1 וְאֵ֛לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֥י אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם וְהִתְיַחְשָׂ֑ם הָעֹלִ֣ים עִמִּ֗י בְּמַלְכ֛וּת אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ מִבָּבֶֽל׃ ס 2 מִבְּנֵ֤י פִֽינְחָס֙ גֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔ם ס מִבְּנֵ֥י אִיתָמָ֖ר דָּנִיֵּ֑אל ס מִבְּנֵ֥י דָוִ֖יד חַטּֽוּשׁ׃ ס 3 מִבְּנֵ֣י שְׁכַנְיָ֔ה ס מִבְּנֵ֥י פַרְעֹ֖שׁ זְכַרְיָ֑ה וְעִמּ֛וֹ הִתְיַחֵ֥שׂ לִזְכָרִ֖ים מֵאָ֥ה וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃ ס 4 מִבְּנֵי֙ פַּחַ֣ת מוֹאָ֔ב אֶלְיְהֽוֹעֵינַ֖י בֶּן־זְרַֽחְיָ֑ה וְעִמּ֖וֹ מָאתַ֥יִם הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס 5 מִבְּנֵ֥י שְׁכַנְיָ֖ה בֶּן־יַחֲזִיאֵ֑ל וְעִמּ֕וֹ שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס 6 וּמִבְּנֵ֣י עָדִ֔ין עֶ֖בֶד בֶּן־יוֹנָתָ֑ן וְעִמּ֖וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס 7 וּמִבְּנֵ֣י עֵילָ֔ם יְשַֽׁעְיָ֖ה בֶּן־עֲתַלְיָ֑ה וְעִמּ֖וֹ שִׁבְעִ֥ים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס 8 וּמִבְּנֵ֣י שְׁפַטְיָ֔ה זְבַדְיָ֖ה בֶּן־מִֽיכָאֵ֑ל וְעִמּ֖וֹ שְׁמֹנִ֥ים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס 9 מִבְּנֵ֣י יוֹאָ֔ב עֹבַדְיָ֖ה בֶּן־יְחִיאֵ֑ל וְעִמּ֕וֹ מָאתַ֛יִם וּשְׁמֹנָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס 10 וּמִבְּנֵ֥י שְׁלוֹמִ֖ית בֶּן־יוֹסִפְיָ֑ה וְעִמּ֕וֹ מֵאָ֥ה וְשִׁשִּׁ֖ים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס 11 וּמִבְּנֵ֣י בֵבַ֔י זְכַרְיָ֖ה בֶּן־בֵּבָ֑י וְעִמּ֕וֹ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָ֖ה הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס 12 וּמִבְּנֵ֣י עַזְגָּ֔ד יוֹחָנָ֖ן בֶּן־הַקָּטָ֑ן וְעִמּ֕וֹ מֵאָ֥ה וַעֲשָׂרָ֖ה הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס 13 וּמִבְּנֵ֣י אֲדֹנִיקָם֮ אַחֲרֹנִים֒ וְאֵ֣לֶּה שְׁמוֹתָ֔ם אֱלִיפֶ֖לֶט יְעִיאֵ֣ל וּֽשְׁמַעְיָ֑ה וְעִמָּהֶ֖ם שִׁשִּׁ֥ים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס 14 וּמִבְּנֵ֥י בִגְוַ֖י עוּתַ֣י וזבוד וְעִמּ֖וֹ שִׁבְעִ֥ים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ פ 15 וָֽאֶקְבְּצֵ֗ם אֶל־הַנָּהָר֙ הַבָּ֣א אֶֽל־אַהֲוָ֔א וַנַּחֲנֶ֥ה שָׁ֖ם יָמִ֣ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֑ה וָאָבִ֤ינָה בָעָם֙ וּבַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וּמִבְּנֵ֥י לֵוִ֖י לֹא־מָצָ֥אתִי שָֽׁם׃ 16 וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֡ה לֶאֱלִיעֶ֡זֶר לַאֲרִיאֵ֡ל לִֽ֠שְׁמַעְיָה וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן וּלְיָרִ֜יב וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֧ן וּלְנָתָ֛ן וְלִזְכַרְיָ֥ה וְלִמְשֻׁלָּ֖ם רָאשִׁ֑ים וּלְיוֹיָרִ֥יב וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֖ן מְבִינִֽים׃ 17 ואוצאה אוֹתָם֙ עַל־אִדּ֣וֹ הָרֹ֔אשׁ בְּכָסִפְיָ֖א הַמָּק֑וֹם וָאָשִׂימָה֩ בְּפִיהֶ֨ם דְּבָרִ֜ים לְ֠דַבֵּר אֶל־אִדּ֨וֹ אָחִ֤יו הנתונים בְּכָסִפְיָ֣א הַמָּק֔וֹם לְהָֽבִיא־לָ֥נוּ מְשָׁרְתִ֖ים לְבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ 18 וַיָּבִ֨יאּוּ לָ֜נוּ כְּיַד־אֱלֹהֵ֨ינוּ הַטּוֹבָ֤ה עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ שֶׂ֔כֶל מִבְּנֵ֣י מַחְלִ֔י בֶּן־לֵוִ֖י בֶּן־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְשֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֛ה וּבָנָ֥יו וְאֶחָ֖יו שְׁמֹנָ֥ה עָשָֽׂר׃ 19 וְאֶת־חֲשַׁבְיָ֔ה וְאִתּ֥וֹ יְשַֽׁעְיָ֖ה מִבְּנֵ֣י מְרָרִ֑י אֶחָ֥יו וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם עֶשְׂרִֽים׃ ס 20 וּמִן־הַנְּתִינִ֗ים שֶׁנָּתַ֨ן דָּוִ֤יד וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ לַעֲבֹדַ֣ת הַלְוִיִּ֔ם נְתִינִ֖ים מָאתַ֣יִם וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֖ם נִקְּב֥וּ בְשֵׁמֽוֹת׃ 21 וָאֶקְרָ֨א שָׁ֥ם צוֹם֙ עַל־הַנָּהָ֣ר