Ezra:10:7-12
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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 #
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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 .