7:61 These are the ones who 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 were really from Israel):
8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders 4 met with 5 Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.
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 tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”