Ezra 2:63

2:63 The governor ¹  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ²  the Urim and Thummim.

Ezra 3:13

3:13 People were unable to tell the difference between the sound of joyous shouting and the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people were shouting so loudly ³  that the sound was heard a long way off.

Ezra 4:21

4:21 Now give orders that these men cease their work and that this city not be rebuilt until such time as I so instruct. ⁴ 

Ezra 4:24

4:24 So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia. ⁵ 

Ezra 5:5

5:5 But God was watching over ⁶  the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped ⁷  until a report could be dispatched ⁸  to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

Ezra 6:15

6:15 They finished this temple on the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth ⁹  year of the reign of King Darius.

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, ¹⁰  in the storerooms of the temple of the Lord.”

Ezra 9:4

9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe ¹¹  gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. ¹²  Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.

Ezra 9:6

9:6 I prayed, ¹³ 

“O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

Ezra 9:14

9:14 Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant?

[2:63]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “to stand.”

[3:13]  ³ tn Heb “a great shout.”

[4:21]  ⁵ tn Aram “until a command is issued from me.”

[4:24]  ⁷ sn Darius I Hystaspes ruled Persia ca. 522–486 b.c.

[5:5]  ⁹ tn Aram “the eye of their God was on.” The idiom describes the attentive care that one exercises in behalf of the object of his concern.

[5:5]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “they did not stop them.”

[5:5]  ¹¹ tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.

[6:15]  ¹¹ sn The sixth year of the reign of Darius would be ca. 516 B.C.

[8:29]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”

[9:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I said.”