ASV_Strong : Ezra 10
1. Now while Ezra[H5830] prayed[H6419] and made confession[H3034], weeping[H1058] and casting himself down[H5307] before[H6440] the house[H1004] of God[H430], there was gathered[H6908] together unto him out of Israel[H3478] a very[H3966] great[H7227] assembly[H6951] of men[H582] and women[H802] and children[H3206]; for the people[H582] wept[H1058] very[H7235] sore[H1059].
2. And Shecaniah[H7935] the son[H1121] of Jehiel[H3171], one of the sons[H1121] of Elam[H5867], answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto Ezra[H5830], We have trespassed[H4603] against our God[H430], and have married[H3427] foreign[H5237] women[H802] of the peoples[H5971] of the land[H776]: yet now there is[H3426] hope[H4723] for Israel concerning this thing[H3478].
3. Now therefore let us make[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with our God[H430] to put away[H3318] all the wives[H802], and such as are born[H3205] of them[H6098], according to the counsel of my lord[H136], and of those that tremble[H2730] at the commandment[H4687] of our God[H430]; and let it be done[H6213] according to the law[H8451].
4. Arise[H6965]; for the matter[H1697] belongeth unto thee[H2388], and we are with thee: be of good courage, and do it[H6213].
5. Then arose[H6965] Ezra[H5830], and made the chiefs[H8269] of the priests[H3548], the Levites[H3881], and all Israel[H3478], to swear[H7650] that they would do[H6213] according to this word[H1697]. So they sware[H7650].
6. Then Ezra[H5830] rose up[H6965] from before[H6440] the house[H1004] of God[H430], and went[H3212] into the chamber[H3957] of Jehohanan[H3076] the son[H1121] of Eliashib[H475]: and when he came[H3212] thither[H398], he did eat no bread[H3899], nor drink[H8354] water[H4325]; for he mourned[H56] because of the trespass[H4604] of them of the captivity[H1473].
7. And they made proclamation[H5674] throughout Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389] unto all the children[H1121] of the captivity[H1473], that they should gather themselves together[H6908] unto Jerusalem[H3389];
8. and that whosoever came[H935] not within three[H7969] days[H3117], according to the counsel[H6098] of the princes[H8269] and the elders[H2205], all his substance[H7399] should be forfeited[H2763], and himself separated[H914] from the assembly[H6951] of the captivity[H1473].
9. Then all the men[H582] of Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144] gathered themselves together[H6908] unto Jerusalem[H3389] within the three[H7969] days[H3117]; it was the ninth[H8671] month[H2320], on the twentieth[H6242] day of the month[H2320]: and all the people[H5971] sat[H3427] in the broad[H7339] place before the house[H1004] of God[H430], trembling[H7460] because of this matter[H1697], and for the great rain[H1653].
10. And Ezra[H5830] the priest[H3548] stood up[H6965], and said[H559] unto them[H4603], Ye have trespassed, and have married[H3427] foreign[H5237] women[H802], to increase[H3254] the guilt[H819] of Israel[H3478].
11. Now therefore make[H5414] confession[H8426] unto Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of your fathers[H1], and do[H6213] his pleasure[H7522]; and separate[H914] yourselves from the peoples[H5971] of the land[H776], and from the foreign[H5237] women[H802].
12. Then all the assembly[H6951] answered[H6030] and said[H559] with a loud[H1419] voice[H6963], As thou hast said[H1697] concerning us[H6213], so must we do.
13. But[H61] the people[H5971] are many[H7227], and it is a time[H6256] of much rain[H1653], and we are not able[H3581] to stand[H5975] without[H2351]: neither is this a work[H4399] of one[H259] day[H3117] or two[H8147]; for we[H7235] have greatly transgressed[H6586] in this matter[H1697].
14. Let now our princes[H8269] be appointed[H5975] for all the assembly[H6951], and let all them that are in our cities[H5892] that have married[H3427] foreign[H5237] women[H802] come[H935] at appointed[H2163] times[H6256], and with them the elders[H2205] of every city[H5892], and the judges[H8199] thereof[H2740], until the fierce wrath[H639] of our God[H430] be turned[H7725] from us[H1697], until this matter be despatched.
15. Only Jonathan[H3129] the son[H1121] of Asahel[H6214] and Jahzeiah[H3167] the son[H1121] of Tikvah[H8616] stood[H5975] up against this matter[H4918]: and Meshullam and Shabbethai[H7678] the Levite[H3881] helped them[H5826].
16. And the children[H1121] of the captivity[H1473] did so[H6213]. And Ezra[H5830] the priest[H3548], with certain[H582] heads[H7218] of fathers[H1]' houses[H1004], after their fathers[H1]' houses[H8034], and all of them by their names, were set apart[H914]; and they sat down[H3427] in the first[H259] day[H3117] of the tenth[H6224] month[H2320] to examine[H1875] the matter[H1697].
