nkjv Ezra:10:11-19 SEEK
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Now therefore ,
make confession to the LORD God of your fathers ,
and do His will ;
separate yourselves from the peoples of the land ,
and from the pagan wives ."
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Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice , "
Yes !
As you have said ,
so we must do .
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But there are many people ;
it is the season for heavy rain ,
and we are not able to stand outside .
Nor is this the work of one or two days ,
for there are many of us who have transgressed in this matter .
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Please ,
let the leaders of our entire assembly stand ;
and let all those in our cities who have taken pagan wives come at appointed times ,
together with the elders and judges of their cities ,
until the fierce wrath of our God is turned away from us in this matter ."
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Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this ,
and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite gave them support .
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Then the descendants of the captivity did so .
And Ezra the priest ,
with certain heads of the fathers '
households ,
were set apart by the fathers '
households ,
each of them by name ;
and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter .
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By the first day of the first month they finished questioning all the men who had taken pagan wives .
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And among the sons of the priests who had taken pagan wives the following were found of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak ,
and his brothers :
Maaseiah ,
Eliezer ,
Jarib ,
and Gedaliah .
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And they gave their promise that they would put away their wives ;
and being guilty ,
they presented a ram of the flock as their trespass offering .