Ezra 10:15-17

Contemporary English Version

¹⁵ Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah were the only ones who objected, except for the two Levites, Meshullam and Shabbethai.

¹⁶ Everyone else who had returned from exile agreed with the plan. So Ezra the priest chose men^[a] who were heads of the families, and he listed their names. They started looking into the matter on the first day of the tenth month,^{[b] 17} and they did not finish until the first day of the first month^[c] of the next year.