8:15 I had them assemble 1 at the canal 2 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.
8:21 I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey 3 for us, our children, and all our property.
1 tn Or “I gathered them.”
2 tn Heb “river.” So also in vv. 21, 31.
3 tn Heb “a straight way.”