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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 ERV</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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</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">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Exiles who Returned with Ezra</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now these are the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/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="/ezra/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Of the sons of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him fourscore males. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him an hundred and threescore males. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty and eight males. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him an hundred and ten males. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And of the sons of Adonikam, that were the last; and these are their names, Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.</p> <p class="hdg">Ezra Sends for Levites</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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, which were teachers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And I sent them forth unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were expressed by name.</p> <p class="hdg">Fasting for Protection</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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 of him a straight way, for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For I was ashamed to ask 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 that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.</p> <p class="hdg">The Priests Guard Offerings</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered: <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I even weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents; of gold an hundred talents; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD, the God of your fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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 the lier in wait by the way. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.</p> <p class="hdg">Treasure Placed in the Temple</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God into 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, the Levites; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written at that time.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The children of the captivity, which were come out of exile, 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's satraps, and to the governors beyond the river: and they furthered the people and the house of God.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezra/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezra 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezra 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezra/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezra 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezra 9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/ezra/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhsh.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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