Ezra:8:15-36
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I gathered them to the river that runs to Aha '
va ,
and there we encamped three days .
As I reviewed the people and the priests ,
I found there none of the sons of Levi .
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Then I sent for Elie '
zer ,
Ar '
i-el ,
Shemai '
ah ,
Elna '
than ,
Jarib ,
Elna '
than ,
Nathan ,
Zechari '
ah ,
and Meshul '
lam ,
leading men ,
and for Joi '
arib and Elna '
than ,
who were men of insight ,
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and sent them to Iddo ,
the leading man at the place Casiphi '
a ,
telling them what to say to Iddo and his brethren the temple servants at the place Casiphi '
a ,
namely ,
to send us ministers for the house of our God .
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And by the good hand of our God upon us ,
they brought us a man of discretion ,
of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi ,
son of Israel ,
namely Sherebi '
ah with his sons and kinsmen ,
eighteen ;
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also Hashabi '
ah and with him Jeshai '
ah of the sons of Merar '
i ,
with his kinsmen and their sons ,
twenty ;
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besides two hundred and twenty of the temple servants ,
whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites .
These were all mentioned by name .
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Then I proclaimed a fast there ,
at the river Aha '
va ,
that we might humble ourselves before our God ,
to seek from him a straight way for ourselves ,
our children ,
and all our goods .
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For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way ;
since we had told the king , "
The hand of our God is for good upon all that seek him ,
and the power of his wrath is against all that forsake him ."
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So we fasted and besought our God for this ,
and he listened to our entreaty .
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Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests :
Sherebi '
ah ,
Hashabi '
ah ,
and ten of their kinsmen with them .
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And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels ,
the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered ;
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I weighed out into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver ,
and silver vessels worth a hundred talents ,
and a hundred talents of gold ,
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twenty bowls of gold worth a thousand darics ,
and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold .
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And I said to them , "
You are holy to the LORD ,
and the vessels are holy ;
and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD ,
the God of your fathers .
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Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers '
houses in Israel at Jerusalem ,
within the chambers of the house of the LORD ."
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So the priests and the Levites took over the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels ,
to bring them to Jerusalem ,
to the house of our God .
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Then we departed from the river Aha '
va on the twelfth day of the first month ,
to go to Jerusalem ;
the hand of our God was upon us ,
and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way .
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We came to Jerusalem ,
and there we remained three days .
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On the fourth day ,
within the house of our God ,
the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed into the hands of Mer '
emoth the priest ,
son of Uri '
ah ,
and with him was Elea '
zar the son of Phin '
ehas ,
and with them were the Levites ,
Jo '
zabad the son of Jeshua and No-adi '
ah the son of Bin '
nui .
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The whole was counted and weighed ,
and the weight of everything was recorded .
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At that time those who had come from captivity ,
the returned exiles ,
offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel ,
twelve bulls for all Israel ,
ninety-six rams ,
seventy-seven lambs ,
and as a sin offering twelve he-goats ;
all this was a burnt offering to the LORD .
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They also delivered the king '
s commissions to the king '
s satraps and to the governors of the province Beyond the River ;
and they aided the people and the house of God .
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