Ezra 8
8These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:H7218H1H3187H5927H894H4438H783H44282of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; of the descendants of David, HattushH1121H6372H1647H1121H385H1840H1121H1732H24073of the descendants of Shecaniah; of the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;H1121H7935H1121H6551H2148H3187H2145H3967H25724of the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;H1121H6355H454H1121H2228H3967H21455of the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;H1121H7935H1121H3166H7969H3967H21456of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;H1121H5720H5651H1121H3129H2572H21457of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;H1121H5867H3470H1121H6271H7657H21458of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;H1121H8203H2069H1121H4317H8084H21459of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;H1121H3097H5662H1121H3171H3967H8083H6240H214510of the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;H1121H8019H1121H3131H3967H8346H214511of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;H1121H893H2148H1121H893H6242H8083H214512of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;H1121H5803H3110H1121H6997H3967H6235H214513of the descendants of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;H314H1121H140H8034H467H3273H8098H8346H214514of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.H1121H902H5793H2072H2139H7657H214515I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there three days. When I checked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites there.H6908H5104H935H163H2583H7969H3117H995H5971H3548H4672H1121H387816So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of learning,H7971H461H740H8098H494H3402H494H5416H2148H4918H7218H3114H494H99517and I sent them to Iddo, the leader in Casiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his kinsmen, the temple servants in Casiphia, so that they might bring attendants to us for the house of our God.H6680H3318H112H7218H4725H3703H7760H6310H1697H1696H112H251H5411H5411H4725H3703H935H8334H1004H43018Because the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah, a capable man, from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah's sons and brothers, 18 men;H2896H3027H430H935H376H7922H1121H4249H1121H3878H1121H3478H8274H1121H251H8083H624019and Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and nephews, 20 men.H2811H3470H1121H4847H251H1121H624220They also brought 220 of the temple servants--a body that David and the officials had established to assist the Levites. All were registered by name.H5411H1732H8269H5414H5656H3881H3967H6242H5411H5344H803421There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.H7121H6685H5104H163H6031H6440H430H1245H3477H1870H2945H739922I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him."H954H7592H4428H2428H6571H5826H341H1870H559H4428H559H3027H430H2896H1245H5797H639H580023So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.H6684H1245H430H627924Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah and ten of their brothers,H914H8147H6240H8269H3548H8274H2811H6235H25125and I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God.H8254H3701H2091H3627H8641H1004H430H4428H3289H8269H3478H4672H731126I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,H8254H3027H8337H3967H2572H3603H3701H3701H3627H3967H3603H2091H3967H36032720 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics, and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.H6242H3713H2091H505H150H8147H3627H2896H6668H5178H2532H209128I said to them, "You as well as these articles are consecrated to the LORD. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.H559H6944H3068H3627H6944H3701H2091H5071H3068H430H129Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel."H8245H8104H8254H6440H8269H3548H3881H8269H1H3478H3389H3957H1004H306830Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.H6901H3548H3881H4948H3701H2091H3627H935H3389H1004H43031On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way.H5265H5104H163H8147H6240H7223H2320H3212H3389H3027H430H5337H3709H341H693H187032So we arrived in Jerusalem, where we rested three days.H935H3389H3427H7969H311733On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and the sacred articles into the hands of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, and so were the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.H7243H3117H3701H2091H3627H8254H1004H430H3027H4822H1121H223H3548H499H1121H6372H3107H1121H3442H5129H1121H1131H388134Everything was accounted for by number and weight, and the entire weight was recorded at that time.H4557H4948H4948H3789H625635Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs and, as a sin offering, twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.H1121H1473H935H7628H7126H5930H430H3478H8147H6240H6499H3478H8673H8337H352H7657H7651H3532H8147H6240H6842H2403H5930H306836They also delivered the king's orders to the royal satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who then gave assistance to the people and to the house of God.H5414H4428H1881H4428H323H6346H5676H5104H5375H5971H1004H430
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