Ezra 7:7 Cross References - LEB

⁷ Some of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* some priests and Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

³¹ Now these are the men whom David appointed for _⌊control of singing_⌋* in the house of Yahweh where the ark rested. ³² They were ministering with song before the tabernacle of the tent of assembly* until Solomon built the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. And they stood according to their order with respect to their duty. ³³ Now these are those who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, son of Samuel, ³⁴ son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, ³⁵ son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, ³⁶ son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, ³⁷ son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, ³⁸ son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel; ³⁹ and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, ⁴⁰ son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malkijah, ⁴¹ son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, ⁴² son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, ⁴³ son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. ⁴⁴ On the left were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, ⁴⁵ son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, ⁴⁶ son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, ⁴⁷ son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. ⁴⁸ And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

¹⁷ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief); ¹⁸ until then they were gatekeepers at the gate of the king on the east side toward the camps of the Levites. ¹⁹ And Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of the house of his fathers, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, the guardians of the entrances to the tent, and their fathers were over the camp of Yahweh, guardians of the entrance. ²⁰ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the leader over them _⌊in time past_⌋;* Yahweh was with him. ²¹ Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the doorway to the tent of assembly.* ²² All of them were chosen as gatekeepers at the entrances, two hundred and twelve. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. They were established by David and Samuel the seer on account of their faithfulness. ²³ So they and their sons were over the gates of the house of Yahweh at the house of the tent as guards. ²⁴ The gatekeepers were on four sides: east, west, north, and south. ²⁵ And their brethren in their villages were to come every seven days _⌊by turn_⌋* to be with these. ²⁶ For the four mighty gatekeepers, they who were Levites, _⌊were entrusted_⌋* and were over the chambers and over the storerooms of the house of God. ²⁷ And they lodged all around the house of God, for upon them was a responsibility. And _⌊they had charge of opening the house of God every morning_⌋.*

¹ And David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with stringed instruments, with harps, and with cymbals. And their inventory of the men of the work and for their duty was: ² for the sons of Asaph: Zakkur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under the hand* of Asaph, who prophesied under the hands* of the king. ³ Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah,* Heshabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands* of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the stringed instrument with thanksgiving and praise to Yahweh. ⁴ Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were sons to Heman, the seer of the king, according to the words of God to raise a horn.* And God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these were under the _⌊direction_⌋* of their father in the music of the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, harps, and stringed instruments for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the _⌊direction_⌋* of the king. ⁷ And their number, along with their brothers, trained singers, all the skilled people for Yahweh, were two hundred and eighty-eight. ⁸ And they cast lots for responsibilities _⌊on the principle of small and great alike_⌋,* teacher with student.

⁴⁰ The Levites: the descendants* of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants* of Hodaviah, seventy-four. ⁴¹ The singers: the descendants* of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight. ⁴² The descendants* of the gatekeepers: the descendants* of Shallum, the descendants* of Ater, the descendants* of Talmon, the descendants* of Akkub, the descendants* of Hatita, and the descendants* of Shobai; in total one hundred and thirty-nine. ⁴³ The temple servants: the descendants* of Ziha, the descendants* of Hasupha, the descendants* of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁴ the descendants* of Keros, the descendants* of Siaha, the descendants* of Padon, ⁴⁵ the descendants* of Lebanah, the descendants* of Hagabah, the descendants* of Akkub, ⁴⁶ the descendants* of Hagab, the descendants* of Shamlai, the descendants* of Hanan, ⁴⁷ the descendants* of Giddel, the descendants* of Gahar, the descendants* of Reaiah, ⁴⁸ the descendants* of Rezin, the descendants* of Nekoda, the descendants* of Gazzam, ⁴⁹ the descendants* of Uzza, the descendants* of Paseah, the descendants* of Besai, ⁵⁰ the descendants* of Asnah, the descendants* of Meunim, the descendants* of Nephisim, ⁵¹ the descendants* of Bakbuk, the descendants* of Hakupha, the descendants* of Harhur, ⁵² the descendants* of Bazluth, the descendants* of Mehida, the descendants* of Harsha, ⁵³ the descendants* of Barkos, the descendants* of Sisera, the descendants* of Temah, ⁵⁴ the descendants* of Neziah, and the descendants* of Hatipha. ⁵⁵ The descendants* of Solomon's servants: the descendants* of Sotai, the descendants* of Hassophereth, the descendants* of Peruda, ⁵⁶ the descendants* of Jaalah, the descendants* of Darkon, the descendants* of Giddel, ⁵⁷ the descendants* of Shephatiah, the descendants* of Hattil, the descendants* of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants* of Ami. ⁵⁸ All the temple servants and the descendants* of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two. ⁵⁹ Now these were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their fathers' household and their descent, if they were from Israel: ⁶⁰ the descendants* of Delaiah, the descendants* of Tobiah, and the descendants* of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two. ⁶¹ And from the descendants* of the priests: the descendants* of Habaiah, the descendants* of Hakkoz, and the descendants* of Barzillai (who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name). ⁶² These sought their record in the genealogy records, but they were not found, and _⌊were excluded from the priesthood as unclean_⌋.* ⁶³ The governor said to them that they could not eat from the holy food of the sanctuary* until there was present a priest for the Urim and Thummim. ⁶⁴ The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁵ apart from their male and female servants, of whom were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred male and female singers. ⁶⁶ Their horses numbered seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules numbered two hundred and forty-five, ⁶⁷ their camels numbered four hundred and thirty-five, their donkeys numbered six thousand seven hundred and twenty. ⁶⁸ When some of the heads of _⌊families_⌋* came to the house of Yahweh that is in Jerusalem, they gave freewill offerings for the house of God to erect it on its place. ⁶⁹ According to their ability they gave to the treasury room for the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly tunics. ⁷⁰ The priests, the Levites, and some of the people lived in Jerusalem, and the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

¹⁴ So the elders of the Jews were building and prospering, through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building by the command of the God of Israel and by the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and King Artaxerxes of Persia.

