Ezr 8:17 | NET2full | STEP | I sent them to Iddo , who was the leader in the place called Casiphia . I told them what to say to Iddo and his relatives , who were the temple servants in Casiphia , so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God .

Ezra 8:17

17 I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them ^{▼▼tn Heb “I placed in their mouth words.”} what to say to Iddo and his relatives, ^{▼▼tc The translation reads with the LXX and Vulgate וְאֶחָיו (veʾekhayv, “and his brethren” = “relatives”; so NCV, NLT) rather than the reading אָחִיו (ʾakhiv, “his brother”) of the MT.} who were the temple servants in ^{▼▼tn Heb “in the place called.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.} Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.