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1 And so these are the leaders of the families, with their genealogy, of those who ascended with me from Babylon, during the reign of king Artaxerxes.
1 Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
2 From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. From the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. From the sons of David, Hattush.
2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush.
3 From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Parosh, Zechariah, and one hundred fifty men were numbered with him.
3 Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty.
4 From the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and two hundred men were with him.
4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.
5 From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and three hundred men were with him.
5 Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
6 From the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan, and fifty men were with him.
6 Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
7 From the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, the son of Athaliah, and seventy men were with him.
7 Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.
8 From the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael, and eighty men were with him.
8 Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.
9 From the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel, and two hundred eighteen men were with him.
9 Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred eighteen males.
10 From the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and one hundred sixty men were with him.
10 Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred sixty males.
11 From the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and twenty-eight men were with him.
11 Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.
12 From the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan, and one hundred and ten men were with him.
12 Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males.
13 From the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, and these were their names: Eliphelet, and Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and sixty men were with them.
13 Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, their names are: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.
14 From the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and seventy men were with them.
14 Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
15 Now I gathered them together at the river that runs down to Ahava, and we stayed there for three days. And I sought among the people and among the priests for the sons of Levi, and I found none there.
15 I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days. Then I looked around at the people and the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi.
16 And so I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Shemaiah, and Elnathan, and Jarib, and another Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise.
16 Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, for Elnathan, for Jarib, for Elnathan, for Nathan, for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib and for Elnathan, who were teachers.
17 And I sent them to Iddo, who is first within the place of Casiphia. And I placed in their mouth the words that they should speak to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants, in the place of Casiphia, so that they would lead to us ministers for the house of our God.
17 I sent them out to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo and his brothers the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
18 And because the good hand of our God was over us, they led to us a very learned man from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, with Sherebiah, and his sons, and his eighteen brothers,
18 According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;
19 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, and his brothers, and his sons, numbering twenty.
19 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;
20 And from the temple servants, whom David, and the leaders had provided for the ministry of the Levites, there were two hundred twenty temple servants. All these were called by their names.
20 and of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred twenty temple servants. All of them were mentioned by name.
21 And I proclaimed a fast in that place, beside the river Ahava, so that we might afflict ourselves in the sight of the Lord our God, and so that we might request of him the right way for us, and for our sons, and for all our substance.
21 Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, for our little ones, and for all our possessions.
22 For I was ashamed to petition the king for assistance and for horsemen, who would defend us from the enemy along the way. For we had said to the king: “The hand of our God is over all those who seek him in goodness. And his authority, and his strength and fury, is over all those who forsake him.”
22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.”
23 And so we fasted and begged our God for this; and as a result, we prospered.
23 So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request.
24 And I separated twelve from among the leaders of the priests: Sherebiah, and Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.
24 Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
25 And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold, and the vessels consecrated to the house of our God, which had been offered by the king, and by his counselors and his leaders, and by all those of Israel who had been found.
25 and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered.
26 And I weighed out to their hands six hundred fifty talents of silver, and one hundred vessels of silver, and one hundred talents of gold,
26 I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, one hundred talents of silver vessels, one hundred talents of gold,
27 and twenty gold bowls which had the weight of one thousand coins, and two vessels of the finest shining brass, as beautiful as gold.
27 twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold.
28 And I said to them: “You are the holy ones of the Lord, and the vessels are holy, with the silver and the gold, which has been offered freely to the Lord, the God of our fathers.
28 I said to them, “You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a free will offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers.
29 Watch and guard them, until you weigh them out before the leaders of the priests and the Levites, and the rulers of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, into the treasury of the house of the Lord.”
29 Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the rooms of Yahweh’s house.”
30 Then the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, so that they might carry these to Jerusalem, into the house of our God.
30 So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
31 Therefore, we set out from the river Ahava, on the twelfth day of the first month, so that we might travel to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was over us, and he freed us from the hand of the enemy and of those who lay in ambush along the way.
31 Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandits by the way.
32 And we arrived at Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days.
32 We came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.
33 Then, on the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed out 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 were the Levites, Jozabad, the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah, the son of Binnui.
33 On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites.
34 This was done according to the number and weight of everything; and every weight was written down at that time.
34 Everything was counted and weighed; and all the weight was written at that time.
35 Moreover, those who came from the captivity, the sons of the transmigration, offered holocausts to the God of Israel: twelve calves on behalf of all the people of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for sin. All these were a holocaust to the Lord.
35 The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to Yahweh.
36 Then they gave the edicts of the king to the rulers who served in the sight of the king, and to the governors beyond the river, and they exalted the people and the house of God.
36 They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s local governors and to the governors beyond the River. So they supported the people and God’s house.

