Verse 31
Ezra 8:31
World Messianic Bible
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Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God (Elohim) was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the way.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/נִּסְעָ֞/ה מִ/נְּהַ֣ר אַֽהֲוָ֗א בִּ/שְׁנֵ֤ים עָשָׂר֙ לַ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָ/רִאשׁ֔וֹן לָ/לֶ֖כֶת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְ/יַד אֱלֹהֵ֨י/נוּ֙ הָיְתָ֣ה עָלֵ֔י/נוּ וַ/יַּ֨צִּילֵ֔/נוּ מִ/כַּ֥ף אוֹיֵ֛ב וְ/אוֹרֵ֖ב עַל הַ/דָּֽרֶךְ
English Translation
And we set out from the mountain of Ahuah on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from the ambush along the way.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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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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Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, for Elnathan, for Jarib, for Elnathan, for Nathan,...
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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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18
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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21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God (E...
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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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I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, one hundred talents of silver vessels...
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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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I said to them, “You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a fre...
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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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So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to b...
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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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We came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.
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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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everything by number and by weight; and all the weight was written at that time.
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The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God (Elohim...
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They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s satraps, and to the governors beyond the River....
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