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Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at a set time, along with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/ezra/10.htm">New Living Translation</a> Let our leaders act on behalf of us all. Let everyone who has a pagan wife come at a scheduled time, accompanied by the leaders and judges of his city, so that the fierce anger of our God concerning this affair may be turned away from us.” <a href="/esv/ezra/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> Let 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.” <a href="/bsb/ezra/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.” <a href="/kjv/ezra/10.htm">King James Bible</a> Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. <a href="/nkjv/ezra/10.htm">New King James Version</a> Please, let the leaders of our entire assembly stand; and let all those in our cities who have taken pagan wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of their cities, until the fierce wrath of our God is turned away from us in this matter.” <a href="/nasb_/ezra/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Please let our leaders represent all the assembly and have 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.” <a href="/nasb/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Let 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.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “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.” <a href="/lsb/ezra/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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.” <a href="/amp/ezra/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Let our leaders stand for and represent the entire assembly; 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 burning anger of our God over this matter is turned away from us.” <a href="/csb/ezra/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Let our leaders represent the entire assembly. Then let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each town, in order to avert the fierce anger of our God concerning this matter.” <a href="/hcsb/ezra/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Let our leaders represent the entire assembly. Then let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each town, in order to avert the fierce anger of our God concerning this matter.&#8221 <a href="/asv/ezra/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter be despatched. <a href="/cev/ezra/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Why can't our officials stay on in Jerusalem and take care of this for us? Let everyone who has sinned in this way meet here at a certain time with leaders and judges from their own towns. If we take care of this problem, God will surely stop being so terribly angry with us. <a href="/erv/ezra/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> Let now our princes be appointed for all the congregation, and let all them that are in our cities which have married strange women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter be despatched. <a href="/gwt/ezra/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Let our leaders represent the whole community. At a set time, everyone who has married a foreign woman must meet with the leaders and judges of each city until our God's burning anger has turned away from us in this matter." <a href="/gnt/ezra/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> Let our officials stay in Jerusalem and take charge of the matter. Then let anyone who has a foreign wife come at a set time, together with the leaders and the judges of his city. In this way God's anger over this situation will be turned away." <a href="/isv/ezra/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> So let's have our officials remain on behalf of the whole community. Then all who have married foreign wives are to come appear at specific times before the elders and judges of each city until the fierce anger of our God has been turned away from us in this matter." <a href="/msb/ezra/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.? <a href="/net/ezra/10.htm">NET Bible</a> Let our leaders take steps on behalf of all the assembly. Let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each town and its judges, until the hot anger of our God is turned away from us in this matter." <a href="/nheb/ezra/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Let now our leaders represent the whole assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter is resolved." <a href="/wbt/ezra/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/ezra/10.htm">World English Bible</a> Now let our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God is turned from us, until this matter is resolved.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezra/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Please let our heads of all the assembly stand; and all who [are] in our cities, who have settled strange wives, come in at [the] appointed times, and with them [the] elderly of city and city, and judges in it, until the turning back of the fury of the wrath of our God from us, for this thing.” <a href="/ylt/ezra/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Let, we pray thee, our heads of all the assembly stand, and all who are in our cities, who have settled strange wives, do come in at the times appointed, and with them the elders of city and city, and its judges, till the turning back of the fury of the wrath of our God from us, for this thing.' <a href="/slt/ezra/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And our chiefs to all the convocation shall stand now, and all who in our cities dwelt with strange wives, shall come at the appointed times, and with them the old men of city and city, and its judges, until the turning back the burning of the anger of our God from us even for this word.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezra/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Let rulers be appointed in all the multitude: and in all our cities, let them that have taken strange wives come at the times appointed, and with them the ancients and the judges of every city, until the wrath of our God be turned away from us for this sin. <a href="/cpdv/ezra/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> let leaders be appointed among the entire multitude. And in all our cities, let those who have taken foreign wives arrive at appointed times, and with them the elders from city to city, and the judges, until the wrath of our God has been averted from us over this sin.” <a href="/nabre/ezra/10.htm">New American Bible</a> Let our leaders represent the whole assembly; then let all those in our cities who have taken foreign women for wives appear at appointed times, accompanied by the elders and magistrates of each city in question, till we have turned away from us our God’s burning anger over this affair.” <a href="/nrsvce/ezra/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Let our officials represent the whole assembly, and let all in our towns who have taken foreign wives come at appointed times, and with them the elders and judges of every town, until the fierce wrath of our God on this account is averted from us.