^8:17I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them¹¹ what to say to Iddo and his relatives,¹² who were the temple servants in¹³ Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.

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11 Heb “I placed in their mouth words.”
12 The translation reads with the and וְאֶחָיו (vé’ekhayv, “and his brethren” = “relatives”; so , ) rather than the reading אָחִיו (’akhiyv, “his brother”) of the .
13 Heb “in the place called.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brothers and the temple servants at the place Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and I ordered them to go to Iddo, the leader in Kasiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his fellow Levites, the temple servants in Kasiphia, so that they might bring attendants to us for the house of our God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his brothers, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring us ministers for the house of our God.

NLTNew Living Translation

I sent them to Iddo, the leader of the Levites at Casiphia, to ask him and his relatives and the Temple servants to send us ministers for the Temple of God at Jerusalem.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I sent them to Iddo, the head of the place called Casiphia, and I placed in their mouths what words to say to Iddo and his brothers the temple servants in Casiphia, to send to us ministers for the house of our God.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

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