Yǐsīlājì 8:18

18 Méng wǒmen shén shī ēn de shǒu bāngzhu wǒmen , tāmen zaì Yǐsèliè de céng sūn , Lìwèi de sūnzi , Mālì de hòuyì zhōng daì yī gè tōngdá rén lái . hái yǒu Shìlìbǐhé tāde zhòng zǐ yǔ dìxiōng gōng yī shí bā rén .

Yǐsīlājì 8:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 8:18

And by the good hand of our God upon us
Favouring their designs and orders, protecting those that were sent, and inclining those they were sent to use their interest and authority with those that were under them, and making them willing also to agree to what was proposed to them:

they brought us a man of understanding of the sons of Mahli, the son of
Levi, the son of Israel;
an Israelite, of the tribe of Levi, in the line of Mahli a son of Merari, the third son of Levi:

and Sherebiah;
or rather "even Sherebiah"; so Aben Ezra; for he is the understanding man that is meant, and described by his pedigree:

with his sons and his brethren,
eighteen; all together made this number.

Yǐsīlājì 8:18 In-Context

16 Jiù zhào shǒulǐng Yǐlìyǐxiè , Yàliè , Shìmǎyǎ , Yǐlìnádān , Yǎlì , Yǐlìnádān , Nádān , Sājiālìyà , Mǐshūlán , yòu zhào jiāo xí yuē yǎLìhé Yǐlìnádān .

17 Wǒ dǎfa tāmen wǎng jiā xī fĕi yǎ dìfang , qù jiàn nàli de shǒulǐng Yìduō , yòu gàosu tāmen dāng xiàng Yìduō hé tāde dìxiōng ní tí níng shuō shénme huà , jiào tāmen wèi wǒmen shén de diàn daì shǐyòng de rén lái .

18 Méng wǒmen shén shī ēn de shǒu bāngzhu wǒmen , tāmen zaì Yǐsèliè de céng sūn , Lìwèi de sūnzi , Mālì de hòuyì zhōng daì yī gè tōngdá rén lái . hái yǒu Shìlìbǐhé tāde zhòng zǐ yǔ dìxiōng gōng yī shí bā rén .

19 Yòu yǒu Hāshābǐyǎ , tóng zhe tā yǒu Mǐlālì de zǐsūn Yéshāiyà , bìng tāde zhòng zǐ hé dìxiōng gōng èr shí rén .

20 Cóng qián Dàwèi hé zhòng shǒulǐng paì ní tí níng fúshì Lìwèi rén , xiànzaì cóng zhè ní tí níng zhōng yĕ daì le èr bǎi èr shí rén lái , dōu shì àn míng zhǐ déng de .