Ezra 8:17

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.

Ex 4:15; Nu 8:22-26; Nu 18:6; De 18:18; 2Sa 14:3,19; 1Ch 23:3-6,26-32; Ezr 2:43,58; Ezr 7:7; Jer 1:9; Jer 15:19; Tit 1:5

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.