Ezra 8:15

The Exiles Travel to Jerusalem

8:15 I had them assemble ¹  at the canal ²  that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there.

Ezra 2:28

2:28 the men of Bethel ³  and Ai: 223;

Ezra 9:12

9:12 Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children ⁴  forever.’

Ezra 3:1

The Altar is Rebuilt

3:1 When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites ⁵  were living ⁶  in their ⁷  towns, the people assembled ⁸  in ⁹  Jerusalem. ¹⁰ 

Ezra 5:15

5:15 He said to him, “Take these vessels and go deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt in its proper location.” ¹¹ 

Ezra 7:7

7:7 In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought ¹²  up to Jerusalem ¹³  some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants.

Ezra 7:9

7:9 On the first day of the first month he had determined to make ¹⁴  the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, ¹⁵  for the good hand of his God was on him.

Ezra 9:5

9:5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, ¹⁶  with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God.

Ezra 3:7

Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple

3:7 So they provided money ¹⁷  for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon ¹⁸  and Tyre, ¹⁹  so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport ²⁰  at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.

Ezra 4:2

4:2 they came to Zerubbabel and the leaders ²¹  and said to them, “Let us help you build, ²²  for like you we seek your God and we have been sacrificing to him ²³  from the time ²⁴  of King Esarhaddon ²⁵  of Assyria, who brought us here.” ²⁶ 

Ezra 8:17

8:17 I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them ²⁷  what to say to Iddo and his relatives, ²⁸  who were the temple servants in ²⁹  Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.

Ezra 9:11

9:11 which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: ³⁰  ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! ³¹  With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.

Ezra 10:6

10:6 Then Ezra got up from in front of the temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he stayed ³²  there, he did not eat food or drink water, for he was in mourning over the infidelity of the exiles.

Ezra 3:8

3:8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, ³³  in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, ³⁴  along with the rest of their associates, ³⁵  the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed ³⁶  the Levites who were at least twenty years old ³⁷  to take charge of the work on the Lord’s temple.

[8:15]  ¹ tn Or “I gathered them.”

[8:15]  ² tn Heb “river.” So also in vv. 21, 31.

[2:28]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[9:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “sons”; cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NLT “children”; NCV, TEV “descendants.”

[3:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “the sons of Israel.”

[3:1]  ⁸ tn The word “living” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied. Some translations supply “settled” (cf. NAB, NIV, NLT).

[3:1]  ⁹ tc The translation reads with some medieval Hebrew MSS and ancient versions בְּעָרֵיהֶם (be’arehem, “in their towns”), rather than the reading בֶּעָרִים (be’arim, “in the towns”) found in the MT. Cf. Neh 7:72 HT [7:73 ET].

[3:1]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text adds the phrase “like one man.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[3:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to.”

[3:1]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:15]  ⁹ tn Aram “upon its place.”

[7:7]  ¹¹ tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּעֲל (vayya’al, “he [Ezra] brought up”) rather than the Qal plural וַיַּעַלוּ (vayya’alu, “they came up”) of the MT.

[7:7]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:9]  ¹³ 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]  ¹⁴ sn Apparently it took the caravan almost four months to make the five hundred mile journey.

[9:5]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.

[3:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “silver.”

[3:7]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to the sea”

[4:2]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.” So also in v. 3.

[4:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Let us build with you.”

[4:2]  ²¹ tc The translation reads with the Qere, a Qumran MS, the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Arabic version וְלוֹ (vÿlo, “and him”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, וְלֹא (vÿlo’, “and not”).

[4:2]  ²² tn Heb “days.”

[4:2]  ²³ sn Esarhaddon was king of Assyria ca. 681-669 b.c.

[4:2]  ²⁴ sn The Assyrian policy had been to resettle Samaria with peoples from other areas (cf. 2 Kgs 17:24-34). These immigrants acknowledged Yahweh as well as other deities in some cases. The Jews who returned from the Exile regarded them with suspicion and were not hospitable to their offer of help in rebuilding the temple.

[8:17]  ²¹ tn Heb “I placed in their mouth words.”

[8:17]  ²² tc The translation reads with the LXX and Vulgate וְאֶחָיו (vÿ’ekhayv, “and his brethren” = “relatives”; so NCV, NLT) rather than the reading אָחִיו (’akhiyv, “his brother”) of the MT.

[8:17]  ²³ tn Heb “in the place called.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[9:11]  ²³ tn Heb “through your servants the prophets, saying.”

[9:11]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[10:6]  ²⁵ tc The translation reads וַיָּלֶן (vayyalen, “and he stayed”) rather than the reading וַיֵּלֶךְ (vayyelekh, “and he went”) of the MT. Cf. the LXX.

[3:8]  ²⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:8]  ²⁸ tn Heb “began”; the phrase “the work” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[3:8]  ²⁹ tn Heb “their brothers.”

[3:8]  ³⁰ tn Heb “stood.”

[3:8]  ³¹ tn Heb “from twenty years and upward.”