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CHAPTER 8
_ 1. Those who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:1)_
2. The gathering at Ahava (Ezra 8:15)
3. The fast proclaimed (Ezra 8:21)
4. The appointment of guardians ...
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THE GATHERING TOGETHER OF THE EXILES AT AHAVA. The narrative is told
here in the first person.
Ezra 8:15. Ahava: _cf._ Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31; this seems to have been
a place which gave its name to one...
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_also of the Nethinims_ R.V. AND OF THE NETHINIM.
_whom David and the princes had appointed_ R.V. WHOM DAVID AND THE
PRINCES HAD GIVEN. -Given", not -appointed", more literal rendering
and correspond...
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2. Levites are added to the company.
TEXT, EZRA 8:15-20
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Now I assembled them at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped
for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I di...
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_AND 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; AND SHEREBIAH, WITH HIS SONS AND HIS BRETHREN, EIGHTEEN;_
No...
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PARTICULARS OF EZRA'S COMPANY
1. Them that went up] The sum of the numbers given is 1,496. Only
males are mentioned, and if no women accompanied them, the absence of
such doubtless increased the tend...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 8
V1 This is the list of the families and the chief men in the families.
They came with me from Babylonia during the rule of King Artaxerx...
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וּ מִן ־הַ נְּתִינִ֗ים שֶׁ נָּתַ֨ן
דָּוִ֤יד
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UNITED PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE
Ezra 8:1
The number of men who accompanied Ezra amounted to 1754, but the women
and children would bring up the gross total to about 7000. The lack of
Levites was very seri...
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In this chapter we have, first, a representative list of those who
joined Ezra when he went up to Jerusalem. First in order, members of
the priestly and royal houses are named (verses Ezr 8:1-2). Then...
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I admire the promptness of the Levites in coming forward at the call.
And I equally admire the piety of Ezra in ascribing this readiness of
the sons of Levi to the good hand of God....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8.
Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must
still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people,
even when t...
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ALSO OF THE NETHINIMS, WHOM DAVID AND THE PRINCES HAD APPOINTED FOR
THE SERVICE OF THE LEVITES,.... To wait upon them, and minister to
them, as they did to the priests; some think those were the same...
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Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for
the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of
them were expressed by name.
Ver. 20. _Whom David and the prin...
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_Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed_ The
Gibeonites, who were devoted to the service of the Levites by Joshua
and the princes of his time, (Joshua 9:21,) and are said to h...
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1 The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon.
15 He sendeth to Iddo for ministers for the Temple.
21 He keepeth a fast.
24 He committeth the treasures to the custodie of the Priests.
31 Fro...
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THE ASSEMBLING OF THE COMPANY...
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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;...
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A LIST OF EZRA'S COMPANIONS
(vv. 1-14)
Those who voluntarily came to accompany Ezra to Jerusalem are recorded
here, the men numbering almost 1500. Women also must have been
present, but are not ment...
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1-20 Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of
Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him.
What a pity that good men should omit a good work, for want of be...
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The Gibeonites, who were devoted to this service by Joshua and the
princes of his time, JOSHUA 9:21, and are said to be appointed by
David and his princes, because they were confirmed by them in their...
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Ezra 8:20 Nethinim H5411 David H1732 leaders H8269 appointed H5414
(H8804) service H5656 Levites H3881 hundred H3967 twent
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EZRA DISCOVERS THAT NO LEVITES HAVE JOINED THE RETURNEES AND MAKES
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOME TO JOIN THE PARTY (EZRA 8:15).
Gathering his party together at the Canal which runs to Ahava, which
was probabl...
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CONTENTS: List of Ezra's companions and his visit to Jerusalem.
Treasure placed in the temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Sherebeah, Hashabiah, Meremoth, Eleazar,
Jozabad, Noadiah.
CONCLUSION: God's serv...
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Ezra 8:15. _The river that runneth to Ahava,_ or the river of Diavam.
Adiabena is a remote region, according to Boiste, in Assyria, and
contiguous to Parthia: but whether the city and river of Ahava w...
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_And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava._
THE ASSEMBLY AT AHAVA
I. The long journey commenced.
II. An important inspection made. This halt illustrates--
1. The need of sea...
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EZRA 8:1 Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem with a New Wave of Returnees,
Bearing Royal Gifts for the Temple. This section gives a more extended
account of Ezra’s return to Jerusalem. Readers learn of those w...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) A list
of the heads of houses, with the number of adult males accompanying
each of them, who went with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra...
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EXPOSITION
THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO WENT UP TO JERUSALEM WITH EZRA, AND THE NAMES
OF THE CHIEF MEN ...
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So in chapter eight it gives to us a list of those who went with Ezra,
totaling out about 754 of the males, when you add the priests that
were added to later. So they numbered the people, and they fou...
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1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 2:43; Ezra 7:7; Ezra 8:17; Philippians 4:3...