Ezra 7:5

7:5 who was the son of Abishua, who was the son of Phinehas, who was the son of Eleazar, who was the son of Aaron the chief priest.

Ezra 7:11

Artaxerxes Gives Official Endorsement to Ezra’s Mission

7:11 What follows ¹  is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. ²  Ezra was ³  a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel:

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 8:33

8:33 On the fourth day we weighed out the silver, the gold, and the vessels in the house of our God into the care ⁴  of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and Eleazar son of Phinehas, who were accompanied by Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, who were Levites.

Ezra 10:16

10:16 So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out ⁵  by name men who were leaders in their family groups. ⁶  They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,

¹ tn Heb “this.”

² tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.” So also in v. 21.

³ tn The words “Ezra was” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “upon the hand of.”

¹ 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.

² tn Heb “the heads of the fathers, to the house of their fathers, and all of them by name.”