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Their names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>from the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai, and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.</p> <p class="title">The Exiles Travel to Jerusalem</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I had them assemble at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were teachers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his relatives, who were the temple servants in Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Due to the fact that the good hand of our God was on us, they brought us a skilled man, from the descendants of Mahli the son of Levi son of Israel. This man was Sherebiah, who was accompanied by his sons and brothers, 18 men, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, 20 men, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites – 220 of them. They were all designated by name.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our property. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy along the way, because we had said to the king, “The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger is against everyone who forsakes him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God – items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, 100 talents of gold, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then I said to them, “You are holy to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, the God of your fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, in the storerooms of the temple of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits along the way. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>So we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>On the fourth day we weighed out the silver, the gold, and the vessels in the house of our God into the care of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and Eleazar son of Phinehas, who were accompanied by Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, who were Levites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Everything was verified by number and by weight, and the total weight was written down at that time.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The exiles who were returning from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel – twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs, along with twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then they presented the decrees of the king to the king’s satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who gave help to the people and to the temple of God.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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