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Ezra 8
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The People Who Returned from Exile

8This is the list of the heads of the clans who had been in exile in Babylonia and who returned with Ezra to Jerusalem when Artaxerxes was emperor:H7218H1H3187H5927H894H4438H783H4428
2Gershom, of the clan of Phinehas; Daniel, of the clan of Ithamar; Hattush son of Shecaniah, of the clan of David;H1121H6372H1647H1121H385H1840H1121H1732H2407
3Zechariah, of the clan of Parosh, with 150 men of his clan (there were records of their family lines);H1121H7935H1121H6551H2148H3187H2145H3967H2572
4Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, of the clan of Pahath Moab, with 200 men;H1121H6355H454H1121H2228H3967H2145
5Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, of the clan of Zattu, with 300 men;H1121H7935H1121H3166H7969H3967H2145
6Ebed son of Jonathan, of the clan of Adin, with 50 men;H1121H5720H5651H1121H3129H2572H2145
7Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, of the clan of Elam, with 70 men;H1121H5867H3470H1121H6271H7657H2145
8Zebadiah son of Michael, of the clan of Shephatiah, with 80 men;H1121H8203H2069H1121H4317H8084H2145
9Obadiah son of Jehiel, of the clan of Joab, with 218 men;H1121H3097H5662H1121H3171H3967H8083H6240H2145
10Shelomith son of Josiphiah, of the clan of Bani, with 160 men;H1121H8019H1121H3131H3967H8346H2145
11Zechariah son of Bebai, of the clan of Bebai, with 28 men;H1121H893H2148H1121H893H6242H8083H2145
12Johanan son of Hakkatan, of the clan of Azgad, with 110 men;H1121H5803H3110H1121H6997H3967H6235H2145
13Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, of the clan of Adonikam, with 60 men (they returned at a later date);H314H1121H140H8034H467H3273H8098H8346H2145
14Uthai and Zaccur, of the clan of Bigvai, with 70 men.H1121H902H5793H2072H2139H7657H2145

Ezra Finds Levites for the Temple

15I assembled the entire group by the canal that runs to the town of Ahava, and we camped there three days. I found that there were priests in the group, but no Levites.H6908H5104H935H163H2583H7969H3117H995H5971H3548H4672H1121H3878
16I sent for nine of the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, and for two teachers, Joiarib and Elnathan.H7971H461H740H8098H494H3402H494H5416H2148H4918H7218H3114H494H995
17I sent them to Iddo, head of the community at Casiphia, to ask him and his associates, the Temple workers, to send us people to serve God in the Temple.H6680H3318H112H7218H4725H3703H7760H6310H1697H1696H112H251H5411H5411H4725H3703H935H8334H1004H430
18Through God's grace they sent us Sherebiah, an able man, a Levite from the clan of Mahli; and eighteen of his sons and brothers came with him.H2896H3027H430H935H376H7922H1121H4249H1121H3878H1121H3478H8274H1121H251H8083H6240
19They also sent Hashabiah and Jeshaiah of the clan of Merari, with twenty of their relatives.H2811H3470H1121H4847H251H1121H6242
20In addition there were 220 Temple workers whose ancestors had been designated by King David and his officials to assist the Levites. They were all listed by name.H5411H1732H8269H5414H5656H3881H3967H6242H5411H5344H8034

Ezra Leads the People in Fasting and Prayer

21There by the Ahava Canal I gave orders for us all to fast and humble ourselves before our God and to ask him to lead us on our journey and protect us and our children and all our possessions.H7121H6685H5104H163H6031H6440H430H1245H3477H1870H2945H7399
22I would have been ashamed to ask the emperor for a troop of cavalry to guard us from any enemies during our journey, because I had told him that our God blesses everyone who trusts him, but that he is displeased with and punishes anyone who turns away from him.H954H7592H4428H2428H6571H5826H341H1870H559H4428H559H3027H430H2896H1245H5797H639H5800
23So we fasted and prayed for God to protect us, and he answered our prayers.H6684H1245H430H6279

The Gifts for the Temple

24From among the leading priests I chose Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten others.H914H8147H6240H8269H3548H8274H2811H6235H251
25Then I weighed out the silver, the gold, and the utensils which the emperor, his advisers and officials, and the people of Israel had given to be used in the Temple, and I gave it to the priests.H8254H3701H2091H3627H8641H1004H430H4428H3289H8269H3478H4672H7311
26This is what I gave them: silver - 25 tons, 100 silver utensils - 150 pounds, gold - 7,500 pounds,H8254H3027H8337H3967H2572H3603H3701H3701H3627H3967H3603H2091H3967H3603
2720 gold bowls - 270 ounces, fine bronze bowls, equal in value to gold bowls.H6242H3713H2091H505H150H8147H3627H2896H6668H5178H2532H2091
28I said to them, "You are sacred to the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and so are all the silver and gold utensils brought to him as freewill offerings.H559H6944H3068H3627H6944H3701H2091H5071H3068H430H1
29Guard them carefully until you reach the Temple. There in the priests' rooms weigh them and turn them over to the leaders of the priests and of the Levites, and to the leaders of the people of Israel in Jerusalem."H8245H8104H8254H6440H8269H3548H3881H8269H1H3478H3389H3957H1004H3068
30So the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the utensils, to take them to the Temple in Jerusalem.H6901H3548H3881H4948H3701H2091H3627H935H3389H1004H430

The Return to Jerusalem

31It was on the twelfth day of the first month that we left the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. Our God was with us and protected us from enemy attacks and from ambush as we traveled.H5265H5104H163H8147H6240H7223H2320H3212H3389H3027H430H5337H3709H341H693H1870
32When we reached Jerusalem, we rested three days.H935H3389H3427H7969H3117
33Then on the fourth day we went to the Temple, weighed the silver, the gold, and the utensils, and turned them over to Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah. With him were Eleazar son of Phinehas and two Levites, Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.H7243H3117H3701H2091H3627H8254H1004H430H3027H4822H1121H223H3548H499H1121H6372H3107H1121H3442H5129H1121H1131H3881
34Everything was counted and weighed, and a complete record was made at the same time.H4557H4948H4948H3789H6256
35All those who had returned from exile then brought offerings to be burned as sacrifices to the God of Israel. They offered 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, and 77 lambs; they also offered 12 goats to purify themselves from sin. All these animals were burned as sacrifices to the LORD.H1121H1473H935H7628H7126H5930H430H3478H8147H6240H6499H3478H8673H8337H352H7657H7651H3532H8147H6240H6842H2403H5930H3068
36They also took the document the emperor had given them and gave it to the governors and officials of West-of-Euphrates Province, who then gave their support to the people and the Temple worship.H5414H4428H1881H4428H323H6346H5676H5104H5375H5971H1004H430


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