Ezra 8:15-17

International Standard Version

Ezra Calls the Leaders to Fast

¹⁵ I gathered them together at the river that flows toward Ahava,^[a] where we camped three days. Afterwards, I examined the people and the priests, but found no descendants of Levi there. ¹⁶ So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were senior leaders, as well as for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment. ¹⁷ I told them to go see Iddo, a leader of Casiphia, and tell him and his relatives (administrators of Casiphia) to bring us men who could serve in the Temple of our God.