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Ezra 8:18

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;

KJV

Et adduxerunt nobis per manum Dei nostri bonam super nos, virum doctissimum de filiis Moholi filii Levi, filii Israël, et Sarabiam et filios ejus et fratres ejus decem et octo,

Vulgate

καὶ ἤλθοσαν ἡμῖν, ὡς χεὶρ θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἀγαθὴ ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς, ἀνὴρ σαχὼχ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Μοολεὶ υἱοῦ Λευεὶ υἱοῦ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἀρχὴν ἤλθοσαν υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ ὀκτὼ καὶ δέκα·

LXX

And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

ASV

וַ/יָּבִ֨יאּוּ לָ֜/נוּ כְּ/יַד אֱלֹהֵ֨י/נוּ הַ/טּוֹבָ֤ה עָלֵ֨י/נוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ שֶׂ֔כֶל מִ/בְּנֵ֣י מַחְלִ֔י בֶּן לֵוִ֖י בֶּן יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ/שֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֛ה וּ/בָנָ֥י/ו וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו שְׁמֹנָ֥ה עָשָֽׂר

Hebrew

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People LeviLevi

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לֵוִ֖י
lvy
noun · 60×
מַחְלִ֣י
mchly
proper_noun · 12×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָשָׂ֖ר
'shr
adjective · 335×
שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה
shmnh
adjective · 109×
שֵׁרֵבְיָ֖ה
shrbyh
proper_noun · 8×
שֵׂ֣כֶל
shkl
noun · 16×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 6:19 — The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
  • Dan 1:20 — And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
  • Ezra 7:6 — This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his G
  • Ezra 7:6 — This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his G
  • Ezra 7:28 — And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered togeth
  • Ezra 7:28 — And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered togeth
  • Ezra 8:22 — For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for
  • Ezra 8:24 — Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
  • Isa 66:14 — And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
  • Jer 3:15 — And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
  • Neh 2:8 — And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the