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 ¹  their family connection ²  or their ancestry, ³  as to whether they really were from Israel):

Ezra 2:68

2:68 When they came to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders ⁴  offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild ⁵  it on its site.

Ezra 7:27

7:27 ⁶ 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 8:28-29

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. 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, ⁷  in the storerooms of the temple of the Lord.”

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 ⁸  and from these foreign wives.”

[2:59]  ¹ tn Heb “relate.”

[2:59]  ² tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

[2:59]  ³ tn Heb “their seed.”

[2:68]  ⁴ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[2:68]  ⁵ tn Heb “cause it to stand.”

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

[8:29]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”