‏ Ezra 8

CHAPTER 8

Rulers of the Families of the Captivity

1And these are  the rulers of their families, and the genealogy of the ones ascending with me, in the kingdom of Artaxerxes the king of Babylon. 2Of the sons of Phinehas -- Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar -- Daniel; of the sons of David -- Hattush; 3of the sons of Shechaniah of the sons of Pharosh -- Zechariah, and [³with ⁴him ⁵having traced descent ¹the ²males] -- a hundred and fifty. 4Of the sons Pahath-moab -- Elihoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred   males. 5Of the sons Shechaniah -- son Jahaziel, and with him three hundred   males. 6Of the sons of Adin -- Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him fifty   males. 7Of the sons of Elam -- Jeshaiaih son of Athaliah, and with him seventy   males. 8Of the sons of Shephatiah -- Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty   males. 9Of the sons of Joab -- Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred eighteen   males. 10From the sons of Shelomith -- son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred sixty   males. 11From the sons of Bebai -- Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight   males. 12From the sons of Azgad -- Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him, a hundred ten   males. 13Of the sons of Adonikam last, and these are the names of them -- Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty   males. 14Of the sons of Bigvai -- Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy   males. 15And I gathered them to the river, the one coming to   Ahava; and we camped there [²days ¹three]. And I perceived among the people, and among the priests, [²any  ³from ⁴the sons ⁵of Levi ¹there were not] found there. 16And I sent to  Eleazar, to  Ariel, to  Shemaiah, and to  Elnathan, and to  Jarib to  Elnatham, to  Nathan, to  Zechariah, to  Meshullam, rulers; to  Joiarib, and to  Elnathan, ones perceiving. 17And I gave charge to them to Iddo the ruler of Casiphia of the place. And I put in their mouths words to speak to Iddo, and to   their brethren of the Nethinim, of the ones with the money of the place Casiphia,   to bring to us ministers and singers into the house of our God. 18And they came to us as the [²hand   ³of our God   ¹good] was upon us, [²man ¹with a discerning] from the sons of Mahli, the son  of Levi   of Israel. And Sherebiah, and   his sons, and his brethren -- eighteen. 19And   Hashabiah and   Jeshaiah from the sons of Merari, his brethren and his sons -- twenty. 20And from the Nethinim, whom David appointed and the rulers for service of the Levites -- [³Nethinim ¹two hundred ²twenty]; all these were named. 21And I called there a fast at the river Ahava,   to humble ourselves  before   our God, to seek by him [²way ¹a straight] for us, and   for our children, and for all   our property. 22For I was ashamed to ask from the king for a force and horsemen to deliver us from the enemy in the way; for we said to the king, saying, The hand   of our God is upon all the ones seeking him for good, and his might and his rage is upon all the ones abandoning him. 23And we fasted and sought from   our God concerning this; and he heeded us. 24And I separated [²of ³the rulers ⁴of the ⁵priests ¹twelve], to  Sherebiah, to  Hashabiah, and with them from their brethren -- ten. 25And I set before  them the silver and the gold, and the items of the first-fruit of the house of our God, which [³separated in dedication  ¹the ²king], and   his counselors, and   his rulers, and all [³of Israel ¹the ones ²being found]. 26And I set in their hands silver -- [³talents ¹six hundred ²fifty], and vessels made of silver -- a hundred, and talents of gold -- a hundred; 27and [²bowls ³of gold ¹twenty ⁵drachmas ⁴of a thousand], and vessels of brass, shining, good quality, diverse, desirable as gold. 28And I said to them, You are holy to the lord    God, and the [²vessels ¹holy], and the silver, and the gold are a voluntary offering  to the lord  God   of our fathers. 29Be awake and give heed until you set them  before the rulers of the priests and the Levites, and rulers of the families   of Israel in Jerusalem, in the cubicles of the house of the lord! 30And [⁶took ¹the ²priests ³and ⁴the ⁵Levites] the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,   to bring them into Jerusalem into the house   of our God. 31And we lifted away from the river   Ahava on the twelfth of the [²month   ¹first],   to come unto Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us, and he rescued us from the hand of the enemy, and the warlike people  along the way. 32And we came into Jerusalem, and we stayed there [²days ¹three]. 33And on the [²day   ¹fourth] we set the silver, and the gold, and the vessels in the house   of our God into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad son of Jeshua, and Noadiah son of Binnui -- the Levites. 34By number and by weight   all were measured; and [⁴was written down ¹all ²the ³weight] at   that time. 35And the ones coming out of the captivity, sons of the sojourn, brought whole burnt-offerings to the God of Israel; calves -- twelve for all Israel, rams -- ninety-six, lambs -- seventy-seven, winter yearlings of the goats  for the sin offering -- twelve; the whole amount  for whole burnt-offerings to the lord. 36And they gave the mandate of the king to the administrators of the king, and chief rulers on the other side of the river; and they glorified the people, and the house   of God.