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For <i>this</i> matter is your responsibility, but we will be with you; be courageous and act.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>Then 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>Then 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles, that they should assemble at Jerusalem, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>and 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.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>So 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 <i>before</i> the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Now therefore, make confession to the L<font size="1">ORD</font> God of your fathers and do His will; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Then all the assembly replied with a loud voice, Thats right! As you have said, so it is our duty to do. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>But there are many people; it is the rainy season and we are not able to stand in the open. Nor <i>can</i> the task <i>be done</i> in one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men <i>who were</i> heads of fathers <i>households</i> for <i>each of</i> their fathers households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>They finished <i>investigating</i> all the men who had married foreign wives by the first day of the first month.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>List of Offenders</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>They pledged to put away their wives, and being guilty, <i>they offered</i> a ram of the flock for their offense. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Of the sons of Immer <i>there were</i> Hanani and Zebadiah; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>and of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel and Uzziah; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>and of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad and Elasah.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Of Levites <i>there were</i> Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah and Eliezer.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Of the singers <i>there was</i> Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem and Uri.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Of Israel, of the sons of Parosh <i>there were</i> Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah and Benaiah; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>and of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth and Elijah; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>and of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad and Aziza; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>and of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai <i>and</i> Athlai; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>and of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch and Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal <i>and</i> Jeremoth; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>and of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui and Manasseh; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>and <i>of</i> the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>Benjamin, Malluch <i>and</i> Shemariah; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh <i>and</i> Shimei; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>Bani, Binnui, Shimei, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>Shallum, Amariah <i>and</i> Joseph. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>Of the sons of Nebo <i>there were</i> Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel <i>and</i> Benaiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/10-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>All these had married foreign wives, and some of them had wives <i>by whom</i> they had children.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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