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Ezra 8:12-20 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

12. And of the Bnei Azgad, Yochanan ben Hakkatan, and with him 110 zakhar.

13. And of the younger Bnei Adonikam, whose shmot are these, Eliphelet, Ye'i'el, and Shemayah, and with them 60 zakhar.

14. Of the banim also of Bigvai, Utai, and Zakkur, and with them 70 zakhar.

15. And I gathered them together by the river that runneth to Ahava, and there abode we in tents three days; and I reviewed the people, and the Kohanim, and found there none of the Bnei Levi.

16. Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemayah, and for Elnatan, and for Yariv, and for Elnatan, and for Natan, and for Zecharyah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Yoyariv, and for Elnatan, men of discernment.

17. And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place called Casiphya, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Netinim, at the place Casiphya, that they should bring unto us ministers for the Beis Eloheinu.

18. And by the good Yad of Eloheinu upon us they brought us an Ish Seichel, of the Bnei Machli, ben Levi, ben Yisroel; and Sherevyah, with his banim and his brethren, eighteen;

19. And Chashavyah, and with him Yeshayah of the Bnei Merari, his brethren and their banim, twenty;

20. Also of the Netinim, whom Dovid and the sarim (princes) had appointed for the Avodas HaLevi'im, two hundred and twenty Netinim; all of them were registered by shemot.

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