Ezra 1:7

1:7 Then King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the Lord’s temple which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and had displayed ¹  in the temple of his gods.

Ezra 2:1-2

The Names of the Returning Exiles

2:1 ² These are the people ³  of the province who were going up, ⁴  from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem ⁵  and Judah, each to his own city. 2:2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of Israelites ⁶  was as follows: ⁷ 

Ezra 2:61

2:61 And from among ⁸  the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that ⁹  name).

Ezra 2:63

2:63 The governor ¹⁰  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ¹¹  the Urim and Thummim.

Ezra 2:68

2:68 When they came to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders ¹²  offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild ¹³  it on its site.

Ezra 7:11

Artaxerxes Gives Official Endorsement to Ezra’s Mission

7:11 What follows ¹⁴  is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. ¹⁵  Ezra was ¹⁶  a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel:

Ezra 10:8

10:8 Everyone who did not come within three days would thereby forfeit all his property, in keeping with the counsel of the officials and the elders. Furthermore, he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

Ezra 10:18

Those Who Had Taken Foreign Wives

10:18 It was determined ¹⁷  that from the descendants of the priests, the following had taken foreign wives: from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

[1:7]  ¹ tn Heb “and he gave them.”

[2:1]  ² sn The list of names and numbers in this chapter of Ezra has a parallel account in Neh 7:6-73. The fact that the two lists do not always agree in specific details suggests that various textual errors have crept into the accounts during the transmission process.

[2:1]  ³ tn Heb “the sons of.”

[2:1]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term הָעֹלִים (ha’olim, “those who were going up” [Qal active participle]) refers to continual action in the past. Most translations render this as a simple past: “went up” (KJV), “came up” (RSV, ASV, NASV, NIV), “came” (NRSV). CEV paraphrases: “were on their way back.”

[2:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “men of the people of Israel.”

[2:2]  ⁴ tn The words “was as follows” are not in the Hebrew text but are used in the translation for clarity.

[2:61]  ⁴ tc The translation reads וּמִן (umin, “and from”) rather than the reading וּמִבּנֵי (umibbÿney, “and from the sons of”) found in the MT.

[2:61]  ⁵ tn Heb “their.”

[2:63]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew word תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’) is an official title of the Persian governor in Judea, perhaps similar in meaning to “excellency” (BDB 1077 s.v.; HALOT 1798 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395).

[2:63]  ⁶ tn Heb “to stand.”

[2:68]  ⁶ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[2:68]  ⁷ tn Heb “cause it to stand.”

[7:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “this.”

[7:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.” So also in v. 21.

[7:11]  ⁹ tn The words “Ezra was” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

[10:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “found.”