Ezra:10
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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 .
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And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel Y @
chiy #
el #,
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 .
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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 .
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Arise ;
for this matter belongeth unto thee :
we also will be with thee :
be of good courage ,
and do it .
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Then arose Ezra ,
and made the chief priests ,
the Levites ,
and all Israel Yisra #
el #,
to swear that they should do according to this word .
And they sware .
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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 .
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And they made proclamation #
throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity ,
that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem ;
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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 .
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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 .
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And Ezra the priest stood up ,
and said unto them ,
Ye have transgressed ,
and have taken strange wives ,
to increase the trespass of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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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 .
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Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice ,
As thou hast said ,
so must we do .
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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 .
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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 .
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Only Jonathan the son of Asahel #
Asah #
el #
and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter :
and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them .
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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 .
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And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month .
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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 Ma #
aseyah #,
and Eliezer #
Eliy #
ezer #,
and Jarib ,
and Gedaliah .
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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 .
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And of the sons of Immer ;
Hanani ,
and Zebadiah .
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And of the sons of Harim ;
Maaseiah Ma #
aseyah #,
and Elijah ,
and Shemaiah Sh @
ma #
yah #,
and Jehiel Y @
chiy #
el #,
and Uzziah .
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And of the sons of Pashur ;
Elioenai #
Ely @
how #
eynay #,
Maaseiah Ma #
aseyah #,
Ishmael Yishma #
e #
l #,
Nethaneel N @
thane #
l #,
Jozabad ,
and Elasah #
El #
asah #.
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Also of the Levites ;
Jozabad ,
and Shimei Shim #
iy #,
and Kelaiah , (
the same is Kelita ,)
Pethahiah ,
Judah ,
and Eliezer #
Eliy #
ezer #.
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Of the singers also ;
Eliashib :
and of the porters show #
er #;
Shallum ,
and Telem ,
and Uri .
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Moreover of Israel Yisra #
el #:
of the sons of Parosh Par #
osh #;
Ramiah ,
and Jeziah ,
and Malchiah ,
and Miamin ,
and Eleazar #
El #
azar #,
and Malchijah ,
and Benaiah .
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And of the sons of Elam ;
Mattaniah ,
Zechariah ,
and Jehiel Y @
chiy #
el #,
and Abdi ,
and Jeremoth ,
and Eliah .
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And of the sons of Zattu ;
Elioenai #
Ely @
how #
eynay #,
Eliashib ,
Mattaniah ,
and Jeremoth ,
and Zabad ,
and Aziza .
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Of the sons also of Bebai ;
Jehohanan ,
Hananiah ,
Zabbai Z ,
and Athlai .
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And of the sons of Bani ;
Meshullam ,
Malluch ,
and Adaiah ,
Jashub ,
and Sheal Sh @#
al #,
and Ramoth .
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And of the sons of Pahathmoab Pachath Mow #
ab #;
Adna ,
and Chelal ,
Benaiah ,
Maaseiah Ma #
aseyah #,
Mattaniah ,
Bezaleel B @
tsal #
el #,
and Binnui ,
and Manasseh .
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And of the sons of Harim ;
Eliezer #
Eliy #
ezer #,
Ishijah ,
Malchiah ,
Shemaiah Sh @
ma #
yah #,
Shimeon Shim #
own #,
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Benjamin ,
Malluch ,
and Shemariah .
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Of the sons of Hashum ;
Mattenai ,
Mattathah ,
Zabad ,
Eliphelet ,
Jeremai ,
Manasseh ,
and Shimei Shim #
iy #.
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Of the sons of Bani ;
Maadai Ma #
aday #,
Amram ,
and Uel #
Uw #
el #,
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Benaiah ,
Bedeiah ,
Chelluh ,
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Vaniah ,
Meremoth ,
Eliashib ,
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Mattaniah ,
Mattenai ,
and Jaasau Ya #
asuw #,
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And Bani ,
and Binnui ,
Shimei Shim #
iy #,
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And Shelemiah ,
and Nathan ,
and Adaiah ,
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Machnadebai ,
Shashai ,
Sharai ,
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Azareel #
Azar #
el #,
and Shelemiah ,
Shemariah ,
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Shallum ,
Amariah ,
and Joseph .
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Of the sons of Nebo ;
Jeiel Y @#
iy #
el #,
Mattithiah ,
Zabad ,
Zebina ,
Jadau ,
and Joel Yow #
el #,
Benaiah .
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All these had taken (
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strange wives :
and some of them had wives by whom they had children .