1 Esdras 8:42

42 But when I had found there none of the priests and Levites,

1 Esdras 8:42 In-Context

40 of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai the son of Istalcurus, and with him seventy men.

41 And these I gathered together to the river called Theras, where we pitched our tents three days; and then I surveyed them.

42 But when I had found there none of the priests and Levites,

43 then sent I unto Eliezer, and Ariel, and Masman,

44 and Elnathan, and Shemaiah, and Jarib, and Nathan, Eunatan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, principal men and learned.