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Ezra 8

8 The following are the o chiefs of clans, the list of those who accompanied me from Babylon in the reign of king Artaxerxes: 2 from the house of 2 Phinehas, Gershom; from the house of Ithamar, Daniel; from the house of David, Hattush 3 the son of Shecaniah; from the house of Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered a hundred and fifty males; 4 from the family of Pahath-moab, Eli-hoenai, with whom were two hundred males; 5 from the family of Zattu, Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel, with whom were three hundred males; 6 from the family of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, with whom were fifty males; 7 from the family of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athallah, with whom were seventy males; 8 from the family of 8 Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, with whom were eighty males; 9 from the family of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, with whom were two hundred and eighteen males; 10 from the family of Bani, Shelomith the son of Josiphiah, with whom were a hundred and sixty males; 11 from the family of Bebai, Zecharlah the son of Bebai, with whom were twenty-eight males; 12 from the family of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, with whom were a hundred and ten males; 13 from the family of Adonikam (they came last), Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, with whom were sixty males; 14 and from the family of Bigvai, Uthai and Zakkur, with seventy males.

15 I mustered them on the banks of the Ahava river, where we encamped for three days; but on looking over the people and the priests I could not find any Levites. 16 So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leading men, as well as Joiarib and Elnathan, who were teachers, 17 and despatched them to Iddo the leading authority at Casiphia, bidding them tell Iddo and his fellows, the temple-attendants, at Casiphia, to send us servants for the house of our God. 18 By the kind favour of our God they brought us a capable man belonging to the family of Mahli, Sherebiah, a leading Levite, with eighteen sons and brothers; 19 also Hashabiah, accompanied by Isaiah from the family of Merari, with twenty brothers and sons; 20 also two hundred and twenty of the temple servants, whom David and his ministers had appointed to wait upon the Levites (these were all mentioned by name).

21 Then I proclaimed a fast at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God and obtain from him a straight, safe course for ourselves, our children, and our goods. 22 I was ashamed to ask the king for a guard of cavalry to protect us against the enemy on the road, for we had told the king that “God’s favour is kind to all who seek him, but his power and anger are against all who forsake him.” 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this help, and he yielded to our entreaty. 24 Then I selected twelve leading priests, in addition to Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their fellows, 25 and weighed over to them the silver and gold and utensils, the gifts for the house of our God, which had been offered by the king and his advisers and officers and all the Israelites present; 26 I weighed into their hands two hundred and seventy thousand pounds in silver, utensils of silver worth forty-two thousand pounds, utensils of gold worth five hundred and seventy-seven thousand pounds, 27 twenty tankards of gold worth a thousand guineas, and two utensils of fine bright bronze, as valuable as gold. 28 And I told them, “You are consecrated to the Eternal, and the utensils are also consecrated; the silver and gold are a freewill offering to the Eternal, the God of your fathers. 29 Take charge of them carefully, till you weigh them before the leading priests and Levites and chiefs of the clans of Israel, in the chambers of the house of the Eternal at Jerusalem.” 30 So the priests and Levites took over the weight of the silver and gold, to convey them to the house of our God at Jerusalem.

31 Then, on the twelfth day of the first month, we left the river Ahava for Jerusalem; the favour of our God was with us, and he kept us safe from the enemy and from any ambush by the road. 32 When we reached Jerusalem, we remained three days, 33 and on the fourth day the silver and gold and utensils were weighed over in the house of our God to Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, along with Eleazar the son of Phineas, who were accompanied by Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, the Levites; 34 everything was numbered and weighed, and the entire weight was recorded on the spot. 35 Then the exiles who had just returned offered sacrifices to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven sheep, and, by way of a sin-offering, twelve he-goats; all this was a sacrifice to the Eternal. 36 They also delivered the king’s commission to the king’s satraps and the governors west of the Euphrates, who lent their aid to the people and to the house of God.

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