Ezra 8:15-19

Ezra 8:15-19

[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] 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;  [19] And Hashabiah,  and with him Jeshaiah  of the sons  of Merari,  his brethren  and their sons,  twenty;