Discovery BoxEzra 8:17 
Context8:17 I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them 1 what to say to Iddo and his relatives, 2 who were the temple servants in 3 Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.
Ezra 9:11
Context9:11 which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: 4 ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! 5 With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.
1 tn Heb “I placed in their mouth words.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “in the place called.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “through your servants the prophets, saying.”
5 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”
