Discovery BoxEzra 4:14 
Context4:14 In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, 1 and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, 2 we are sending the king this information 3
Ezra 7:17
Context7:17 With this money you should be sure to purchase bulls, rams, and lambs, along with the appropriate 4 meal offerings and libations. You should bring them to the altar of the temple of your God which is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:26
Context7:26 Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely 5 liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison.”
1 tn Aram “we eat the salt of the palace.”
2 tn Aram “the dishonor of the king is not fitting for us to see.”
3 tn Aram “and we have made known.”
4 tn Aram “their meal offerings and their libations.”
5 tn On the meaning of this word see HALOT 1820-21 s.v. אָסְפַּרְנָא; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 14.
