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Ezra
Chapter 8
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These are now the chief of their fathers,
and
this is the genealogy of them
that
went up with me from Babylon,
in
the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
2
Of the sons of Phinehas:
Gershom.
Of
the sons of Ithamar:
Daniel.
Of
the sons of David:
Hattush.
3
Of the sons of Shechaniah,
of
the sons of Pharosh:
Zechariah.
And
with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males
an
hundred and fifty.
4
Of the sons of Pahathmoab:
Elihoenai,
the son of Zerahiah,
and
with him two hundred males.
5
Of the sons of Shechaniah:
the
son of Jahaziel,
and
with him three hundred males.
6
Of the sons also of Adin:
Ebed,
the son of Jonathan,
and
with him fifty males.
7
And of the sons of Elam:
Jeshaiah.
the son of Athaliah,
and
with him seventy males.
8
And of the sons of Shephatiah:
Zebadiah,
the son of Michael,
and
with him fourscore males.
9
Of the sons of Joab:
Obadiah
the son of Jehiel,
and
with him two hundred and eighteen males.
10
And of the sons of Shelomith:
the
son of Josiphiah,
and
with him an hundred and three-score males.
11
And of the sons of Bebai:
Zechariah
the son of Bebai,
and
with him twenty and eight males.
12
And of the sons of Azgad:
Johanan,
the son of Hakkatan,
and
with him an hundred and ten males.
13
And of the last sons of Adonikam,
whose
names are these:
Eliphelet,
Jeiel, and Shemaiah,
and
with them threescore males.
14
Of the sons also of Bigvai:
Uthai,
and Zabbud,
and
with them seventy males.
15
And I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava;
and
there abode we in tents three days.
And
I viewed the people,
and
the priests,
and
found there none of the sons of Levi.
16
Then sent I for Eliezer,
for
Ariel,
for
Shemaiah,
and
for Elnathan,
and
for Jarib,
and
for Elnathan,
and
for Nathan,
and
for Zechariah,
and
for Meshullam, chief men . . .
also
for Joiarib, and for Elnathan . . . men of understanding.
17
And I sent them with commandment
unto
Iddo, the chief at the place Casiphia,
and
I told them what they should say unto Iddo,
and
to his brethren the Nethinims,
at
the place Casiphia,
that
they should bring unto us
ministers
for the house of our 'Elohiym/Godhead.
18
And by the good hand of our 'Elohiym/Godhead upon us
they
brought us a man of understanding,
of
the sons of Mahli,
the
son of Levi,
the
son of Israel.
And Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen.
19
And Hashabiah, and with him, Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari,
his
brethren and their sons, twenty.
20
Also of the Nethinims,
whom
David and the princes had appointed
for
the service of the Levites,
two
hundred and twenty Nethinims.
All of them were expressed by name.
21
Then I proclaimed a fast there,
at
the river of Ahava,
that
we might afflict ourselves before our 'Elohiym/Godhead,
to
seek of Him a right Way for us,
and
for our little ones,
and
for all our substance.
22
For I was ashamed to require of the king
a
band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy
along
the way . . .
because
we had spoken unto the king, saying,
"The
hand of our 'Elohiym/Godhead is upon all them
for
good that seek Him . . .
but
His power and His wrath
is
against all them that forsake Him."
23
So we fasted and besought our 'Elohiym/Godhead for this
and
He was entreated of us.
24
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests,
Sherebiah,
Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25
and
weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,
even
the offering of the house of our 'Elohiym/Godhead,
which
the king, and his counselors,
and
his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered.
26
I even weighed unto their hand
six
hundred and fifty talents of silver,
and
silver vessels an hundred talents,
and
of gold an hundred talents.
27
Also twenty basins of gold,
of
a thousand drams;
and
two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
28
And I said unto them,
You
are holy unto Jehovah/God;
the
vessels are holy also;
and
the silver and the gold
are
a freewill offering
unto
Jehovah/God . . . 'Elohiym/Godhead of your fathers.
29
Watch you, and guard/keep them,
until
you weigh them
before
the chief of the priests and the Levites,
and
chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem,
in
the chambers of the house of Jehovah/God.
30
So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver,
and
the gold, and the vessels,
to
bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our 'Elohiym/Godhead.
31
Then we departed from the river of Ahava
on
the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem.
And
the hand of our 'Elohiym/Godhead was upon us,
and
he delivered us from the hand of the enemy,
and
of such as lay in wait by the way.
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
33
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold
and
the vessels weighed in the house of our 'Elohiym/Godhead
by
the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest.
And
with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas;
and
with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua,
and
Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
34
By number and by weight of every one.
And all the weight was written at that time.
35
Also the children of those that had been carried away,
which
were come out of the captivity,
offered
burnt offerings unto the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel,
twelve
bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams,
seventy
and seven lambs,
twelve
he goats for a sin offering.
All this was a burnt offering unto Jehovah/God.
36
And they delivered the king's commissions
unto
the king's lieutenants,
and
to the governors on this side the river
and
they furthered the people,
and
the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead.
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