Ezra 8
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These are the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
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of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, a Hattush;
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of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of b Parosh, Zechariah; and registered with him were one hundred and fifty males;
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of the sons of c PahathMo'ab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males;
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of the sons of Shechaniah, BenJahaziel, and with him three hundred males;
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of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males;
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of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males;
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of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males;
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of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males;
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of the sons of Shelomith, BenJosiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males;
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of the sons of d Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;
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of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males;
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of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these - Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah - and with them sixty males;
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also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
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Now I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the e sons of Levi there.
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Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and f Meshullam, leaders; also for Joiarib and Elnathan, men of understanding.
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And I gave them a command for Iddo the chief man at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim at the place Casiphia - that they should bring us servants for the house of our God.
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Then, by the good hand of our God upon us, they g brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and brothers, eighteen men;
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and h Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty men;
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i also of the Nethinim, whom David and the leaders had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim. All of them were designated by name.
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Then I j proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might k humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the l right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions.
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For m I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying, n "The hand of our God is upon all those for o good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are p against all those who q forsake Him."
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So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He r answered our prayer.
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And I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests - Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them -
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and weighed out to them s the silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel who were present, had offered.
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I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold,
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twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold.
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And I said to them, "You are t holy to the LORD; the articles are u holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers.
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"Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leaders of the priests and the Levites and v heads of the fathers' houses of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD."
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So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles by weight, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
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Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And w the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road.
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So we x came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.
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Now on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the articles were y 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; with them were the Levites, z Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui,
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with the number and weight of everything. All the weight was written down at that time.
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The children of those who had been a carried away captive, who had come from the captivity, b offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.
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And they delivered the king's c orders to the king's satraps and the governors in the region beyond the River. So they gave support to the people and the house of God.
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1 Chronicles 3:22
The son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat - six in all.
Ezra 2:68
Some of the heads of the fathers' houses, when they came to the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God, to erect it in its place:
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Ezra 2:3
The people of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
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Ezra 10:30
Of the sons of PahathMo'ab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
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Ezra 10:28
Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
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Ezra 7:7
Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
Ezra 8:2
Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush.
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Ezra 10:15
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite gave them support.
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2 Chronicles 30:22
And Hezekiah gave encouragement to all the Levites who taught the good knowledge of the LORD; and they ate throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
Nehemiah 8:7
Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law; and the people stood in their place.
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Nehemiah 12:24
And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them, to praise and give thanks, group alternating with group, according to the command of David the man of God.
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Ezra 2:43
The Nethinim: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth.
Ezra 7:7
Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
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1 Samuel 7:6
So they gathered together at Mizpah, drew water, and poured it out before the LORD. And they fasted that day, and said there, "We have sinned against the LORD." And Samuel judged the children of Israel at Mizpah.
2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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Leviticus 16:29
This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you.
Leviticus 23:29
For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people.
Isaiah 58:3
Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?' "In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, And exploit all your laborers.
Isaiah 58:5
Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call this a fast, And an acceptable day to the LORD?
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Psalms 5:8
Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight before my face.
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1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.
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Ezra 7:6
This Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
Ezra 7:9
On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
Ezra 7:28
And has extended mercy to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. So I was encouraged, as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me; and I gathered leading men of Israel to go up with me.
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Psalms 33:18
Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy.
Psalms 33:19
To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry.
Psalms 34:22
The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
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Psalms 34:16
The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
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2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
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1 Chronicles 5:20
And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they cried out to God in the battle. He heeded their prayer, because they put their trust in Him.
2 Chronicles 33:13
And prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.
Isaiah 19:22
And the LORD will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the LORD, and He will be entreated by them and heal them.
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Ezra 7:15
And whereas you are to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:16
And whereas all the silver and gold that you may find in all the province of Babylon, along with the freewill offering of the people and the priests, are to be freely offered for the house of their God in Jerusalem -
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Leviticus 21:6 - 9
They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said: " Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one, Whom You tested at Massah, And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah.
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Leviticus 22:2
Speak to Aaron and his sons, that they separate...
Leviticus 22:3
Say to them: 'Whoever of all your descendants t...
Numbers 4:4
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in th...
Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have finished cover...
Numbers 4:19
But do this in regard to them, that they may li...
Numbers 4:20
"But they shall not go in to watch while the ho...
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Ezra 4:3
But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel said to them, "You may do nothing with us to build a house for our God; but we alone will build to the LORD God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.
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Ezra 7:6
This Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
Ezra 7:9
On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
Ezra 7:28
And has extended mercy to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. So I was encouraged, as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me; and I gathered leading men of Israel to go up with me.
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Nehemiah 2:11
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
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Ezra 8:26
I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold.
Ezra 8:30
So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles by weight, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
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Nehemiah 11:16
Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, had the oversight of the business outside of the house of God.
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Ezra 2:1
Now these are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city.
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Ezra 6:17
And they offered sacrifices at the dedication of this house of God, one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
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Ezra 7:21 - 24
And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the region beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, let it be done diligently.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.