A citation from the library
Rashi, on Neh 13:6
Rashi · 1040–1105
Neh 13:6 · Douay-Rheims
“But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king, and after certain days I asked the king:”
On this verse:
“Now with all this during this entire episode. I came to the king when I returned to Babylon. I requested of the king to give me permission to go up and to return to Jerusalem.”
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.