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Ezra 8:15 KJV
Ezra · chapter 8 · verse 15
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; 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.Ezra 8:15 · King James Version
Ezra 8:15 in context
13And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
14Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
15And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; 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.
16Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
17And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- togetherqâbatsto graspH6908 →
- runnethbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- viewedbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- rivernâhâra stream (including the seaH5104 →
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Ezra, having received his commission from the king, beats up for volunteers, as it were, sets up an ensign to assemble the outcasts of Israel and the dispersed of Judah, Isa 11:12.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20