Discovery BoxEzra 3:10 
Context3:10 When the builders established the Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, 1 and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by 2 King David of Israel. 3
Ezra 10:3
Context10:3 Therefore let us enact 4 a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, 5 and that of those who respect 6 the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.
1 sn This was a long, straight, metallic instrument used for signal calls, rather than the traditional ram’s horn (both instruments are typically translated “trumpet” by English versions).
2 tn Heb “according to the hands of.”
3 sn See Ps 107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1. Cf. 2 Chr 5:13; 7:3; 20:21.
4 tn Heb “cut.”
5 tn The MT vocalizes this word as a plural, which could be understood as a reference to God. But the context seems to suggest that a human lord is intended. The apparatus of BHS suggests repointing the word as a singular (“my lord”), but this is unnecessary. The plural (“my lords”) can be understood in an honorific sense even when a human being is in view. Most English versions regard this as a reference to Ezra, so the present translation supplies “your” before “counsel” to make this clear.
6 tn Heb “who tremble at”; NAB, NIV “who fear.”
