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Ezra 8
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People Who Went with Ezra

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:H7218H1H3187H5927H894H4438H783H4428 2of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;H1121H6372H1647H1121H385H1840H1121H1732H2407 3of the sons of Shecaniah [who was] of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah and with him 150 males [who were in] the genealogical list;H1121H7935H1121H6551H2148H3187H2145H3967H2572 4of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and 200 males with him;H1121H6355H454H1121H2228H3967H2145 5of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel and 300 males with him;H1121H7935H1121H3166H7969H3967H2145 6and of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan and 50 males with him;H1121H5720H5651H1121H3129H2572H2145 7and of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 males with him;H1121H5867H3470H1121H6271H7657H2145 8and of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael and 80 males with him;H1121H8203H2069H1121H4317H8084H2145 9of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 males with him;H1121H3097H5662H1121H3171H3967H8083H6240H2145 10and of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah and 160 males with him;H1121H8019H1121H3131H3967H8346H2145 11and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 males with him;H1121H893H2148H1121H893H6242H8083H2145 12and of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 males with him;H1121H5803H3110H1121H6997H3967H6235H2145 13and of the sons of Adonikam, the last ones, these being their names, Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah and 60 males with them;H314H1121H140H8034H467H3273H8098H8346H2145 14and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud and 70 males with them.H1121H902H5793H2072H2139H7657H2145

Ezra Sends for Levites

15Now 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.H6908H5104H935H163H2583H7969H3117H995H5971H3548H4672H1121H3878 16So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, teachers.H7971H461H740H8098H494H3402H494H5416H2148H4918H7218H3114H494H995 17And 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.H6680H3318H112H7218H4725H3703H7760H6310H1697H1696H112H251H5411H5411H4725H3703H935H8334H1004H430 18And 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;H2896H3027H430H935H376H7922H1121H4249H1121H3878H1121H3478H8274H1121H251H8083H6240 19and Hashabiah and Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, 20 men;H2811H3470H1121H4847H251H1121H6242 20and 220 of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, all of them designated by name.H5411H1732H8269H5414H5656H3881H3967H6242H5411H5344H8034

Protection of God Invoked

21Then 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.H7121H6685H5104H163H6031H6440H430H1245H3477H1870H2945H7399 22For 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."H954H7592H4428H2428H6571H5826H341H1870H559H4428H559H3027H430H2896H1245H5797H639H5800 23So we fasted and sought our God concerning this [matter,] and He listened to our entreaty.H6684H1245H430H6279 24Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers;H914H8147H6240H8269H3548H8274H2811H6235H251 25and 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.H8254H3701H2091H3627H8641H1004H430H4428H3289H8269H3478H4672H7311 26Thus I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver utensils [worth] 100 talents, [and] 100 gold talents,H8254H3027H8337H3967H2572H3603H3701H3701H3627H3967H3603H2091H3967H3603 27and 20 gold bowls, [worth] 10000 darics; and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.H6242H3713H2091H505H150H8147H3627H2896H6668H5178H2532H2091 28Then 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.H559H6944H3068H3627H6944H3701H2091H5071H3068H430H1 29"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."H8245H8104H8254H6440H8269H3548H3881H8269H1H3478H3389H3957H1004H3068 30So 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.H6901H3548H3881H4948H3701H2091H3627H935H3389H1004H430 31Then 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.H5265H5104H163H8147H6240H7223H2320H3212H3389H3027H430H5337H3709H341H693H1870 32Thus we came to Jerusalem and remained there three days.H935H3389H3427H7969H3117

Treasure Placed in the Temple

33And 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.H7243H3117H3701H2091H3627H8254H1004H430H3027H4822H1121H223H3548H499H1121H6372H3107H1121H3442H5129H1121H1131H3881 34Everything [was] numbered and weighed, and all the weight was recorded at that time.H4557H4948H4948H3789H6256 35The 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.H1121H1473H935H7628H7126H5930H430H3478H8147H6240H6499H3478H8673H8337H352H7657H7651H3532H8147H6240H6842H2403H5930H3068 36Then 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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