Verse 18
Ezra 8:18
Young's Literal Translation
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And they bring to us, according to the good hand of our God (Elohim) upon us, a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, and Sherebiah, and his sons, and his brethren, 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
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And these [are] heads of their fathers, and the genealogy of those going up with me, in the reign of...
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From the sons of Phinehas: Gershom; from the sons of Ithamar: Daniel; from the sons of David: Hattus...
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from the sons of Shechaniah, from the sons of Pharosh: Zechariah, and with him, reckoning themselves...
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From the sons of Pahath-Moab: Elihoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred who are males.
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From the sons of Shechaniah: the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred who are males.
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And from the sons of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him fifty who are males.
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And from the sons of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy who are males.
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And from the sons of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty who are males.
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From the sons of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen who are males.
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And from the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty who are males...
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And from the sons of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight who are males.
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And from the sons of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten who are males.
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And from the younger sons of Adonikam -- and these [are] their names -- Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemai...
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And from the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy who are males.
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And I gather them unto the river that is going unto Ahava, and we encamp there three days; and I con...
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and I send for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan,...
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and I charge them for Iddo the head, in the place Casiphia, and put in their mouth words to speak un...
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And they bring to us, according to the good hand of our God (Elohim) upon us, a man of understanding...
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and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, his brethren, and their sons, twenty;
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and from the Nethinim, whom David and the heads gave for the service of the Levites, two hundred and...
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And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God (Elohim), to se...
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for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the w...
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And we fast, and seek from our God (Elohim) for this, and He is entreated of us.
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And I separate from the heads of the priests, twelve, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them of th...
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and I weigh to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, a heave-offering of the house of our...
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and I weigh to their hand, of silver, talents six hundred and fifty, and of vessels of silver a hund...
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and basins of gold twenty, of a thousand drams, and two vessels of good shining brass, desirable as...
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And I say unto them, 'Ye [are] holy to Jehovah, and the vessels [are] holy, and the silver and the g...
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watch, and keep, till ye weigh before the heads of the priests, and of the Levites, and the heads of...
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And the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and of the gold, and of the vessels,...
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And we journey from the river Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the...
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and we come in to Jerusalem, and dwell there three days.
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And on the fourth day hath been weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of o...
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by number, by weight of every one, and all the weight is written at that time.
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Those coming in of the captives -- sons of the removal -- have brought near burnt-offerings to the G...
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and they give the laws of the king to the lieutenants of the king and the governors beyond the river...
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