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Ezra 10 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Ezra Makes Israel Swear an Oath

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Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women, and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept bitterly.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God and have [fn]married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - “So now let us cut a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and [fn]their children, according to the counsel of [fn]my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:4 - “Arise! For this matter is [fn]your responsibility, but we will be with you; be strong and act.”
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Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests, the Levites and all Israel, swear an oath that they would do according to this word; so they swore an oath.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra arose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. He went there, but he did not eat bread nor drink water, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:7 - And they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles, that they should gather at Jerusalem,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:8 - and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the prince and the elders, all his possessions should be devoted to destruction and he himself separated from the assembly of the exiles.
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So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10 - Then Ezra the priest arose and said to them, “You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11 - “So now, make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and do His will; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:12 - Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, “This is so! As you have said, so it is [fn]our duty to do.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - “But there are many people; it is the rainy season, and we are not able to stand outside. Nor can the task be done in one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - “Let our princes stand in for the whole assembly, and let all those in our cities who have married foreign wives come at set times, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the burning anger of our God on account of this matter is turned away from us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:15 - However, Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood against this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helping them.
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But the exiles did so. And [fn]Ezra the priest separated out men who were heads of fathers’ households for each of their father’s households, all of them by name. So they [fn]convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:17 - And they completed investigating all the men who had married foreign wives by the first day of the first month.

Those Who Married Foreign Wives

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Among the sons of the priests who had married foreign wives were found of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:19 - They gave their hand in pledge to put away their wives, and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
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Of the sons of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah;

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and of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel and Uzziah;

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and of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad and Elasah.

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Of Levites there were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah and Eliezer.

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Of the singers there was Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem and Uri.

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Of Israel, of the sons of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah and Benaiah;

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and of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth and Elijah;

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and of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad and Aziza;

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and of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai and Athlai;

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and of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch and Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal and Jeremoth;

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and of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui and Manasseh;

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and of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

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Benjamin, Malluch and Shemariah;

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of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh and Shimei;

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of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,

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Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

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Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

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Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu,

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Bani, Binnui, Shimei,

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Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,

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Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

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Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,

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Shallum, Amariah and Joseph.

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Of the sons of Nebo there were Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel and Benaiah.

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All these had taken up foreign women as wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

LSB Footnotes
Lit given dwelling to
Lit that which is born of them
Or the Lord
Lit upon you
Lit upon us
Heb there were set apart Ezra the priest, men...
Lit sat
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