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Ezra
Chapter 10
1
Now when Ezra had prayed,
and
when he had confessed,
weeping
and casting himself down
before
the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
there
assembled unto him out of Israel
a
very great congregation of men and women and children . . .
for
the people wept very sore.
2
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,
answered
and said unto Ezra,
"We
have trespassed against our 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
have taken strange wives of the people of the land.
Yet
now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. 3``
Now
therefore let us make a covenant
with
our Elohiym/Godhead
to
put away all the wives,
and
such as are born of them,
according
to the counsel of my lord/'adonay,
and
of those that tremble
at
the commandment of our 'Elohiym/Godhead
and
let it be done according to the law." 4
Arise; for this matter belongs unto you.
We also will be with you.
Be of good courage, and do it."
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 swore.
6
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib
and
when he came there,
he
did eat no food, nor drink water . . .
for
he mourned because of the transgression of them
that
had been carried away.
7
And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem
unto
all the children of the captivity,
that
they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem.
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.
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 'Elohiym/Godhead,
trembling
because of this matter, and for the great rain.
10
And Ezra, the priest, stood up,
and
said unto them, you have transgressed,
and
have taken strange wives,
to
increase the trespass of Israel.
11
Now therefore make confession
unto
Jehovah/God . . . 'Elohiym/Godhead of your fathers,
and
do His pleasure.
And
separate yourselves from the people of the land,
and
from the strange wives.
12
Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice,
"As
you have said, so must we do."
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.
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 'Elohiym/Godhead
for
this matter be turned from us.
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.
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.
17
And they made an end with all the men
that
had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
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.
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.
20
And of the sons of Immer:
Hanani,
and Zebadiah.
21
And of the sons of Harim:
Maaseiah,
and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
22
And of the sons of Pashur:
Elioenai,
Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
23
Also of the Levites:
Jozabad,
and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,)
Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24
Of the singers also:
Eliashib.
And
of the porters:
Shallum,
and Telem, and Uri.
25
Moreover of Israel . . .
of
the sons of Parosh:
Ramiah,
and
Jeziah,
and
Malchiah,
and
Miamin,
and
Eleazar,
and
Malchijah,
and
Benaiah.
26
And of the sons of Elam:
Mattaniah,
Zechariah,
and
Jehiel,
and
Abdi,
and
Jeremoth,
and
Eliah.
27
And of the sons of Zattu:
Elioenai,
Eliashib,
Mattaniah,
and
Jeremoth,
and
Zabad,
and
Aziza.
28
Of the sons also of Bebai:
Jehohanan,
Hananiah,
Zabbai,
and
Athlai.
29
And of the sons of Bani:
Meshullam,
Malluch,
and
Adaiah,
Jashub,
and
Sheal,
and
Ramoth.
30
And of the sons of Pahathmoab:
Adna,
and
Chelal,
Benaiah,
Maaseiah,
Mattaniah,
Bezaleel,
and
Binnui,
and
Manasseh.
31
And of the sons of Harim:
Eliezer,
Ishijah,
Malchiah,
Shemaiah,
Shimeon,
32
Benjamin,
Malluch,
and
Shemariah.
33
Of the sons of Hashum:
Mattenai,
Mattathah,
Zabad,
Eliphelet,
Jeremai,
Manasseh,
and
Shimei.
34
Of the sons of Bani:
Maadai,
Amram,
and
Uel, 35
Benaiah,
Bedeiah,
Chelluh,
36
Vaniah,
Meremoth,
Eliashib,
37
Mattaniah,
Mattenai,
and
Jaasau, 38
and
Bani,
and
Binnui,
Shimei,
39
and
Shelemiah,
and
Nathan,
and
Adaiah, 40
Machnadebai,
Shashai,
Sharai,
41
Azareel,
and
Shelemiah,
Shemariah,
42
Shallum,
Amariah,
and
Joseph.
43
Of the sons of Nebo:
Jeiel,
Mattithiah,
Zabad,
Zebina,
Jadau,
and
Joel,
Benaiah.
44 All these had taken strange wives.
And some of them had wives by whom they had children.
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