אַהֲוָ֔א לְהִתְעַנּ֖וֹת לִפְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְשָׁרָ֔ה לָ֥נוּ וּלְטַפֵּ֖נוּ וּלְכָל־רְכוּשֵֽׁנוּ׃ 22 כִּ֣י בֹ֗שְׁתִּי לִשְׁא֤וֹל מִן־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ חַ֣יִל וּפָרָשִׁ֔ים לְעָזְרֵ֥נוּ מֵאוֹיֵ֖ב בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ כִּֽי־אָמַ֨רְנוּ לַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לֵאמֹ֗ר יַד־אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ עַל־כָּל־מְבַקְשָׁיו֙ לְטוֹבָ֔ה וְעֻזּ֣וֹ וְאַפּ֔וֹ עַ֖ל כָּל־עֹזְבָֽיו׃ 23 וַנָּצ֛וּמָה וַנְּבַקְשָׁ֥ה מֵאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ עַל־זֹ֑את וַיֵּעָתֵ֖ר לָֽנוּ׃ 24 וָאַבְדִּ֛ילָה מִשָּׂרֵ֥י הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֑ר לְשֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֣ה חֲשַׁבְיָ֔ה וְעִמָּהֶ֥ם מֵאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם עֲשָׂרָֽה׃ 25 ואשקולה לָהֶ֔ם אֶת־הַכֶּ֥סֶף וְאֶת־הַזָּהָ֖ב וְאֶת־הַכֵּלִ֑ים תְּרוּמַ֣ת בֵּית־אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ הַהֵרִ֙ימוּ֙ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְיֹעֲצָ֣יו וְשָׂרָ֔יו וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַנִּמְצָאִֽים׃ 26 וָאֶשְׁקֲלָ֨ה עַל־יָדָ֜ם כֶּ֗סֶף כִּכָּרִים֙ שֵֽׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֔ים וּכְלֵי־כֶ֥סֶף מֵאָ֖ה לְכִכָּרִ֑ים זָהָ֖ב מֵאָ֥ה כִכָּֽר׃ 27 וּכְפֹרֵ֤י זָהָב֙ עֶשְׂרִ֔ים לַאֲדַרְכֹנִ֖ים אָ֑לֶף וּכְלֵ֨י נְחֹ֜שֶׁת מֻצְהָ֤ב טוֹבָה֙ שְׁנַ֔יִם חֲמוּדֹ֖ת כַּזָּהָֽב׃ 28 וָאֹמְרָ֣ה אֲלֵהֶ֗ם אַתֶּ֥ם קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ לַיהוָ֔ה וְהַכֵּלִ֖ים קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְהַכֶּ֤סֶף וְהַזָּהָב֙ נְדָבָ֔ה לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ 29 שִׁקְד֣וּ וְשִׁמְר֗וּ עַֽד־תִּשְׁקְל֡וּ לִפְנֵי֩ שָׂרֵ֨י הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם וְשָׂרֵֽי־הָאָב֥וֹת לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם הַלִּשְׁכ֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ 30 וְקִבְּלוּ֙ הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם מִשְׁקַ֛ל הַכֶּ֥סֶף וְהַזָּהָ֖ב וְהַכֵּלִ֑ים לְהָבִ֥יא לִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם לְבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ פ 31 וַֽנִּסְעָ֞ה מִנְּהַ֣ר אַֽהֲוָ֗א בִּשְׁנֵ֤ים עָשָׂר֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן לָלֶ֖כֶת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְיַד־אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ הָיְתָ֣ה עָלֵ֔ינוּ וַיַּ֨צִּילֵ֔נוּ מִכַּ֥ף אוֹיֵ֛ב וְאוֹרֵ֖ב עַל־הַדָּֽרֶךְ׃ 32 וַנָּב֖וֹא יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וַנֵּ֥שֶׁב שָׁ֖ם יָמִ֥ים שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ 33 וּבַיּ֣וֹם הָרְבִיעִ֡י נִשְׁקַ֣ל הַכֶּסֶף֩ וְהַזָּהָ֨ב וְהַכֵּלִ֜ים בְּבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עַ֠ל יַד־מְרֵמ֤וֹת בֶּן־אֽוּרִיָּה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְעִמּ֖וֹ אֶלְעָזָ֣ר בֶּן־פִּֽינְחָ֑ס וְעִמָּהֶ֞ם יוֹזָבָ֧ד בֶּן־יֵשׁ֛וּעַ וְנֽוֹעַדְיָ֥ה בֶן־בִּנּ֖וּי הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ 34 בְּמִסְפָּ֥ר בְּמִשְׁקָ֖ל לַכֹּ֑ל וַיִּכָּתֵ֥ב כָּֽל־הַמִּשְׁקָ֖ל בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִֽיא׃ פ 35 הַ֠בָּאִים מֵֽהַשְּׁבִ֨י בְנֵֽי־הַגּוֹלָ֜ה הִקְרִ֥יבוּ עֹל֣וֹת ׀ לֵאלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל פָּרִ֨ים שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֵילִ֣ים ׀ תִּשְׁעִ֣ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֗ה כְּבָשִׂים֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים וְשִׁבְעָ֔ה צְפִירֵ֥י חַטָּ֖את שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֑ר הַכֹּ֖ל עוֹלָ֥ה לַיהוָֽה׃ פ 36 וַֽיִּתְּנ֣וּ ׀ אֶת־דָּתֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵי֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וּפַחֲו֖וֹת עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֑ר וְנִשְּׂא֥וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם וְאֶת־בֵּֽית־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ ס
