Ezra 2:70

2:70 The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel lived in their towns.

Ezra 1:6

1:6 All their neighbors assisted ¹  them with silver utensils, ²  gold, equipment, animals, and expensive gifts, not to mention ³  all the voluntary offerings.

Ezra 6:21

6:21 The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them ⁴  in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel.

Ezra 7:16

7:16 along with all the silver and gold that you may collect ⁵  throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 8:25

8:25 and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God – items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed.

Ezra 10:5

10:5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan. ⁶  And they all took a solemn oath.

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 1:4

1:4 Anyone who survives in any of those places where he is a resident foreigner must be helped by his neighbors ⁷  with silver, gold, equipment, and animals, along with voluntary offerings for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem.’”

Ezra 3:11

3:11 With antiphonal response they sang, ⁸  praising and glorifying the Lord:

“For he is good;

his loyal love toward Israel is forever.”

All the people gave a loud ⁹  shout as they praised the Lord when the temple of the Lord was established.

Ezra 7:26

7:26 Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely ¹⁰  liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison.”

Ezra 10:14

10:14 Let our leaders take steps ¹¹  on behalf of all the assembly. Let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each town and its judges, until the hot anger of our God is turned away from us in this matter.”

Ezra 3:8

3:8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, ¹²  in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, ¹³  along with the rest of their associates, ¹⁴  the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed ¹⁵  the Levites who were at least twenty years old ¹⁶  to take charge of the work on the Lord’s temple.

[1:6]  ¹ tn Heb “strengthened their hands.”

[1:6]  ² tc The MT reads בִּכְלֵי־כֶסֶף (bikhley khesef, “with silver vessels”). However, part of the LXX manuscript tradition reads ἐν πᾶσιν ἀργυρίῳ (en pasin arguriw), which reflects an alternate Hebrew reading of בַּכֹּל־בַּכֶּסֶף (bakkol-bakkesef, “everywhere, with silver”). The textual variant involves (1) simple omission of yod (י) between two words, a common scribal mistake; (2) haplography of the preposition bet (בּ); and (3) an alternate vocalization tradition of the first term.

[1:6]  ³ tn Heb “besides” or “in addition to.”

[6:21]  ¹ tn Heb “who had separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to them.”

[7:16]  ¹ tn Aram “find.”

[10:5]  ¹ tn Heb “to do according to this plan.”

[1:4]  ¹ tn Heb “the men of his place.”

[3:11]  ¹ tn Heb “they answered.”

[3:11]  ² tn Heb “great.”

[7:26]  ¹ tn On the meaning of this word see HALOT 1820-21 s.v. אָסְפַּרְנָא; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 14.

[10:14]  ¹ tn Heb “stand.”

[3:8]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:8]  ² tn Heb “began”; the phrase “the work” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[3:8]  ³ tn Heb “their brothers.”

[3:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “stood.”

[3:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “from twenty years and upward.”