Ezra 1:5

The Exiles Prepare to Return to Jerusalem

1:5 Then the leaders 1  of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready 2  to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. 3 

Ezra 2:68

2:68 When they came to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders 4  offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild 5  it on its site.

1 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

2 tn Heb “arose.”

3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

4 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

5 tn Heb “cause it to stand.”