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I found that there were priests in the group, but no Levites. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/ezra/8-15.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/ezra/8-15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/ezra/8-15.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/ezra/1.htm">Ezra</a> > <a href="/gntd/ezra/8.htm">Chapter 8</a> > Verse 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezra/8-14.htm" title="Ezra 8:14">◄</a> Ezra 8:15 <a href="../ezra/8-16.htm" title="Ezra 8:16">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/ezra/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/ezra/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I assembled the entire group by the canal that runs to the town of Ahava, and we camped there three days. I found that there were priests in the group, but no Levites. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezra/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/ezra/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I brought everyone together by the river that flows to the town of Ahava where we camped for three days. Not one Levite could be found among the people and priests. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezra/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I assembled them by the river that flows toward Ahava, where we camped for three days. There I perceived that both laymen and priests were present, but I could not discover a single Levite.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/ezra/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I gathered them together to the river, which runneth down to Ahava, and we stayed there three days: and I sought among the people and among the priests for the sons of Levi, and found none there.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And I gathered them together to the river, which runneth down to Ahava, and we stayed there three days: and I sought among the people and among the priests for the sons of Levi, and found none there.</p><p class="hdg2">79 deg., lat.</p><p class="hdg2">39</p><p class="hdg2">1/2 deg., and at its junction with the Tigris, in long.</p><p class="hdg2">79</p><p class="hdg2">1/2 deg., lat.</p><p class="hdg2">36 deg. </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezra/8-6.htm">Ezra 8:6</a> Of the sons of Adan, Abed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty men.</p><p class="hdg2">; and the latter, at its source, in long</p><p class="hdg2">78 deg., lat.</p><p class="hdg2">39 deg.; and where it falls into the Tigris, in long.</p><p class="hdg2">79 deg., lat.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezra/8-36.htm">Ezra 8:36</a> And they gave the king's edicts to the lords that were from the king's court, and the governors beyond the river, and they furthered the people and the house of God.</p><p class="hdg2">1/2 deg. They are now called the Great and Little Zab, or the Zabein, i.e. the two Zabs, which, says Ibn Haukal, 'are considerable streams, each about half as large as the Dejleh (or Tigris). They rise among the mountains of Azerbaijan: of these, the larger is that which runs towards Haditheh. These streams form part of the Tigris, and water the district of Semerah.'</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/137-1.htm">Psalm 137:1</a> Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1</a> Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/3-15.htm">Ezekiel 3:15</a> And I came to them of the captivity, to the heap of new corn, to them that dwelt by the river Chobar, and I sat where they sat: and I remained there seven days mourning in the midst of them.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/16-13.htm">Acts 16:13</a> And upon the Sabbath day, we went forth without the gate by a river side, where it seemed that there was prayer: and sitting down, we spoke to the women that were assembled.</p><p class="hdg">Ahava</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezra/8-21.htm">Ezra 8:21,31</a> And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and might ask of him a right way for us and for our children, and for all our substance. . . . </p><p class="hdg">abode.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezra/8-2.htm">Ezra 8:2</a> Of the sons of Phinees, Gersom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattus.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezra/7-7.htm">Ezra 7:7,24</a> And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the children of the priests, and of the children of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the porters, and of the Nathinites to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/ezra/8.htm">Ezra Sends for the Levites</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl">And I gathered them together to the river, which runneth down to Ahava, and we stayed there three days: and I sought among the people and among the priests for the sons of Levi, and found none there.</span><span class="reftext">16</span>So I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Semeias, and Elnathan, and Jarib, and another Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zacharias, and Mosollam, chief men: and Joiarib, and Elnathan, wise men.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezra/7-7.htm">Ezra 7:7</a></span><br />And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the children of the priests, and of the children of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the porters, and of the Nathinites to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezra/8-2.htm">Ezra 8:2</a></span><br />Of the sons of Phinees, Gersom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezra/8-14.htm">Ezra 8:14</a></span><br />Of the sons of Begui, Uthai and Zachur, and with them seventy men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16</a></span><br />So I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Semeias, and Elnathan, and Jarib, and another Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zacharias, and Mosollam, chief men: and Joiarib, and Elnathan, wise men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezra/8-21.htm">Ezra 8:21</a></span><br />And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and might ask of him a right way for us and for our children, and for all our substance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezra/8-31.htm">Ezra 8:31</a></span><br />Then we set forward from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/4-28.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/ezra/8-31.htm">Ahava</a> <a href="/ezra/7-28.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-7.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/daniel/8-6.htm">Canal</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-10.htm">Checked</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-1.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/ezra/7-16.htm">Find</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-6.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/numbers/14-8.htm">Flows</a> <a href="/ezra/6-2.htm">Found</a> <a href="/ezra/7-28.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-17.htm">Levi</a> <a href="/ezra/6-22.htm">Observed</a> <a href="/ezra/7-24.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/ezra/7-25.htm">River</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-35.htm">Runneth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-27.htm">Runs</a> <a href="/ezra/3-4.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/ezra/8-5.htm">Three</a> <a href="/ezra/7-28.htm">Together</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-12.htm">Viewed</a> <a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Viewing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezra/8-32.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/ezra/8-21.htm">Ahava</a> <a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-2.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/daniel/8-2.htm">Canal</a> <a href="/psalms/106-30.htm">Checked</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-30.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-8.htm">Find</a> <a href="/job/11-16.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/psalms/58-7.htm">Flows</a> <a href="/ezra/10-18.htm">Found</a> <a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/ezra/8-18.htm">Levi</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-7.htm">Observed</a> <a href="/ezra/8-24.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/ezra/8-21.htm">River</a> <a href="/job/15-26.htm">Runneth</a> <a href="/job/7-5.htm">Runs</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-14.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/ezra/8-32.htm">Three</a> <a href="/ezra/8-19.htm">Together</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-13.htm">Viewed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-15.htm">Viewing</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezra/8-15.htm">Ezra 8:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezra/8-15.htm">Ezra 8:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezra/8-15.htm">Ezra 8:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezra/8-15.htm">Ezra 8:15 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/8-15.htm">Ezra 8:15 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/8-15.htm">Ezra 8:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/8-15.htm">Ezra 8:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/8-15.htm">Ezra 8:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/ezra/8-15.htm">Ezra 8:15 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: Ahava among and any assembled at camped canal checked days did find flows for found I Levites no not Now observed people priests river runs that the them there three to toward we When where<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/ezra/8-15.htm">OT History: Ezra 8:15 I gathered them together to the river (Ezr. 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