unfoldingWord_en_tn/ezr/03/02.md

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Jeshua

This is the name of a man. Translate the same as in Ezra 2:36.

Shealtiel

This is the name of a man. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

rose up and built

Standing up is a metaphor for beginning to act. Alternate translation: "began to act and built" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

as it is written in the law of Moses

This can be translated in active form. You may need to make explicit whom and what Yahweh had commanded. Alternate translation: "as Yahweh had commanded them to do in the law of Moses" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)