Ezra 4:19

4:19 So I gave orders, ¹  and it was determined ²  that this city from long ago has been engaging in insurrection against kings. It has continually engaged in ³  rebellion and revolt.

Ezra 7:13

7:13 I have now issued a decree ⁴  that anyone in my kingdom from the people of Israel – even the priests and Levites – who wishes to do so may go up with you to Jerusalem. ⁵ 

Ezra 6:8

6:8 “I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work. ⁶ 

Ezra 6:11

6:11 “I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled ⁷  on it, and his house is to be reduced ⁸  to a rubbish heap ⁹  for this indiscretion. ¹⁰ 

Ezra 7:21

7:21 “I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of ¹¹  Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you –

Ezra 5:17

5:17 “Now if the king is so inclined, ¹²  let a search be conducted in the royal archives ¹³  there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.”

[4:19]  ¹ tn Aram “from me was placed a decree.”

[4:19]  ² tn Aram “and they searched and found.”

[4:19]  ³ tn Aram “are being done.”

[7:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “from me is placed a decree.” So also in v. 21.

[7:13]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:8]  ⁷ tn The words “of the work” are not in the Aramaic, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[6:11]  ¹⁰ sn The practice referred to in v. 11 has been understood in various ways: hanging (cf. 1 Esd 6:32 and KJV); flogging (cf. NEB, NLT); impalement (BDB 1091 s.v. זְקַף; HALOT 1914 s.v. מחא hitpe; cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The latter seems the most likely.

[6:11]  ¹¹ tn Aram “made.”

[6:11]  ¹² tn Aram “a dunghill.”

[6:11]  ¹³ tn Aram “for this.”

[7:21]  ¹³ tn Aram “who are in.”

[5:17]  ¹⁶ tn Aram “if upon the king it is good.”

[5:17]  ¹⁷ tn Aram “the house of the treasures of the king.”