1 Esdras 5:58
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CEB
They sang hymns, praising the Lord, “God’s goodness and glory are on Israel forever.”
NRSVA
They appointed the Levites who were twenty or more years of age to have charge of the work of the Lord. And Jeshua arose, and his sons and kindred and his brother Kadmiel and the sons of Jeshua Emadabun and the sons of Joda son of Iliadun, with their sons and kindred, all the Levites, pressing forward the work on the house of God with a single purpose. So the builders built the temple of the Lord.
NRSVUE
they sang hymns, giving thanks to the Lord, “For his goodness and his glory are forever upon all Israel.”
RSV
And they appointed the Levites who were twenty or more years of age to have charge of the work of the Lord. And Jeshua arose, and his sons and brethren and Kad′miel his brother and the sons of Jeshua Emadabun and the sons of Joda son of Iliadun, with their sons and brethren, all the Levites, as one man pressing forward the work on the house of God. So the builders built the temple of the Lord.
WYC
and set deacons [or Levites] from the age of twenty years (old) upon the works of the Lord. And Jesus, (or Jeshua, or Joshua), stood, (and) his son(s), and his brethren, all the deacons [or all Levites] together casting, and executors, or followers, of the law, and doing works in the house of the Lord.
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