Ezra 7:7-9

New Living Translation

⁷Some of the people of Israel, as well as some of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and Temple servants, traveled up to Jerusalem with him in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes’ reign.

⁸Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in August^[a] of that year. ⁹He had arranged to leave Babylon on April 8, the first day of the new year,^[b] and he arrived at Jerusalem on August 4,^[c] for the gracious hand of his God was on him.

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Footnotes

7:8 Hebrew in the fifth month. This month in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred within the months of August and September 458 B.c.
7:9a Hebrew on the first day of the first month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was April 8, 458 B.c.; also see note on 6:15.
7:9b Hebrew on the first day of the fifth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was August 4, 458 B.c.; also see note on 6:15.