15 I gathered them at the river[a] that flows to Ahava,(A) and we camped there for three days. I searched among the people and priests, but found no Levites(B) there.

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  1. Ezra 8:15 Or canal

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15 I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava,(A) and we camped there three days. When I checked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites(B) there.

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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.

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18 Since the gracious hand of our God was on us,(A) they brought us Sherebiah(B)—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Levi son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men, 19 plus Hashabiah,(C) along with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.

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18 Because the gracious hand of our God was on us,(A) they brought us Sherebiah,(B) a capable man, from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah’s sons and brothers, 18 in all; 19 and Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and nephews, 20 in all.

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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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43 The Levites(A) included:

Jeshua’s descendants: of Kadmiel
Hodevah’s descendants74.
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43 The Levites:

the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel through the line of Hodaviah)74
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43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.

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