Ezra 8:15-17

8:15

And I gathered them together
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to the river
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that runneth
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to Ahava
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and there abode we in tents
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three
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days
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and I viewed
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the people
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and the priests
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and found
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there none of the sons
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of Levi
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{abode: or, pitched}

8:16

Then sent
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I for Eliezer
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for Ariel
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for Shemaiah
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and for Elnathan
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and for Jarib
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and for Elnathan
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and for Nathan
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and for Zechariah
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and for Meshullam
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chief men
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also for Joiarib
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and for Elnathan
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men of understanding
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8:17

And I sent
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them with commandment
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unto Iddo
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the chief
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at the place
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Casiphia
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and I told
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them what
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they should say
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unto Iddo
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[and] to his brethren
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the Nethinims
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at the place
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Casiphia
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that they should bring
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unto us ministers
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for the house
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of our God
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{I told...: Heb. I put words in their mouth}