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People
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| Ezra 8:1 |
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Now 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: |
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| Ezra 8:2 |
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of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons
of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush; |
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| Ezra 8:3 |
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of the sons of Shecaniah who was of the sons
of Parosh, Zechariah and with him 150 males who were in the genealogical list; |
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| Ezra 8:4 |
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of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son
of Zerahiah and 200 males with him; |
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| Ezra 8:5 |
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of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, the son of
Jahaziel and 300 males with him; |
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| Ezra 8:6 |
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and of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan
and 50 males with him; |
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| Ezra 8:7 |
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and of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of
Athaliah and 70 males with him; |
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| Ezra 8:8 |
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and of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the
son of Michael and 80 males with him; |
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| Ezra 8:9 |
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of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel
and 218 males with him; |
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| Ezra 8:10 |
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and of the sons of Bani, Shelomith, the son
of Josiphiah and 160 males with him; |
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| Ezra 8:11 |
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and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son
of Bebai and 28 males with him; |
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| Ezra 8:12 |
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and of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of
Hakkatan and 110 males with him; |
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| Ezra 8:13 |
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and of the sons of Adonikam, the last ones,
these being their names, Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and 60 males with them;
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| Ezra 8:14 |
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and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud,
and 70 males with them. |
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Ezra Sends for Levites |
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| Ezra 8:15 |
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Now 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. |
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| Ezra 8:16 |
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So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan,
Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib
and Elnathan, teachers. |
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| Ezra 8:17 |
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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. |
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| Ezra 8:18 |
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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; |
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| Ezra 8:19 |
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and Hashabiah and Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari,
with his brothers and their sons, 20 men; |
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| Ezra 8:20 |
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and 220 of the temple servants, whom David and
the princes had given for the service of the Levites, all of them designated by
name. |
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Protection of God Invoked |
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| Ezra 8:21 |
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Then 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. |
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| Ezra 8:22 |
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For 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." |
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| Ezra 8:23 |
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So we fasted and sought our God concerning this
matter, and He listened to our entreaty. |
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| Ezra 8:24 |
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Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests,
Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers; |
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| Ezra 8:25 |
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and 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. |
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| Ezra 8:26 |
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Thus I weighed into their hands 650 talents
of silver, and silver utensils worth 100 talents, and 100 gold talents, |
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| Ezra 8:27 |
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and 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two
utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold. |
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| Ezra 8:28 |
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Then 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. |
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| Ezra 8:29 |
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"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." |
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| Ezra 8:30 |
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So 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. |
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| Ezra 8:31 |
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Then 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.
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| Ezra 8:32 |
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Thus we came to Jerusalem and remained there
three days. |
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Treasure Placed in the Temple |
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| Ezra 8:33 |
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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.
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| Ezra 8:34 |
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Everything was numbered and weighed, and all
the weight was recorded at that time. |
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| Ezra 8:35 |
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The 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. |
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| Ezra 8:36 |
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Then 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. |
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