rwbs - Ezra:8:15-36

rwbs@Ezra:8:15 @ And I gathered them at the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we abode in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. (note:)abode: or, pitched(:note)

rwbs@Ezra:8:16 @ 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.

rwbs@Ezra:8:17 @ And I sent them with commandment to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo, to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God. (note:)I told…: Hebrews. I put words in their mouth(:note)

rwbs@Ezra:8:18 @ 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;

rwbs@Ezra:8:19 @ And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

rwbs@Ezra:8:20 @ 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 mentioned by name.

rwbs@Ezra:8:21 @ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river 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.

rwbs@Ezra:8:22 @ 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 to the king, saying, The hand of our God upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath against all them that forsake him.

rwbs@Ezra:8:23 @ So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated by us.

rwbs@Ezra:8:24 @ Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

rwbs@Ezra:8:25 @ And weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel present, had offered:

rwbs@Ezra:8:26 @ I even weighed to their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, of gold an hundred talents;

rwbs@Ezra:8:27 @ Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. (note:)fine…: Hebrews. yellow, or, shining brass(:note)precious: Heb. desirable

rwbs@Ezra:8:28 @ And I said to them, Ye holy to the LORD; the vessels holy also; and the silver and the gold a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers.

rwbs@Ezra:8:29 @ Watch ye, and keep, until ye weigh 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.

rwbs@Ezra:8:30 @ So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

rwbs@Ezra:8:31 @ Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth 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 of such as lay in wait by the way.

rwbs@Ezra:8:32 @ And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

rwbs@Ezra:8:33 @ 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 Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

rwbs@Ezra:8:34 @ By number by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

rwbs@Ezra:8:35 @ the children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve male goats a sin offering: all a burnt offering to the LORD.

rwbs@Ezra:8:36 @ And they delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s satraps, and to the governors on this side of the river: and they helped the people, and the house of God.