Ezra 8:15

The Exiles Travel to Jerusalem

8:15 I had them assemble ¹  at the canal ²  that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there.

Ezra 8:21

8:21 I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey ³  for us, our children, and all our property.

[8:15]  ¹ tn Or “I gathered them.”

[8:15]  ² tn Heb “river.” So also in vv. 21, 31.

[8:21]  ³ tn Heb “a straight way.”