Ezra 3:6

3:6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. However, the Lord’s temple was not at that time established. ¹ 

Ezra 8:31

8:31 On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits ²  along the way.

Ezra 10:16

10:16 So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out ³  by name men who were leaders in their family groups. ⁴  They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,

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¹ tn Or “the foundation of the LORD’s temple was not yet laid.

² tn Heb “from the hand of the enemy and the one who lies in wait.” Some modern English versions render the latter phrase as “ambushes” (cf. NASB, NRSV).

³ tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּבְדֵּל לוֹ (vayyavdel lo, “separated for himself”) rather than the Niphal plural וַיִּבָּדְלוּ (vayyibbadÿlu, “were separated”) of the MT.

⁴ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers, to the house of their fathers, and all of them by name.”