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezra/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Let now our elders and all the people stand up, and let all who are in our cities, who have taken foreign wives, come at the time of prayer, and with them the elders of the cities and their judges, till the fierce wrath of our God for this matter is turned from us. <a href="/hpbt/ezra/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Therefore let the Elders and all the people and everyone who is in our villages, those who have married foreign women, arise, and they shall come for a time of prayer, and the Elders of the cities and the cities and their Judges with them, until they shall turn the heat of the anger of our God from us, because of this oath!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezra/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Let now our princes of all the congregation stand, and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, as touching this matter.' <a href="/sep/ezra/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Let now our rulers stand, and for all those in our cities who have taken strange wives, let them come at appointed times, and with them elders from every several city, and judges, to turn away the fierce wrath of our God from us concerning this matter. <a href="/parallel/ezra/10-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sh6ec6iQe9M?start=2681" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezra/10.htm">The People's Confession of Sin</a> …13But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter. 14<a href="/hebrew/8269.htm" title="8269: rê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince. From sarar; a head person.">Let our leaders</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ya·‘ăm·ḏū- (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">represent</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: haq·qā·hāl (Art:: N-ms) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">assembly.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵōl (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Then let everyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: be·‘ā·rê·nū (Prep-b, Art:: N-fpc:: 1cp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">in our towns</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: ha·hō·šîḇ (Art:: V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">who has married</a> <a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="5237: nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Foreign, alien. From neker; strange, in a variety of degrees and applications.">a foreign</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: nā·šîm (N-fp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">come</a> <a href="/hebrew/2163.htm" title="2163: mə·zum·mā·nîm (V-Pual-Prtcpl-mp) -- To be fixed, appointed. A primitive root; to fix.">at an appointed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: lə·‘it·tîm (Prep-l:: N-cp) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">time,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: wə·‘im·mā·hem (Conj-w:: Prep:: 3mp) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">together with</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: ziq·nê- (Adj-mpc) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">the elders</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: wə·šō·p̄ə·ṭe·hā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3fs) -- To judge, govern. ">and judges</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr (N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">of each town,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: wā·‘îr (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: ḥă·rō·wn (N-msc) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">until the fierce anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap̄- (N-msc) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire."></a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of our God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">in this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: lad·dā·ḇār (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">matter</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: lə·hā·šîḇ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">is turned away</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from us.”</a> 15(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2</a> Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. <a href="/2_chronicles/30-10.htm">2 Chronicles 30:10-11</a> And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them. / Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. <a href="/deuteronomy/17-2.htm">Deuteronomy 17:2-5</a> If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant / and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden— / and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel, ... <a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm">Leviticus 20:10</a> If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1-5</a> It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. / And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this? / Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. ... <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a> Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ... <a href="/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11-12</a> Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. / As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-2</a> King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. <a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15-16</a> Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. / And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same. <a href="/1_corinthians/7-10.htm">1 Corinthians 7:10-11</a> To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. / But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. <a href="/matthew/18-15.htm">Matthew 18:15-17</a> If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. / But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ / If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-6.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:6</a> Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us. <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-14.