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 ¹  the priests who are in Jerusalem – must be given to them daily without any neglect,

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.

[6:9]  ¹ tn Aram “according to the word of.”

[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.