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People

  • Ariel

    Leader summoned at Ahava

    One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16

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  • Athaliah

    Father of Jeshaiah

    A man named Athaliah, named only as the father of Jeshaiah.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:7

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  • Binnui

    Father of Noadiah the Levite

    Named as the father of Noadiah.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33

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  • Daniel

    Head of the house of Ithamar

    Family head of the descendants of Ithamar who returned with Ezra.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:2

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  • Ebed

    Head of the house of Adin

    Son of Jonathan and head of the descendants of Adin with 50 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:6

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  • Eleazar

    Priest who helped receive the temple articles

    Son of a Phinehas (not further identified) who was with Meremoth when the silver, gold and articles were weighed into the temple.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33

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  • Eliehoenai

    Head of the house of Pahath-moab

    Son of Zerahiah and head of the descendants of Pahath-moab with 200 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:4

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  • Eliezer

    Leader summoned at Ahava

    One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16

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  • Eliphelet

    Head of a later group of Adonikam

    One of three named leaders of the later descendants of Adonikam, with 60 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:13

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  • Elnathan

    Leader summoned at Ahava

    The name Elnathan appears three times in Ezra 8:16 (twice among the leaders, once among the teachers); this is the first.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16

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  • Elnathan

    Leader summoned at Ahava

    The second Elnathan listed among the leaders in Ezra 8:16.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16

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  • Elnathan

    Teacher summoned at Ahava

    The third Elnathan in Ezra 8:16, listed with Joiarib as a teacher.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16

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  • Gershom

    Head of the house of Phinehas

    Family head of the descendants of Phinehas who returned with Ezra.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:2

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  • Hakkatan

    Father of Johanan

    Named as the father of Johanan.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:12

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  • Hashabiah

    Levite of the sons of Merari

    Levite of Merari’s descendants who, with Jeshaiah and 20 brothers and sons, came to Ezra; he was set apart to guard the silver and gold. The name recurs among Levites in Nehemiah.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:19; Ezra 8:24; Nehemiah 10:11

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  • Hattush

    Head of the house of David

    Family head from the descendants of David who returned with Ezra.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:2

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  • Iddo

    Leader at Casiphia

    Leader at Casiphia to whom Ezra sent a message asking for ministers for the house of God; he and his kinsmen, the temple servants, supplied them.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:17

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  • Jahaziel

    Father of Shecaniah

    Named as the father of Shecaniah.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:5

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  • Jarib

    Leader summoned at Ahava

    One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16

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  • Jehiel

    Father of Obadiah

    Named as the father of Obadiah.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:9

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  • Jeshaiah

    Head of the house of Elam

    Son of Athaliah and head of the descendants of Elam with 70 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:7

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  • Jeshaiah

    Levite of the sons of Merari

    Levite of Merari’s descendants who came to Ezra with Hashabiah and 20 brothers and sons.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:19

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  • Johanan

    Head of the house of Azgad

    Son of Hakkatan and head of the descendants of Azgad with 110 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:12

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  • Joiarib

    Teacher summoned at Ahava

    One of two teachers, with Elnathan, whom Ezra summoned along with the leaders.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16

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  • Jonathan

    Father of Ebed

    Named as the father of Ebed.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:6

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  • Josiphiah

    Father of Shelomith

    Named as the father of Shelomith.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:10

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  • Jozabad

    Levite, son of Jeshua

    Levite present at the weighing of the temple silver and gold.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33

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  • Meremoth

    Priest, son of Uriah

    Priest into whose hand Ezra’s party weighed the silver and gold and sacred articles at Jerusalem; he also repaired two sections of the wall.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:21

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  • Meshullam

    Leader summoned at Ahava

    One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16

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  • Michael

    Father of Zebadiah

    Named as the father of Zebadiah.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:8

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  • Nathan

    Leader summoned at Ahava

    One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16

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  • Noadiah

    Levite, son of Binnui

    Levite present at the weighing of the temple silver and gold.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33

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  • Obadiah

    Head of the house of Joab

    Son of Jehiel and head of the descendants of Joab with 218 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:9

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  • Shecaniah

    Ancestral name in Hattush’s line

    Named in connection with Hattush, a descendant of David, in the list of returning family heads (the verse is read as Hattush of the descendants of Shecaniah).