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:14-15</a> Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed. / Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. <a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17</a> Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. <a href="/1_timothy/5-20.htm">1 Timothy 5:20</a> But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.our rulers<a href="/deuteronomy/17-9.htm">Deuteronomy 17:9,18,19</a> And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: … <a href="/2_chronicles/19-5.htm">2 Chronicles 19:5-7</a> And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, … the fierce<a href="/numbers/25-4.htm">Numbers 25:4</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.<a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Deuteronomy 13:17</a> And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;<a href="/joshua/7-26.htm">Joshua 7:26</a> And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.for this matter be turned from us.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/8-20.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/ezra/10-12.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/ezra/4-10.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/ezra/4-21.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezra/10-12.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-17.htm">Dispatched</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/ezra/10-11.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/ezra/7-25.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/ezra/10-10.htm">Married</a> <a href="/ezra/10-13.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/ezra/10-13.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/ezra/10-11.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/ezra/9-9.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-6.htm">Times</a> <a href="/ezra/6-22.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ezra/10-11.htm">Women</a> <a href="/ezra/8-22.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/5-14.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-7.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-73.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">City</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-13.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-17.htm">Dispatched</a> <a href="/job/12-20.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/job/4-10.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/ezra/10-17.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/job/5-4.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/ezra/10-17.htm">Married</a> <a href="/ezra/10-15.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-7.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-3.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/ezra/10-17.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-12.htm">Times</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-15.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ezra/10-17.htm">Women</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-1.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Ezra 10</div>1. <a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages</a> 6. <a href="/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra assembles the people</a> 9. <a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">The people repent, and promise amendment</a> 15. <a href="/ezra/10-15.htm">The care to perform it</a> 18. <a href="/ezra/10-18.htm">The names of them which had married strange wives</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezra/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezra/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezra/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. In the context of <a href="/ezra/10.htm">Ezra 10</a>, the leaders of Israel are called to take responsibility for the spiritual and communal well-being of the people. This reflects the biblical principle of leadership accountability, as seen in passages like <a href="/exodus/18-21.htm">Exodus 18:21-22</a>, where Moses appoints leaders to judge the people. The leaders are to act on behalf of the entire assembly, emphasizing the importance of godly leadership in guiding the community back to covenant faithfulness.Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, This phrase addresses the issue of intermarriage with foreign women, which was contrary to the Mosaic Law (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a>). The concern was not ethnic but religious, as these marriages often led to idolatry and a departure from worshiping Yahweh alone. The appointed time indicates an organized and deliberate approach to resolving the issue, ensuring that each case is handled justly and in accordance with the law.together with the elders and judges of each town, The involvement of local elders and judges underscores the decentralized nature of Israelite governance, where local leaders played a crucial role in maintaining order and justice (<a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Deuteronomy 16:18</a>). This structure allowed for community-specific issues to be addressed effectively, ensuring that the resolution was both fair and comprehensive.until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.” The phrase reflects the theological understanding that God's anger is provoked by covenant unfaithfulness, as seen in passages like <a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Deuteronomy 9:7-8</a>. The community's actions are aimed at repentance and restoration, seeking to appease God's wrath and restore His favor. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where repentance and faith in Christ turn away God's wrath (<a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9</a>). The urgency and seriousness of the situation highlight the need for immediate and sincere action to restore the community's relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezra.htm">Ezra</a> A scribe and priest who led the second group of exiles back to Jerusalem. He was instrumental in the spiritual and religious reform of the Jewish people. 2. <a href="/topical/l/leaders_of_the_assembly.htm">Leaders of the Assembly</a> These were the heads of the families and tribes who were responsible for representing the people and ensuring adherence to the Law. 3. <a href="/topical/f/foreign_women.htm">Foreign Women</a> Refers to the non-Israelite women whom the Jewish men had married, which was against the Mosaic Law due to the potential for leading the Israelites into idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/e/elders_and_judges.htm">Elders and Judges</a> Local leaders and officials responsible for maintaining order and justice in the towns. They played a role in the investigation and resolution of the issue. