Ezra 8:20-22

The Voice

²⁰ and 220 temple servants, a position David and the princes had created to serve the Levites, who are listed.

²¹ I declared that the whole caravan should fast by the river of Ahava, humbling ourselves before our True God and asking for a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and our possessions. ²² We needed His protection more than ever since I had been ashamed to ask the king for a military escort of soldiers and horses on our journey after telling him, “Our True God takes care of anyone who follows Him, but He uses His power and anger against anyone who abandons Him.”