¹¹ This is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the scroll of the words of the commands of Yahweh and his statutes for Israel: ¹² "Artaxerxes, the king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of the heavens. Peace. And now

²⁴ You also should be aware that it is not permitted to place tax, tribute, or duty upon all of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, and other servants of the house of God.

¹ These were the heads of their _⌊families_⌋* and the register of those returnees from Babylonia who came up with me in the reign of King Artaxerxes: ² From the descendants* of Phinehas: Gershom. From the descendants* of Ithamar: Daniel. From the descendants* of David: Hattush. ³ From the descendants* of Shecaniah, from the descendants* of Parosh: Zechariah and with him one hundred and fifty registered males. ⁴ From the descendants* of Pahath-Moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and with him two hundred males. ⁵ From the descendants* of Zattu:* Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. ⁶ From the descendants* of Adin: Ebed son of Jehonathan, and with him fifty males. ⁷ From the descendants* of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. ⁸ From the descendants* of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty males. ⁹ From the descendants* of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. ¹⁰ From the descendants* of Bani:* Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males. ¹¹ From the descendants* of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males. ¹² From the descendants* of Azgad: Jehohanan son of Haqqatan, and with him one hundred and ten males. ¹³ From the descendants* of Adonikam, those who came last, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, Shemaiah, and with them sixty males. ¹⁴ From the descendants* of Bigvai: Uthai son of Zabud,* and with him seventy males. ¹⁵ I gathered them by the river that goes to Ahava and we camped there for three days. And I looked at the people and the priests, I found no one there from the sons of Levi. ¹⁶ And I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were family heads, and for Jehoiarib and Elnathan who were wise. ¹⁷ I sent them to Iddo, the head of the place called Casiphia, and I placed in their mouths what words to say to Iddo and his brothers the temple servants in Casiphia, to send to us ministers for the house of our God. ¹⁸ With the good hand of our God before us, they brought us a man of understanding from the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel—Sherebiah and his sons and brothers, eighteen in total. ¹⁹ Also Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah, the sons of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, twenty in total. ²⁰ And from the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set up to serve the Levites, two hundred and twenty in total. All of them were registered by name.

¹ It happened in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I carried the wine and gave it to the king. And I had never been sad before the king.

⁴⁵ The gatekeepers: the descendants* of Shallum, the descendants* of Ater, the descendants* of Talmon, the descendants* of Akkub, the descendants* of Hatita, the descendants* of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-eight. ⁴⁶ The temple servants: the descendants* of Ziha, the descendants* of Hasupha, the descendants* of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁷ the descendants* of Keros, the descendants* of Siaha, the descendants* of Padon, ⁴⁸ the descendants* of Lebanah, the descendants* of Hagaba, the descendants* of Shalmai, ⁴⁹ the descendants* of Hanan, the descendants* of Giddel, the descendants* of Gahar, ⁵⁰ the descendants* of Reaiah, the descendants* of Rezin, the descendants* of Nekoda, ⁵¹ the descendants* of Gazzam, the descendants* of Uzza, the descendants* of Paseah, ⁵² the descendants* of Besai, the descendants* of Meunim, the descendants* of Nephushesim, ⁵³ the descendants* of Bakbuk, the descendants* of Hakupha, the descendants* of Harhur, ⁵⁴ the descendants* of Bazlith, the descendants* of Mehida, the descendants* of Harsha, ⁵⁵ the descendants* of Barkos, the descendants* of Sisera, the descendants* of Temah, ⁵⁶ the descendants* of Neziah, the descendants* of Hatipha. ⁵⁷ The descendants* of Solomon's servants: the descendants* of Sotai, the descendants* of Sophereth, the descendants* of Perida, ⁵⁸ the descendants* of Jaala, the descendants* of Darkon, the descendants* of Giddel, ⁵⁹ the descendants* of Shephatiah, the descendants* of Hattil, the descendants* of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, the descendants* of Amon. ⁶⁰ All the temple servants and the descendants* of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two. ⁶¹ These were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their ancestral houses or their descent, whether they were from Israel: ⁶² the descendants* of Delaiah, the descendants* of Tobiah, the descendants* of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two. ⁶³ And from the priests: the descendants* of Hobaiah, the descendants* of Hakkoz, the descendants* of Barzillai (who had taken as a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). ⁶⁴ These sought their record among those enrolled in the genealogy, but it was not found there, so they were excluded as unclean from the priesthood. ⁶⁵ So the governor said to them that they could not eat the most holy food until a priest could come with Urim and Thummim. ⁶⁶ All of the assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁷ besides their servants and female slaves—these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. And the male and female singers were two hundred and forty-five,*

⁶⁹ * there were four hundred and thirty-five camels and six thousand seven hundred and twenty male donkeys. ⁷⁰ Now some from the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* gave to the work. The governor gave to the storehouse one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly tunics. ⁷¹ Now some of the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* gave to the storehouse of the work twenty thousand gold darics and two thousand two hundred silver minas. ⁷² And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly tunics. ⁷³ So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their cities. When the seventh month came, the _⌊Israelites_⌋* were in their cities.

²⁸ "The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to observe the law* of God—their wives, their sons, their daughters, and all who know and understand—