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Ezra 8

The nomber of them that returned to Ieruſalém with Ezrá. 21 He cauſeth thē to faſt. 24 He admoniſheth the Prieſts of their duetie. 31 What they did when they came to Ieruſalém.
1.THeſe are now the chief fathers of thē, and the genealogie of them that came vp with me from Babél, in the reigne of King Artahſháſhte.
2.Of the ſonnes of Phinehás, Gerſhóm: of the ſonnes of Ithamár, Daniél: of the ſonnes of Dauíd, Hattúſh:
3.Of the ſonnes of Shechaniáh, of the ſonnes of Pharóſh, Zechariáh, and with him the counte of the males, an hundreth and fiftie.
4.Of the ſonnes of Pahath Moáb, Elihoenái, the ſonne of Zerahiáh, and with him two hundreth males.
5.Of the ſonnes of Shechaniáh, the ſonne of Iahaziél, and with him thre hundreth males.
6.And of the ſonnes of Adin, Ebed the ſonne of Ionathán, and with him fiftie males.
7.And of the ſonnes of Elám, Ieſhaiáh the ſonne of Athaliáh, and with him ſeuentie males.
8.And of the ſonnes of Shephatiáh, Zebadiáh the ſonne of Michaél, and with him foureſcore males.
9.Of the ſonnes of Ioáb, Obadiáh the ſonne of Iehiél, and with him two hundreth and eightene males.
10.And of the ſonnes of Shelomíth the ſonne of Ioſiphiáh, and with him an hūdreth and thre ſcore males.
11.And of the ſonnes of Bebái, Zechariáh, the ſonne of Bebái, & with him eight and twentie males.
12.And of the ſonnes of Azgád, Iohanán the ſonne of Hakkatán, and with him an hundreth and ten males.
13.And of the ſonnes of Adonikám, that were the laſt, whoſe names are theſe: Eliphélet, Iehiél and Shemaiáh, and with thē thre ſcore males.
14.And of the ſonnes of Biguái, Vthái, and Zabbúd, and with them ſeuentie males.
15.And I gathered them to the Riuer that goeth toward Ahauá, and there abode we thre dayes: thē I vewed the people, and the Prieſts, and founde there none of the ſonnes of Leuí.
16.Therefore ſent I to Eliézer, to Ariél, to Shemaiáh, & to Elnathán, & to Iaríb, and to Elnathán, and to Nathán, and to Zechariáh, and to Meſhullám the chief, and to Ioiaríb and to Elnathán, men of vnderſtanding,
17.And I gaue them commandement, to Iddó the chiefeſt at the place of Caſephiá, and I tolde them the wordes that they ſhulde ſpeake to Iddó, and to his brethren the Nethinims at the place of Caſephiá, that they ſhulde cauſe the miniſters of the houſe of our God to come vnto vs.
18.So by the good hand of our God which was vpon vs, they broght vs a man of vnderſtanding of the ſonnes of Mahalí the ſonne of Leuí, the ſonne of Iſraél, and Sherebiáh with his ſonnes and his brethren, euen eightene.
19.Alſo Haſhabiáh, and with him Ieſhaiáh of the ſonnes of Merarí, with his brethren, and their ſonnes twentie.
20.And of the Nethinims, whome Dauid had ſet, and the princes for the ſeruice of the Leuites, two hundreth and twētie of the Nethinims, which all were named by name.
21.And there at the Riuer, by Ahauá, I proclaimed a faſt, that we might humble our ſelues before our God, and ſeke of him a right waye for vs, and for our children, & for all our ſubſtance.
22.For I was aſhamed to require of the King an armie and horſemen, to helpe vs againſt the enemie in the way, becauſe we had ſpoken to the King, ſaying, The hand of our God is vpon all them that ſeke him, in goodnes, but his power and his wrath is againſt all them that forſake him.
23.So we faſted, and beſought our God for this and he was intreated of vs.
24.Then I ſeparated twelue of the chief of the Prieſts, Sherebiáh, and Haſhabiáh, and ten of their brethren with them,
25.And weighed thē the ſiluer & the golde, & the veſſels, euen the offring of the houſe of our God, which the King and his coūſelers, and his princes, and all Iſraél that were preſent had offred.
26.And I weighed vnto their hand ſix hundreth and fifty talents of ſiluer, and in ſiluer veſſel, an hundreth talents, and in golde, an hundreth talents:
27.And twentie baſins of golde, of a thouſand drammes, and two veſſels of ſhining braſſe very good, and precious as golde.
28.¶ And I ſaid vnto thē, Ye are conſecrate vnto the Lord, and the veſſels are conſecrate, and the golde and the ſiluer are freely offred vnto the Lord God of your fathers.
29.Watche ye, & kepe them vntil ye weigh them before the chief Prieſts and the Leuites, and the chief fathers of Iſraél in Ieruſalém in the chambers of the houſe of the Lord.
30.So the Prieſts and the Leuites receiued the weight of the ſiluer and of the golde, and of the veſſels to bring them to Ieruſalém, vnto the houſe of our God.
31.¶ Then we departed from the Riuer of Ahauá on the twelft day of the firſt moneth, to go vnto Ieruſalém, and the hand of our God was vpon vs, and deliuered vs from the hand of the enemie, and of ſuche as layed waite by the way.
32.And we came to Ieruſalém, and abode there thre dayes.
33.And on the fourte day was the ſiluer weighed, and the golde and the veſſel in the houſe of our God by the hand of Meremóth the ſonne of Vriáh the Prieſt, and with him was Eleazár the ſonne of Phinehás, and with them was Iozabád the ſonne of Ieſhúa, and Noadiáh the ſonne of Binnúi the Leuites,
34.By nomber and by weight of euerie one, and all the weight was writen at the ſame time.
35.Alſo the childrē of the captiuitie, which were come out of captiuitie, offred burnt offrīgs vnto the God of Iſraél, twelue bullockes for all Iſraél, ninetie and ſix rams, ſeuentie and ſeuen lambes, and twelue he goates for ſinne: all was a burnt offring of the Lord.
36.And they deliuered the Kings commiſſion vnto the Kīgs officers, & to the captaines beyonde the Riuer: and they promoted the people, and the houſe of God.

Notes

1:*.
1.Eſdr.8,28.
1:a.
Read Chap. 7,1.
4:".
Or, captaines of Moab.
13:b.
That came to go with Ezrá.
15:c.
To that place of Euphrates, where Ahaua the riuer entreth into it.
17:d.
He was the chiefeſt that taght there ye Law of God vnto the Leuites.
17:".
Ebr. put wordes in their mouth.
20:e.
Read Chap. 2,42
21:f.
He ſheweth that the end of faſting is to hūble the body to the ſpirit, which muſt procede of the heart lyeuely touched, or els it is but hypocriſie.
22:g.
He thoght it better to cōmit him ſelfe to the protection of God, then by ſeking theſe ordinarie meanes, to giue an occaſion to others to thinke that he did doute of Gods power.
26:h.
Read 1 Kin 9,14.
27:i.
Read Chap. 2,69.
31:k.
This declared that their iourney was ful of danger, and yet God deliuered the[m] according to their prayer
33:l.
This was a toke[n] of a good conſcience & of his integritie, that he wolde haue witneſſes of his fidelitie.