Ezra 8:15-23

15And I gatheredH6908 them togetherH6908 at the riverH5104 that runs to AhavaH163; and there we encampedH2583 threeH7969 daysH3117; and I surveyed the peopleH5971 and the priestsH3548, and foundH4672 none of the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 there.

16And I sentH7971 for EliezerH461, for ArielH740, for ShemaiahH8098, and for ElnathanH494, and for JaribH3402, and for ElnathanH494, and for NathanH5416, and for ZechariahH2148, and for MeshullamH4918, chiefH7218 men, and for JoiaribH3114 and for ElnathanH494, men of understandingH995.

17And I gave them a commission to IddoH112 the chiefH7218, at the placeH4725 CasiphiaH3703, and I putH7760 wordsH1697 in their mouthsH6310 to sayH1696 to IddoH112 [and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the placeH4725 CasiphiaH3703, that they should bringH935 to us ministers for the houseH1004 of our 1GodH430.

18And by the goodH2896 handH3027 of our 2GodH430 upon us, they broughtH935 us a manH376 of understandingH7922, of the sonsH1121 of MahliH4249, the sonH1121 of LeviH3878, the sonH1121 of IsraelH3478, namely, SherebiahH8274, with his sonsH1121 and his brethren, eighteen;

19and HashabiahH2811, and with him IsaiahH3470 of the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847, his brethren and their sonsH1121, twentyH6242;

20and of the Nethinim, whom DavidH1732 and the princesH8269 had appointed for the serviceH5656 of the LevitesH3881, two hundredH3967 and twentyH6242 Nethinim: all of them were expressed by nameH8034.

21And I proclaimedH7121 a fastH6685 there, at the riverH5104 AhavaH163, that we might humble ourselves before our 3GodH430, to seekH1245 of him a rightH3477 wayH1870 for us, and for our littleH2945 onesH2945, and for all our substance.

22For I was ashamedH954 to requireH1245 of the kingH4428 a band of soldiers and horsemenH6571 to helpH5826 us against the enemyH341 in the wayH1870; for we had spoken to the kingH4428 sayingH559, The handH3027 of our 4GodH430 is upon all them for goodH2896 that seekH1245 him; but his power and his angerH639 is against all them that forsakeH5800 him.

23And we fastedH6684, and besought our 5GodH430 for this; and he was entreatedH6279 of us.