Ezra 8
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Ezra 8:16-20

16So I sentH7971 for EliezerH461, ArielH739, ShemaiahH8098, ElnathanH494, JaribH3402, ElnathanH494, NathanH5416, ZechariahH2148, and MeshullamH4918, 1leadingH7218 menH7218, and for JoiaribH3080 and ElnathanH494, teachersH995. 17And I sentH3318 them to IddoH112 the 2leadingH7218 manH7218 at the placeH4725 called CasiphiaH3703; and I 3toldH7760H1697H6310 them whatH1697 to sayH1696 to 4IddoH112 and his brothersH251, 5the templeH5411 servantsH5411 at the placeH4725 CasiphiaH3703, that is, to bringH935 ministersH8334 to us for the houseH1004 of our GodH430. 186And as the goodH2896 handH3027 of our GodH430 was upon us, they broughtH935 us a 7manH376 of insightH7922 from the sonsH1121 of MahliH4249, the sonH1121 of LeviH3878, the sonH1121 of IsraelH3478, namely SherebiahH8274, and his sonsH1121 and brothersH251, eighteenH8083H6240 men; 19and HashabiahH2811 and 8JeshaiahH3470 of the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847, with his brothersH251 and their sonsH1121, twentyH6242 men; 20and 220H3967H6242 of 9the templeH5411 servantsH5411, whomH7945 DavidH1732 and the officialsH8269 had providedH5414 for the serviceH5656 of the LevitesH3881, allH3605 of them designatedH5344 by nameH8034.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezra 8:16 Lit heads ↩
  2. 2. Ezra 8:17 Lit head ↩
  3. 3. Ezra 8:17 Lit put words in their mouth to say ↩
  4. 4. Ezra 8:17 As in LXX; MT Iddo his brother ↩
  5. 5. Ezra 8:17 Ezra 2:43 ↩
  6. 6. Ezra 8:18 Ezra 7:6, 28 ↩
  7. 7. Ezra 8:18 2 Chr 30:22 ↩
  8. 8. Ezra 8:19 As in LXX; MT with him Jeshaiah ↩
  9. 9. Ezra 8:20 Ezra 2:43; 7:7 ↩

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