Ezra 3:3
Konteks3:3 They established the altar on its foundations, even though they were in terror of the local peoples, 1 and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and the evening offerings.
Ezra 10:11
Konteks10:11 Now give praise to the Lord God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents 2 and from these foreign wives.”
Ezra 9:1
Konteks9:1 Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents 3 who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Ezra 10:2
Konteks10:2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, 4 addressed Ezra:
“We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying 5 foreign women from the local peoples. 6 Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard. 7
[3:3] 1 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”
[10:11] 2 tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”
[9:1] 3 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.” So also in v. 2.
[10:2] 4 tc The translation reads with the Qere, many medieval Hebrew
[10:2] 5 tn Heb “in that we have given a dwelling to.” So also in vv. 14, 17, 18.