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And on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the square before the house of God, greatly distressed by the occasion and because of the rain. <a href="/nlt/ezra/10.htm">New Living Translation</a> Within three days, all the people of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. This took place on December 19, and all the people were sitting in the square before the Temple of God. They were trembling both because of the seriousness of the matter and because it was raining. <a href="/esv/ezra/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then 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. <a href="/bsb/ezra/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain. <a href="/kjv/ezra/10.htm">King James Bible</a> Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on 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. <a href="/nkjv/ezra/10.htm">New King James Version</a> So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open square of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of heavy rain. <a href="/nasb_/ezra/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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 public square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain. <a href="/nasb/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> 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 before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain. <a href="/nasb77/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> 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 before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain. <a href="/lsb/ezra/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered 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. <a href="/amp/ezra/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the twentieth [day] of the ninth month, and all the people sat in the open square in front of the house of God, trembling because of [the seriousness of] this matter and because of the heavy rain. <a href="/csb/ezra/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain. <a href="/hcsb/ezra/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain. <a href="/asv/ezra/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days (it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month); and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. <a href="/cev/ezra/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Three days later, on the twentieth day of the ninth month, everyone from Judah and Benjamin came to Jerusalem and sat in the temple courtyard. It was a serious meeting, and they sat there, trembling in the rain. <a href="/erv/ezra/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. <a href="/gwt/ezra/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered within three days in Jerusalem. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the courtyard of God's temple. They were trembling because of this matter and shivering because of the heavy rain. <a href="/gnt/ezra/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> Within the three days, on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the men living in the territory of Judah and Benjamin came to Jerusalem and assembled in the Temple square. It was raining hard, and because of the weather and the importance of the meeting everyone was trembling. <a href="/isv/ezra/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> Less than three days later, all of the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together on the twentieth day of the ninth month. Everyone sat in the plaza of the Temple of God, trembling because of everything that was happening, and also because it was raining heavily. <a href="/msb/ezra/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain. <a href="/net/ezra/10.htm">NET Bible</a> All the men of Judah and Benjamin were gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. (It was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of that month.) All the people sat in the square at the temple of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rains. <a href="/nheb/ezra/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before God's house, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. <a href="/wbt/ezra/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/ezra/10.htm">World English Bible</a> Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the wide place in front of God’s house, trembling because of this matter, and because of the great rain. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezra/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And all the men of Judah and Benjamin are gathered to Jerusalem by the third day, it [is] the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling on account of the matter and of the showers. <a href="/ylt/ezra/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And gathered are all the men of Judah and Benjamin to Jerusalem by the third day, it is the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling on account of the matter and of the showers. <a href="/slt/ezra/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And all the men of Judah and Benjamin will gather together at Jerusalem in three days. It was the ninth month, in the twentieth in the month, and all the people will sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling for the word, and from the heavy showers.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezra/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Then all the men of Juda, and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within three days, in the ninth month, the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of the sin, and the rain. <a href="/cpdv/ezra/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so, all the men of Judah and of Benjamin convened in Jerusalem within three days. This was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of the sin and the rain. <a href="/nabre/ezra/10.htm">New American Bible</a> All the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together in Jerusalem within the three-day period: it was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. All the people, sitting in the open place before the house of God, were trembling both over the matter at hand and because it was raining. <a href="/nrsvce/ezra/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then all the people of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. All the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezra/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the tenth day of the month; and all the people of the LORD assembled in the street of the temple of the LORD, trembling and shuddering because of this matter. <a href="/hpbt/ezra/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And all the men of Yehuda and Benjamin assembled to Jerusalem within three days in the ninth month on the tenth of the month, and all the people of LORD JEHOVAH gathered in the street of the temple of LORD JEHOVAH, shaking and fearful for the matter.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezra/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. <a href="/sep/ezra/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> So all the men of Juda and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. This was the ninth month: on the twentieth day of the month all the people sat down in the street of the house of the Lord, because of their alarm concerning the word, and because of the storm. <a href="/parallel/ezra/10-9.