Ezra 10:19

10:19 (They gave their word ¹  to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.)

Ezra 7:6

7:6 This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Ezra 9:8-9

9:8 “But now briefly ²  we have received mercy from the Lord our God, in that he has left us a remnant and has given us a secure position ³  in his holy place. Thus our God has enlightened our eyes ⁴  and has given us a little relief in our time of servitude. 9:9 Although we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our servitude. He has extended kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, in that he has revived us ⁵  to restore the temple of our God and to raise ⁶  up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem. ⁷ 

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 ⁸  in the temple of his gods.

Ezra 2:69

2:69 As they were able, ⁹  they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas ¹⁰  of gold, 5,000 minas ¹¹  of silver, and 100 priestly robes. ¹² 

Ezra 7:11

Artaxerxes Gives Official Endorsement to Ezra’s Mission

7:11 What follows ¹³  is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. ¹⁴  Ezra was ¹⁵  a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel:

Ezra 7:27

7:27 ¹⁶ Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem!

Ezra 8:20

8:20 and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites – 220 of them. They were all designated by name.

Ezra 8:36

8:36 Then they presented the decrees of the king to the king’s satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who gave help to the people and to the temple of God.

Ezra 9:13

9:13 “Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint ¹⁷  toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this.

Ezra 10:11

10:11 Now give praise to the Lord God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents ¹⁸  and from these foreign wives.”

Ezra 1:2

1:2 “Thus says King Cyrus of Persia:

“‘The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has instructed me to build a temple ¹⁹  for him in Jerusalem, ²⁰  which is in Judah.

Ezra 3:7

Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple

3:7 So they provided money ²¹  for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon ²²  and Tyre, ²³  so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport ²⁴  at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.

Ezra 9:7

9:7 From the days of our fathers until this very day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, along with our kings and ²⁵  priests, have been delivered over by the local kings ²⁶  to sword, captivity, plunder, and embarrassment – right up to the present time.

Ezra 9:12

9:12 Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children ²⁷  forever.’

[10:19]  ¹ tn Heb “hand.”

[9:8]  ² tn Heb “according to a little moment.”

[9:8]  ³ tn Heb “a peg” or “tent peg.” The imagery behind this word is drawn from the experience of nomads who put down pegs as they pitched their tents and made camp after times of travel.

[9:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “to cause our eyes to shine.” The expression is a figure of speech for “to revive.” See DCH 1:160 s.v. אור Hi.7.

[9:9]  ³ tn Heb “has granted us reviving.”

[9:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “to cause to stand.”

[9:9]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he gave them.”

[2:69]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to their strength.”

[2:69]  ⁶ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים (darkÿmonim, cf. Neh 7:69, 70, 71) is uncertain. It may be a Greek loanword meaning “drachmas” (the view adopted here and followed also by NAB, NASB, NIV) or a Persian loanword “daric,” referring to a Persian gold coin (BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן; HALOT 232 s.v. נִים(וֹ)דַּרְכְּמֹ; cf. ASV, NRSV). For further study, see R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 206-9.

[2:69]  ⁷ sn The מָנִים (manim, cf. Neh 7:71, 72) is a measuring weight for valuable metals, equal to 1/60 of a talent or 60 shekels (BDB 584 s.v. מָנֶה; HALOT 599 s.v. מָנֶה). For further study, see R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 203-6.

[2:69]  ⁸ tn Or “garments.”

[7:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “this.”

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

[7:11]  ⁸ tn The words “Ezra was” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

[7:27]  ⁷ sn At this point the language of the book reverts from Aramaic (7:12-26) back to Hebrew.

[9:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “held back downwards from”; KJV “hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve” (NIV, NRSV, NLT all similar).

[10:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”

[1:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “house.” The Hebrew noun בַּיִת (bayit, “house”) is often used in reference to the temple of Yahweh (BDB 108 s.v. 1.a). This is also frequent elsewhere in Ezra and Nehemiah (e.g., Ezra 1:3, 4, 5, 7; 2:68; 3:8, 9, 11, 12; 4:3; 6:22; 7:27; 8:17, 25, 29, 30, 33, 36; 9:9; 10:1, 6, 9).

[1:2]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “silver.”

[3:7]  ¹² map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ¹³ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to the sea”

[9:7]  ¹² tc The MT lacks “and” here, but see the LXX and Vulgate.

[9:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “the kings of the lands.”

[9:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “sons”; cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NLT “children”; NCV, TEV “descendants.”