Discovery BoxEzra 3:7 
Context3:7 So they provided money 1 for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon 2 and Tyre, 3 so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport 4 at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.
Ezra 8:17
Context8:17 I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them 5 what to say to Iddo and his relatives, 6 who were the temple servants in 7 Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.
1 tn Heb “silver.”
2 map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
3 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
4 tn Heb “to the sea”
5 tn Heb “I placed in their mouth words.”
6 tc The translation reads with the LXX and Vulgate וְאֶחָיו (vÿ’ekhayv, “and his brethren” = “relatives”; so NCV, NLT) rather than the reading אָחִיו (’akhiyv, “his brother”) of the MT.
7 tn Heb “in the place called.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.
