Ezra 1:4-5

1:4 Anyone who survives in any of those places where he is a resident foreigner must be helped by his neighbors ¹  with silver, gold, equipment, and animals, along with voluntary offerings for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem.’”

The Exiles Prepare to Return to Jerusalem

1:5 Then the leaders ²  of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready ³  to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. ⁴ 

[1:4]  ¹ tn Heb “the men of his place.”

[1:5]  ² tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[1:5]  ³ tn Heb “arose.”

[1:5]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.