Ezra 8
8
1These [are] now the chief of their fathers, and [this is] the genealogy of them that went up with me from Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion], in the reign of Artach’shashta [I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter] the king.
2Of the sons of Pinchas [mouth of brass]; Gershom [Exiled One]: of the sons of Itamar [Coast of Palms]; Dani’el [God is Judge]: of the sons of David [beloved]; Hatush [assembled].
3Of the sons of Sh’khanyah [dweller with Yehovah], of the sons of Par’osh [flea]; Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers]: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
4Of the sons of Pachat-Mo’av [pit of Mo’av]; Ely’ho’einai [unto Yehovah are my eyes] the son of Z’rachyah [Yehovah has risen], and with him two hundred males.
5Of the sons of Sh’khanyah [dweller with Yehovah]; the son of Yachazi’el [beheld of God], and with him three hundred males.
6Of the sons also of ‘Adin [delicate]; Eved [A Slave] the son of Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given], and with him fifty males.
7And of the sons of ‘Eilam [eternity]; Yesha’yah [Yehovah has saved] the son of ‘Atalyahu [afflicted of the Lord], and with him seventy males.
8And of the sons of Sh’fatyah [Yehovah has judged]; Z’vadyah [endowment of Yehovah] the son of Mikha’el [Who is Like God?], and with him eighty males.
9Of the sons of Yo’av [Yehovah is father]; ‘Ovadyah [servant of Yehovah] the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
10And of the sons of Shlomit [Peaceful]; the son of Yosifyah [Yehovah adds], and with him an hundred and threescore males.
11And of the sons of Bevai [my cavities]; Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers] the son of Bevai [my cavities], and with him twenty and eight males.
12And of the sons of ‘Azgad [Gad is mighty]; Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] the son of HaKatan [the small], and with him an hundred and ten males.
13And of the last sons of Adonikam [my lord arose], whose names [are] these, Elifelet [God is deliverance], Ye’i’el [God sweeps away], and Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears], and with them threescore males.
14Of the sons also of Bigvai [in my bodies]; ‘Utai [helpful], and Zavud [given], and with them seventy males.
15And I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava [I shall subsist]; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner].
16Then sent I for Eli’ezer [God is help], for Ari’el [lion of God], for Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears], and for Elnatan [God has given], and for Yariv [he contends], and for Elnatan [God has given], and for Natan [giver], and for Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers], and for Meshulam [friend], chief men; also for Yoyariv [Yehovah contends], and for Elnatan [God has given], men of understanding.
17And I sent them with commandment unto ‘Iddo [His witness] the chief at the place Kasifya [silvery], and I told them what they should say unto ‘Iddo [His witness], [and] to his brethren the temple servants, at the place Kasifya [silvery], that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].
18And by the good hand of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Machli [Sick], the son of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner], the son of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; and Sherevyah [Yehovah has scorched], with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
19And Hashavyah [Yehovah has considered], and with him Yesha’yah [Yehovah has saved] of the sons of M’rari [Bitter], his brethren and their sons, twenty;
20Also of the temple servants, whom David [beloved] and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to], two hundred and twenty temple servants: all of them were expressed by name.
21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava [I shall subsist], that we might afflict ourselves before our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
22For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] [is] upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath [is] against all them that forsake him.
23So we fasted and besought our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] for this: and he was intreated of us.
24Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherevyah [Yehovah has scorched], Hashavyah [Yehovah has considered], and ten of their brethren with them,
25And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], which the king, and his counselors, and his lords, and all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] [there] present, had offered:
26I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, [and] of gold an hundred talents;
27Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
28And I said unto them, You2f [are] holy unto the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); the vessels [are] holy also; and the silver and the gold [are] a freewill offering unto the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of your fathers.
29Watch you2f, and keep [them], until you2f weigh [them] before the chief of the priests and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to], and chief of the fathers of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], in the chambers of the house of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).
30So took the priests and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring [them] to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] unto the house of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].
31Then we departed from the river of Ahava [I shall subsist] on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go unto Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]: and the hand of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
32And we came to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], and abode there three days.
33Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] by the hand of M’remot [elevations] the son of Uriyah [Yehovah is my light (flame)] the priest; and with him [was] El’azar [God has helped] the son of Pinchas [mouth of brass]; and with them [was] Yozavad [Yehovah has endowed] the son of Yeshua [he is saved], and No’adyah [meeting with Yehovah] the son of Binui [built up], Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to];
34By number [and] by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
35 [Also] the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], twelve bullocks for all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats [for] a sin offering: all [this was] a burnt offering unto the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).
36And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].
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