Ezra 10:14-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
14 Let our leaders represent the entire assembly. Then let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each town, in order to avert the fierce anger of our God(A) concerning[a] this matter.” 15 Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam(B) and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.
16 The exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men[b] who were family leaders, all identified by name, to represent[c] their ancestral houses. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter,
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- Ezra 10:14 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read until
- Ezra 10:16 1 Esdras 9:16, Syr; MT, Vg read priest and men were selected
- Ezra 10:16 Lit name, for
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