Ezra 1:5
The Exiles Prepare to Return to Jerusalem
1:5 Then the leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.
Ezra 2:59
2:59 These are the ones that came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify their family connection or their ancestry, as to whether they really were from Israel):
Ezra 3:12
3:12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders
– older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established
– were weeping loudly,
and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.
Ezra 8:29
8:29 Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem,
in the storerooms of the temple of the
Lord.”