Ezra 8 ISV NLT Parallel

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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:

1Here is a list of the family leaders and the genealogies of those who came with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

2From Phinehas's descendants: Gershom. From Ithamar's descendants: Daniel. From David's descendants: Hattush.

2From the family of Phinehas: Gershom. From the family of Ithamar: Daniel. From the family of David: Hattush,

3From Shecaniah's descendants and from Parosh's descendants: Zechariah, along with 150 men whose genealogies had been certified.

3a descendant of Shecaniah. From the family of Parosh: Zechariah and 150 other men were registered.

4From Pahath-moab's descendants: Zerahiah's son Eliehoenai and 200 men with him.

4From the family of Pahath-moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and 200 other men.

5From Zattu's descendants: Jahaziel's son Shecaniah and 300 men with him.

5From the family of Zattu : Shecaniah son of Jahaziel and 300 other men.

6From Adin's descendants: Jonathan's son Ebed and 50 men with him.

6From the family of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan and 50 other men.

7From Elam's descendants: Athaliah's son Jeshaiah and 70 men with him.

7From the family of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah and 70 other men.

8From Shephatiah's descendants: Michael's son Zebadiah and 80 men with him.

8From the family of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael and 80 other men.

9From Joab's descendants: Jehiel's son Obadiah and 218 men with him.

9From the family of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel and 218 other men.

10From Bani's descendants: Josiphiah's son Shelomith and 160 men with him.

10From the family of Bani : Shelomith son of Josiphiah and 160 other men.

11From Bebai's descendants: Bebai's son Zechariah and 28 men with him.

11From the family of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai and 28 other men.

12From Azgad's descendants: Hakkatan's son Johanan and 110 men with him.

12From the family of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan and 110 other men.

13From Adonikam's later descendants: Eliphelet, Jeuel, Shemaiah, and 60 men with him.

13From the family of Adonikam, who came later : Eliphelet, Jeuel, Shemaiah, and 60 other men.

14From Bigvai's descendants: Uthai, Zabbud, and 70 men with him.

14From the family of Bigvai: Uthai, Zaccur, and 70 other men. Ezra’s Journey to Jerusalem

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.

15I assembled the exiles at the Ahava Canal, and we camped there for three days while I went over the lists of the people and the priests who had arrived. I found that not one Levite had volunteered to come along.

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.

16So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders of the people. I also sent for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment.

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.

17I sent them to Iddo, the leader of the Levites at Casiphia, to ask him and his relatives and the Temple servants to send us ministers for the Temple of God at Jerusalem.

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;

18Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, they sent us a man named Sherebiah, along with eighteen of his sons and brothers. He was a very astute man and a descendant of Mahli, who was a descendant of Levi son of Israel.

19Hashabiah and Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari and 20 of his brothers and their sons;

19They also sent Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and twenty of his sons and brothers,

20220 descendants of the Temple Servants whom David and the leaders had appointed to serve the descendants of Levi, listed by name.

20and 220 Temple servants. The Temple servants were assistants to the Levites—a group of Temple workers first instituted by King David and his officials. They were all listed 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,

21And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled.

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 ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to accompany us and protect us from enemies along the way. After all, we had told the king, “Our God’s hand of protection is on all who worship him, but his fierce anger rages against those who abandon him.”

23So we fasted and asked our God about this, and he listened to us.

23So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.

24Next I selected twelve of the chief priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them—

24I appointed twelve leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten other priests—

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.

25to be in charge of transporting the silver, the gold, the gold bowls, and the other items that the king, his council, his officials, and all the people of Israel had presented for the Temple of God.

26I divided among them 650 silver talents, silver utensils weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,

26I weighed the treasure as I gave it to them and found the totals to be as follows: 24 tons of silver, 7,500 pounds of silver articles, 7,500 pounds of gold,

2720 gold basins weighing 1,000 darics each, and two vessels made of polished brass, as valuable as gold.

2720 gold bowls, equal in value to 1,000 gold coins, 2 fine articles of polished bronze, as 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 to these priests, “You and these treasures have been set apart as holy to the LORD. This silver and gold is a voluntary offering to the LORD, the God of our ancestors.

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."

29Guard these treasures well until you present them to the leading priests, the Levites, and the leaders of Israel, who will weigh them at the storerooms of the LORD’s Temple in Jerusalem.”

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 the priests and the Levites accepted the task of transporting these treasures of silver and gold to the Temple of our God in Jerusalem.

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.

31We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19 and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way.

32We arrived in Jerusalem and remained there three days.

32So we arrived safely in Jerusalem, where we rested for 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.

33On the fourth day after our arrival, the silver, gold, and other valuables were weighed at the Temple of our God and entrusted to Meremoth son of Uriah the priest and to Eleazar son of Phinehas, along with Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui—both of whom were Levites.

34Distribution was according to inventory and weight, with all weights being recorded at that time.

34Everything was accounted for by number and weight, and the total weight was officially recorded.

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.

35Then the exiles who had come out of captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel. They presented twelve bulls for all the people of Israel, as well as ninety-six rams and seventy-seven male lambs. They also offered twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was given as a burnt offering to 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.

36The king’s decrees were delivered to his highest officers and the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River, who then cooperated by supporting the people and the Temple of God.

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