Ezra 3:6

3:6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. However, the Lord’s temple was not at that time established. ¹ 

Ezra 6:2

6:2 A scroll was found in the citadel ²  of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows:

“Memorandum:

Ezra 7:18

7:18 You may do whatever seems appropriate to you and your colleagues ³  with the rest of the silver and the gold, in keeping with the will of your God.

[3:6]  ¹ tn Or “the foundation of the LORD’s temple was not yet laid.

[6:2]  ² tc The translation reads בִירְתָא (birta’, citadel”) rather than the reading בְּבִירְתָא (bÿvireta’, “in the citadel”) found in the MT. The MT probably experienced dittography here.

[7:18]  ³ tn Aram “brothers.”