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Ezra 8:15-17
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The Exiles Travel to Jerusalem

15 I had them assemble[a] at the canal[b] that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there. 16 So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan,[c] Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were teachers. 17 I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them[d] what to say to Iddo and his relatives,[e] who were the temple servants in[f] Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.

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  1. Ezra 8:15 tn Or “I gathered them.”
  2. Ezra 8:15 tn Heb “river.” So also in vv. 21, 31.
  3. Ezra 8:16 tc The name “Elnathan” occurs twice in this list. Some, assuming an accidental repetition, would include it only once (cf. NAB).
  4. Ezra 8:17 tn Heb “I placed in their mouth words.”
  5. Ezra 8:17 tc The translation reads with the LXX and Vulgate וְאֶחָיו (veʾekhayv, “and his brethren” = “relatives”; so NCV, NLT) rather than the reading אָחִיו (ʾakhiv, “his brother”) of the MT.
  6. Ezra 8:17 tn Heb “in the place called.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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