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Ezra 8:17

IddoCasiphia

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

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

And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

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BSB
And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
KJV
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
WEB
I sent them out to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo and his brothers the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
ASV
And I sent them forth unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, [and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
DARBY
And I gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo [and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
BLB
And I sent them to Iddo the leader in the place at Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo [and] his brothers the Nethinim at Casiphia the place, that they should bring to us those ministering for the house of our God.
ÅB
Dem sendte jeg ut til Iddo, overhodet i Kasifja, og jeg la dem ord i munnen som de skulle overtale Iddo og hans bror med, tempeltjenerne i Kasifja, til å sende oss tjenere for vår Guds hus.
OTB
Jeg sendte dem til Iddo, lederen i Kasifja, og ga dem instruksjoner om hva de skulle si til Iddo og hans medlevitter, tempeltjenerne i Kasifja, for å bringe oss tjenere til vår Guds hus.
B1930
Dem sendte jeg ut til Iddo, overhodet i Kasifja, og jeg la dem ord i munnen som de skulde overtale Iddo og hans bror med, tempeltjenerne i Kasifja, til å sende oss tjenere for vår Guds hus.

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  • Ezra 2:43

    The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:3–6

    Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

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  • Ezra 7:7

    And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

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  • Numbers 8:22–26

    And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:26–32

    And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

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  • Exodus 4:15

    And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:18

    I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

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  • 2 Samuel 14:3

    And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

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