Ezra 2:68

2:68 When they came to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders ¹  offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild ²  it on its site.

Ezra 7:27

7:27 ³ Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem!

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¹ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

² tn Heb “cause it to stand.”

³ sn At this point the language of the book reverts from Aramaic (7:12-26) back to Hebrew.