Ezra 8
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Ezra 8:1-15

1These are the leaders of the families and the genealogy of those who left Babylon with me during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

2from the family of Phinehas: Gershom from the family of Ithamar: Daniel

3from the family of David: Hattush, son of Shecaniah from the family of Parosh: Zechariah, with 150 males whose genealogies were known

4from the family of Pahath Moab: Eliehoenai, son of Zerahiah, with 200 males

5from the family of Zattu: Shecaniah, son of Jahaziel, with 300 males

6from the family of Adin: Ebed, son of Jonathan, with 50 males

7from the family of Elam: Jeshaiah, son of Athaliah, with 70 males

8from the family of Shephatiah: Zebadiah, son of Michael, with 80 males

9from the family of Joab: Obadiah, son of Jehiel, with 210 males

10from the family of Bani: Shelomith, son of Josiphiah, with 160 males

11from the family of Bebai: Zechariah, son of Bebai, with 38 males

12from the family of Azgad: Johanan, son of Hakkatan, with 110 males

13from the family of Adonikam: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, who arrived later with 60 males

14from the family of Bigvai: Uthai and Zabbud, with 70 males.

15I had this group gather by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I noticed laypeople and priests there, but I didn’t find any Levites.

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