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Ezra 8 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:1 - And these are the heads of their families, the leaders that went up with me in the reign of Arthasastha the king of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:2 - Of the sons of Phinees; Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Attus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:3 - Of the sons of Sachania, and of the sons of Phoros; Zacharias: and with him a company of a hundred and fifty.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:4 - Of the sons of Phaath-Moab; Eliana the son of Saraia, and with him two hundred that were males.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:5 - And of the sons of Zathoes; Sechenias the son of Aziel, and with him three hundred males.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:6 - And of the sons of Adin; Obeth the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7 - And of the sons of Elam; Isæas the son of Athelia, and with him seventy males.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:8 - And of the sons of Saphatia; Zabadias the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:9 - And of the sons of Joab; Abadia the son of Jeiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:10 - And of the sons of Baani; Selimuth the son of Josephia, and with him a hundred and sixty males.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:11 - And of the sons of Babi; Zacharias the son of Babi, and with him twenty-eight males.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:12 - And of the sons of Asgad; Joanan the son of Accatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:13 - And of the sons of Adonicam were the last, and these were their names, Eliphalat, Jeel, and Samæa, and with them sixty males.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:14 - And of the sons of Baguæ, Uthai, and Zabud, and with him seventy males.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - And I gathered them to the river that comes to Evi, and we encamped there three days: and I reviewed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:16 - And I sent men of understanding to Eleazar, to Ariel, to Semeias, and to Alonam, and to Jarib, and to Elnatham, and to Nathan, and to Zacharias, and to Mesollam, and to Joarim, and to Elnathan.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:17 - And I forwarded them to the rulers with the money of the place, and I put words in their mouth to speak to their brethren the Athinim with the money of the place, that they should bring us singers for the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:18 - And they came to us, as the good hand of our God was upon us, even a man of understanding of the sons of Mooli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, and at the commencement came his sons and his brethren, eighteen.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:19 - And Asebia, and Isaia of the sons of Merari, his brethren and his sons, twenty.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - And of the Nathinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites there were two hundred and twenty Nathinim; all were gathered by their names.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Aüe, that we should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to ask of the king a guard and horsemen to save us from the enemy in the way: for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath are upon all that forsake him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:23 - So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and he hearkened to us.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:24 - And I gave charge to twelve of the chiefs of the priests, to Saraia, to Asabia, and ten of their brethren with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25 - And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of the first-fruits of the house of our God, which the king, and his councillors, and his princes, and all Israel that were found, had dedicated.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:26 - I even weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred silver vessels, and a hundred talents of gold;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - and twenty golden bowls, weighing about a thousand drachms, and superior vessels of fine shining brass, precious as gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:28 - And I said to them, Ye are holy to the Lord; and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are freewill-offerings to the Lord God of our fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - Be watchful and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of families in Jerusalem, at the chambers of the house of the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem into the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - And we departed from the river of Aüe on the twelfth day of the first month, to come to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy and adversary in the way.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:32 - And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:33 - And it came to pass on the fourth day that we weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our God, into the hand of Merimoth the son of Uria the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them Jozabad the son of Jesus, and Noadia the son of Banaia, the Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:34 - All things were reckoned by number and weight, and the whole weight was written down.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35 - At that time the children of the banishment that came from the captivity offered whole-burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve calves for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve goats for a sin-offering: all whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - And they gave the king's mandate to the king's lieutenants, and the governors beyond the river: and they honoured the people and the house of God.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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