Ezr 7:9 | NET2full | STEP | On the first day of the first month he had determined to make the ascent from Babylon , and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem , for the good hand of his God was on him.

Ezra 7:9

9 On the first day of the first month he had determined to make ^{▼▼tc The translation reads יִסַּד (yissad, “he appointed” [= determined]) rather than the reading יְסֻד (yesud, “foundation”) of the MT. (The words “to make” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.)} the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, ^{▼▼sn Apparently it took the caravan almost four months to make the 500 mile journey.} for the good hand of his God was on him.