Discovery BoxEzra 6:11 
Context6:11 “I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled 1 on it, and his house is to be reduced 2 to a rubbish heap 3 for this indiscretion. 4
Ezra 8:33
Context8:33 On the fourth day we weighed out the silver, the gold, and the vessels in the house of our God into the care 5 of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and Eleazar son of Phinehas, who were accompanied by Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, who were Levites.
1 sn The practice referred to in v. 11 has been understood in various ways: hanging (cf. 1 Esd 6:32 and KJV); flogging (cf. NEB, NLT); impalement (BDB 1091 s.v. זְקַף; HALOT 1914 s.v. מחא hitpe; cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The latter seems the most likely.
2 tn Aram “made.”
3 tn Aram “a dunghill.”
4 tn Aram “for this.”
5 tn Heb “upon the hand of.”
