Saturday, April 12, 2025

Reading for April 19th

 Read Ezra 8.15-20. In 8.15-20: An aside concerning the Levites. The list above (vv.1-14), although there are priests, there are no Levites. yet Levites were necessary for the proper functioning of the Temple since certain duties were exclusively theirs. This section explains how Ezra was able to solve this problem. In verse 15: The river that runs to Ahava: An unknown place in Babylonia. In verse 17: The place called Casiphia: Another unknown place, though the presence of Temple servants there suggests some form of formal worship may have been conducted in this location. Comments or Questions...

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