Ezra 5:17

5:17 “Now if the king is so inclined, ¹  let a search be conducted in the royal archives ²  there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.”

Ezra 6:20

6:20 The priests and the Levites had purified themselves, every last one, ³  and they all were ceremonially pure. They sacrificed the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their colleagues ⁴  the priests, and for themselves.

[5:17]  ¹ tn Aram “if upon the king it is good.”

[5:17]  ² tn Aram “the house of the treasures of the king.”

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “as one.” The expression is best understood as referring to the unity shown by the religious leaders in preparing themselves for the observance of Passover. On the meaning of the Hebrew phrase see DCH 1:182 s.v. אֶחָד 3b. See also HALOT 30 s.v. אֶחָד 5.

[6:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “brothers.”