Ezra 3:3

3:3 They established the altar on its foundations, even though they were in terror of the local peoples, ¹  and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and the evening offerings.

Ezra 7:9

7:9 On the first day of the first month he had determined to make ²  the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, ³  for the good hand of his God was on him.

[3:3]  ¹ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[7:9]  ² tc The translation reads יִסַּד (yissad, “he appointed” [= determined]) rather than the reading יְסֻד (yÿsud, “foundation”) of the MT. (The words “to make” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.)

[7:9]  ³ sn Apparently it took the caravan almost four months to make the five hundred mile journey.