Verse 21
Ezra 8:21
New Living Translation
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And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God (Elohim). We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אֶקְרָ֨א שָׁ֥ם צוֹם֙ עַל הַ/נָּהָ֣ר אַהֲוָ֔א לְ/הִתְעַנּ֖וֹת לִ/פְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ לְ/בַקֵּ֤שׁ מִמֶּ֨/נּוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְשָׁרָ֔ה לָ֥/נוּ וּ/לְ/טַפֵּ֖/נוּ וּ/לְ/כָל רְכוּשֵֽׁ/נוּ
English Translation
And I proclaimed a fast there by the river Ahava to humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a straight path for us and for our children and for all our possessions.
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Chapter 8 Context
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Here is a list of the family leaders and the genealogies of those who came with me from Babylon duri...
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From the family of Phinehas: Gershom.<br>From the family of Ithamar: Daniel.<br>From the family of D...
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a descendant of Shecaniah.<br>From the family of Parosh: Zechariah and 150 other men were registered...
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From the family of Pahath-moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and 200 other men.<br>
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From the family of Zattu : Shecaniah son of Jahaziel and 300 other men.<br>
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From the family of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan and 50 other men.<br>
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From the family of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah and 70 other men.<br>
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From the family of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael and 80 other men.<br>
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From the family of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel and 218 other men.<br>
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From the family of Bani : Shelomith son of Josiphiah and 160 other men.<br>
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From the family of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai and 28 other men.<br>
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From the family of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan and 110 other men.<br>
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From the family of Adonikam, who came later : Eliphelet, Jeuel, Shemaiah, and 60 other men.<br>
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From the family of Bigvai: Uthai, Zaccur, and 70 other men.<br>
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I assembled the exiles at the Ahava Canal, and we camped there for three days while I went over the...
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So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam,...
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I sent them to Iddo, the leader of the Levites at Casiphia, to ask him and his relatives and the Tem...
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Since the gracious hand of our God (Elohim) was on us, they sent us a man named Sherebiah, along wit...
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They also sent Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and twenty of his s...
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and 220 Temple servants. The Temple servants were assistants to the Levites — a group of Temple work...
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And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our Go...
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For I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to accompany us and protect us from enem...
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So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God (Elohim) would take care of us, and he heard our pray...
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I appointed twelve leaders of the priests — Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten other priests —
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to be in charge of transporting the silver, the gold, the gold bowls, and the other items that the k...
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I weighed the treasure as I gave it to them and found the totals to be as follows: 24 tons of silver...
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20 gold bowls, equal in value to 1,000 gold coins,<br>2 fine articles of polished bronze, as preciou...
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And I said to these priests, “You and these treasures have been set apart as holy to the LORD. This...
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Guard these treasures well until you present them to the leading priests, the Levites, and the leade...
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So the priests and the Levites accepted the task of transporting these treasures of silver and gold...
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We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19 and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of...
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So we arrived safely in Jerusalem, where we rested for three days.
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On the fourth day after our arrival, the silver, gold, and other valuables were weighed at the Templ...
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Everything was accounted for by number and weight, and the total weight was officially recorded.
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Then the exiles who had come out of captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God (Elohim) of Isra...
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The king’s decrees were delivered to his highest officers and the governors of the province west of...
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