Discovery BoxEzra 1:2 
Context1:2 “Thus says King Cyrus of Persia:
“‘The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has instructed me to build a temple 1 for him in Jerusalem, 2 which is in Judah.
Ezra 1:5
Context1:5 Then the leaders 3 of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready 4 to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. 5
Ezra 2:70
Context2:70 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 6:17
Context6:17 For the dedication of this temple of God they offered one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
Ezra 6:21
Context6:21 The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them 6 in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel.
Ezra 8:21
Context8:21 I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey 7 for us, our children, and all our property.
Ezra 8:25
Context8:25 and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God – items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed.
Ezra 10:8
Context10:8 Everyone who did not come within three days would thereby forfeit all his property, in keeping with the counsel of the officials and the elders. Furthermore, he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.
1 tn Heb “house.” The Hebrew noun בַּיִת (bayit, “house”) is often used in reference to the temple of Yahweh (BDB 108 s.v. 1.a). This is also frequent elsewhere in Ezra and Nehemiah (e.g., Ezra 1:3, 4, 5, 7; 2:68; 3:8, 9, 11, 12; 4:3; 6:22; 7:27; 8:17, 25, 29, 30, 33, 36; 9:9; 10:1, 6, 9).
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”
4 tn Heb “arose.”
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 tn Heb “who had separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to them.”
7 tn Heb “a straight way.”
