Ezra 8:28
8:28 Then I said to them, “You are holy to the
Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the
Lord, the God of your fathers.
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 9:11
9:11 which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words:
1 ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents!
2 With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.
1 tn Heb “through your servants the prophets, saying.”
2 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”