Ezra 8
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Ezra 8:17-20

17And I sentH6680 them with commandmentH3318 unto IddoH112 the chiefH7218 at the placeH4725 CasiphiaH3703, and I toldH6310H7760 them whatH1697 they should sayH1696 unto IddoH112, and to his brethrenH251 the NethinimsH5411, at the placeH4725 CasiphiaH3703, that they should bringH935 unto us ministersH8334 for the houseH1004 of our GodH430.1

18And by the goodH2896 handH3027 of our GodH430 upon us they broughtH935 us a manH376 of understandingH7922, of the sonsH1121 of MahliH4249, the sonH1121 of LeviH3878, the sonH1121 of IsraelH3478; and SherebiahH8274, with his sonsH1121 and his brethrenH251, eighteenH6240H8083;

19And HashabiahH2811, and with him JeshaiahH3470 of the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847, his brethrenH251 and their sonsH1121, twentyH6242;

20Also of the NethinimsH5411, whom DavidH1732 and the princesH8269 had appointedH5414 for the serviceH5656 of the LevitesH3881, two hundredH3967 and twentyH6242 NethinimsH5411: all of them were expressedH5344 by nameH8034.

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  1. 1. Ezra 8:17 I told…: Heb. I put words in their mouth. ↩

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