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Today's Bible Reading :: Ezra 8 - 10 (KJV)

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Ezra 8

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:1 - These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:2 - Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:3 - Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:4 - Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:5 - Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:6 - Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7 - And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:8 - And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:9 - Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:10 - And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:11 - And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:12 - And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:13 - And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:14 - Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

Ezra Sends for Levites

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:16 - Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:17 - And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:18 - And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:19 - And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

Protection of God Invoked

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:23 - So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:24 - Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25 - And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:26 - I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:28 - And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:32 - And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

Treasure Placed in the Temple

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:33 - Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:34 - By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35 - Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.

Ezra 9

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 - Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:2 - For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:4 - Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.

Prayer of Confession

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 - And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:7 - Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:10 - And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:11 - Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:15 - O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

Ezra 10

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:1 - Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:4 - Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:5 - Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:7 - And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:8 - And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10 - And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11 - Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:12 - Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:15 - Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:16 - And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:17 - And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.

List of Offenders

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:18 - And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:19 - And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:20 - And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:21 - And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:22 - And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:23 - Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:24 - Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:25 - Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:26 - And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:27 - And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:28 - Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:29 - And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:30 - And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:31 - And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:32 - Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:33 - Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:34 - Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:35 - Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:36 - Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:37 - Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:38 - And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:39 - And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:40 - Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:41 - Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:42 - Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:43 - Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:44 - All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
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