Discovery BoxEzra 1:4 
Context1:4 Anyone who survives in any of those places where he is a resident foreigner must be helped by his neighbors 1 with silver, gold, equipment, and animals, along with voluntary offerings for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem.’”
Ezra 1:6
Context1:6 All their neighbors assisted 2 them with silver utensils, 3 gold, equipment, animals, and expensive gifts, not to mention 4 all the voluntary offerings.
1 tn Heb “the men of his place.”
2 tn Heb “strengthened their hands.”
3 tc The MT reads בִּכְלֵי־כֶסֶף (bikhley khesef, “with silver vessels”). However, part of the LXX manuscript tradition reads ἐν πᾶσιν ἀργυρίῳ (en pasin arguriw), which reflects an alternate Hebrew reading of בַּכֹּל־בַּכֶּסֶף (bakkol-bakkesef, “everywhere, with silver”). The textual variant involves (1) simple omission of yod (י) between two words, a common scribal mistake; (2) haplography of the preposition bet (בּ); and (3) an alternate vocalization tradition of the first term.
4 tn Heb “besides” or “in addition to.”
