Ezra 1:3

1:3 Anyone from ¹  his people among you (may his God be with him!) may go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and may build the temple of the Lord God of Israel – he is the God who is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 8:17

8:17 I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them ²  what to say to Iddo and his relatives, ³  who were the temple servants in ⁴  Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.

Ezra 9:6

9:6 I prayed, ⁵ 

“O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

[1:3]  ¹ tn Heb “from all.”

[8:17]  ² tn Heb “I placed in their mouth words.”

[8:17]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the place called.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[9:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “I said.”