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Ezra 8:14 Explained in Context
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Verse 14. 14Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
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Quick Meaning
This verse names Uthai and Zabbud with 70 males from Bigvai
Read It With
- Ezra 8:1–14
Read Ezra 8:1–14 together. This verse names Uthai and Zabbud with 70 males from Bigvai Read Ezra 8:1–14 as one complete Ezra thought unit: Ezra records the chief fathers, genealogies, and counted males who travel with him from Babylon during Artaxerxes's reign.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The register identifies responsibility and participation before the journey's logistical and spiritual preparations begin. Within that movement, this verse names Uthai and Zabbud with 70 males from Bigvai
Read Ezra 8:1–14 together
Why these verses belong together: The heading and the sequence from Phinehas through Bigvai form the family-head register for Ezra's journey; verse 15 moves to the Ahava camp and the missing Levites.
Verse 1. 1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
Verse 2. 2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
Verse 3. 3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
Verse 4. 4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
Verse 5. 5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
Verse 6. 6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
Verse 7. 7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
Verse 8. 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
Verse 9. 9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
Verse 10. 10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
Verse 11. 11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
Verse 12. 12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
Verse 13. 13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
Verse 14. 14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
What Remains True
Within Ezra's own literary movement, Ezra 8:14 names Uthai and Zabbud with 70 males from Bigvai.
How It Can Shape Life
- Apply Ezra 8:14 by noticing that it names Uthai and Zabbud with 70 males from Bigvai; in a comparable situation, keep accurate participant records, state demographic limits, and include safeguards for people whom a leadership roster does not name.
Continue in Context
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Read Ezra 8:1–14 — A second return register names family headsSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Ezra 8:1–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew aramaic text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezra
Open Scriptures
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Supports: Masoretic Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic wording, morphology, names, clause relations, and translation controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezra.xml, Hebrew and Aramaic words and morphology for 8:1–14
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Ezra with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Material lexical, grammatical, textual, Persian-period, numerical, and translation notes within the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible Ezra PDF, printed pp. 758–759, translation and translator notes on 8:1–14
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