Ezra 8:30
Context8:30 Then the priests and the Levites took charge of 1 the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.
Ezra 3:7
Context3:7 So they provided money 2 for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon 3 and Tyre, 4 so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport 5 at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.
Ezra 8:17
Context8:17 I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them 6 what to say to Iddo and his relatives, 7 who were the temple servants in 8 Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.


[3:7] 3 map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
[3:7] 4 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
[8:17] 3 tn Heb “I placed in their mouth words.”
[8:17] 4 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] 5 tn Heb “in the place called.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.