Ezra 8:15-17

Contemporary English Version

Ezra Finds Levites for the Temple

¹⁵ I^[a] brought everyone together by the river^[b] that flows to the town of Ahava^[c] where we camped for three days. Not one Levite could be found among the people and priests. ¹⁶ So I sent for the leaders Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam. I also sent for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were very wise counselors. ¹⁷ Then I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia,^[d] and I told them to ask him and his temple workers to send people to serve in God's temple.