Discovery BoxEzra 2:63 
Context2:63 The governor 1 instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult 2 the Urim and Thummim.
Ezra 4:21
Context4:21 Now give orders that these men cease their work and that this city not be rebuilt until such time as I so instruct. 3
1 tn The Hebrew word תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’) is an official title of the Persian governor in Judea, perhaps similar in meaning to “excellency” (BDB 1077 s.v.; HALOT 1798 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395).
2 tn Heb “to stand.”
3 tn Aram “until a command is issued from me.”