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_assembly.htm">The Assembly</a> The collective gathering of the Israelites who had returned from exile, seeking to restore their covenant relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_leadership.htm">The Importance of Leadership</a> Leaders are called to represent and guide the community in righteousness. They must be willing to make difficult decisions for the spiritual health of the people. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_law.htm">Obedience to God's Law</a> The Israelites' commitment to God's commandments is crucial. This passage highlights the need for obedience to maintain a covenant relationship with God. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> The process of addressing sin involves repentance and taking concrete steps to restore one's relationship with God. This is a model for personal and communal spiritual renewal. <a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a> The involvement of the whole assembly and local leaders underscores the importance of community accountability in addressing sin and maintaining holiness. <a href="/topical/t/turning_away_god's_anger.htm">Turning Away God's Anger</a> The passage emphasizes the seriousness of sin and the need for action to turn away God's righteous anger, reminding us of the gravity of disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezra_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezra 10</a> <a href="/q/who_were_the_old_testament_elders.htm">Who were the elders in the Old Testament?</a> <a href="/q/ezra_10_15__why_few_oppose_this_action.htm">Ezra 10:15 - Why are only a few individuals mentioned as opposing this course of action, despite its obvious moral and social implications?</a> <a href="/q/why_separate_if_some_converted.htm">Ezra 10:44 - How can a just God require separating from wives and children if some may have converted to the faith?</a> <a href="/q/are_nehemiah_10_1-27_names_accurate.htm">Is the extensive list of names in Nehemiah 10:1-27 historically consistent with known genealogical records, or are there discrepancies?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezra/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - Let now our rulers of the congregation stand. Let Ezra, together with the princes and the elders at Jerusalem (ver. 8), form a standing body to act with the elders and judges of the provincial towns in this matter, and let the case of each town be taken separately, and the inhabitants of each attend at Jerusalem in their turn. Until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. This is probably the true meaning of the writer, but it is not to be obtained from the ordinary text. To produce it we must read by עַל for עַד and haddabar for laddabar hazzeh. As the text stands, it is unintelligible. OPPOSITION OF JONATHAN AND OTHERS (ver. 15). It was natural that some opposition should manifest itself when so trenchant a measure was announced as that which Ezra had declared to be necessary. To compel men to divorce their wives was to touch many in the tenderest place. Nor was it difficult to bring forward very plausible arguments to show that the marriages - or at any rate some of them - were allowable. Joseph had married an Egyptian (<a href="/genesis/41-45.htm">Genesis 41:45</a>), Moses a Midianite (<a href="/exodus/2-21.htm">Exodus 2:21</a>). True, these marriages had taken place before the law was given; but subsequently, also, Boaz had married Ruth the Moabitess (<a href="/ruth/4-13.htm">Ruth 4:13</a>); David had taken to wife Maacah, a Geshurite (<a href="/2_samuel/3-3.htm">2 Samuel 3:3</a>); and Solomon had without blame married the daughter of a Pharaoh (<a href="/1_kings/3-1.htm">1 Kings 3:1</a>). These examples might be pleaded in proof that the Law admitted of exceptions, and individuals might argue that their cases were of an exceptional character. Again, in some instances the foreign wives may have become proselytes, and the children may have been circumcised, and so accepted into the congregation; which would give them a claim to remain, which would extend in some degree to the mothers. We therefore cannot be surprised that an opposition was made. Rather, it is remarkable that it was so slight, only extending (so far as appears) to four persons, and so easily quelled. <a href="/commentaries/ezra/10-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Let our leaders שָׂ֠רֵינוּ (rê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8269.htm">Strong's 8269: </a> Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince represent יַֽעֲמְדוּ־ (ya·‘ăm·ḏū-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> To stand, in various relations the whole לְֽכָל־ (lə·ḵāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every assembly. הַקָּהָ֞ל (haq·qā·hāl) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> Assembly, convocation, congregation Then let everyone וְכֹ֣ל ׀ (wə·ḵōl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every in our towns בֶּעָרֵ֗ינוּ (be·‘ā·rê·nū) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement who has married הַהֹשִׁ֞יב (ha·hō·šîḇ) Article | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry a foreign נָכְרִיּוֹת֙ (nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ) Adjective - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5237.htm">Strong's 5237: </a> Foreign, alien woman נָשִׁ֤ים (nā·šîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female come יָבֹא֙ (yā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go at an appointed מְזֻמָּנִ֔ים (mə·zum·mā·nîm) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2163.htm">Strong's 2163: </a> To be fixed, appointed time, לְעִתִּ֣ים (lə·‘it·tîm) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> Time, now, when together with וְעִמָּהֶ֛ם (wə·‘im·mā·hem) Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> With, equally with the elders זִקְנֵי־ (ziq·nê-) Adjective - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> Old and judges וְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יהָ (wə·šō·p̄ə·ṭe·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate of each town, עִ֥יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement until the fierce anger חֲר֤וֹן (ḥă·rō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> A burning of anger of our God אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative in this הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that matter לַדָּבָ֥ר (lad·dā·ḇār) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause is turned away לְהָשִׁ֞יב (lə·hā·šîḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again from us.? מִמֶּ֔נּוּ (mim·men·nū) Preposition | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezra/10-14.htm">OT History: Ezra 10:14 Let now our princes be appointed (Ezr. 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