Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 6:18:
- Kupsabiny: “And for the work of God in Jerusalem, they set up/prepared (the) priest in their group and the Levites followed/supported (them) following how it was written in the book of Moses.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then they put the priests and Levites in their various sections to do service in the temple in Jerusalem as it has been written in the book of Moses.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They placed the priests and the Levites in their respective responsibilities in the temple in Jerusalem as what-was-written in the book which Moises.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then the priests and Levites were divided into groups that would take turns to serve at the temple. They did this according to what Moses had written many years previously in the laws that he wrote.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