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=2620" 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> …8Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles. 9<a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: liš·lō·šeṯ (Prep-l:: Number-msc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">So within the three</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’an·šê- (N-mpc) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">the men</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-fs) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1144.htm" title="1144: ū·ḇin·yā·min (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- From ben and yamiyn; son of right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">and Benjamin</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: way·yiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">assembled</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">in Jerusalem,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: bə·‘eś·rîm (Prep-b:: Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">and on the twentieth day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ba·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8671.htm" title="8671: hat·tə·šî·‘î (Art:: Number-oms) -- Ninth (an ord. number). Ord. From tesha'; ninth.">of the ninth</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ḥō·ḏeš (N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: way·yê·šə·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">sat</a> <a href="/hebrew/7339.htm" title="7339: bir·ḥō·wḇ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A broad open place, plaza. Or rchowb; from rachab; a width, i.e. avenue or area.">in the square</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">at the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7460.htm" title="7460: mar·‘î·ḏîm (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp) -- To tremble, quake. A primitive root: to shudder.">trembling</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">regarding</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·dā·ḇār (Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">this matter</a> <a href="/hebrew/1653.htm" title="1653: ū·mê·hag·gə·šā·mîm (Conj-w, Prep-m, Art:: N-mp) -- Rain, shower. From gasham; a shower.">and because of the heavy rain.</a> 10Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.…<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/8-1.htm">Nehemiah 8:1-3</a> At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. / On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand. / So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law. <a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Nehemiah 9:1-3</a> On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. / Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. / While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-3.htm">2 Chronicles 20:3-4</a> Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah. / So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him. <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Joel 2:15-17</a> Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly. / Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber. / Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” <a href="/acts/2-1.htm">Acts 2:1-4</a> When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. / Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. / They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ... <a href="/acts/15-6.htm">Acts 15:6-7</a> So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter. / After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. <a href="/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5-6</a> Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.” / When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. <a href="/2_kings/23-1.htm">2 Kings 23:1-3</a> Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. / And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant. <a href="/matthew/18-20.htm">Matthew 18:20</a> For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.” <a href="/acts/13-44.htm">Acts 13:44</a> On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-4.htm">1 Corinthians 5:4-5</a> When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus, / hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord. <a href="/2_chronicles/15-9.htm">2 Chronicles 15:9-15</a> And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. / So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. / At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back. ... <a href="/acts/19-18.htm">Acts 19:18-20</a> Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds. / And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. / So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail. <a href="/2_chronicles/30-13.htm">2 Chronicles 30:13-14</a> In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. / They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley. <a href="/acts/4-31.htm">Acts 4:31</a> After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on 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.<a href="/ezra/7-8.htm">Ezra 7:8,9</a> And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king… <a href="/esther/2-16.htm">Esther 2:16</a> So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.trembling<a href="/1_samuel/12-17.htm">1 Samuel 12:17,18</a> Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king… <a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">Jeremiah 10:10,13</a> But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation… great rain.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/4-1.htm">Benjamin</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-6.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/ezra/10-7.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezra/10-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezra/10-7.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezra/10-7.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/ezra/10-4.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/ezra/8-31.htm">Month</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-12.htm">Ninth</a> <a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-6.htm">Street</a> <a href="/ezra/10-7.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Three</a> <a href="/ezra/10-7.htm">Together</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-8.htm">Trembling</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-10.htm">Twentieth</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezra/10-32.htm">Benjamin</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-8.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-16.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/ezra/10-12.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezra/10-16.htm">House</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezra/10-23.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/ezra/10-13.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/ezra/10-16.htm">Month</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-9.htm">Ninth</a> <a href="/ezra/10-16.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Street</a> <a href="/ezra/10-19.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-11.htm">Three</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-6.htm">Together</a> <a href="/job/4-14.htm">Trembling</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-1.htm">Twentieth</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-22.htm">Within</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>So within the three days The urgency of the situation is highlighted by the three-day timeframe. This reflects the seriousness of the call to repentance and reform. The swift response indicates the people's recognition of the gravity of their sin and the need for immediate action. This urgency can be compared to other instances in Scripture where quick action was necessary, such as Jonah's call to Nineveh.all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem Judah and Benjamin were the two tribes that made up the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Their assembly in Jerusalem, the spiritual and political center, underscores the importance of the issue at hand. Jerusalem, being the location of the Temple, was the appropriate place for addressing matters of covenant faithfulness. This gathering echoes the unity seen in other biblical convocations, such as the assembly at Mount Sinai.and on the twentieth day of the ninth month The ninth month corresponds to Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, which falls around November-December. This timing is significant as it is the rainy season in Israel, adding a layer of difficulty to the assembly. The specific date marks a historical moment of communal repentance and decision-making, similar to other significant dates in Israel's history, such as the Day of Atonement.all the people sat in the square at the house of God The square at the house of God refers to the open area near the Temple, a central place for public gatherings and proclamations. This setting emphasizes the communal nature of the repentance and the public acknowledgment of sin. The Temple's proximity highlights the religious significance of the event, as the people sought to restore their covenant relationship with God.trembling regarding this matter The trembling indicates a deep sense of fear and reverence, recognizing the seriousness of their disobedience to God's law. This emotional response is akin to the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom (<a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm">Proverbs 9:10</a>). It reflects a genuine acknowledgment of guilt and the potential consequences of their actions.and because of the heavy rain The heavy rain during the assembly adds a physical discomfort to the spiritual weight of the situation. The rain, typical of the season, serves as a reminder of God's control over nature and the blessings and curses associated with covenant obedience (Deuteronomy 28). The adverse weather conditions underscore the people's commitment to repentance despite the challenges.