Ezra 10:41 - Prayer Tents

Ezra 10

Reconciliation with God

10Now 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.H5830H6419H3034H1058H5307H6440H1004H430H6908H3478H3966H7227H6951H582H802H3206H5971H1058H7235H10592And 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 married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.H7935H1121H3171H1121H5867H6030H559H5830H4603H430H3427H5237H802H5971H776H3426H4723H34783"So now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the 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.H3772H1285H430H3318H802H3205H6098H136H2730H4687H430H6213H84514"Arise! For [this] matter is your responsibility, but we will be with you; be courageous and act."H6965H1697H2388H62135Then Ezra rose and made the leading priests, the Levites, and all Israel, take oath that they would do according to this proposal; so they took the oath.H6965H5830H8269H3548H3881H3478H7650H6213H1697H76506Then Ezra rose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. Although he went there, he did not eat bread, nor drink water, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.H5830H6965H6440H1004H430H3212H3957H3076H1121H475H3212H398H3899H8354H4325H56H4604H14737And they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles, that they should assemble at Jerusalem,H5674H6963H3063H3389H1121H1473H6908H33898and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the leaders and the elders, all his possessions should be forfeited and he himself excluded from the assembly of the exiles.H935H7969H3117H6098H8269H2205H7399H2763H914H6951H14739So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled 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.H582H3063H1144H6908H3389H7969H3117H8671H2320H6242H2320H5971H3427H7339H1004H430H7460H1697H165310Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel.H5830H3548H6965H559H4603H3427H5237H802H3254H819H347811"Now, therefore, make confession to the LORD God of your fathers, and do His will; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives."H5414H8426H3068H430H1H6213H7522H914H5971H776H5237H80212Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, "That's right! As you have said, so it is our duty to do.H6951H6030H559H1419H6963H1697H621313"But there are many people, it is the rainy season, and we are not able to stand in the open. Nor [can] the task [be done] in one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.H61H5971H7227H6256H1653H3581H5975H2351H4399H259H3117H8147H7235H6586H169714"Let our leaders represent the whole assembly and let all those in our cities who have married foreign wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the fierce anger of our God on account of this matter is turned away from us."H8269H6951H5975H3427H5237H802H5892H935H2163H6256H2205H5892H8199H2740H639H430H1697H772515Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.H3129H1121H6214H3167H1121H8616H5975H4918H7678H3881H582616But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men [who were] heads of fathers' [households] for [each of] their father's households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.H1121H1473H6213H5830H3548H582H7218H1H1004H1H8034H914H3427H259H3117H6224H2320H1875H169717And they finished [investigating] all the men who had married foreign wives by the first of the first month.H3615H582H3427H5237H802H259H3117H7223H2320

List of Offenders

18And 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.H1121H3548H4672H3427H5237H802H1121H3442H1121H3136H251H4641H461H3402H143619And they pledged to put away their wives, and being guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their offense.H5414H3027H3318H802H818H352H6629H81920And of the sons of Immer [there were] Hanani and Zebadiah;H1121H564H2607H206921and of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah;H1121H2766H4641H452H8098H3171H581822and of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.H1121H6583H454H4641H3458H5417H3107H50123And of Levites [there were] Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.H3881H3107H8096H7041H7042H6611H3063H46124And of the singers [there was] Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.H7891H475H7778H7967H2928H22125And of Israel, of the sons of Parosh [there were] Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah;H3478H1121H6551H7422H3150H4441H4326H499H4441H114126and of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah;H1121H5867H4983H2148H3171H5660H3406H45227and of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza;H1121H2240H454H475H4983H3406H2066H581928and of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, [and] Athlai;H1121H893H3076H2608H2140H2079H627029and of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, [and] Jeremoth;H1121H1137H4918H4409H5718H3437H7594H743330and of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh;H1121H6355H5733H3636H1141H4641H4983H1212H1131H451931and [of] 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,H4983H4982H329938Bani, Binnui, Shimei,H1137H1131H809639Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,H8018H5416H571840Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,H4367H8343H829841Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,H5832H8018H811442Shallum, Amariah, [and] Joseph.H7967H568H313043Of the sons of Nebo [there were] Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, [and] Benaiah.H1121H5015H3273H4993H2066H2081H3035H3100H114144All these had married foreign wives, and some of them had wives [by whom] they had children.H5375H5375H5237H802H3426H802H7760H1121