Ezra 1:3-5
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.
1:4 Anyone who survives in any of those places where he is a resident foreigner must be helped by his neighbors 2 with silver, gold, equipment, and animals, along with voluntary offerings for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem.’”
The Exiles Prepare to Return to Jerusalem
1:5 Then the leaders 3 of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready 4 to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. 5
1 tn Heb “from all.”
2 tn Heb “the men of his place.”
3 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”
4 tn Heb “arose.”
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.