Ezra 6:21

6:21 The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them ¹  in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel.

Ezra 7:7

7:7 In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought ²  up to Jerusalem ³  some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants.

¹ tn Heb “who had separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to them.”

² 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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