Ezra 8:17

8:17 I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them ¹  what to say to Iddo and his relatives, ²  who were the temple servants in ³  Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.

Ezra 10:14

10:14 Let our leaders take steps ⁴  on behalf of all the assembly. Let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each town and its judges, until the hot anger of our God is turned away from us in this matter.”

[8:17]  ¹ tn Heb “I placed in their mouth words.”

[8:17]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “in the place called.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “stand.”