Ezra 8 (NET)

Ezra 8:1¹These are the leaders and those enrolled with them by genealogy who were coming up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 7:71 Chr 24:311 Chr 26:321 Chr 4:331 Chr 9:11 Chr 9:342 Chr 26:12Ezra 1:5Ezra 2:62Ezra 7:13

Ezra 8:2²from the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; from the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; from the descendants of David, HattushCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 3:221 Chr 24:1-61 Chr 3:11 Chr 6:3-15

Ezra 8:3³the son of Shecaniah; from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were enrolled by genealogy 150 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:3Neh 10:14Neh 7:8

Ezra 8:4⁴from the descendants of Pahath Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:6Neh 10:14Neh 7:11

Ezra 8:5⁵from the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ezra 8:6⁶from the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:15Neh 10:16Neh 7:20

Ezra 8:7⁷from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:31Ezra 2:7Neh 7:12Neh 7:34

Ezra 8:8⁸from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:4Neh 11:4Neh 7:9

Ezra 8:9⁹from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:6Neh 7:11

Ezra 8:10¹⁰from the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ezra 8:11¹¹from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 10:28Ezra 2:11Neh 7:16

Ezra 8:12¹²from the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:12Neh 7:17

Ezra 8:13¹³from the descendants of Adonikam there were the latter ones. Their names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:13Neh 7:18

Ezra 8:14¹⁴from the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai, and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:14Neh 10:12Neh 7:19

Ezra 8:15¹⁵I had them assemble at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 7:7Ezra 8:21Ezra 8:31Ezek 3:15Ezra 8:2Ps 137:1Acts 16:13Ezek 1:1Ezra 7:24

Ezra 8:16¹⁶So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were teachers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 12:321 Chr 26:141 John 5:201 Kgs 3:112 Chr 2:122 Tim 2:7Dan 2:21Ezra 10:21Ezra 10:39Ezra 8:13

Ezra 8:17¹⁷I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his relatives, who were the temple servants in Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:431 Chr 23:26-321 Chr 23:3-62 Sam 14:192 Sam 14:3Deut 18:18Exod 4:15Ezra 2:58Ezra 7:7Jer 1:9

Ezra 8:18¹⁸Due to the fact that the good hand of our God was on us, they brought us a skilled man, from the descendants of Mahli the son of Levi son of Israel. This man was Sherebiah, who was accompanied by his sons and brothers, 18 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 7:28Jer 3:15Neh 2:81 Chr 6:19Dan 1:20Ezra 7:6Ezra 8:221 Cor 14:20Ezra 8:16Ezra 8:24

Ezra 8:19¹⁹and Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, 20 men;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 6:11 Chr 6:161 Chr 6:19Neh 10:11Neh 3:17

Ezra 8:20²⁰and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites—220 of them. They were all designated by name.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:43Ezra 7:71 Chr 9:2Ezra 8:17Phil 4:3

Ezra 8:21²¹I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our property.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 20:3Joel 1:141 Sam 7:6Isa 30:21Jonah 3:5Lev 16:29Lev 23:29Ps 107:2-8Ps 143:8-10Isa 42:16

Ezra 8:22²²I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy along the way, because we had said to the king, “The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger is against everyone who forsakes him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:12Ps 33:18-192 Chr 16:9Ps 34:15-16Lam 3:252 Chr 15:2Ps 34:22Rom 8:281 Chr 28:9Heb 10:38

Ezra 8:23²³So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 29:12-13Matt 7:7-82 Chr 33:12-13Ezra 8:31Deut 4:291 Chr 5:20Esth 4:16Dan 9:3Isa 19:22Jer 33:3

Ezra 8:24²⁴Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 8:18-19

Ezra 8:25²⁵and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God—items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 7:14-16Ezra 8:33Ezra 1:82 Cor 8:20-21Phil 4:8

Ezra 8:26²⁶I weighed out to them: 650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 1:9-11

Ezra 8:27²⁷20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and 2 exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 4:2

Ezra 8:28²⁸Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 22:2-3Lev 21:6-81 Chr 23:281 Kgs 7:48-512 Chr 24:14Deut 33:8Ezra 1:7-11Isa 52:11Num 4:19-20Num 4:4-15

Ezra 8:29²⁹Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, in the storerooms of the temple of the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 8:33-341 Chr 26:20-262 Tim 4:5Acts 20:31Mark 13:34-35

Ezra 8:30³⁰Then the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 29:2-3Ezra 8:22Isa 60:13Ps 122:9

Ezra 8:31³¹On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemies and from bandits along the way.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 8:21-22Ezra 7:9Ezra 8:15Acts 26:22Isa 41:10-14Acts 25:3Ezra 7:28Job 5:19-24Ps 91:9-14

Ezra 8:32³²So we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 2:11Ezra 7:8-9

Ezra 8:33³³On the fourth day we weighed out the silver, the gold, and the vessels in the house of our God into the care of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and Eleazar son of Phinehas, who were accompanied by Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, who were Levites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 3:4Ezra 8:30Neh 3:211 Chr 28:14-182 Cor 8:20-21Ezra 8:26Neh 10:5Neh 10:9Neh 3:24Neh 8:7

Ezra 8:34³⁴Everything was verified by number and by weight, and the total weight was written down at that time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ezra 8:35³⁵The exiles who were returning from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel—twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs, along with twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 6:172 Chr 29:31-32Ezra 2:1Lev 1:1-7Luke 1:74-75Num 7:27Ps 116:12-19Ps 66:10-15

Ezra 8:36³⁶Then they presented the decrees of the king to the king’s satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who assisted the people and the temple of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 7:21-24Acts 18:27Ezra 4:7-23Ezra 5:6-17Ezra 6:13Isa 56:6-7Rev 12:16Esth 9:3