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And they swore.</p> <p class="hdg">The People's Confession of Sin</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he ate no bread, nor drank water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should assemble at Jerusalem; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And that whoever 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, and 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken foreign wives to increase the trespass of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now therefore make confession to the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the foreign wives. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand abroad, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them who have taken foreign wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter shall be turned from us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And they made an end with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month.</p> <p class="hdg">Those Guilty of Intermarriage</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken foreign wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Moreover, of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>All these had taken foreign wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezra/9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezra 9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezra 9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../nehemiah/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/ezra/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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