Ezra 3:2

3:2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak ¹  and his priestly colleagues ²  and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his colleagues ³  started to build ⁴  the altar of the God of Israel so they could offer burnt offerings on it as required by ⁵  the law of Moses the man of God.

Ezra 3:10

3:10 When the builders established the Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, ⁶  and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by ⁷  King David of Israel. ⁸ 

Ezra 6:9

6:9 Whatever is needed – whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by ⁹  the priests who are in Jerusalem – must be given to them daily without any neglect,

Ezra 10:16

10:16 So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out ¹⁰  by name men who were leaders in their family groups. ¹¹  They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,

[3:2]  ¹ sn Jozadak (also in 3:8) is a variant spelling of Jehozadak.

[3:2]  ² tn Heb “his brothers the priests.”

[3:2]  ³ tn Heb “his brothers.”

[3:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “arose and built.”

[3:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “written in.” Cf. v. 4.

[3:10]  ⁶ sn This was a long, straight, metallic instrument used for signal calls, rather than the traditional ram’s horn (both instruments are typically translated “trumpet” by English versions).

[3:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to the hands of.”

[3:10]  ⁸ sn See Ps 107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1. Cf. 2 Chr 5:13; 7:3; 20:21.

[6:9]  ⁹ tn Aram “according to the word of.”

[10:16]  ¹⁰ tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּבְדֵּל לוֹ (vayyavdel lo, “separated for himself”) rather than the Niphal plural וַיִּבָּדְלוּ (vayyibbadÿlu, “were separated”) of the MT.

[10:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers, to the house of their fathers, and all of them by name.”