Ezra 8
8Now these are the heads of their fathers' [households] and the genealogical enrollment of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes:H7218H1H3187H5927H894H4438H783H44282of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;H1121H6372H1647H1121H385H1840H1121H1732H24073of the sons of Shecaniah [who was] of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah and with him 150 males [who were in] the genealogical list;H1121H7935H1121H6551H2148H3187H2145H3967H25724of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and 200 males with him;H1121H6355H454H1121H2228H3967H21455of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel and 300 males with him;H1121H7935H1121H3166H7969H3967H21456and of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan and 50 males with him;H1121H5720H5651H1121H3129H2572H21457and of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 males with him;H1121H5867H3470H1121H6271H7657H21458and of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael and 80 males with him;H1121H8203H2069H1121H4317H8084H21459of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 males with him;H1121H3097H5662H1121H3171H3967H8083H6240H214510and of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah and 160 males with him;H1121H8019H1121H3131H3967H8346H214511and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 males with him;H1121H893H2148H1121H893H6242H8083H214512and of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 males with him;H1121H5803H3110H1121H6997H3967H6235H214513and of the sons of Adonikam, the last ones, these being their names, Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah and 60 males with them;H314H1121H140H8034H467H3273H8098H8346H214514and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud and 70 males with them.H1121H902H5793H2072H2139H7657H214515Now I assembled them at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I did not find any Levites there.H6908H5104H935H163H2583H7969H3117H995H5971H3548H4672H1121H387816So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, teachers.H7971H461H740H8098H494H3402H494H5416H2148H4918H7218H3114H494H99517And I sent them to Iddo the leading man at the place Casiphia; and I told them what to say to Iddo [and] his brothers, the temple servants at the place Casiphia, [that is,] to bring ministers to us for the house of our God.H6680H3318H112H7218H4725H3703H7760H6310H1697H1696H112H251H5411H5411H4725H3703H935H8334H1004H43018And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of insight of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, and his sons and brothers, 18 men;H2896H3027H430H935H376H7922H1121H4249H1121H3878H1121H3478H8274H1121H251H8083H624019and Hashabiah and Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, 20 men;H2811H3470H1121H4847H251H1121H624220and 220 of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, all of them designated by name.H5411H1732H8269H5414H5656H3881H3967H6242H5411H5344H803421Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.H7121H6685H5104H163H6031H6440H430H1245H3477H1870H2945H739922For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, "The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him."H954H7592H4428H2428H6571H5826H341H1870H559H4428H559H3027H430H2896H1245H5797H639H580023So we fasted and sought our God concerning this [matter,] and He listened to our entreaty.H6684H1245H430H627924Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers;H914H8147H6240H8269H3548H8274H2811H6235H25125and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel present [there,] had offered.H8254H3701H2091H3627H8641H1004H430H4428H3289H8269H3478H4672H731126Thus I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver utensils [worth] 100 talents, [and] 100 gold talents,H8254H3027H8337H3967H2572H3603H3701H3701H3627H3967H3603H2091H3967H360327and 20 gold bowls, [worth] 10000 darics; and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.H6242H3713H2091H505H150H8147H3627H2896H6668H5178H2532H209128Then I said to them, "You are holy to the LORD, and the utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers.H559H6944H3068H3627H6944H3701H2091H5071H3068H430H129"Watch and keep [them] until you weigh [them] before the leading priests, the Levites, and the heads of the fathers' [households] of Israel at Jerusalem, [in] the chambers of the house of the LORD."H8245H8104H8254H6440H8269H3548H3881H8269H1H3478H3389H3957H1004H306830So the priests and the Levites accepted the weighed out silver and gold and the utensils, to bring [them] to Jerusalem to the house of our God.H6901H3548H3881H4948H3701H2091H3627H935H3389H1004H43031Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was over us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.H5265H5104H163H8147H6240H7223H2320H3212H3389H3027H430H5337H3709H341H693H187032Thus we came to Jerusalem and remained there three days.H935H3389H3427H7969H311733And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the utensils were weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them [were] the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui.H7243H3117H3701H2091H3627H8254H1004H430H3027H4822H1121H223H3548H499H1121H6372H3107H1121H3442H5129H1121H1131H388134Everything [was] numbered and weighed, and all the weight was recorded at that time.H4557H4948H4948H3789H625635The exiles who had come from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, 12 male goats for a sin offering, all as a burnt offering to the LORD.H1121H1473H935H7628H7126H5930H430H3478H8147H6240H6499H3478H8673H8337H352H7657H7651H3532H8147H6240H6842H2403H5930H306836Then they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps, and to the governors [in the provinces] beyond the River, and they supported the people and the house of God.H5414H4428H1881H4428H323H6346H5676H5104H5375H5971H1004H430
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