Discovery BoxEzra 1:4-5 
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.’”
1:5 Then the leaders 2 of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready 3 to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. 4
Ezra 6:21
Context6:21 The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them 5 in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel.
Ezra 7:16-17
Context7:16 along with all the silver and gold that you may collect 6 throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem. 7:17 With this money you should be sure to purchase bulls, rams, and lambs, along with the appropriate 7 meal offerings and libations. You should bring them to the altar of the temple of your God which is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 8:31
Context8:31 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 8 along the way.
1 tn Heb “the men of his place.”
2 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”
3 tn Heb “arose.”
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 tn Heb “who had separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to them.”
6 tn Aram “find.”
7 tn Aram “their meal offerings and their libations.”
8 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).
