Ezra:8

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ylt @Ezra:8:1 @And these [are ] heads of their fathers , and the genealogy of those going up with me , in the reign of Artaxerxes the king , from Babylon . ylt @Ezra:8:2 @From the sons of Phinehas : Gershom ; from the sons of Ithamar : Daniel ; from the sons of David : Hattush ; ylt @Ezra:8:3 @from the sons of Shechaniah , from the sons of Pharosh : Zechariah , and with him , reckoning themselves by genealogy , of males a hundred and fifty . ylt @Ezra:8:4 @From the sons of Pahath-Moab : Elihoenai son of Zerahiah , and with him two hundred who are males . ylt @Ezra:8:5 @From the sons of Shechaniah : the son of Jahaziel , and with him three hundred who are males . ylt @Ezra:8:6 @And from the sons of Adin : Ebed son of Jonathan , and with him fifty who are males . ylt @Ezra:8:7 @And from the sons of Elam : Jeshaiah son of Athaliah , and with him seventy who are males . ylt @Ezra:8:8 @And from the sons of Shephatiah : Zebadiah son of Michael , and with him eighty who are males . ylt @Ezra:8:9 @From the sons of Joab : Obadiah son of Jehiel , and with him two hundred and eighteen who are males . ylt @Ezra:8:10 @And from the sons of Shelomith , the son of Josiphiah , and with him a hundred and sixty who are males . ylt @Ezra:8:11 @And from the sons of Bebai : Zechariah son of Bebai , and with him twenty and eight who are males . ylt @Ezra:8:12 @And from the sons of Azgad : Johanan son of Hakkatan , and with him a hundred and ten who are males . ylt @Ezra:8:13 @And from the younger sons of Adonikam -- and these [are ] their names -- Eliphelet , Jeiel , and Shemaiah , and with them sixty who are males . ylt @Ezra:8:14 @And from the sons of Bigvai , Uthai and Zabbud , and with them seventy who are males . ylt @Ezra:8:15 @And I gather them unto the river that is going unto Ahava , and we encamp there three days ; and I consider about the people , and about the priests , and of the sons of Levi I have found none there ; ylt @Ezra:8:16 @and I send for Eliezer , for Ariel , for Shemaiah , and for Elnathan , and for Jarib , and for Elnathan , and for Nathan , and for Zechariah , and for Meshullam , heads , and for Joiarib , and for Elnathan , men of understanding ; ylt @Ezra:8:17 @and I charge them for Iddo the head , in the place Casiphia , and put in their mouth words to speak unto Iddo , [and ] his brethren the Nethinim , in the place Casiphia , to bring to us ministrants for the house of our God . ylt @Ezra:8:18 @And they bring to us , according to the good hand of our God upon us , a man of understanding , of the sons of Mahli , son of Levi , son of Israel , and Sherebiah , and his sons , and his brethren , eighteen ; ylt @Ezra:8:19 @and Hashabiah , and with him Jeshaiah , of the sons of Merari , his brethren , and their sons , twenty ; ylt @Ezra:8:20 @and from the Nethinim , whom David and the heads gave for the service of the Levites , two hundred and twenty Nethinim , all of them defined by name . ylt @Ezra:8:21 @And I proclaim there a fast , by the river Ahava , to afflict ourselves before our God , to seek from Him a right way for us , and for our infants , and for all our substance , ylt @Ezra:8:22 @for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way , for we spake to the king , saying , 'The hand of our God [is ] upon all seeking Him for good , and His strength and His wrath [is ] upon all forsaking Him .' ylt @Ezra:8:23 @And we fast , and seek from our God for this , and He is entreated of us . ylt @Ezra:8:24 @And I separate from the heads of the priests , twelve , even Sherebiah , Hashabiah , and with them of their brethren ten , ylt @Ezra:8:25 @and I weigh to them the silver , and the gold , and the vessels , a heave-offering of the house of our God , that the king , and his counsellors , and his heads , and all Israel -- those present -- lifted up ; ylt @Ezra:8:26 @and I weigh to their hand , of silver , talents six hundred and fifty , and of vessels of silver a hundred talents , of gold a hundred talents , ylt @Ezra:8:27 @and basins of gold twenty , of a thousand drams , and two vessels of good shining brass , desirable as gold . ylt @Ezra:8:28 @And I say unto them , 'Ye [are ] holy to Jehovah , and the vessels [are ] holy , and the silver and the gold [are ] a willing-offering to Jehovah , God of your fathers ; ylt @Ezra:8:29 @watch , and keep , till ye weigh before the heads of the priests , and of the Levites , and the heads of the fathers of Israel , in Jerusalem , in the chambers of the house of Jehovah .' ylt @Ezra:8:30 @And the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver , and of the gold , and of the vessels , to bring to Jerusalem to the house of our God . ylt @Ezra:8:31 @And we journey from the river Ahava , on the twelfth of the first month , to go to Jerusalem , and the hand of our God hath been upon us , and He delivereth us from the hand of the enemy and the lier in wait by the way ; ylt @Ezra:8:32 @and we come in to Jerusalem , and dwell there three days . ylt @Ezra:8:33 @And on the fourth day hath been weighed the silver , and the gold , and the vessels , in the house of our God , unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest , and with him Eleazar son of Phinehas , and with them Jozabad son of Jeshua , and Noadiah son of Binnui , the Levites : ylt @Ezra:8:34 @by number , by weight of every one , and all the weight is written at that time . ylt @Ezra:8:35 @Those coming in of the captives -- sons of the removal -- have brought near burnt-offerings to the God of Israel , bullocks twelve , for all Israel , rams ninety and six , lambs seventy and seven , young he-goats for a sin-offering twelve -- the whole a burnt-offering to Jehovah ; ylt @Ezra:8:36 @and they give the laws of the king to the lieutenants of the king and the governors beyond the river , and they have lifted up the people and the house of God .

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