EZR-10:1 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.

EZR-10:2 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.

EZR-10:3 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.

EZR-10:4 Arise; for [this] matter [belongeth] unto thee: we also

[will be] with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].

EZR-10:5 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.

EZR-10:6 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.

EZR-10:7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and

Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they

should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

EZR-10:8 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.

EZR-10:9 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.

EZR-10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye

have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the

trespass of Israel.

EZR-10:11 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.

EZR-10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a

loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

EZR-10:13 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.

EZR-10:14 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.

EZR-10:15 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.

EZR-10:16 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.

EZR-10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken

strange wives by the first day of the first month.

EZR-10:18 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.

EZR-10:19 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.

EZR-10:20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

EZR-10:21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and

Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

EZR-10:22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael,

 Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

EZR-10:23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah,

(the same [is] Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

EZR-10:24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters;

Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

EZR-10:25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and

Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah,

and Benaiah.

EZR-10:26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and

Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.

EZR-10:27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib,

Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

EZR-10:28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai,

 [and] Athlai.

EZR-10:29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and

Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.

EZR-10:30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal,

Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

EZR-10:31 And [of] the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah,

 Shemaiah, Shimeon,

EZR-10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, [and] Shemariah.

EZR-10:33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad,

Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, [and] Shimei.

EZR-10:34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

EZR-10:35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,

EZR-10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

EZR-10:37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

EZR-10:38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

EZR-10:39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

EZR-10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

EZR-10:41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

EZR-10:42 Shallum, Amariah, [and] Joseph.

EZR-10:43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina,

Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.

EZR-10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and [some] of them

had wives by whom they had children.

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