4:22a See that you do not neglect this matter.

Beware (plur.) not to ignore to do this.
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This is a warning! Do not fail to do what I have ordered you to do.

4:22b Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?

Why should this injury to the king/chief grow so that he suffers great loss?”
-or-
We must not allow these people to do anything that brings harm/injury to the/my kingdom.

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6:13a In response,

¶ Then, because of the letter/order ⌊that King Darius sent⌋,
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¶ So, in keeping with what ⌊Darius, the chief/ruler, said to them⌋,

6:13b Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates

Tattenai, the governor of Beyond the River Euphrates ⌊Province⌋, and Shethar-bozenai, and the other officials
-or-
Tattenai, the leader/chief of Western ⌊Province ⌋, together with Shethar-bozenai and their fellow officials ⌊in/of that province⌋

6:13c diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.

carefully/fully obeyed what the King commanded.
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did exactly what the King commanded.

6:13a–c (reordered)

Then Tattenai, the governor, Shethar-Bozenai and the other officials ⌊of the province⌋ on the west side of the River Euphrates did just as King Darius had ordered them.

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7:23a Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven

All that the God who is in heaven has commanded
-or-
Whatever the God ⌊who rules from⌋ heaven requires/wants

7:23b must be done diligently for His house.

for the temple of God you (plur.) must do/give faithfully.
-or-
for his house, supply (plur.) ⌊Ezra⌋ exactly/completely with those things.

7:23c For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?

Should ⌊we (incl.) fail to do what the God of heaven requires and risk⌋ his anger against all the people that the king and his sons rule? ⌊Certainly we should not fail to do what he requires!⌋
-or-
Do it so that God will not be angry and punish me, my sons, and all our (excl.) kingdom.
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We (incl.) do not want God to be angry toward me, my kingdom, or my sons.

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8:27a 20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics,

twenty (20) bowls made of/from gold that were equal in value to one thousand (1,000) darics,
-or-
and twenty gold bowls that altogether had the worth/cost of one thousand gold coins.

8:27b and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.

and two (2) fine shiny items/objects made of/from bronze, as valuable/costly as if they were made of/from gold.
-or-
There were also two bronze vessels/utensils of high quality that shone brightly. These were as valuable as ones made of/from gold.

8:25-27 (reordered)

I gave these priests and descendants of Levi the responsibility to guard the gifts of silver, gold, and sacred objects that the king, his advisors, his officials, and Jews had given for the house of our (incl.) God. I weighed the silver, gold and objects. The silver weighed twenty thousand (20,000) kilograms. The gold weighed three thousand four hundred (3,400) kilograms. Then there were objects made of silver. These weighed three thousand four hundred (3,400) kilograms. And there were twenty (20) bowls made of gold that had the value of one thousand (1,000) gold coins. Then there were two objects made of a special kind of bronze that shined. These were desired as much/highly as if they were made of gold.

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10:8a Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property,

Anyone who did not gather by the third day would lose everything they owned
-or-
If anyone fails to come to that meeting within three days, his possessions will be taken from him.

10:8b according to the counsel of the leaders and elders,

by order/authority of the officials and elders of the people.
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That is what we (excl.) leaders/chiefs of the people have decided.

10:8c and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

And he himself would be expelled from the group of the people who returned ⌊from Babylon to Judah⌋.
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In addition, anyone who failed to come would be banned/excluded from the community of Jews who returned ⌊from Babylon⌋.
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We (excl.) will also regard/consider such a person as ⌊a foreigner and⌋ not a member of our (incl.) community of true Jews.”

10:8a-c (reordered)

By the order/decision of the leaders and elders of the people, anyone who did not gather by the third day would lose everything they owned and would be put out of the community of Jews who returned ⌊from Babylon⌋.

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10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
-or-
and Machnadebai and Shashai and Sharai

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2:20 the descendants of Gibbar, 95;

ninety-five (95) men from the clan of Gibbar.
-or-
From the family of Gibbar there were ninety-five men ⌊who returned⌋.
-or-
95 descendants of Gibbar ⌊returned⌋.

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2:52 the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,

Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
-or-
and Bazluth and Mehida and Harsha

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