Ezra 4:9

4:9 From ¹  Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues – the judges, the rulers, the officials, the secretaries, the Erechites, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, ²  the Elamites),

Ezra 6:16

6:16 The people ³  of Israel – the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles ⁴  – observed the dedication of this temple of God with joy.

Ezra 7:20

7:20 The rest of the needs for the temple of your God that you may have to supply, ⁵  you may do so from the royal treasury.

[4:9]  ¹ tn Aram “then.” What follows in v. 9 seems to be the preface of the letter, serving to identify the senders of the letter. The word “from” is not in the Aramaic text but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[4:9]  ² tn For the qere of the MT (דֶּהָיֵא, dehaye’, a proper name) it seems better to retain the Kethib דִּהוּא (dihu’, “that is”). See F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 25, §35; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 36.

[6:16]  ³ tn Aram “sons of.”

[6:16]  ⁴ tn Aram “sons of the exile.”

[7:20]  ⁵ tn Aram “may fall to you to give.”