Ezra 8:19-21

International Standard Version

¹⁹Hashabiah and Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari and 20 of his brothers and their sons; ²⁰220 descendants of the Temple Servants whom David and the leaders had appointed to serve the descendants of Levi, listed by name.

²¹Then I called for a fast there at the Ahava River so we could humble ourselves before our God and seek from him an appropriate way for us and our little ones to live, and how we should guard our personal wealth,^[a]

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Ezra 8:21 Lit. and for our wealth

Ezra 8:19-21

New International Version

¹⁹and Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and nephews, 20 in all. ²⁰They also brought 220 of the temple servants^(A)—a body that David and the officials had established to assist the Levites. All were registered by name.

²¹There, by the Ahava Canal,^(B) I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey^(C) for us and our children, with all our possessions.

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Ezra 8:19-21

King James Version

¹⁹And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

²⁰Also 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.

²¹Then I proclaimed a fast there, 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 our substance.

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