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Ezra’s List of Family Leaders

8These are the leaders of the families listed among those who left Babylon with me during the reign of King Artaxerxes:H7218H1H3187H5927H894H4438H783H4428
2From Phinehas's descendants: Gershom. From Ithamar's descendants: Daniel. From David's descendants: Hattush.H1121H6372H1647H1121H385H1840H1121H1732H2407
3From Shecaniah's descendants and from Parosh's descendants: Zechariah, along with 150 men whose genealogies had been certified.H1121H7935H1121H6551H2148H3187H2145H3967H2572
4From Pahath-moab's descendants: Zerahiah's son Eliehoenai and 200 men with him.H1121H6355H454H1121H2228H3967H2145
5From Zattu's descendants: Jahaziel's son Shecaniah and 300 men with him.H1121H7935H1121H3166H7969H3967H2145
6From Adin's descendants: Jonathan's son Ebed and 50 men with him.H1121H5720H5651H1121H3129H2572H2145
7From Elam's descendants: Athaliah's son Jeshaiah and 70 men with him.H1121H5867H3470H1121H6271H7657H2145
8From Shephatiah's descendants: Michael's son Zebadiah and 80 men with him.H1121H8203H2069H1121H4317H8084H2145
9From Joab's descendants: Jehiel's son Obadiah and 218 men with him.H1121H3097H5662H1121H3171H3967H8083H6240H2145
10From Bani's descendants: Josiphaiah's son Shelomith and 160 men with him.H1121H8019H1121H3131H3967H8346H2145
11From Bebai's descendants: Bebai's son Zechariah and 28 men with him.H1121H893H2148H1121H893H6242H8083H2145
12From Azgad's descendants: Hakkatan's son Johanan and 110 men with him.H1121H5803H3110H1121H6997H3967H6235H2145
13From Adonikam's later descendants: Eliphelet, Jeuel, Shemaih, and 60 men with him.H314H1121H140H8034H467H3273H8098H8346H2145
14From Bigvai's descendants: Uthai, Zabbud, and 70 men with him.8H1121H902H5793H2072H2139H7657H2145

Ezra Calls the Leaders to Fast

15I gathered them together at the river that flows toward Ahava, where we camped three days. Afterwards, I examined the people and the priests, but found no descendants of Levi there.H6908H5104H935H163H2583H7969H3117H995H5971H3548H4672H1121H3878
16So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were senior leaders, as well as for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment.H7971H461H740H8098H494H3402H494H5416H2148H4918H7218H3114H494H995
17I told them to go see Iddo, a leader of Casiphia, and tell him and his relatives (administrators of Casiphia) to bring us men who could serve in the temple of our God.H6680H3318H112H7218H4725H3703H7760H6310H1697H1696H112H251H5411H5411H4725H3703H935H8334H1004H430
18By the grace of our God they brought back a discerning man from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Israel's son Levi, along with Sherebiah and eighteen of his sons and brothers;H2896H3027H430H935H376H7922H1121H4249H1121H3878H1121H3478H8274H1121H251H8083H6240
19Hashabiah and Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari andH2811H3470H1121H4847H251H1121H6242
20of his brothers and their sons; 20220 descendants of the temple Servants whom David and the leaders had appointed to serve the Levites, listed by name.H5411H1732H8269H5414H5656H3881H3967H6242H5411H5344H8034
21Then I called for a fast there at the Ahava River so we could humble ourselves before our God and seek from him an appropriate way for us and our little ones to live, and how we should guard our personal wealth,H7121H6685H5104H163H6031H6440H430H1245H3477H1870H2945H7399
22because I was ashamed to ask the king for a contingent of soldiers and cavalry to protect us from enemies we might encounter on the way. After all, we had told the king, "The hand of our God seeks the good of all who seek him, but his power and anger are against everyone who forsakes him."H954H7592H4428H2428H6571H5826H341H1870H559H4428H559H3027H430H2896H1245H5797H639H5800
23So we fasted and asked our God about this, and he listened to us.H6684H1245H430H6279

Ezra Delegates Responsibilities

24Next I selected twelve of the chief priests - Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them?H914H8147H6240H8269H3548H8274H2811H6235H251
25and divided between them the silver, the gold, the vessels, and the offering for the temple of our God which the king had offered, along with his advisors, his senior officials, and all of Israel assembled there.H8254H3701H2091H3627H8641H1004H430H4428H3289H8269H3478H4672H7311
26I divided among them 650 silver talents, silver utensils weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,H8254H3027H8337H3967H2572H3603H3701H3701H3627H3967H3603H2091H3967H3603
2720 gold basins weighing 1,000 darics each, and two vessels made of polished brass, as valuable as gold.8H6242H3713H2091H505H150H8147H3627H2896H6668H5178H2532H2091
28I told them, "You are consecrated to the Lord, and the vessels are also consecrated. The silver and the gold are a freely given offering to the Lord God of your ancestors.H559H6944H3068H3627H6944H3701H2091H5071H3068H430H1
29Guard and protect them until you disperse them to the chief priests, the Levites, and to the family leaders of Israel at Jerusalem in the chambers of the temple of the Lord."H8245H8104H8254H6440H8269H3548H3881H8269H1H3478H3389H3957H1004H3068
30So the priests and Levites took possession of the silver, the gold, and the vessels in order to bring them to Jerusalem, to the temple of our God.829H6901H3548H3881H4948H3701H2091H3627H935H3389H1004H430
31Then we left the Ahava River for Jerusalem on the twelfth day of the first month. Our God's protection was with us, and he delivered us from the enemy's power and from ambush along the way.H5265H5104H163H8147H6240H7223H2320H3212H3389H3027H430H5337H3709H341H693H1870

Ezra’s Delegation Arrives in Jerusalem

32We arrived in Jerusalem and remained there three days.H935H3389H3427H7969H3117
33On the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the vessels were distributed at the temple of our God into the care of Uriah's son Meremoth the priest, Phinehas' son Eleazar, Jeshua's son Jozabad, and Binnui's son Noadiah, the Levites.H7243H3117H3701H2091H3627H8254H1004H430H3027H4822H1121H223H3548H499H1121H6372H3107H1121H3442H5129H1121H1131H3881
34Distribution was according to inventory and weight, with all weights being recorded at that time.H4557H4948H4948H3789H6256
35The descendants of those who had been taken into captivity and who had returned from captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all of Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering - all of them burnt offerings to the Lord.H1121H1473H935H7628H7126H5930H430H3478H8147H6240H6499H3478H8673H8337H352H7657H7651H3532H8147H6240H6842H2403H5930H3068
36Then they delivered copies of the king's orders to the king's officers, and governors on this side of the Euphrates River. The orders were in support of the people and God's temple.H5414H4428H1881H4428H323H6346H5676H5104H5375H5971H1004H430


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