Ezra 3:2

3:2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak ¹  and his priestly colleagues ²  and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his colleagues ³  started to build ⁴  the altar of the God of Israel so they could offer burnt offerings on it as required by ⁵  the law of Moses the man of God.

Ezra 10:18

Those Who Had Taken Foreign Wives

10:18 It was determined ⁶  that from the descendants of the priests, the following had taken foreign wives: from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

Ezra 3:9

3:9 So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives, ⁷  Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah ⁸ ), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives ⁹  the Levites.

Ezra 8:18

8:18 Due to the fact that the good hand of our God was on us, they brought us a skilled man, from the descendants of Mahli the son of Levi son of Israel. This man was Sherebiah, ¹⁰  who was accompanied by his sons and brothers, ¹¹  18 men,

[3:2]  ¹ sn Jozadak (also in 3:8) is a variant spelling of Jehozadak.

[3:2]  ² tn Heb “his brothers the priests.”

[3:2]  ³ tn Heb “his brothers.”

[3:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “arose and built.”

[3:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “written in.” Cf. v. 4.

[10:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “found.”

[3:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[3:9]  ¹² sn The name יְהוּדָה (Yehudah; cf. KJV, ASV, NASB “Judah”) is probably a variant of Hodaviah (see Ezra 2:40; cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

[3:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “brothers.”

[8:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and Sherebiah.” The words “this man was” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[8:18]  ¹⁷ tn Or “relatives” (so CEV; NRSV “kin”); also in v. 19.