<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/j/judah_and_benjamin.htm">Judah and Benjamin</a> The two tribes of Israel primarily involved in the return from Babylonian exile. They represent the remnant of the Southern Kingdom. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The central place of worship and the location of the Temple, which was the focal point of Jewish religious life. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_god.htm">The House of God</a> Refers to the Temple in Jerusalem, where significant religious and communal decisions were made. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_assembly.htm">The Assembly</a> The gathering of the people of Judah and Benjamin in response to Ezra's call to address the issue of intermarriage with foreign women, which was against the Law of Moses.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience_to_god's_law.htm">The Importance of Obedience to God's Law</a> The gathering in <a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9</a> highlights the necessity of aligning communal and personal lives with God's commandments. Disobedience leads to spiritual and communal consequences. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership_in_spiritual_renewal.htm">The Role of Leadership in Spiritual Renewal</a> Ezra's leadership was crucial in guiding the people back to faithfulness. Spiritual leaders today must also be committed to guiding their communities in truth and righteousness. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_collective_repentance.htm">The Power of Collective Repentance</a> The assembly's trembling and repentance demonstrate the power of coming together as a community to seek forgiveness and realign with God's will. <a href="/topical/f/facing_difficult_situations_with_courage.htm">Facing Difficult Situations with Courage</a> Despite the heavy rain and the difficult nature of the issue at hand, the people gathered. This teaches us to face challenging situations with determination and faith. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_the_temple_as_a_place_of_decision.htm">The Significance of the Temple as a Place of Decision</a> The Temple was not just a place of worship but also a place where important decisions were made. Our places of worship should similarly be centers of spiritual and communal decision-making.<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/ezra_10_9__could_all_gather_in_3_days.htm">Ezra 10:9 – Is it historically plausible that the entire population gathered in Jerusalem within three days as the text suggests? </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/why_are_ephraim_manasseh_in_1_chr_9_3.htm">Why does 1 Chronicles 9:3 include tribes like Ephraim and Manasseh in Jerusalem, contradicting other passages indicating they didn't return?</a> <a href="/q/proof_of_judah_and_joseph's_restoration.htm">Zechariah 10:6: Where is the historical proof of the promised restoration of both Judah and Joseph on a massive scale?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezra/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - All the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem. This is of course to be understood with certain necessary or natural exceptions, as of the sick, the aged and infirm, and the youths under full age. Still it would be a vast gathering, doubling probably for the time the population of the city. It was the ninth month. The month Chisleu, corresponding nearly to our December. All the people sat in the street of the house of God. The word translated "street" means any broad open space, and is probably used here to designate the great court of the temple (Patrick). By "all the people" we must understand as many as the court would conveniently hold. If the court had the dimensions given it by Hecataeus of Abdera, it may have accommodated the whole body of the country Jews. The great rain. December is a rainy month in Palestine; and the incidental mention of "the great rain" is one of those small touches which stamp the writer as an eyewitness. ADDRESS OF EZRA, AND CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE TO PUT AWAY THE STRANGE WIVES (vers. 10- 14). Hitherto Ezra seems to have allowed the leading part in the matter to be taken by the civil authorities, whom he had found established in Jerusalem on his arrival (<a href="/ezra/9-1.htm">Ezra 9:1-8</a>). Now he came forward boldly, denouncing the sin committed, and as supreme governor commanding the repudiation of the strange wives. The assembled multitude consented, but urged that the matter required time; that the season was unsuitable for a prolonged stay of the whole body of country Jews at Jerusalem, and that the business would be most conveniently carried through by a standing commission consisting of the chief authorities of the city of Jerusalem, who should take the case of each country town separately, and, in conjunction with the elders and judges of each town, investigate the alleged mixed marriages of each locality, and adjudicate upon them. By this arrangement the bulk of the country Jews would be allowed at once to return home; and the case of each locality being taken separately, only a small number would at any given time be suffering the inconvenience of a compulsory absence from their residences, and the expense of a stay of some duration in the capital. The proposal was reasonable, and it appears to have approved itself to Ezra and his advisers, and to have been at once adopted. <a href="/commentaries/ezra/10-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So within the three לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (liš·lō·šeṯ) Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> Three, third, thrice days, הַיָּמִ֗ים (hay·yā·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day all כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the men אַנְשֵֽׁי־ (’an·šê-) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of Judah יְהוּדָה֩ (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites and Benjamin וּבִנְיָמִ֨ן ׀ (ū·ḇin·yā·min) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1144.htm">Strong's 1144: </a> Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites assembled וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ (way·yiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> To gather, collect in Jerusalem, יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel and on the twentieth day בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים (bə·‘eś·rîm) Preposition-b | Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth of the ninth הַתְּשִׁיעִ֖י (hat·tə·šî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8671.htm">Strong's 8671: </a> Ninth (an ordinal number) month, חֹ֥דֶשׁ (ḥō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month all כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the people הָעָ֗ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock sat וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ (way·yê·šə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in the square בִּרְחוֹב֙ (bir·ḥō·wḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7339.htm">Strong's 7339: </a> A broad open place, plaza at the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of God, הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative trembling מַרְעִידִ֥ים (mar·‘î·ḏîm) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7460.htm">Strong's 7460: </a> To tremble, quake regarding עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against this matter הַדָּבָ֖ר (had·dā·ḇār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause and because of the heavy rain. וּמֵהַגְּשָׁמִֽים׃ (ū·mê·hag·gə·šā·mîm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1653.htm">Strong's 1653: </a> Rain, shower <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">OT History: Ezra 10:9 Then all the men of Judah (Ezr. 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