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Ezra 8:24

HashabiahSherebiah

22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:

26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

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BSB
Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
KJV
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
WEB
Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
ASV
Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
DARBY
And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
BLB
And I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.
ÅB
Siden skilte jeg ut tolv av de øverste prester og Serebja og Hasabja og med dem ti av deres brødre;
OTB
Deretter utpekte jeg tolv av de ledende prestene: Serebja, Hasjabja, og med dem ti av deres brødre.
B1930
Siden skilte jeg ut tolv av de øverste prester og Serebja og Hasabja og med dem ti av deres brødre;

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  • Ezra 8:18–19

    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;

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