10While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.H5830H6419H3034H1058H5307H6440H1004H430H6908H3478H3966H7227H6951H582H802H3206H5971H1058H7235H10592And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: "We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.H7935H1121H3171H1121H5867H6030H559H5830H4603H430H3427H5237H802H5971H776H3426H4723H34783Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done according to the Law.H3772H1285H430H3318H802H3205H6098H136H2730H4687H430H6213H84514Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; be strong and do it."H6965H1697H2388H62135Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.H6965H5830H8269H3548H3881H3478H7650H6213H1697H76506Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib, where he spent the night, neither eating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.H5830H6965H6440H1004H430H3212H3957H3076H1121H475H3212H398H3899H8354H4325H56H4604H14737And a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles that they should assemble at Jerusalem,H5674H6963H3063H3389H1121H1473H6908H33898and that if anyone did not come within three days, by order of the officials and the elders all his property should be forfeited, and he himself banned from the congregation of the exiles.H935H7969H3117H6098H8269H2205H7399H2763H914H6951H14739Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.H582H3063H1144H6908H3389H7969H3117H8671H2320H6242H2320H5971H3427H7339H1004H430H7460H1697H165310And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have broken faith and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel.H5830H3548H6965H559H4603H3427H5237H802H3254H819H347811Now then make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives."H5414H8426H3068H430H1H6213H7522H914H5971H776H5237H80212Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, "It is so; we must do as you have said.H6951H6030H559H1419H6963H1697H621313But the people are many, and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand in the open. Nor is this a task for one day or for two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.H61H5971H7227H6256H1653H3581H5975H2351H4399H259H3117H8147H7235H6586H169714Let our officials stand for the whole assembly. Let all in our cities who have taken foreign wives come at appointed times, and with them the elders and judges of every city, until the fierce wrath of our God over this matter is turned away from us."H8269H6951H5975H3427H5237H802H5892H935H2163H6256H2205H5892H8199H2740H639H430H1697H772515Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.H3129H1121H6214H3167H1121H8616H5975H4918H7678H3881H582616Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men, heads of fathers' houses, according to their fathers' houses, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter;H1121H1473H6213H5830H3548H582H7218H1H1004H1H8034H914H3427H259H3117H6224H2320H1875H169717and by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women.H3615H582H3427H5237H802H259H3117H7223H232018Now there were found some of the sons of the priests who had married foreign women: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah, some of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers.H1121H3548H4672H3427H5237H802H1121H3442H1121H3136H251H4641H461H3402H143619They pledged themselves to put away their wives, and their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt.H5414H3027H3318H802H818H352H6629H81920Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.H1121H564H2607H206921Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.H1121H2766H4641H452H8098H3171H581822Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.H1121H6583H454H4641H3458H5417H3107H50123Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.H3881H3107H8096H7041H7042H6611H3063H46124Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.H7891H475H7778H7967H2928H22125And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah.H3478H1121H6551H7422H3150H4441H4326H499H4441H114126Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.H1121H5867H4983H2148H3171H5660H3406H45227Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.H1121H2240H454H475H4983H3406H2066H581928Of the sons of Bebai were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.H1121H893H3076H2608H2140H2079H627029Of the sons of Bani were Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.H1121H1137H4918H4409H5718H3437H7594H743330Of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.H1121H6355H5733H3636H1141H4641H4983H1212H1131H451931Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,H1121H2766H461H3449H4441H8098H809532Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.H1144H4409H811433Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.H1121H2828H4982H4992H2066H467H3413H4519H809634Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,H1121H1137H4572H6019H17735Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,H1141H912H362236Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,H2057H4822H47537Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu.H4983H4982H329938Of the sons of Binnui: Shimei,H1137H1131H809639Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,H8018H5416H571840Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,H4367H8343H829841Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,H5832H8018H811442Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.H7967H568H313043Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.H1121H5015H3273H4993H2066H2081H3035H3100H114144All these had married foreign women, and some of the women had even borne children.H5375H5375H5237H802H3426H802H7760H1121
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