Ezra 8:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:”
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“These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now these are the heads of their fathers’houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And these <FI>are<Fi> heads of their fathers, and the genealogy of those going up with me, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king, from Babylon.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezra 8:1 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 4:33and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:
- 1 Chronicles 9:1So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
- 1 Chronicles 9:34All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 24:31As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.
- 1 Chronicles 26:32Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and to the affairs of the king.
- 2 Chronicles 26:12The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
- Ezra 1:5So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 2:2accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
- Ezra 2:3the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;
- Ezra 2:62These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- Ezra 7:6this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
- Ezra 7:7So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
- Ezra 7:13I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up with you to Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 7:70Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
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