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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 8:15

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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8:15 The Ahava Canal came off the Euphrates River near Babylon. • not one Levite had volunteered: Only a few Levites had come earlier with Sheshbazzar (2:40). It is unclear why so few Levites returned to Jerusalem.
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