Ezra 8:16-18

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¹⁶ So I called these leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam. And I called Joiarib and Elnathan, who were ·teachers [wise; judicious; men of learning/discernment]. ¹⁷ I sent these men to Iddo, the leader [^Cof the Levites] at Casiphia, and told them what to say to Iddo and his ·relatives [or collegues; ^Lbrothers], who are the Temple servants in Casiphia. I sent them to bring ·servants [ministers; attendants] to us for the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of our God. ¹⁸ The ·good [gracious] hand of our God was ·helping [^Lon] us, so ·Iddo’s relatives [^Lthey] ·gave [brought; sent] us Sherebiah, a ·wise [skilled; capable; astute] man from the ·descendants [sons] of Mahli ·son [descendant] of Levi, who was the son of Israel. And they brought Sherebiah’s sons and brothers, for a total of eighteen men.