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| 1These are the leaders of the families listed among those who left Babylon with me during the reign of King Artaxerxes: | 1These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. |
| 2From Phinehas's descendants: Gershom. From Ithamar's descendants: Daniel. From David's descendants: Hattush. | 2Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. |
| 3From Shecaniah's descendants and from Parosh's descendants: Zechariah, along with 150 men whose genealogies had been certified. | 3Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. |
| 4From Pahath-moab's descendants: Zerahiah's son Eliehoenai and 200 men with him. | 4Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. |
| 5From Zattu's descendants: Jahaziel's son Shecaniah and 300 men with him. | 5Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. |
| 6From Adin's descendants: Jonathan's son Ebed and 50 men with him. | 6Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. |
| 7From Elam's descendants: Athaliah's son Jeshaiah and 70 men with him. | 7And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. |
| 8From Shephatiah's descendants: Michael's son Zebadiah and 80 men with him. | 8And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. |
| 9From Joab's descendants: Jehiel's son Obadiah and 218 men with him. | 9Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. |
| 10From Bani's descendants: Josiphiah's son Shelomith and 160 men with him. | 10And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. |
| 11From Bebai's descendants: Bebai's son Zechariah and 28 men with him. | 11And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. |
| 12From Azgad's descendants: Hakkatan's son Johanan and 110 men with him. | 12And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. |
| 13From Adonikam's later descendants: Eliphelet, Jeuel, Shemaiah, and 60 men with him. | 13And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. |
| 14From Bigvai's descendants: Uthai, Zabbud, and 70 men with him. | 14Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. |
| 15I gathered them together at the river that flows toward Ahava, where we camped three days. Afterwards, I examined the people and the priests, but found no descendants of Levi there. | 15And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. |
| 16So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were senior leaders, as well as for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment. | 16Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. |
| 17I told them to go see Iddo, a leader of Casiphia, and tell him and his relatives (administrators of Casiphia) to bring us men who could serve in the Temple of our God. | 17And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. |
| 18By the grace of our God they brought back a discerning man from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Israel's son Levi, along with Sherebiah and eighteen of his sons and brothers; | 18And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; |
| 19Hashabiah and Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari and 20 of his brothers and their sons; | 19And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; |
| 20220 descendants of the Temple Servants whom David and the leaders had appointed to serve the descendants of Levi, listed by name. | 20Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name. |
| 21Then I called for a fast there at the Ahava River so we could humble ourselves before our God and seek from him an appropriate way for us and our little ones to live, and how we should guard our personal wealth, | 21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. |
| 22because I was ashamed to ask the king for a contingent of soldiers and cavalry to protect us from enemies we might encounter on the way. After all, we had told the king, "The hand of our God seeks the good of all who seek him, but his power and anger are against everyone who forsakes him." | 22For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. |
| 23So we fasted and asked our God about this, and he listened to us. | 23So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. |
| 24Next I selected twelve of the chief priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them— | 24Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, |
| 25and divided between them the silver, the gold, the vessels, and the offering for the Temple of our God which the king had offered, along with his advisors, his senior officials, and all of Israel assembled there. | 25And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellers, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: |
| 26I divided among them 650 silver talents, silver utensils weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold, | 26I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; |
| 2720 gold basins weighing 1,000 darics each, and two vessels made of polished brass, as valuable as gold. | 27Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. |
| 28I told them, "You are consecrated to the LORD, and the vessels are also consecrated. The silver and the gold are a freely given offering to the LORD God of your ancestors. | 28And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. |
| 29Guard and protect them until you disperse them to the chief priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the family leaders of Israel at Jerusalem in the chambers of the Temple of the LORD." | 29Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. |
| 30So the priests and descendants of Levi took possession of the silver, the gold, and the vessels in order to bring them to Jerusalem, to the Temple of our God. | 30So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. |
| 31Then we left the Ahava River for Jerusalem on the twelfth day of the first month. Our God's protection was with us, and he delivered us from the enemy's power and from ambush along the way. | 31Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. |
| 32We arrived in Jerusalem and remained there three days. | 32And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. |
| 33On the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the vessels were distributed at the Temple of our God into the care of Uriah's son Meremoth the priest, Phinehas' son Eleazar, Jeshua's son Jozabad, and Binnui's son Noadiah, the descendants of Levi. | 33Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; |
| 34Distribution was according to inventory and weight, with all weights being recorded at that time. | 34By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. |
| 35The descendants of those who had been taken into captivity and who had returned from captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all of Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering—all of them burnt offerings to the LORD. | 35Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD. |
| 36Then they delivered copies of the king's orders to the king's officers, and governors on this side of the Euphrates River. The orders were in support of the people and God's Temple. | 36And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. |
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