Ezra 2:2

2:2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of Israelites ¹  was as follows: ² 

Ezra 2:59

2:59 These are the ones that came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify ³  their family connection ⁴  or their ancestry, ⁵  as to whether they really were from Israel):

Ezra 3:1

The Altar is Rebuilt

3:1 When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites ⁶  were living ⁷  in their ⁸  towns, the people assembled ⁹  in ¹⁰  Jerusalem. ¹¹ 

Ezra 7:7

7:7 In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought ¹²  up to Jerusalem ¹³  some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants.

Ezra 7:10-11

7:10 Now Ezra had dedicated himself ¹⁴  to the study of the law of the Lord, to its observance, and to teaching ¹⁵  its statutes and judgments in Israel.

Artaxerxes Gives Official Endorsement to Ezra’s Mission

7:11 What follows ¹⁶  is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. ¹⁷  Ezra was ¹⁸  a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel:

Ezra 8:25

8:25 and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God – items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed.

Ezra 8:29

8:29 Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, ¹⁹  in the storerooms of the temple of the Lord.”

Ezra 9:4

9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe ²⁰  gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. ²¹  Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.

Ezra 10:5

10:5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan. ²²  And they all took a solemn oath.

Ezra 10:10

10:10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel.

¹ tn Heb “men of the people of Israel.”

² tn The words “was as follows” are not in the Hebrew text but are used in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “relate.”

⁴ tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

⁵ tn Heb “their seed.”

⁵ tn Heb “the sons of Israel.”

⁶ tn The word “living” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied. Some translations supply “settled” (cf. NAB, NIV, NLT).

⁷ tc The translation reads with some medieval Hebrew MSS and ancient versions בְּעָרֵיהֶם (be’arehem, “in their towns”), rather than the reading בֶּעָרִים (be’arim, “in the towns”) found in the MT. Cf. Neh 7:72 HT [7:73 ET].

⁸ tn The Hebrew text adds the phrase “like one man.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Heb “to.”

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⁷ tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּעֲל (vayya’al, “he [Ezra] brought up”) rather than the Qal plural וַיַּעַלוּ (vayya’alu, “they came up”) of the MT.

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⁹ tn Heb “established his heart.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “to do and to teach.” The expression may be a hendiadys, in which case it would have the sense of “effectively teaching.”

¹¹ tn Heb “this.”

¹² tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.” So also in v. 21.

¹³ tn The words “Ezra was” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

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¹⁵ tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷ tn Heb “to do according to this plan.”