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Nehemiah 3:5-18 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

5. And next to them the Teqowites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work of their Master.

6. And Yehoyaḏa son of Pasĕaḥ and Meshullam son of Besoḏeyah repaired the Old Gate. They laid its beams and set up its doors, and its bolts and its bars.

7. And next to them Melatyah the Giḇ‛onite, and Yaḏon the Mĕronothite, the men of Giḇ‛on and Mitspah, repaired the official seat of the governor beyond the River.

8. Next to him Uzzi’ĕl son of Ḥarhayah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. And next to him Ḥananyah, one of the perfumers, made repairs. And they restored Yerushalayim as far as the Broad Wall.

9. And next to them Rephayah son of Ḥur, ruler of half the district of Yerushalayim, made repairs.

10. And next to them Yeḏayah son of Ḥarumaph made repairs, even opposite his house. And next to him Ḥattush son of Ḥashaḇneyah made repairs.

11. Malkiyah son of Ḥarim and Ḥashshuḇ son of Paḥath-Mo’aḇ repaired another section, and the Tower of the Ovens.

12. And next to him Shallum son of Halloḥĕsh ruler of half the district of Yerushalayim made repairs, he and his daughters.

13. Ḥanun and the people of Zanowaḥ repaired the Valley Gate. They built it, and set up its doors, its bolts and bars – and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

14. And the Dung Gate was repaired by Malkiyah son of Rĕḵaḇ, ruler of the district of Bĕyth Hakkerem. He built it and set up its doors, its bolts and bars.

15. And the Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Ḥozeh, ruler of the district of Mitspah. He built it and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts and bars – also the wall of the Pool of Shelaḥ by the Sovereign’s Garden, as far as the stairs going down from the City of Dawiḏ.

16. After him Neḥemyah son of Azbuq, ruler of half the district of Bĕyth Tsur, made repairs as far as opposite the tombs of Dawiḏ, and to the man-made pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.

17. After him the Lĕwites, Reḥum son of Bani, made repairs. Next to him repaired Ḥashaḇyah, ruler of half the district of Qe‛ilah, for his district.

18. After him their brothers, Bawwai son of Ḥĕnaḏaḏ, ruler of the other half of the district of Qe‛ilah, made repairs.

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