Ezra 8
8These are the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the genealogy 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, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and registered with him were one hundred and fifty males;H1121H7935H1121H6551H2148H3187H2145H3967H25724of the sons of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males;H1121H6355H454H1121H2228H3967H21455of the sons of Shechaniah, Ben-Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males;H1121H7935H1121H3166H7969H3967H21456of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males;H1121H5720H5651H1121H3129H2572H21457of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males;H1121H5867H3470H1121H6271H7657H21458of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males;H1121H8203H2069H1121H4317H8084H21459of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males;H1121H3097H5662H1121H3171H3967H8083H6240H214510of the sons of Shelomith, Ben-Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males;H1121H8019H1121H3131H3967H8346H214511of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;H1121H893H2148H1121H893H6242H8083H214512of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males;H1121H5803H3110H1121H6997H3967H6235H214513of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these—Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah—and with them sixty males;H314H1121H140H8034H467H3273H8098H8346H214514also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.H1121H902H5793H2072H2139H7657H214515Now I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.H6908H5104H935H163H2583H7969H3117H995H5971H3548H4672H1121H387816Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leaders; also for Joiarib and Elnathan, men of understanding.H7971H461H740H8098H494H3402H494H5416H2148H4918H7218H3114H494H99517And I gave them a command for Iddo the chief man at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim at the place Casiphia—that they should bring us servants for the house of our God.H6680H3318H112H7218H4725H3703H7760H6310H1697H1696H112H251H5411H5411H4725H3703H935H8334H1004H43018Then, by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and brothers, eighteen men;H2896H3027H430H935H376H7922H1121H4249H1121H3878H1121H3478H8274H1121H251H8083H624019and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty men;H2811H3470H1121H4847H251H1121H624220also of the Nethinim, whom David and the leaders had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim. All of them were 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 the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions.H7121H6685H5104H163H6031H6440H430H1245H3477H1870H2945H739922For I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying, "The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him."H954H7592H4428H2428H6571H5826H341H1870H559H4428H559H3027H430H2896H1245H5797H639H580023So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer.H6684H1245H430H627924And I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them—H914H8147H6240H8269H3548H8274H2811H6235H25125and weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel who were present, had offered.H8254H3701H2091H3627H8641H1004H430H4428H3289H8269H3478H4672H731126I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold,H8254H3027H8337H3967H2572H3603H3701H3701H3627H3967H3603H2091H3967H360327twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold.H6242H3713H2091H505H150H8147H3627H2896H6668H5178H2532H209128And I said to them, "You are holy to the LORD; the articles are holy also; 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 leaders of the priests and the Levites and heads of the fathers' houses of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD."H8245H8104H8254H6440H8269H3548H3881H8269H1H3478H3389H3957H1004H306830So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles by weight, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.H6901H3548H3881H4948H3701H2091H3627H935H3389H1004H43031Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road.H5265H5104H163H8147H6240H7223H2320H3212H3389H3027H430H5337H3709H341H693H187032So we came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.H935H3389H3427H7969H311733Now on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the articles were weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui,H7243H3117H3701H2091H3627H8254H1004H430H3027H4822H1121H223H3548H499H1121H6372H3107H1121H3442H5129H1121H1131H388134with the number and weight of everything. All the weight was written down at that time.H4557H4948H4948H3789H625635The children of those who had been carried away captive, who had come from the captivity, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.H1121H1473H935H7628H7126H5930H430H3478H8147H6240H6499H3478H8673H8337H352H7657H7651H3532H8147H6240H6842H2403H5930H306836And they delivered the king's orders to the king's satraps and the governors in the region beyond the River. So they gave support to the people and the house of God.H5414H4428H1881H4428H323H6346H5676H5104H5375H5971H1004H430
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