Ezra · Westminster Leningrad Codex
Ezra 8 Westminster Leningrad Codex
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People
Ariel
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Athaliah
A man named Athaliah, named only as the father of Jeshaiah.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:7
Binnui
Daniel
Family head of the descendants of Ithamar who returned with Ezra.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:2
Ebed
Son of Jonathan and head of the descendants of Adin with 50 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:6
Eleazar
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
Eliehoenai
Son of Zerahiah and head of the descendants of Pahath-moab with 200 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:4
Eliezer
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Eliphelet
One of three named leaders of the later descendants of Adonikam, with 60 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:13
Elnathan
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
Elnathan
The second Elnathan listed among the leaders in Ezra 8:16.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Elnathan
The third Elnathan in Ezra 8:16, listed with Joiarib as a teacher.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Gershom
Family head of the descendants of Phinehas who returned with Ezra.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:2
Hakkatan
Hashabiah
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
Hattush
Family head from the descendants of David who returned with Ezra.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:2
Iddo
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
Jahaziel
Jarib
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Jehiel
Jeiel
One of three named leaders of the later descendants of Adonikam, with 60 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:13
Jeshaiah
Son of Athaliah and head of the descendants of Elam with 70 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:7
Jeshaiah
Levite of Merari’s descendants who came to Ezra with Hashabiah and 20 brothers and sons.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:19
Johanan
Son of Hakkatan and head of the descendants of Azgad with 110 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:12
Joiarib
One of two teachers, with Elnathan, whom Ezra summoned along with the leaders.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Jonathan
Josiphiah
Jozabad
Levite present at the weighing of the temple silver and gold.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33
Meremoth
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
Meshullam
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Michael
Nathan
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Noadiah
Levite present at the weighing of the temple silver and gold.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33
Obadiah
Son of Jehiel and head of the descendants of Joab with 218 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:9
Shecaniah
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
Shecaniah
Son of Jahaziel and head of the descendants of Zattu with 300 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:5
