Ezra 6:12
Konteks6:12 May God who makes his name to reside there overthrow any king or nation 1 who reaches out 2 to cause such change so as to destroy this temple of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given orders. Let them be carried out with precision!”
Ezra 10:16
Konteks10:16 So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out 3 by name men who were leaders in their family groups. 4 They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,
[6:12] 2 tn Aram “who sends forth his hand.”
[10:16] 3 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] 4 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers, to the house of their fathers, and all of them by name.”