Ezra 6:8

6:8 “I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work. ¹ 

Ezra 7:28

7:28 He has also conferred his favor on me before the king, his advisers, and all the influential leaders of the king. I gained strength as the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.

Ezra 10:16

10:16 So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out ²  by name men who were leaders in their family groups. ³  They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,

¹ tn The words “of the work” are not in the Aramaic, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּבְדֵּל לוֹ (vayyavdel lo, “separated for himself”) rather than the Niphal plural וַיִּבָּדְלוּ (vayyibbadÿlu, “were separated”) of the MT.

³ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers, to the house of their fathers, and all of them by name.”