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Ezra 10 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Confession of Improper Marriages
Pagan Marriages Annulled
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:1 - Now while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very bitterly.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, spoke up and said to Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have taken pagan wives from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope in Israel in spite of this.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - “Now therefore, let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and those who have been born to them, according to the advice of my master and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:4 - “Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We also are with you. Be of good courage, and do it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:5 - Then Ezra arose, and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear an oath that they would do according to this word. So they swore an oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came there, he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned because of the guilt of those from the captivity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:7 - And they issued a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the descendants of the captivity, that they must gather at Jerusalem,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:8 - and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the instructions of the leaders and elders, all his property would be confiscated, and he himself would be separated from the assembly of those from the captivity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open square of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of heavy rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10 - Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have transgressed and have taken pagan wives, adding to the guilt of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11 - “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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:12 - Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, “Yes! As you have said, so we must do.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - “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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - “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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:15 - Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite gave them support.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:16 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:17 - By the first day of the first month they finished questioning all the men who had taken pagan wives.
Pagan Wives Put Away
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:18 - 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,[fn] and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:19 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:20 - Also of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:21 - of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:22 - of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:23 - Also of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:24 - Also of the singers: Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:25 - And others of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Jeziah, Malchiah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:26 - of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Eliah;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:27 - of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:28 - of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:29 - of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Ramoth;[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:30 - of the sons of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:31 - of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:32 - Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:33 - of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:34 - of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:35 - Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluh,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:36 - Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:37 - Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasai,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:38 - Bani, Binnui, Shimei,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:39 - Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:40 - Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:41 - Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:42 - Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:43 - of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai,[fn] Joel, and Benaiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:44 - All these had taken pagan wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
NKJV Footnotes
Spelled Jehozadak in 1 Chronicles 6:14
Or Jeremoth
Or Cheluhi, or Cheluhu
Or Jaasu
Or Jaddu
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