Ezra 6:19

6:19 ¹  The exiles ²  observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Ezra 3:4

3:4 They observed the Festival of Temporary Shelters ³  as required ⁴  and offered the proper number of ⁵  daily burnt offerings according to the requirement for each day.

Ezra 6:15

6:15 They finished this temple on the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth ⁶  year of the reign of King Darius.

Ezra 10:17

10:17 and on the first day of the first month they finished considering all the men who had married foreign wives.

Ezra 7:9

7:9 On the first day of the first month he had determined to make ⁷  the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, ⁸  for the good hand of his God was on him.

Ezra 3:6

3:6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. However, the Lord’s temple was not at that time established. ⁹ 

Ezra 6:9

6:9 Whatever is needed – whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by ¹⁰  the priests who are in Jerusalem – must be given to them daily without any neglect,

Ezra 8:31

8:31 On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits ¹¹  along the way.

Ezra 9:7

9:7 From the days of our fathers until this very day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, along with our kings and ¹²  priests, have been delivered over by the local kings ¹³  to sword, captivity, plunder, and embarrassment – right up to the present time.

Ezra 9:15

9:15 O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt ¹⁴  no one can really stand before you.”

Ezra 8:33

8:33 On the fourth day we weighed out the silver, the gold, and the vessels in the house of our God into the care ¹⁵  of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and Eleazar son of Phinehas, who were accompanied by Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, who were Levites.

Ezra 10:16

10:16 So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out ¹⁶  by name men who were leaders in their family groups. ¹⁷  They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,

Ezra 10:13

10:13 However, the people are numerous and it is the rainy season. ¹⁸  We are unable to stand here outside. Furthermore, this business cannot be resolved in a day or two, for we have sinned greatly in this matter.

Ezra 10:9

10:9 All the men of Judah and Benjamin were gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. (It was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of that month.) All the people sat in the square at the temple of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rains.

Ezra 5:16

5:16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment ¹⁹  it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’

[6:19]  ¹ sn At this point the language of the book reverts from Aramaic (4:8–6:18) back to Hebrew. Aramaic will again be used in Ezra 7:12-26.

[6:19]  ² tn Heb “the sons of the exile.” So also in v. 20.

[3:4]  ³ tn The Hebrew phrase אֶת חַג־הַסֻּכּוֹת (’et khag-hassukot, “festival of huts” [or “shelters”]) is traditionally known as the Feast of Tabernacles. The rendering “booths” (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV) is probably better than the traditional “tabernacles” in light of the meaning of the term סֻכָּה (sukkah, “hut; booth”), but “booths” are frequently associated with trade shows and craft fairs in contemporary American English. The nature of the celebration during this feast as a commemoration of the wanderings of the Israelites after they left Egypt suggests that a translation like “temporary shelters” is more appropriate.

[3:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to what is written.”

[3:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “by number.”

[6:15]  ⁵ sn The sixth year of the reign of Darius would be ca. 516 B.C.

[7:9]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ sn Apparently it took the caravan almost four months to make the five hundred mile journey.

[3:6]  ⁹ tn Or “the foundation of the LORD’s temple was not yet laid.

[6:9]  ¹¹ tn Aram “according to the word of.”

[8:31]  ¹³ tn Heb “from the hand of the enemy and the one who lies in wait.” Some modern English versions render the latter phrase as “ambushes” (cf. NASB, NRSV).

[9:7]  ¹⁵ tc The MT lacks “and” here, but see the LXX and Vulgate.

[9:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the kings of the lands.”

[9:15]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “this”; the referent (the guilt mentioned previously) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:33]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “upon the hand of.”

[10:16]  ²¹ tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּבְדֵּל לוֹ (vayyavdel lo, “separated for himself”) rather than the Niphal plural וַיִּבָּדְלוּ (vayyibbadÿlu, “were separated”) of the MT.

[10:16]  ²² tn Heb “the heads of the fathers, to the house of their fathers, and all of them by name.”

[10:13]  ²³ tn Heb “the time [is] rain showers.”

[5:16]  ²⁵ tn Aram “from then and until now.”