Verse 16
Ezra 10:16
Bible in Basic English
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So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fathers' families, all of them by their names, were marked out; and on the first day of the tenth month they took their places to go into the question with care.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּֽעֲשׂוּ כֵן֮ בְּנֵ֣י הַ/גּוֹלָה֒ וַ/יִּבָּדְלוּ֩ עֶזְרָ֨א הַ/כֹּהֵ֜ן אֲנָשִׁ֨ים רָאשֵׁ֧י הָ/אָב֛וֹת לְ/בֵ֥ית אֲבֹתָ֖/ם וְ/כֻלָּ֣/ם בְּ/שֵׁמ֑וֹת וַ/יֵּשְׁב֗וּ בְּ/י֤וֹם אֶחָד֙ לַ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָ/עֲשִׂירִ֔י לְ/דַרְי֖וֹשׁ הַ/דָּבָֽר
English Translation
And the sons of the exiles did so, and Ezra the priest separated men, heads of the fathers' houses, for their fathers' houses, and all of them by names, and they sat on the first day of the tenth month to inquire of the matter.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down befor...
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And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evi...
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Let us now make an agreement with our God (Elohim) to put away all the wives and all their children,...
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Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.
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Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath tha...
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Then Ezra got up from before the house of God (Elohim) and went into the room of Jehohanan, the son...
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And they made a public statement through all Judah and Jerusalem, to all those who had come back, th...
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And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the respon...
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9
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it wa...
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10
And Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them, You have done wrong and taken strange women fo...
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So now, give praise to the Lord, the God (Elohim) of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and make you...
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12
Then all the people, answering, said with a loud voice, As you have said, so it is right for us to d...
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13
But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on...
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So now let our rulers be representatives for all the people, and let all those in our towns who are...
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15
Only Jonathan, the son of Asahel, and Jahzeiah, the son of Tikvah, were against this, Meshullam and...
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So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fat...
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And they got to the end of all the men who were married to strange women by the first day of the fir...
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And among the sons of the priests who were married to strange women were these: of the sons of Jeshu...
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And they gave their word that they would put away their wives; and for their sin, they gave an offer...
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20
And of the sons of Immer, Hanani and Zebadiah.
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And of the sons of Harim, Maaseiah and Elijah and Shemaiah and Jehiel and Uzziah.
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And of the sons of Pashhur, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
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And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer...
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And of the music-makers, Eliashib; and of the door-keepers, Shallum and Telem and Uri.
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And of Israel, the sons of Parosh, Ramiah and Izziah and Malchijah and Mijamin and Eleazar and Malch...
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And of the sons of Elam, Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel and Abdi and Jeremoth and Elijah.
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And of the sons of Zattu, Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth and Zabad and Aziza.
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And of the sons of Bebai, Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.
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And of the sons of Bani, Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub and Sheal, Jeremoth.
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And of the sons of Pahath-moab, Adna and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel and Binnui an...
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And of the sons of Harim, Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
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Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.
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Of the sons of Hashum, Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.
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Of the sons of Bani, Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
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Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
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Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
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Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,
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And Bani and Binnui, Shimei;
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And Shelemiah and Nathan and Adaiah,
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Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
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Azarel and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
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Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.
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Of the sons of Nebo, Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.
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All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had offspring.
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