Discovery BoxEzra 7:9 
Context7:9 On the first day of the first month he had determined to make 1 the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, 2 for the good hand of his God was on him.
Ezra 8:31
Context8:31 On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits 3 along the way.
1 tc The translation reads יִסַּד (yissad, “he appointed” [= determined]) rather than the reading יְסֻד (yÿsud, “foundation”) of the MT. (The words “to make” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.)
2 sn Apparently it took the caravan almost four months to make the five hundred mile journey.
3 tn Heb “from the hand of the enemy and the one who lies in wait.” Some modern English versions render the latter phrase as “ambushes” (cf. NASB, NRSV).
