Text -- Ezra 2:63 (NET)

2:63 The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ezr 2:63

¹ tn The Hebrew word תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’) is an official title of the Persian governor in Judea, perhaps similar in meaning to “excellency” (BDB 1077 s.v.; HALOT 1798 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395).

² tn Heb “to stand.”