Ezra 1:4-5

1:4 Anyone who survives in any of those places where he is a resident foreigner must be helped by his neighbors ¹  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 ²  of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready ³  to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. ⁴ 

Ezra 6:21

6:21 The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them ⁵  in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel.

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¹ tn Heb “the men of his place.”

² tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

³ tn Heb “arose.”

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⁵ tn Heb “who had separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to them.”