Ezra 8 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:

1These are the leaders of the families listed among those who left Babylon with me during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

2of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;

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

3of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and registered with him were one hundred and fifty males;

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

4of the sons of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males;

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

5of the sons of Shechaniah, Ben-Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males;

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

6of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males;

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

7of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males;

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

8of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males;

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

9of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males;

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

10of the sons of Shelomith, Ben-Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males;

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

11of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;

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

12of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males;

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

13of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these—Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah—and with them sixty males;

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

14also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

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

15Now I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.

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.

16Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leaders; also for Joiarib and Elnathan, men of understanding.

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.

17And I gave them a command for Iddo the chief man at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim at the place Casiphia—that they should bring us servants for the house of our God.

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.

18Then, 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, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and brothers, eighteen men;

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;

19and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty men;

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

20also of the Nethinim, whom David and the leaders had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim. All of them were designated by name.

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

21Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions.

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,

22For I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.”

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."

23So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer.

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

24And I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them—

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

25and weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel who were present, had offered.

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.

26I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold,

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

27twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold.

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

28And I said to them, “You are holy to the LORD; the articles are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers.

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.

29Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leaders of the priests and the Levites and heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.”

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."

30So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles by weight, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

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.

31Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road.

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.

32So we came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.

32We arrived in Jerusalem and remained there three days.

33Now on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the articles were 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; with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui,

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.

34with the number and weight of everything. All the weight was written down at that time.

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

35The children of those who had been carried away captive, who had come from the captivity, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.

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.

36And they delivered the king’s orders to the king’s satraps and the governors in the region beyond the River. So they gave support to the people and the house of God.

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.

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