Verse 21
Ezra 8:21
Noah Webster Bible
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Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God (Elohim), to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
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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These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me fro...
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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 Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealog...
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Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
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Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
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Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
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And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
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And 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 and eighteen males.
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And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty males.
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And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
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And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.
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And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with th...
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Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
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And I assembled them at the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we abode in tents three days: and...
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Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan,...
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And I sent them with commandment to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they...
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And by the good hand of our God (Elohim) upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons...
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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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Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two...
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Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God (...
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For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enem...
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So we fasted and besought our God (Elohim) for this: and he was entreated by us.
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Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren...
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And weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our...
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I even weighed to their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred t...
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Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
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And I said to them, Ye are holy to the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold...
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Watch ye, and keep them , until ye weigh them , before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and...
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So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to brin...
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Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and...
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And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
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Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God (E...
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By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
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Also the children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, offered bu...
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And they delivered the king's commissions to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this si...
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