Ezra 2:61

2:61 And from among ¹  the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that ²  name).

Ezra 2:63

2:63 The governor ³  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ⁴  the Urim and Thummim.

Ezra 2:69

2:69 As they were able, ⁵  they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas ⁶  of gold, 5,000 minas ⁷  of silver, and 100 priestly robes. ⁸ 

Ezra 7:7

7:7 In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought ⁹  up to Jerusalem ¹⁰  some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants.

Ezra 7:11

Artaxerxes Gives Official Endorsement to Ezra’s Mission

7:11 What follows ¹¹  is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. ¹²  Ezra was ¹³  a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel:

Ezra 8:15

The Exiles Travel to Jerusalem

8:15 I had them assemble ¹⁴  at the canal ¹⁵  that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there.

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, ¹⁶  in the storerooms of the temple of the Lord.”

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. ¹⁷  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.

Ezra 10:18

Those Who Had Taken Foreign Wives

10:18 It was determined ¹⁸  that from the descendants of the priests, the following had taken foreign wives: from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

¹ tc The translation reads וּמִן (umin, “and from”) rather than the reading וּמִבּנֵי (umibbÿney, “and from the sons of”) found in the MT.

² tn Heb “their.”

³ 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).

⁴ tn Heb “to stand.”

⁵ tn Heb “according to their strength.”

⁶ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים (darkÿmonim, cf. Neh 7:69, 70, 71) is uncertain. It may be a Greek loanword meaning “drachmas” (the view adopted here and followed also by NAB, NASB, NIV) or a Persian loanword “daric,” referring to a Persian gold coin (BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן; HALOT 232 s.v. נִים(וֹ)דַּרְכְּמֹ; cf. ASV, NRSV). For further study, see R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 206-9.

⁷ sn The מָנִים (manim, cf. Neh 7:71, 72) is a measuring weight for valuable metals, equal to 1/60 of a talent or 60 shekels (BDB 584 s.v. מָנֶה; HALOT 599 s.v. מָנֶה). For further study, see R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 203-6.

⁸ tn Or “garments.”

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.

⁸ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁹ tn Heb “this.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.” So also in v. 21.

¹¹ tn The words “Ezra was” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Or “I gathered them.”

¹² tn Heb “river.” So also in vv. 21, 31.

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¹⁵ tn Heb “to do according to this plan.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “found.”