and Hammon with its open lands, and Kirjath-aim with its open lands.

To the rest of the sons of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with its open lands, Tabor with its open lands.

And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan: out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness, with its open lands, and Jahzah with its open lands,

and Kedemoth with its open lands, and Mephaath with its open lands.

And out of the tribe of Gad they gave Ramoth in Gilead with its open lands, and Mahanaim with its open lands,

and Heshbon with its open lands, and Jazer with its open lands.

and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah,

And they lived around the house of God, because the duty was on them. And they were to open it morning by morning.

I pray that Your eyes may be open on this house day and night, on the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant prays toward this place.

Now, my God, I beseech You, let Your eyes be open and Your ears hear the prayer made in this place.

Now My eyes shall be open, and My ears shall be open to the prayer of this place.

For the Levites left their open lands and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem. For Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priests' office to Jehovah.

And he set all the people, each man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

And to the sons of Aaron, the priests, in the fields of the open lands of their cities, in each separate city were the men who were named by name, to give shares to all the males among the priests, and to all who were counted by genealogies among the Levites.

After these things done in faithfulness, Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, came and entered into Judah, and camped against the fortified cities, and commanded to break them open to himself.

So says Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil on this place and upon its people, all the curses that are written in the Book which they have read before the king of Judah,

Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, nor shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place and upon its people. And they brought the king word again.

let Your ear now be open, and Your eyes open, so that You may hear the prayer of Your servant, which I pray before You now, day and night, for the sons of Israel Your servants, and confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both I and my father's house have sinned.

O Jehovah, I pray You, let now Your ear be open to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name. And I pray You, bless Your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. (For I was the king's cupbearer.)

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, so that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which belong to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king granted me what I asked, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me. And I did not tell to a man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem. And there was no animal with me, except the animal that I rode upon.

And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me, and also the king's words that he had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise up to build. So they made their hands strong for good.

Oh our God, hear, for we are despised. And turn their curse upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity.

the ones who built on the wall, and the ones who carried burdens; with those who were lifting, one a worker in the work, and one held a weapon.

And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, far from one another.

But the former governors that had been before me were too heavy upon the people, and had taken bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not do this, because of the fear of God.

And that which was prepared daily was one ox and six choice sheep; and birds were prepared; and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this I did not seek the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand, in which was written,

My God, think upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid.

And Ezra the priest brought the Law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

And the people went out and brought in, and made themselves booths, each one upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the Water Gate, and in the street of the Gate of Ephraim.

And in the twenty-fourth day of this month, the sons of Israel were gathered with fasting and with sackcloth, and with earth upon them.

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

and gave out signs and wonders upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants and upon all the people of his land. For You knew that they were acting proudly against them. So You got Yourself a name, as today.

And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful God, who keeps covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble that has come upon us, on our kings, on our rulers, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all Your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day, seem little before You.

But You are just in all that is brought upon us, for You have done right, but we have done wickedly.

Also we put commands upon ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God,

And we cast the lots among the priests, and the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring into the house of our God, according to the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the Law

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

Did not your fathers do this, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us and upon this city? Yet you bring more wrath upon Israel by defiling the Sabbath.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only do not lay your hand upon him. And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.

While he was still speaking, there also came another and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands and swooped down upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and have killed the servants with the edge of the sword. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

And, behold, a great wind came from the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

And Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground and worshiped.

And Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and they each one came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had met together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not know him, they lifted up their voice and wept. And each one tore his robe, and they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward Heaven.

And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights. And no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

Let that day be darkness. Let not God look upon it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it. Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year, Let it not come into the number of the months.

For the thing which I greatly feared has come upon me, and that which I was afraid of has come to me.

But now it has come upon you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,

fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.

But who will grant that God would speak, and open His lips against you,

And You open Your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with You.

He shall flee from the iron weapon, a bow of bronze shall pierce him.

My root was open to the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch.

I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin?

I will speak so that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.

And now men cannot look upon the light; it is in the clouds; but the wind passes and clears them.

Who can open the doors to his face? Terror is round about his teeth.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

The eyes of Jehovah are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.

Let destruction come upon him, he will not know; and let his net which he has concealed catch him, let him fall in it, into destruction.

I was dumb, I did not open my mouth; because You have done it.

I will bow down my ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying on the harp.

O Jehovah, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

You cracked open the heads of leviathan, and gave him to be food to the people living in the wilderness.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will speak dark sayings of old,

I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

You give to them, they gather; You open Your hand; they are filled with good.

Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go into them, and I will praise Jehovah.

Open my eyes, so that I may behold wonderful things out of Your Law.

You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

when your fear comes as a wasting away, and your ruin comes like a tempest when trouble and pain come upon you.

Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me;

Let not mercy and truth forsake you; tie them around your neck; write them upon the tablet of your heart;

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her; and happy is everyone who keeps her.

bind them upon your heart forever, tie them around your neck.

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

Bind them upon your fingers; write them upon the tablet of your heart.

When He prepared the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep;

She has sent out her young women; she cries upon the highest places of the city,

What the wicked fears shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Every wise one deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.

Roll your works upon Jehovah, and your thoughts shall be established.

He who has pity upon the poor lends to Jehovah, and He will reward his dealing to him.

Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it goes down smoothly

Your eyes shall look upon strange women and your heart shall speak perverse things.

Yes, you shall be as one who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as one who lies upon the top of a mast,

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.