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Be brave and act.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Ezra stood and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, take an oath that they would act in accordance with this proposal; so they took the oath. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib [and spent the night there]. He did not eat bread nor drink water, for he was mourning over the [former] exiles’ faithlessness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the [former] exiles, that they were to 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, by order of the counsel of the leaders and the elders, all his possessions <i>and</i> property would be forfeited and he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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 <i>in front of</i> the house of God, trembling because of [the seriousness of] this matter and because of the heavy rain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful [to God] and have married foreign (pagan) women, adding to the guilt of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So now, make confession to the LORD God of your fathers and do His will. <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from [your] foreign wives.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then all the assembly replied with a loud voice, “It is our responsibility to do just as you have said. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But there are many people and it is the season of heavy rain; so we are unable to stand outside. Nor <i>can</i> the task <i>be done</i> in a day or two, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Let our leaders stand for <i>and</i> 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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then the [former] exiles did so. Ezra the priest and men <i>who were</i> heads of fathers’ <i>households</i> were selected, according to their fathers’ households, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And by the first day of the first month they finished <i>investigating</i> all the men married to foreign wives. <p class="hdg">List of Offenders</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now among the sons of the priests who had married foreign women were found: of the sons of Jeshua [the high priest] the son of Jozadak, and his brothers--Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They vowed to send away their [pagan] wives, and being guilty, <i>they each offered</i> a ram of the flock for their offense. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah, that is, Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Of the singers: Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Of Israel, of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah (Hashabiah), and Benaiah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and 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, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-30.htm"><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="/ezra/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, 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, Mattattah, 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, Uel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, <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, Jaasu, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Bani, Binnui, Shimei, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Shelemiah, Nathan, 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>Azarel, 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, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/10-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>All these had married foreign women, and some of them had wives <i>by whom</i> they had children.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> The severity of Ezra’s policy is justified considering Israel’s tragic experiences resulting from marriages to pagan women. The consequent idolatry, first of King Solomon, and then of the whole nation, was fatal. God’s wrath had been so great that He not only took the kingship from Solomon, but eventually turned the Israelites over to their enemies and left the promised land desolate, while the people mourned their fate as captives in a pagan country. Ezra, to whom the keeping of God’s law was of constant concern, had been born in captivity among exiles who grieved for the country, peace and prosperity which God had once given them. Leading the exiles to give up their foreign wives and children was the only way to avoid God’s wrath.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> No reason is given for this opposition, though it would hardly seem strange if some of the people were concerned about the severity of Ezra’s instructions. On the other hand, the ancient rabbis understood the Hebrew text to mean, “stood up in regard to this,” as in volunteering to begin the task in support of Ezra. 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