Ezra 8:24

Ezra 8:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
• New International Version (NIV)Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, namely, Sherebiah, Hashabiah and ten of their brothers,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen with them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them—

Context of Ezra 8:24

22For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him. 23And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us. And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered. 26And I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver; and silver vessels a hundred talents, [and] of gold a hundred talents;

Ezra 8:24 word by word

וָאַבְדִּ֛ילָה מִשָּׂרֵ֥י הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֑ר לְשֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֣ה חֲשַׁבְיָ֔ה וְעִמָּהֶ֥ם מֵאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם עֲשָׂרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• separatedבָּדַלbâdal · to separateH914
• chiefsשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• Sherebiahשֵׁרֵֽבְיָהshêrêbyâh · SherebiahH8274
• Hashabiahחֲשַׁבְיָ֫הוּchăshabyâh chăshabyâhû · HashabiahH2811
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235

Cross-references for Ezra 8:24

• Ezra 8:18And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

Commentaries on Ezra 8:24

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-30Verses 24-30 Do we expect that God should, by his providence, keep that which belongs to us, let us, by his grace, keep that which belongs to him. Let God's honour and interest be our care; and then we may expect that our lives and comforts will be his.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-3224-32. Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests ... and weighed unto them the silver, &c.--The custody of the contributions and of the sacred vessels was, during the journey, committed to twelve of the chief priests, who, with the assistance of ten of their brethren, were to watch closely over them by the way, and deliver them into the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. The treasures in silver and gold, according to the value of the Babylonian…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 8:24

• Hashabiah
• Integrity
• Levites
• Liberality
• Priest
• Sherebiah

In the dictionaries

• Ezra
• Hashabiah
• Require
• Scribe
• Sherebiah
• Assamias
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Hashabneiah
• Law in the Old Testament
• Meremoth

Commentaries on Ezra 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings