41 I assembled the entire group at the River Theras, and we camped there for three days. I inspected them
42 and found that there were no priests or Levites in the group,
43-44 so I sent a message to ten of the leaders who were competent men: Eliezer, Iduel, Maasmas, Elnathan, Shemaiah, Jarib, Nathan, Elnathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
45 I told them to go to Iddo, the chief official at the treasury,
46 and ask him, his associates, and the treasury officials to send us priests to serve in the Temple of our Lord.
47 With God's help they sent us some able men: Sherebiah, a Levite from the clan of Mahli, with eighteen of his sons and relatives,
48 and Hashabiah, Annunus, and his brother Jeshaiah of the clan of Hananiah, with twenty of their sons.