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Ezra 8
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Heads of Families Who Returned with Ezra

8These are their family heads, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:H7218H1H3187H5927H894H4438H783H4428 2Of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom. Of Ithamar, Daniel. Of David, Hattush,H1121H6372H1647H1121H385H1840H1121H1732H2407 3of the descendants of Shecaniah. Of Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered one hundred fifty males.H1121H7935H1121H6551H2148H3187H2145H3967H2572 4Of the descendants of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.H1121H6355H454H1121H2228H3967H2145 5Of the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.H1121H7935H1121H3166H7969H3967H2145 6Of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.H1121H5720H5651H1121H3129H2572H2145 7Of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.H1121H5867H3470H1121H6271H7657H2145 8Of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty males.H1121H8203H2069H1121H4317H8084H2145 9Of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred eighteen males.H1121H3097H5662H1121H3171H3967H8083H6240H2145 10Of the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him one hundred sixty males.H1121H8019H1121H3131H3967H8346H2145 11Of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.H1121H893H2148H1121H893H6242H8083H2145 12Of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred ten males.H1121H5803H3110H1121H6997H3967H6235H2145 13Of the descendants of Adonikam, those who came later, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.H314H1121H140H8034H467H3273H8098H8346H2145 14Of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them seventy males.H1121H902H5793H2072H2139H7657H2145

Servants for the Temple

15I gathered them by the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there none of the descendants of Levi.H6908H5104H935H163H2583H7969H3117H995H5971H3548H4672H1121H3878 16Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise,H7971H461H740H8098H494H3402H494H5416H2148H4918H7218H3114H494H995 17and sent them to Iddo, the leader at the place called Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his colleagues the temple servants at Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God.H6680H3318H112H7218H4725H3703H7760H6310H1697H1696H112H251H5411H5411H4725H3703H935H8334H1004H430 18Since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the descendants of Mahli son of Levi son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and kin, eighteen;H2896H3027H430H935H376H7922H1121H4249H1121H3878H1121H3478H8274H1121H251H8083H6240 19also Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah of the descendants of Merari, with his kin and their sons, twenty;H2811H3470H1121H4847H251H1121H6242 20besides two hundred twenty of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.H5411H1732H8269H5414H5656H3881H3967H6242H5411H5344H8034

Fasting and Prayer for Protection

21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might deny ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.H7121H6685H5104H163H6031H6440H430H1245H3477H1870H2945H7399 22For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and cavalry to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king that the hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his power and his wrath are against all who forsake him.H954H7592H4428H2428H6571H5826H341H1870H559H4428H559H3027H430H2896H1245H5797H639H5800 23So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.H6684H1245H430H6279

Gifts for the Temple

24Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kin with them.H914H8147H6240H8269H3548H8274H2811H6235H251 25And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel there present had offered;H8254H3701H2091H3627H8641H1004H430H4428H3289H8269H3478H4672H7311 26I weighed out into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and one hundred silver vessels worth. . . talents, and one hundred talents of gold,H8254H3027H8337H3967H2572H3603H3701H3701H3627H3967H3603H2091H3967H3603 27twenty gold bowls worth a thousand darics, and two vessels of fine polished bronze as precious as gold.H6242H3713H2091H505H150H8147H3627H2896H6668H5178H2532H2091 28And I said to them, "You are holy to the LORD, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your ancestors.H559H6944H3068H3627H6944H3701H2091H5071H3068H430H1 29Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of families in Israel at Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the LORD."H8245H8104H8254H6440H8269H3548H3881H8269H1H3478H3389H3957H1004H3068 30So the priests and the Levites took over the silver, the gold, and the vessels as they were weighed out, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.H6901H3548H3881H4948H3701H2091H3627H935H3389H1004H430

The Return to Jerusalem

31Then we left the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes along the way.H5265H5104H163H8147H6240H7223H2320H3212H3389H3027H430H5337H3709H341H693H1870 32We came to Jerusalem and remained there three days.H935H3389H3427H7969H3117 33On the fourth day, within the house of our God, the silver, the gold, and the vessels were weighed into the hands of the priest Meremoth son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.H7243H3117H3701H2091H3627H8254H1004H430H3027H4822H1121H223H3548H499H1121H6372H3107H1121H3442H5129H1121H1131H3881 34The total was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded.H4557H4948H4948H3789H6256 35At that time those who had come from captivity, the returned exiles, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and as a sin offering twelve male goats; all this was a burnt offering to the LORD.H1121H1473H935H7628H7126H5930H430H3478H8147H6240H6499H3478H8673H8337H352H7657H7651H3532H8147H6240H6842H2403H5930H3068 36They also delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps and to the governors of the province Beyond the River; and they supported the people and the house of God.H5414H4428H1881H4428H323H6346H5676H5104H5375H5971H1004H430


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