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
9:5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, 4 with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God.
10:5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan. 5 And they all took a solemn oath.
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 The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.
5 tn Heb “to do according to this plan.”