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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezra 8 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="../cmenus/ezra/8.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="../topmenuchap/ezra/8-1.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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Ezra 8</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></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezra/7.htm" title="Ezra 7">◄</a> Ezra 8 <a href="../ezra/9.htm" title="Ezra 9">►</a></div></td></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="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/ezra/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Genealogy of Those Who Returned with Ezra</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Of the sons of Shecaniah, who was of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered 150 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Of the sons of Zattu,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint; Hebrew lacks of Zattu">a</a></sup></span> Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him 80 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Of the sons of Bani,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint; Hebrew lacks Bani">b</a></sup></span> Shelomith the son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and with him 28 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Of the sons of Adonikam, those who came later, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.</p> <p class="heading">Ezra Sends for Levites</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I gathered them to 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 sons of Levi. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of insight, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brothers and<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew lacks and">c</a></sup></span> the temple servants at the place Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And by the good hand of our God on us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, son of Israel, namely Sherebiah with his sons and kinsmen, 18; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>also Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.</p> <p class="heading">Fasting and Prayer for Protection</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, “The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.</p> <p class="heading">Priests to Guard Offerings</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></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 and his counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I weighed out into their hand 650 talents<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms">d</a></sup></span> of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Revocalization; the number is missing in the Masoretic Text">e</a></sup></span> and 100 talents of gold, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams">f</a></sup></span> and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And I said to them, “You are holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and the vessels are holy, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of your fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers’ houses in Israel at Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>So the priests and the Levites took over the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>We came to Jerusalem, and there we remained three days. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>On the fourth day, within the house of our God, the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed into the hands of Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>The whole was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></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 class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>They also delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s satraps<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A satrap was a Persian official">g</a></sup></span> and to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and they aided the people and the house of God.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Septuagint; Hebrew lacks <i class="catch-word">of Zattu</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Septuagint; Hebrew lacks <i class="catch-word">Bani</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Hebrew lacks <i class="catch-word">and</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> A <i class="catch-word-plural">talent</i> was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms<br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> Revocalization; the number is missing in the Masoretic Text<br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> A <i class="catch-word-plural">daric</i> was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams<br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">36</span> A <i>satrap</i> was a Persian official<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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