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Ezra 8:14-16
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Ezra 8:14-16
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14 from the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai, and Zaccur,[a] and with them[b] 70 men.
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15 I had them assemble[c] at the canal[d] 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. 16 So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan,[e] Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were teachers.
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- Ezra 8:14 tc The translation reads with the Qere, the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וְזַּכּוּר (vezakkur, “and Zaccur”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, וְזַבוּד (vezavud, “and Zabbud”).
- Ezra 8:14 tn The MT has “with him” (so NAB). The present translation (“with them”) is based on the reading of many medieval Hebrew mss, the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate (so also KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
- Ezra 8:15 tn Or “I gathered them.”
- Ezra 8:15 tn Heb “river.” So also in vv. 21, 31.
- Ezra 8:16 tc The name “Elnathan” occurs twice in this list. Some, assuming an accidental repetition, would include it only once (cf. NAB).
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