Ezra 8:1-20
THE ASSEMBLING OF THE COMPANY... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ASSEMBLING OF THE COMPANY... [ Continue Reading ]
These are now the chief of their fathers, the oldest living heads or fathers of the descendants in one family, AND THIS IS THE GENEALOGY OF THEM THAT WENT UP WITH ME FROM BABYLON, IN THE REIGN OF ARTAXERXES THE KING. The register of families according to father-houses, under the leadership of Ezra,... [ Continue Reading ]
of the sons of Phinehas: Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar: Daniel, these being of priestly descent; OF THE SONS OF DAVID, direct descendants of the great king: HATTUSH.... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh: Zechariah; and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the sons of Pahath-moab: Elihoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the sons of Shechaniah: the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the sons also of Adin: Ebed, the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.... [ Continue Reading ]
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.... [ Continue Reading ]
And of the sons of Shephatiab: Zebadiah, the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the sons of Joab, treated separately here, probably because only a small number of them had returned with Zerubbabel, Ezra 2:6: OBADIAH, THE SON OF JEHIEL, AND WITH HIM TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN MALES.... [ Continue Reading ]
And of the sons of Shelomith: the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.... [ Continue Reading ]
And of the Sons of Bebai: Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.... [ Continue Reading ]
And of the sons of Azgad: Johanan, the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.... [ Continue Reading ]
And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the sons also of Bigvai: Uthai and Zabbud (or Zaccur), AND WITH THEM SEVENTY MALES. The number of males enumerated in this list amounts to 1,764, so that the caravan, including women and children, may easily have been six thousand strong.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava, a place or region on one of the canals of Mesopotamia communicating with the Euphrates; AND THERE ABODE WE IN TENTS THREE DAYS, after the Oriental custom, which gave the leader of the caravan a chance to arrange it in proper order and... [ Continue Reading ]
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Arid, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, heads of little communities; ALSO FOR JOIARIB AND FOR ELNATHAN, men of understanding, teachers among the people.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I sent them, undoubtedly by virtue of the authority vested in him, WITH COMMANDMENT UNTO IDDO, the chief at the place Casiphia, this being either the name of a place between Ahava and Babylon or the designation of an office, that of treasurer to the king, AND I TOLD THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD SAY UNT... [ Continue Reading ]
And by the good hand of our God upon us, by a special manifestation of His merciful kindness, THEY BROUGHT US A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING, OF THE SONS OF MAHLI, THE SON OF LEVI, THE SON OF ISRAEL; AND SHEREBIAH, WITH HIS SONS AND HIS BRETHREN, EIGHTEEN;... [ Continue Reading ]
and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;... [ Continue Reading ]
also of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, to assist the Levites in the lower and more menial tasks of the Temple, TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY NETHINIM; ALL OF THEM WERE EXPRESSED BY NAME. It is a strange fact that even the freedom from taxes did not in... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I proclaimed a fast there, in preparation for the journey, its purpose being to implore from God safety amidst the many and various dangers of the desert, AT THE RIVER OF AHAVA, THAT WE MIGHT AFFLICT OURSELVES BEFORE OUR GOD, TO SEEK OF HIM A RIGHT WAY FOR US AND FOR OUR LITTLE ONES AND FOR ALL... [ Continue Reading ]
The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures... [ Continue Reading ]
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, against the bands of Bedouins which infested the deserts and lived largely on robbery and plunder, BECAUSE WE HAD SPOKEN UNTO THE KING, SAYING, THE HAND OF OUR GOD IS UPON ALL THEM FOR G... [ Continue Reading ]
So we fasted and besought our God for this; and He was intreated of us. He rewarded their faith in Him by permitting them to enjoy perfect safety during the entire journey.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel, SHEREBIAH, HASHABIAH, AND TEN OF THEIR BRETHREN WITH THEM, apparently twelve, each, of priests and of Levites,... [ Continue Reading ]
and weighed unto them the silver and the gold and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his lords, and all Israel there present had offered, Ezra 7:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver and silver vessels an hundred talents and of gold an hundred talents;... [ Continue Reading ]
also twenty basins of gold, covered cups for pouring out drink-offerings, OF A THOUSAND DRAINS, literally, "darics," Persian money; AND TWO VESSELS OF FINE COPPER, of excellent polish, PRECIOUS AS GOLD. The value of all these treasures has been estimated at about two and one half million dollars.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord, set apart for the special service of Jehovah; THE VESSELS ARE HOLY ALSO, intended for use in divine worship only, set apart for this purpose; AND THE SILVER AND THE GOLD ARE A FREE-WILL OFFERING UNTO THE LORD GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, voluntarily contribut... [ Continue Reading ]
Watch ye and keep them, as consecrated custodians, UNTIL YE WEIGH THEM BEFORE THE CHIEF OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES AND CHIEF OF THE FATHERS OF ISRAEL AT JERUSALEM, IN THE CHAMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, where all these treasures were to be delivered intact.... [ Continue Reading ]
So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels to bring them to Jerusalem, unto the house of our God, they accepted the commission with the same solemnity with which it was tendered.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then we departed from the river of Ahava, from the region on the Euphrates known by that name, ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, some time having elapsed during which the Levites who were summoned joined the caravan, TO GO UNTO JERUSALEM; AND THE HAND OF OUR GOD WAS UPON US, AND HE DELIVERED US... [ Continue Reading ]
And we came to Jerusalem, after a journey of about four months, AND ABODE THERE THREE DAYS, resting from the effects of their journey.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Xeremoth, the son of Uriah, the priest, apparently in charge of the Lord's treasures; AND WITH HIM WAS ELEAZAR, THE SON OF PHINEHAS; AND WITH THEM WAS JOZABAD, THE SON OF JESHUA, AND NOA... [ Continue Reading ]
by number and by weight of every one; and all the weight was written at that time, everything noted down carefully in an official document, so that the correct preservation might be confirmed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, those who had returned in this caravan, OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS UNTO THE GOD OF ISRAEL: TWELVE BULLOCKS FOR ALL ISRAEL, NINETY AND SIX RAMS, SEVENTY AND SEVEN LAMBS, TWELVE HE-GOATS FOR A SIN-OFFERING. Cf Ez... [ Continue Reading ]
And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants and to the governors on this side the river, both to the satraps, as civil officers, and to the chief military officers in the satrapy between the Euphrates and the Mediterranean; and they, these Persian magnates, furthered the pe... [ Continue Reading ]