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Ezra 8 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:1 - These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:2 - Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:3 - Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:4 - Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:5 - Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:6 - Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7 - And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:8 - And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:9 - Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:10 - And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:11 - And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:12 - And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:13 - And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:14 - Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

Ezra Sends for Levites

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:16 - Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:17 - And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:18 - And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:19 - And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

Protection of God Invoked

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:23 - So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:24 - Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25 - And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:26 - I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:28 - And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:32 - And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

Treasure Placed in the Temple

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:33 - Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels 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; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:34 - By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35 - Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
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Ezra Chapter 8 — Additional Translations:

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