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Ezra 10 :: New International Version (NIV)

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The People’s Confession of Sin

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:1 - While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - Then Shekaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - Now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all these women and their children, in accordance with the counsel of my lord and of those who fear the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:4 - Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:5 - So Ezra rose up and put the leading priests and Levites and all Israel under oath to do what had been suggested. And they took the oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he was there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he continued to mourn over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:7 - A proclamation was then issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem for all the exiles to assemble in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:8 - Anyone who failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, in accordance with the decision of the officials and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - Within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. And on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the square before the house of God, greatly distressed by the occasion and because of the rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10 - Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful; you have married foreign women, adding to Israel’s guilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11 - Now honor[fn] the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples around you and from your foreign wives.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:12 - The whole assembly responded with a loud voice: “You are right! We must do as you say.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - But there are many people here and it is the rainy season; so we cannot stand outside. Besides, this matter cannot be taken care of in a day or two, because we have sinned greatly in this thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let our officials act for the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at a set time, along with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:15 - Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:16 - So the exiles did as was proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, one from each family division, and all of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to investigate the cases,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:17 - and by the first day of the first month they finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women.

Those Guilty of Intermarriage

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:18 - Among the descendants of the priests, the following had married foreign women: From the descendants of Joshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:19 - (They all gave their hands in pledge to put away their wives, and for their guilt they each presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.)
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:20 - From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:21 - From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel and Uzziah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:22 - From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad and Elasah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:23 - Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah and Eliezer.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:24 - From the musicians: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem and Uri.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:25 - And among the other Israelites: From the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malkijah and Benaiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:26 - From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth and Elijah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:27 - From the descendants of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad and Aziza.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:28 - From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai and Athlai.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:29 - From the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluk, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal and Jeremoth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:30 - From the descendants of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui and Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:31 - From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:32 - Benjamin, Malluk and Shemariah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:33 - From the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh and Shimei.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:34 - From the descendants of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:35 - Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:36 - Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:37 - Mattaniah, Mattenai and Jaasu.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:38 - From the descendants of Binnui:[fn] Shimei,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:39 - Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:40 - Maknadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:41 - Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:42 - Shallum, Amariah and Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:43 - From the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel and Benaiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:44 - All these had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.[fn]
NIV Footnotes
Or Now make confession to
See Septuagint (also 1 Esdras 9:34); Hebrew Jaasu 38 and Bani and Binnui,
See Septuagint (also 1 Esdras 9:34); Hebrew Jaasu 38 and Bani and Binnui,
Or and they sent them away with their children
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