Ezra 8:15

I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I looked around at the people the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi.

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WEBBE

I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days. Then I looked around at the people and the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi.

BSB

Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.

KJV

And I gathered them together to the river than 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.

ASV

And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

BBE

And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three days: and after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.

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וָאֶקְבְּצֵם va·'ek·be·tzem and I assembled them H6908 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הַנָּהָר ha·na·har the river H5104 הַבָּא ha·ba' which goes H935 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אַהֲוָא 'a·ha·va' Ahava H163 וַנַּחֲנֶה va·na·cha·neh and we encamped H2583 שָׁם sham there H8033 יָמִים ya·mim days H3117 שְׁלֹשָׁה she·lo·shah three H7969 וָאָבִינָה va·'a·vi·nah and I considered H995 בָעָם va·'am (in) the people H5971 וּבַכֹּהֲנִים u·va·ko·ha·nim and (in) the priests H3548 וּמִבְּנֵי u·mi·be·nei and any of [the] descendants of H1121 לֵוִי le·vi Levi H3881 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 מָצָאתִי ma·tza·ti I found H4672 שָׁם sham there H8033

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–20

Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him. What a pity that good men should omit a good work, for want of being spoken to!

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Levi Ahava

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Ahava

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.