Ezra 5:4

5:4 They ¹  also asked them, “What are the names of the men who are building this edifice?”

Ezra 6:2

6:2 A scroll was found in the citadel ²  of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows:

“Memorandum:

Ezra 6:10

6:10 so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family. ³ 

Ezra 7:12

7:12 ⁴ “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

Ezra 7:19

7:19 Deliver to ⁵  the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God.

[5:4]  ¹ tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew MS, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta אֲמַרוּ (’amaru, “they said”) rather than the reading אֲמַרְנָא (’amarna’, “we said”) of the MT.

[6:2]  ² tc The translation reads בִירְתָא (birta’, citadel”) rather than the reading בְּבִירְתָא (bÿvireta’, “in the citadel”) found in the MT. The MT probably experienced dittography here.

[6:10]  ³ tn Aram “for the life of the king and his sons.”

[7:12]  ⁴ sn Ezra 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.

[7:19]  ⁵ tn Or “before.”