Ezra 8:1-20
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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 Babylonia, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
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Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of u Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, v Hattush.
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Of the sons of Shecaniah, who was of the sons of w Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered 150 men.
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x Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men.
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Of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men.
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Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men.
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Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men.
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Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him 80 men.
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Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men.
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Of the sons of Bani, Shelomith the son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men.
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y Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and with him 28 men.
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Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men.
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Of the sons of Adonikam, those who came later, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men.
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Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.
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I gathered them to the river that runs to z Ahava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there a none of the sons of Levi.
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Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and b Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of insight,
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and sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brothers and the temple servants at the place Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God.
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And c by the good hand of our God on us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of d Mahli the son of Levi, son of Israel, namely Sherebiah with his sons and kinsmen, 18;
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also e Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of f the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20;
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g besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all h mentioned by name.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 24:3 - 4
With the help of Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service.
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1 Chronicles 3:22
The son of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
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Cross References
Ezra 8:3
Of the sons of Shecaniah, who was of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered 150 men.
Ezra 2:3 - 15
The sons of Parosh, 2,172.
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Ezra 10:30
Of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
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Ezra 10:28
Of the sons of Bebai were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
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Ezra 8:21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
Ezra 8:31
Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.
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Cross References
Ezra 7:7
And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and some of the priests and Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple servants.
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Cross References
Ezra 10:15
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.
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Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:19
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.
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Cross References
Nehemiah 12:24
And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch by watch.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:1
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:16
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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Cross References
Ezra 2:43
The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth.
Ezra 7:7
And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and some of the priests and Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple servants.
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Cross References
Numbers 1:17
Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named.
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