Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Ezra Chapter 1 to 10)

[PaducahLuke]

Ezra 8:5-6 (NLT)

5 From the family of Zattu: Shecaniah son of Jahaziel and 300 other men.
6 From the family of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan and 50 other men.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezra 8:7-8 (NLT)

7 From the family of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah and 70 other men.
8 From the family of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael and 80 other men.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezra 8:9 (NLT) - 9 From the family of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel and 218 other men.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezra 8:10 (NLT) - 10 From the family of Bani: Shelomith son of Josiphiah and 160 other men.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezra 8:11 (NLT) - 11 From the family of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai and 28 other men.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezra 8:12 (NLT)

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

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezra 8:13 (NLT)

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

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezra 8:14 (NLT)

14 From the family of Bigvai: Uthai, Zaccur, and 70 other men.

 

[Cosia]

Ezra 8:15 (NLT)
I assembled the exiles at Ahava canal, and we camped there for three days while I went the lists of the people and the priests who had arrived. I found that not one Levite had volunteered to come along.

 

[Cosia]

Ezra 8:16 (NLT)
So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who leaders of the people. I also sent for Jolarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment.

 

[Cosia]

Ezra 8:17 (NLT)
I 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.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezra 8:18 (NLT)

18 Since 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.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezra 8:19 (NLT)

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

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezra 8:20 (NLT)

20 and 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.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezra 8:21 (NLT) - 21 And 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.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezra 8:22 (NLT) - 22 For 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.”

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezra 8:23 (NLT) - 23 So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezra 8:24 (NLT) - 24 I appointed twelve leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten other priests—

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezra 8:25 (NLT) - 25 to 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.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezra 8:26 (NLT)

26 I 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,