Esdras 8:17

17 Los envié a ver a Iddo, el líder de los levitas de Casifia, para pedirle a él, a sus parientes y a los sirvientes del templo que nos enviaran ministros para el templo de Dios en Jerusalén.

Esdras 8:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 8:17

And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief, at the
place Casiphia
Not a place by the Caspian sea, and near the Caspian mountains, as Munster, which was too far off to go and return in the time they must, see ( Ezra 7:9 ) ( Ezra 8:15 Ezra 8:31 ) , but, as Jarchi, a place in Babylon so called, a village near it, or a parish or street in it, where Ezra knew lived many of the Levites and Nethinims, and where Iddo was the chief of the Levites, and over them both:

and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the
Nethinims, at the place Casiphia;
but Iddo was not one of the Nethinims; for he was chief of the Levites, and by his authority many of them were sent as well as of the Nethinims; but none of the latter were over the Levites, for they were servants to them, ( Ezra 8:20 ) , but, according to Jarchi, the Nethinims are not at all intended in this clause, who reads the words,

to Iddo and Achim,
(the name of a man with him; perhaps it may be better rendered, "to Iddo and his brother",)

who were appointed, or settled, in the place Casiphia;
and with him De Dieu agrees, and so the Syriac version,

who dwelt in Casiphia: that they should bring unto us ministers for the
house of our God;
both Levites to be singers and porters there, and the Nethinims to wait on them.

Esdras 8:17 In-Context

15 Viaje de Esdras a Jerusalén
Reuní a los desterrados junto al canal de Ahava, y acampamos allí tres días, mientras revisaba la lista de las personas y los sacerdotes que habían llegado. Descubrí que ni un solo levita se había ofrecido para acompañarnos.

16 Entonces mandé llamar a Eliezer, Ariel, Semaías, Elnatán, Jarib, Elnatán, Natán, Zacarías y Mesulam, los cuales eran jefes del pueblo. También mandé llamar a Joiarib y Elnatán, quienes eran hombres con discernimiento.

17 Los envié a ver a Iddo, el líder de los levitas de Casifia, para pedirle a él, a sus parientes y a los sirvientes del templo que nos enviaran ministros para el templo de Dios en Jerusalén.

18 Como la bondadosa mano de nuestro Dios estaba sobre nosotros, nos enviaron a un hombre llamado Serebías junto con dieciocho de sus hijos y hermanos. Serebías era muy sagaz, un descendiente de Mahli, quien era descendiente de Leví, hijo de Israel.

19 También enviaron a Hasabías junto con Jesaías, de los descendientes de Merari, a veinte de sus hijos y hermanos,