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:3

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  • Shecaniah

    Head of the house of Zattu

    Son of Jahaziel and head of the descendants of Zattu with 300 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:5

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  • Shelomith

    Head of the house of Bani

    Son of Josiphiah and head of the descendants of Bani with 160 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:10

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  • Shemaiah

    Head of a later group of Adonikam

    One of three named leaders of the later descendants of Adonikam, with 60 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:13

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  • Shemaiah

    Leader summoned at Ahava

    One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16

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  • Sherebiah

    Levite of insight

    A man of insight from the line of Mahli son of Levi, brought to Ezra with 18 sons and brothers; he was set apart to guard the silver and gold. A Levite of this name also teaches…

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:18; Ezra 8:24; Nehemiah 8:7

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  • Uriah

    Father of Meremoth the priest

    Named as the father of Meremoth and the son of Hakkoz.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:4

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  • Uthai

    Head of the house of Bigvai

    Named with Zaccur as leaders of the descendants of Bigvai, with 70 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:14

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  • Zaccur

    Head of the house of Bigvai

    Named with Uthai as leaders of the descendants of Bigvai, with 70 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:14

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  • Zebadiah

    Head of the house of Shephatiah

    Son of Michael and head of the descendants of Shephatiah with 80 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:8

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  • Zechariah

    Leader summoned at Ahava

    One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16

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  • Zechariah

    Head of the house of Bebai

    Son of Bebai and head of the descendants of Bebai with 28 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:11

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  • Zechariah

    Head of the house of Parosh

    Family head of the descendants of Parosh who returned with Ezra with 150 men.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:3

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  • Zerahiah

    Father of Eliehoenai

    Named as the father of Eliehoenai.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:4

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Cross references (33)

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  1. 1 Ezra 7:7; 1 Chronicles 9:1; Ezra 7:13; Nehemiah 7:70–71; Ezra 1:5
  2. 2 1 Chronicles 3:22; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 24:1–6; 1 Chronicles 6:3–15
  3. 3 Ezra 2:3; Nehemiah 10:14; Nehemiah 7:8
  4. 4 Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 7:11; Nehemiah 10:14
  5. 6 Nehemiah 10:16; Ezra 2:15; Nehemiah 7:20
  6. 7 Nehemiah 7:12; Ezra 2:31; Ezra 2:7; Nehemiah 7:34
  7. 8 Nehemiah 11:4; Ezra 2:4; Nehemiah 7:9
  8. 9 Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 7:11
  9. 11 Ezra 10:28; Ezra 2:11; Nehemiah 7:16
  10. 12 Ezra 2:12; Nehemiah 7:17
  11. 13 Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 7:18
  12. 14 Nehemiah 10:12; Ezra 2:14; Nehemiah 7:19
  13. 15 Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31; Ezra 7:7; Ezra 8:2; Psalm 137:1
  14. 16 1 Chronicles 12:32; Proverbs 28:2; 1 Chronicles 26:14; Daniel 2:21; 1 Kings 3:11
  15. 17 Ezra 2:43; 1 Chronicles 23:3–6; Ezra 7:7; Numbers 8:22–26; 1 Chronicles 23:26–32
  16. 18 Ezra 7:28; Nehemiah 2:8; Jeremiah 3:15; 1 Chronicles 6:19; Ezra 7:6
  17. 19 1 Chronicles 6:16; 1 Chronicles 6:1; Nehemiah 3:17; Nehemiah 10:11; 1 Chronicles 6:19
  18. 20 Ezra 2:43; Ezra 7:7; 1 Chronicles 9:2; Philippians 4:3; Ezra 8:17
  19. 21 2 Chronicles 20:3; Joel 1:14; Isaiah 30:21; 1 Samuel 7:6; Jonah 3:5
  20. 22 1 Peter 3:12; Psalm 33:18–19; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Psalm 34:15–16; Lamentations 3:25
  21. 23 Jeremiah 29:12–13; Matthew 7:7–8; Ezra 8:31; 2 Chronicles 33:12–13; Deuteronomy 4:29
  22. 24 Ezra 8:18–19
  23. 25 Ezra 7:14–16; Ezra 8:33; Ezra 1:8; 2 Corinthians 8:20–21; Philippians 4:8
  24. 26 Ezra 1:9–11
  25. 27 Lamentations 4:2
  26. 28 Leviticus 22:2–3; Leviticus 21:6–8; Numbers 4:4–15; Ezra 1:7–11; Isaiah 52:11
  27. 29 Ezra 8:33–34; Acts 20:31; Mark 13:34–35; 1 Chronicles 26:20–26; 2 Timothy 4:5
  28. 30 1 Chronicles 29:2–3; Psalm 122:9; Isaiah 60:13; Ezra 8:22
  29. 31 Ezra 8:21–22; Ezra 8:15; Ezra 7:9; Isaiah 41:10–14; Acts 26:22
  30. 32 Nehemiah 2:11; Ezra 7:8–9
  31. 33 Nehemiah 3:4; Ezra 8:30; Nehemiah 3:21; Nehemiah 10:9; 1 Chronicles 28:14–18
  32. 35 Ezra 6:17; Psalm 116:12–19; Numbers 7:27; 2 Chronicles 29:31–32; Ezra 2:1
  33. 36 Ezra 7:21–24; Ezra 6:13; Ezra 5:6–17; Acts 18:27; Revelation 12:16

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