Ezra 2:2

2:2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of Israelites ¹  was as follows: ² 

Ezra 2:40

2:40 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah): 74.

Ezra 2:43

2:43 The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,

Ezra 2:68

2:68 When they came to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders ³  offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild ⁴  it on its site.

Ezra 6:11

6:11 “I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled ⁵  on it, and his house is to be reduced ⁶  to a rubbish heap ⁷  for this indiscretion. ⁸ 

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “men of the people of Israel.”

[2:2]  ² tn The words “was as follows” are not in the Hebrew text but are used in the translation for clarity.

[2:68]  ³ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[2:68]  ⁴ tn Heb “cause it to stand.”

[6:11]  ⁵ sn The practice referred to in v. 11 has been understood in various ways: hanging (cf. 1 Esd 6:32 and KJV); flogging (cf. NEB, NLT); impalement (BDB 1091 s.v. זְקַף; HALOT 1914 s.v. מחא hitpe; cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The latter seems the most likely.

[6:11]  ⁶ tn Aram “made.”

[6:11]  ⁷ tn Aram “a dunghill.”

[6:11]  ⁸ tn Aram “for this.”