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Of Ithamar, Daniel. Of David, Hattush, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>of the descendants of Shecaniah. Of Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered one hundred fifty males. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Of the descendants of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Of the descendants of Zattu,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-12207a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>Of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty males. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>Of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred eighteen males. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>Of the descendants of Bani,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-12212b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him one hundred sixty males. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>Of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred ten males. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>Of the descendants of Adonikam, those who came later, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>Of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them seventy males.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Servants for the Temple</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>I gathered them by the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there none of the descendants of Levi. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>and sent them to Iddo, the leader at the place called Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his colleagues the temple servants at Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>Since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the descendants of Mahli son of Levi son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and kin, eighteen; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>also Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah of the descendants of Merari, with his kin and their sons, twenty; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>besides two hundred twenty of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Fasting and Prayer for Protection</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might deny ourselves<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-12223c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and cavalry to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king that the hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his power and his wrath are against all who forsake him. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Gifts for the Temple</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kin with them. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel there present had offered; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>I weighed out into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and one hundred silver vessels worth�.�.�. talents,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-12228d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> and one hundred talents of gold, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>twenty gold bowls worth a thousand darics, and two vessels of fine polished bronze as precious as gold. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>And I said to them, “You are holy to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, the God of your ancestors. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of families in Israel at Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>So the priests and the Levites took over the silver, the gold, and the vessels as they were weighed out, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Return to Jerusalem</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>Then we left the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes along the way. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>We came to Jerusalem and remained there three days. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>On the fourth day, within the house of our God, the silver, the gold, and the vessels were weighed into the hands of the priest Meremoth son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>The total was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">35</span>At that time those who had come from captivity, the returned exiles, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and as a sin offering twelve male goats; all this was a burnt offering to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">36</span>They also delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s satraps and to the governors of the province Beyond the River; and they supported the people and the house of God.</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezra 8:5">Ezra 8:5</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk 1 Esdras 8.32: Heb lacks <i>of Zattu</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezra 8:10">Ezra 8:10</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk 1 Esdras 8.36: Heb lacks <i>Bani</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezra 8:21">Ezra 8:21</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>might fast</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezra 8:26">Ezra 8:26</a> <span class='footnote-text'>The number of talents is lacking</span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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