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Ezra 8:6-16 New King James Version (NKJV)

6. of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males;

7. of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males;

8. of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males;

9. of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males;

10. of the sons of Shelomith, Ben-Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males;

11. of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;

12. of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males;

13. of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these—Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah—and with them sixty males;

14. also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

15. Now I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.

16. Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leaders; also for Joiarib and Elnathan, men of understanding.

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