17. And they made an end[H3615] with all the men[H582] that had married[H3427] foreign[H5237] women[H802] by the first[H259] day[H3117] of the first[H7223] month[H2320].
18. And among the sons[H1121] of the priests[H3548] there were found[H4672] that had married[H3427] foreign[H5237] women[H802]: namely[H1121], of the sons of Jeshua[H3442], the son[H1121] of Jozadak[H3136], and his brethren[H251], Maaseiah[H4641], and Eliezer[H461], and Jarib[H3402], and Gedaliah[H1436].
19. And they gave[H5414] their hand[H3027] that they would put away[H3318] their wives[H802]; and being guilty[H818], they offered a ram[H352] of the flock[H6629] for their guilt[H819].
20. And of the sons[H1121] of Immer[H564]: Hanani[H2607] and Zebadiah[H2069].
21. And of the sons[H1121] of Harim[H2766]: Maaseiah[H4641], and Elijah[H452], and Shemaiah[H8098], and Jehiel[H3171], and Uzziah[H5818].
22. And of the sons[H1121] of Pashhur[H6583]: Elioenai[H454], Maaseiah[H4641], Ishmael[H3458], Nethanel[H5417], Jozabad[H3107], and Elasah[H501].
23. And of the Levites[H3881]: Jozabad[H3107], and Shimei[H8096], and Kelaiah[H7041] (the same is Kelita[H7042]), Pethahiah[H6611], Judah[H3063], and Eliezer[H461].
24. And of the singers[H7891]: Eliashib[H475]. And of the porters[H7778]: Shallum[H7967], and Telem[H2928], and Uri[H221].
25. And of Israel[H3478]: Of the sons[H1121] of Parosh[H6551]: Ramiah[H7422], and Izziah[H3150], and Malchijah[H4441], and Mijamin[H4326], and Eleazar[H499], and Malchijah[H4441], and Benaiah[H1141].
26. And of the sons[H1121] of Elam[H5867]: Mattaniah[H4983], Zechariah[H2148], and Jehiel[H3171], and Abdi[H5660], and Jeremoth[H3406], and Elijah[H452].
27. And of the sons[H1121] of Zattu[H2240]: Elioenai[H454], Eliashib[H475], Mattaniah[H4983], and Jeremoth[H3406], and Zabad[H2066], and Aziza[H5819].
28. And of the sons[H1121] of Bebai[H893]: Jehohanan[H3076], Hananiah[H2608], Zabbai[H2140], Athlai[H6270].
29. And of the sons[H1121] of Bani[H1137]: Meshullam[H4918], Malluch[H4409], and Adaiah[H5718], Jashub[H3437], and Sheal[H7594], Jeremoth[H7433].
30. And of the sons[H1121] of Pahath-moab[H6355]: Adna[H5733], and Chelal[H3636], Benaiah[H1141], Maaseiah[H4641], Mattaniah[H4983], Bezalel[H1212], and Binnui[H1131], and Manasseh[H4519].
31. And of the sons[H1121] of Harim[H2766]: Eliezer[H461], Isshijah[H3449], Malchijah[H4441], Shemaiah[H8098], Shimeon[H8095],
32. Benjamin[H1144], Malluch[H4409], Shemariah[H8114].
33. Of the sons[H1121] of Hashum[H2828]: Mattenai[H4982], Mattattah[H4992], Zabad[H2066], Eliphelet[H467], Jeremai[H3413], Manasseh[H4519], Shimei[H8096].
34. Of the sons[H1121] of Bani[H1137]: Maadai[H4572], Amram[H6019], and Uel[H177],
35. Benaiah[H1141], Bedeiah[H912], Cheluhi[H3622],
36. Vaniah[H2057], Meremoth[H4822], Eliashib[H475],
37. Mattaniah[H4983], Mattenai[H4982], and Jaasu[H3299],
38. and Bani[H1137], and Binnui[H1131], Shimei[H8096],
39. and Shelemiah[H8018], and Nathan[H5416], and Adaiah[H5718],
40. Machnadebai[H4367], Shashai[H8343], Sharai[H8298],
41. Azarel[H5832], and Shelemiah[H8018], Shemariah[H8114],
42. Shallum[H7967], Amariah[H568], Joseph[H3130].
43. Of the sons[H1121] of Nebo[H5015]: Jeiel[H3273], Mattithiah[H4993], Zabad[H2066], Zebina[H2081], Iddo[H3035], and Joel[H3100], Benaiah[H1141].
44. All these had taken[H5375] foreign[H5237] wives[H802]; and some of them had[H3426] wives[H802] by whom they had[H7760] children[H1121].
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