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Ezra 5:5-7
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5 But God was watching over[a] the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped[b] until a report could be dispatched[c] to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues (who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates) sent to King Darius. 7 The report they sent to him was written as follows:[d]

“To King Darius: All greetings![e]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 5:5 tn Aram “the eye of their God was on.” The idiom describes the attentive care that one exercises in behalf of the object of his concern.
  2. Ezra 5:5 tn Aram “they did not stop them.”
  3. Ezra 5:5 tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.
  4. Ezra 5:7 tn Aram “and it was written in its midst.”
  5. Ezra 5:7 tn Aram “all peace.”
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