Ezra 10

About Ezra Ezra tells of the exiles' return from Babylon, the rebuilding of the temple, and Ezra's teaching of the law.

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.SelectedEzra 10:1Ask

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.SelectedEzra 10:2Ask

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.SelectedEzra 10:3Ask

Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.SelectedEzra 10:4Ask

Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.SelectedEzra 10:5Ask

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.SelectedEzra 10:6Ask

And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;SelectedEzra 10:7Ask

And that whosoever 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.SelectedEzra 10:8Ask

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.SelectedEzra 10:9Ask

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.SelectedEzra 10:10Ask

Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.SelectedEzra 10:11Ask

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.SelectedEzra 10:12Ask

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.SelectedEzra 10:13Ask

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.SelectedEzra 10:14Ask

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.SelectedEzra 10:15Ask

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.SelectedEzra 10:16Ask

And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.SelectedEzra 10:17Ask

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.SelectedEzra 10:18Ask

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.SelectedEzra 10:19Ask

And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.SelectedEzra 10:20Ask

And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.SelectedEzra 10:21Ask

And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.SelectedEzra 10:22Ask

Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.SelectedEzra 10:23Ask

Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.SelectedEzra 10:24Ask

Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.SelectedEzra 10:25Ask

And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.SelectedEzra 10:26Ask

And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.SelectedEzra 10:27Ask

Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.SelectedEzra 10:28Ask

And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.SelectedEzra 10:29Ask

And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.SelectedEzra 10:30Ask

And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,SelectedEzra 10:31Ask

Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.SelectedEzra 10:32Ask

Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.SelectedEzra 10:33Ask

Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,SelectedEzra 10:34Ask

Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,SelectedEzra 10:35Ask

Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,SelectedEzra 10:36Ask

Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,SelectedEzra 10:37Ask

And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,SelectedEzra 10:38Ask

And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,SelectedEzra 10:39Ask

Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,SelectedEzra 10:40Ask

Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,SelectedEzra 10:41Ask

Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.SelectedEzra 10:42Ask

Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.SelectedEzra 10:43Ask

All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.SelectedEzra 10:44Ask

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