Ezra 8:34

8:34 Everything was verified ¹  by number and by weight, and the total weight was written down at that time.

Ezra 10:7

10:7 A proclamation ²  was circulated ³  throughout Judah and Jerusalem ⁴  that all the exiles were to be assembled in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:25

7:25 “Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, ⁵  appoint judges ⁶  and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught.

Ezra 6:20

6:20 The priests and the Levites had purified themselves, every last one, ⁷  and they all were ceremonially pure. They sacrificed the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their colleagues ⁸  the priests, and for themselves.

Ezra 1:5

The Exiles Prepare to Return to Jerusalem

1:5 Then the leaders ⁹  of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready ¹⁰  to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. ¹¹ 

Ezra 7:21

7:21 “I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of ¹²  Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you –

Ezra 10:14

10:14 Let our leaders take steps ¹³  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.”

[8:34]  ¹ tn The words “everything was verified” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:7]  ² tn Heb “voice.”

[10:7]  ³ tn Heb “they sent.”

[10:7]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:25]  ³ tn Aram “in your hand.”

[7:25]  ⁴ tc For the MT reading שָׁפְטִין (shoftim, “judges”) the LXX uses the noun γραμματεῖς (grammatei", “scribes”).

[6:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “as one.” The expression is best understood as referring to the unity shown by the religious leaders in preparing themselves for the observance of Passover. On the meaning of the Hebrew phrase see DCH 1:182 s.v. אֶחָד 3b. See also HALOT 30 s.v. אֶחָד 5.

[6:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “brothers.”

[1:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[1:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “arose.”

[1:5]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:21]  ⁶ tn Aram “who are in.”

[10:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “stand.”