Ezra 8:1-20

1Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households and the genealogical enrollment of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes: 2of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, 1Hattush; 3of the sons of Shecaniah who was of the sons of 2Parosh, Zechariah and with him 150 males who were in the genealogical list; 4of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and 200 males with him; 5of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel and 300 males with him; 6and of the sons of 3Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan and 50 males with him; 7and of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 males with him; 8and of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael and 80 males with him; 9of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 males with him; 10and of the sons of Bani, Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah and 160 males with him; 11and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 males with him; 12and of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 males with him; 13and of the sons of Adonikam, the last ones, these being their names, Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and 60 males with them; 14and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and 4Zabbud, and 70 males with 5them.

15Now I assembled them at 6the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I 7did not find any Levites there. 16So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, 8leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, teachers. 17I sent them to Iddo the 9leading man at the place Casiphia; and I 10told them what to say to 11Iddo and his brothers, 12the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that is, to bring ministers to us for the house of our God. 1813According to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a 14man of insight of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, and his sons and brothers, 18 men; 19and Hashabiah and 15Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, 20 men; 20and 220 of 16the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, all of them designated by name.