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Ezra 2:62

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2:62 They 1  searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. 2  They were therefore excluded 3  from the priesthood.

Ezra 2:1

Context
The Names of the Returning Exiles

2:1 4 These are the people 5  of the province who were going up, 6  from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem 7  and Judah, each to his own city.

Ezra 4:1

Context
Opposition to the Building Efforts

4:1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles 8  were building a temple for the Lord God of Israel,

Ezra 9:1

Context
A Prayer of Ezra

9:1 Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents 9  who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

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[2:62]  1 tn Heb “these.”

[2:62]  2 tn Heb “their records were searched for in the genealogical materials, but were not found.” This passive construction has been translated as active for stylistic reasons.

[2:62]  3 tn Heb “they were desecrated.”

[2:1]  4 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]  5 tn Heb “the sons of.”

[2:1]  6 tn The Hebrew term הָעֹלִים (haolim, “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]  7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[4:1]  8 tn Heb “the sons of the exile.”

[9:1]  9 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.” So also in v. 2.



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