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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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/ezra/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Exiles Who Returned with Ezra</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Here is a list of the family leaders and the genealogies of those who came with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:</p><p class="b"/><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>From the family of Phinehas: Gershom.</p><p class="li1">From the family of Ithamar: Daniel.</p><p class="li1">From the family of David: Hattush, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>a descendant of Shecaniah.</p><p class="li1">From the family of Parosh: Zechariah and 150 other men were registered.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>From the family of Pahath-moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and 200 other men.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>From the family of Zattu<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>: Shecaniah son of Jahaziel and 300 other men.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>From the family of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan and 50 other men.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>From the family of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah and 70 other men.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>From the family of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael and 80 other men.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>From the family of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel and 218 other men.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>From the family of Bani<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>: Shelomith son of Josiphiah and 160 other men.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>From the family of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai and 28 other men.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>From the family of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan and 110 other men.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>From the family of Adonikam, who came later<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a>: Eliphelet, Jeuel, Shemaiah, and 60 other men.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>From the family of Bigvai: Uthai, Zaccur,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> and 70 other men.</p><p class="hdg">Ezra’s Journey to Jerusalem</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I assembled the exiles at the Ahava Canal, and we camped there for three days while I went over the lists of the people and the priests who had arrived. I found that not one Levite had volunteered to come along. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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 of the people. I also sent for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I sent them to Iddo, the leader of the Levites at Casiphia, to ask him and his relatives and the Temple servants to send us ministers for the Temple of God at Jerusalem.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, they sent us a man named Sherebiah, along with eighteen of his sons and brothers. He was a very astute man and a descendant of Mahli, who was a descendant of Levi son of Israel.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They also sent Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and twenty of his sons and brothers, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and 220 Temple servants. The Temple servants were assistants to the Levites—a group of Temple workers first instituted by King David and his officials. They were all listed by name.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled. <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 soldiers and horsemen<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> to accompany us and protect us from enemies along the way. After all, we had told the king, “Our God’s hand of protection is on all who worship him, but his fierce anger rages against those who abandon him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I appointed twelve leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten other priests— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>to be in charge of transporting the silver, the gold, the gold bowls, and the other items that the king, his council, his officials, and all the people of Israel had presented for the Temple of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I weighed the treasure as I gave it to them and found the totals to be as follows:</p><p class="b"/><p class="li1">24 tons<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> of silver,</p><p class="li1">7,500 pounds<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> of silver articles,</p><p class="li1">7,500 pounds of gold,</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>20 gold bowls, equal in value to 1,000 gold coins,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a></p><p class="li1">2 fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And I said to these priests, “You and these treasures have been set apart as holy to the LORD. This silver and gold is a voluntary offering to the LORD, the God of our ancestors. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Guard these treasures well until you present them to the leading priests, the Levites, and the leaders of Israel, who will weigh them at the storerooms of the LORD’s Temple in Jerusalem.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>So the priests and the Levites accepted the task of transporting these treasures of silver and gold to the Temple of our God in Jerusalem.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a> and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>So we arrived safely in Jerusalem, where we rested for three days.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>On the fourth day after our arrival, the silver, gold, and other valuables were weighed at the Temple of our God and entrusted to Meremoth son of Uriah the priest and to Eleazar son of Phinehas, along with Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui—both of whom were Levites. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Everything was accounted for by number and weight, and the total weight was officially recorded.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Then the exiles who had come out of captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel. They presented twelve bulls for all the people of Israel, as well as ninety-six rams and seventy-seven male lambs. They also offered twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was given as a burnt offering to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>The king’s decrees were delivered to his highest officers and the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">k</span></a> who then cooperated by supporting the people and the Temple of God.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">As in some Greek manuscripts (see also 1 Esdras 8:32); Hebrew lacks </span><span class="it">Zattu.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">As in some Greek manuscripts (see also 1 Esdras 8:36); Hebrew lacks </span><span class="it">Bani.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">who were the last of his family.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:14 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek and Syriac versions and an alternate reading of the Masoretic Text; the other alternate reads </span><span class="it">Zabbud.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:18 </span><span class="it">Israel</span><span class="ft"> is the name that God gave to Jacob.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">charioteers.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:26a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">650 talents</span><span class="ft"> [22 metric tons].</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:26b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">100 talents</span><span class="ft"> [3,400 kilograms]; also in 8:26c.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:27 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">1,000 darics,</span><span class="ft"> about 19 pounds or 8.6 kilograms in weight.</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:31 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">on the twelfth day of the first month,</span><span class="ft"> of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was April 19, 458 </span><span class="sc">b.c.</span><span class="ft">; also see note on 6:15.</span><br><span class="fn">k</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:36 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the province beyond the river.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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