Ezra 2:59

2:59 These are the ones that came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify ¹  their family connection ²  or their ancestry, ³  as to whether they really were from Israel):

Ezra 2:70

2:70 The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel lived in their towns.

Ezra 3:12

3:12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders ⁴  – older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established ⁵  – were weeping loudly, ⁶  and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.

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¹ tn Heb “relate.”

² tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

³ tn Heb “their seed.”

⁴ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

⁵ sn The temple had been destroyed some fifty years earlier by the Babylonians in 586 b.c.

⁶ tn Heb “with a great voice.”