Shelomith
Son of Josiphiah and head of the descendants of Bani with 160 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:10
Shemaiah
One of three named leaders of the later descendants of Adonikam, with 60 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:13
Shemaiah
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Sherebiah
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
Uriah
Named as the father of Meremoth and the son of Hakkoz.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:4
Uthai
Named with Zaccur as leaders of the descendants of Bigvai, with 70 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:14
Zaccur
Named with Uthai as leaders of the descendants of Bigvai, with 70 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:14
Zebadiah
Son of Michael and head of the descendants of Shephatiah with 80 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:8
Zechariah
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Zechariah
Son of Bebai and head of the descendants of Bebai with 28 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:11
Zechariah
Family head of the descendants of Parosh who returned with Ezra with 150 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:3
Zerahiah
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezra 7:7; 1 Chronicles 9:1; Ezra 7:13; Nehemiah 7:70–71; Ezra 1:5
- 2 1 Chronicles 3:22; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 24:1–6; 1 Chronicles 6:3–15
- 3 Ezra 2:3; Nehemiah 10:14; Nehemiah 7:8
- 4 Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 7:11; Nehemiah 10:14
- 6 Nehemiah 10:16; Ezra 2:15; Nehemiah 7:20
- 7 Nehemiah 7:12; Ezra 2:31; Ezra 2:7; Nehemiah 7:34
- 8 Nehemiah 11:4; Ezra 2:4; Nehemiah 7:9
- 9 Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 7:11
- 11 Ezra 10:28; Ezra 2:11; Nehemiah 7:16
- 12 Ezra 2:12; Nehemiah 7:17
- 13 Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 7:18
- 14 Nehemiah 10:12; Ezra 2:14; Nehemiah 7:19
- 15 Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31; Ezra 7:7; Ezra 8:2; Psalm 137:1
- 16 1 Chronicles 12:32; Proverbs 28:2; 1 Chronicles 26:14; Daniel 2:21; 1 Kings 3:11
- 17 Ezra 2:43; 1 Chronicles 23:3–6; Ezra 7:7; Numbers 8:22–26; 1 Chronicles 23:26–32
- 18 Ezra 7:28; Nehemiah 2:8; Jeremiah 3:15; 1 Chronicles 6:19; Ezra 7:6
- 19 1 Chronicles 6:16; 1 Chronicles 6:1; Nehemiah 3:17; Nehemiah 10:11; 1 Chronicles 6:19
- 20 Ezra 2:43; Ezra 7:7; 1 Chronicles 9:2; Philippians 4:3; Ezra 8:17
- 21 2 Chronicles 20:3; Joel 1:14; Isaiah 30:21; 1 Samuel 7:6; Jonah 3:5
- 22 1 Peter 3:12; Psalm 33:18–19; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Psalm 34:15–16; Lamentations 3:25
- 23 Jeremiah 29:12–13; Matthew 7:7–8; Ezra 8:31; 2 Chronicles 33:12–13; Deuteronomy 4:29
- 24 Ezra 8:18–19
- 25 Ezra 7:14–16; Ezra 8:33; Ezra 1:8; 2 Corinthians 8:20–21; Philippians 4:8
- 26 Ezra 1:9–11
- 27 Lamentations 4:2
- 28 Leviticus 22:2–3; Leviticus 21:6–8; Numbers 4:4–15; Ezra 1:7–11; Isaiah 52:11
- 29 Ezra 8:33–34; Acts 20:31; Mark 13:34–35; 1 Chronicles 26:20–26; 2 Timothy 4:5
- 30 1 Chronicles 29:2–3; Psalm 122:9; Isaiah 60:13; Ezra 8:22
- 31 Ezra 8:21–22; Ezra 8:15; Ezra 7:9; Isaiah 41:10–14; Acts 26:22
- 32 Nehemiah 2:11; Ezra 7:8–9
- 33 Nehemiah 3:4; Ezra 8:30; Nehemiah 3:21; Nehemiah 10:9; 1 Chronicles 28:14–18
- 35 Ezra 6:17; Psalm 116:12–19; Numbers 7:27; 2 Chronicles 29:31–32; Ezra 2:1
- 36 Ezra 7:21–24; Ezra 6:13; Ezra 5:6–17; Acts 18:27; Revelation 12:16
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