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Ezra 8:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. "

Ezra 8:16

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14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

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.

16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

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;

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1 John 5:20

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"And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life."

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Proverbs 28:2

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"For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged."

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Ezra 10:39

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"And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,"

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Ezra 10:21

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"And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah."

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2 Timothy 2:7

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"Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things."

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Proverbs 20:5

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"Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out."

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From This Chapter

Ezra 8:1

"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."

Ezra 8:2

"Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush."

Ezra 8:3

"Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty."

Ezra 8:4

"Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males."

Ezra 8:5

"Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males."

Ezra 8:6

"Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males."

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