Ezra 8:16 meaning and explanation
Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.
Ezra 8:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra is speaking, recounting how he prepared the group of returning exiles camped by the Ahava canal. Having found no Levites among the people and priests, he summoned trusted leaders and two men described as teachers, or more literally men of understanding, to help remedy the gap.
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