Ezra 8:17
And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
Note Hebrew the Nethinim; also in verse 20
And I sent 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.
Note I told…: Heb. I put words in their mouth
I sent them out to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo and his brothers the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
And I sent them forth unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- I told them
- Heb. I put words in their mouth.
- Exodus 4:15; Deuteronomy 18:18; 2 Samuel 14:3, 19; Jeremiah 1:9; Jeremiah 15:19
- the Nethinims
- Ezra 2:43, 58; Ezra 7:7
- ministers
- Numbers 8:22–26; Numbers 18:6; 1 Chronicles 23:3–6, 26–32; Titus 1:5