Ezra 7:18

7:18 You may do whatever seems appropriate to you and your colleagues ¹  with the rest of the silver and the gold, in keeping with the will of your God.

Ezra 7:14

7:14 You are authorized ²  by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession, ³ 

Ezra 7:25

7:25 “Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, ⁴  appoint judges ⁵  and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught.

Ezra 9:13-14

9:13 “Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint ⁶  toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this. 9:14 Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant?

Ezra 7:20

7:20 The rest of the needs for the temple of your God that you may have to supply, ⁷  you may do so from the royal treasury.

Ezra 10:4

10:4 Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!”

Ezra 9:15

9:15 O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt ⁸  no one can really stand before you.”

Ezra 7:17

7:17 With this money you should be sure to purchase bulls, rams, and lambs, along with the appropriate ⁹  meal offerings and libations. You should bring them to the altar of the temple of your God which is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 9:8-9

9:8 “But now briefly ¹⁰  we have received mercy from the Lord our God, in that he has left us a remnant and has given us a secure position ¹¹  in his holy place. Thus our God has enlightened our eyes ¹²  and has given us a little relief in our time of servitude. 9:9 Although we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our servitude. He has extended kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, in that he has revived us ¹³  to restore the temple of our God and to raise ¹⁴  up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem. ¹⁵ 

Ezra 7:13

7:13 I have now issued a decree ¹⁶  that anyone in my kingdom from the people of Israel – even the priests and Levites – who wishes to do so may go up with you to Jerusalem. ¹⁷ 

Ezra 7:16

7:16 along with all the silver and gold that you may collect ¹⁸  throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 9:12

9:12 Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children ¹⁹  forever.’

Ezra 7:19

7:19 Deliver to ²⁰  the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God.

Ezra 9:10

9:10 “And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments

Ezra 6:5

6:5 Furthermore let the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar brought from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, be returned and brought to their proper place in the temple in Jerusalem. Let them be deposited in the temple of God.’

Ezra 7:15

7:15 and to bring silver and gold which the king and his advisers have freely contributed to the God of Israel, who resides in Jerusalem,

Ezra 9:11

9:11 which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: ²¹  ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! ²²  With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.

[7:18]  ¹ tn Aram “brothers.”

[7:14]  ² tn Aram “sent.”

[7:14]  ³ tn Aram “in your hand.”

[7:25]  ⁴ tn Aram “in your hand.”

[7:25]  ⁵ tc For the MT reading שָׁפְטִין (shoftim, “judges”) the LXX uses the noun γραμματεῖς (grammatei", “scribes”).

[9:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “held back downwards from”; KJV “hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve” (NIV, NRSV, NLT all similar).

[7:20]  ⁷ tn Aram “may fall to you to give.”

[9:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “this”; the referent (the guilt mentioned previously) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:17]  ⁹ tn Aram “their meal offerings and their libations.”

[9:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “according to a little moment.”

[9:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “a peg” or “tent peg.” The imagery behind this word is drawn from the experience of nomads who put down pegs as they pitched their tents and made camp after times of travel.

[9:8]  ¹² tn Heb “to cause our eyes to shine.” The expression is a figure of speech for “to revive.” See DCH 1:160 s.v. אור Hi.7.

[9:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “has granted us reviving.”

[9:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to cause to stand.”

[9:9]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “from me is placed a decree.” So also in v. 21.

[7:13]  ¹⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:16]  ¹⁸ tn Aram “find.”

[9:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “sons”; cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NLT “children”; NCV, TEV “descendants.”

[7:19]  ²⁰ tn Or “before.”

[9:11]  ²¹ tn Heb “through your servants the prophets, saying.”

[9:11]  ²² tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”