Ezra 8:30

8:30 Then the priests and the Levites took charge of ¹  the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.

Ezra 3:7

Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple

3:7 So they provided money ²  for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon ³  and Tyre, ⁴  so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport ⁵  at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.

Ezra 8:17

8:17 I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them ⁶  what to say to Iddo and his relatives, ⁷  who were the temple servants in ⁸  Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.

¹ tn Heb “received.”

² tn Heb “silver.”

³ map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁴ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁵ tn Heb “to the sea”

³ tn Heb “I placed in their mouth words.”

⁴ tc The translation reads with the LXX and Vulgate וְאֶחָיו (vÿ’ekhayv, “and his brethren” = “relatives”; so NCV, NLT) rather than the reading אָחִיו (’akhiyv, “his brother”) of the MT.

⁵ tn Heb “in the place called.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.