Ezra 8
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1 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 threescore 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 runneth 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 God.
18 And 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; 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 God, 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 in the way:
because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God 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 God for
this: and he was intreated 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 God,
which the king, and his counsellors, 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 basons of gold, of a
thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
28 And I said unto them, Ye are
holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the
gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
29 Watch ye, and keep them, until
ye 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 the
LORD.
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 God.
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 God 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 God 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 God 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 the LORD.
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 God.
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