Verse 18
Ezra 8:18
World English Bible, British Edition
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According to the good hand of our God (Elohim) on us they brought us a man of
discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons
and his brothers, eighteen;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבִ֨יאּוּ לָ֜/נוּ כְּ/יַד אֱלֹהֵ֨י/נוּ הַ/טּוֹבָ֤ה עָלֵ֨י/נוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ שֶׂ֔כֶל מִ/בְּנֵ֣י מַחְלִ֔י בֶּן לֵוִ֖י בֶּן יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ/שֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֛ה וּ/בָנָ֥י/ו וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו שְׁמֹנָ֥ה עָשָֽׂר
English Translation
And they brought to us according to the hand of our God the good upon us a man of understanding from the sons of Mahli the son of Levi the son of Israel, and Sherebiah and his sons and his brothers, eighteen.
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Chapter 8 Context
1
Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy
of those who went up...
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2
Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom.
Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel.
Of the sons of David, Hattush.
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3
Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah;
and with him were listed by genealogy of...
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4
Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah;
and with him two hundred males.
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5
Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with
him three hundred males.
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6
Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with
him fifty males.
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7
Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and
with him seventy males.
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8
Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael;
and with him eighty males.
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9
Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with
him two hundred and eighteen males.
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10
Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and
with him one hundred and sixty males.
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11
Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and
with him twenty-eight males.
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12
Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and
with him one hundred and ten males.
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13
Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, their names
are: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and wit...
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14
Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them
seventy males.
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15
I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and
there we encamped three days. Then I l...
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16
Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, for Elnathan, for
Jarib, for Elnathan, for Nathan,...
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17
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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18
According to the good hand of our God (Elohim) on us they brought us a man of
discretion, of the son...
19
and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers
and their sons, twenty;
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20
and of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for
the service of the Levites, two...
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21
Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, that we might
humble ourselves before our God (El...
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22
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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23
So we fasted and begged our God (Elohim) for this, and he granted our request.
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24
Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah,
Hashabiah, and ten of their br...
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25
and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the
offering for the house of our Go...
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26
I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, one hundred talents of
silver ves...
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27
twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious a...
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28
I said to them, “You are holy to the LORD, and the vessels are holy.
The silver and the gold are a f...
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29
Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests,
the Levites, and the prin...
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30
So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver,
the gold, and the vessels, to brin...
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31
Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the
first month, to go to Jerusalem. The...
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32
We came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.
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33
On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed
in the house of our God (Eloh...
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34
Everything was counted and weighed; and all the weight was written at
that time.
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35
The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered
burnt offerings to the God (Elohim...
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36
They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s local governors
and to the governors beyond the...
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