Verse 15
Ezra 8:15
World English Bible
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I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I looked around at the people the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָֽ/אֶקְבְּצֵ֗/ם אֶל הַ/נָּהָר֙ הַ/בָּ֣א אֶֽל אַהֲוָ֔א וַ/נַּחֲנֶ֥ה שָׁ֖ם יָמִ֣ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֑ה וָ/אָבִ֤ינָ/ה בָ/עָם֙ וּ/בַ/כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וּ/מִ/בְּנֵ֥י לֵוִ֖י לֹא מָצָ֥אתִי שָֽׁם
English Translation
And I gathered them to the river that comes to Ahava, and we camped there for three days, and I observed the people and the priests and the sons of Levi; I found none there.
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Chapter 8 Context
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Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up...
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Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom.
Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel.
Of the sons of David, Hattush.
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Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed by genealogy of...
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Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.
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Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
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Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
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Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.
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Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.
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Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred eighteen males.
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Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred sixty males.
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Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.
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Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males.
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Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last; and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaia...
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Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
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I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I lo...
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I sent them out to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo,...
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According to the good hand of our God (Elohim) on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the son...
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and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;
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and of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two...
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For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on...
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So we fasted and begged our God (Elohim) for this: and he granted our request.
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Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their br...
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and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our Go...
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twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as...
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Watch and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the...
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We came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.
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everything by number and by weight; and all the weight was written at that time.
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