1 Esdras 9:15-17

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Those who had returned from exile followed these recommendations in every respect. ¹⁶ Ezra the priest chose for himself the leading men of their families, each by name. On the new moon of the tenth month^[a] they convened their investigation of this affair. ¹⁷ The cases of the men who had married foreign wives were completed by the new moon of the first month.^[b]