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Ezra 7:7-9
New English Translation
Ezra 7:7-9
New English Translation
7 In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought up[a] to Jerusalem some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants. 8 He entered Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king. 9 On the first day of the first month he had determined to make[b] the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem,[c] for the good hand of his God was on him.
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- Ezra 7:7 tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּעֲל (vayyaʿal, “he [Ezra] brought up”) rather than the Qal plural וַיַּעַלוּ (vayyaʿalu, “they came up”) of the MT.tn Heb “he brought”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Ezra 7:9 tc The translation reads יִסַּד (yissad, “he appointed” [= determined]) rather than the reading יְסֻד (yesud, “foundation”) of the MT. (The words “to make” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.)
- Ezra 7:9 sn Apparently it took the caravan almost four months to make the 500 mile journey.
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