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Ezra 10:16-18
Evangelical Heritage Version
Ezra 10:16-18
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 So the exiles acted according to this decision. Ezra the priest and men who were the leading fathers of the fathers’ houses[a] were selected, all of them identified by name. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter. 17 On the first day of the first month, they finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign wives.
The Report of the Investigation
18 From the descendants of the priests who had married foreign wives,
these men were identified:
From the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers they were Ma’aseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
Footnotes
- Ezra 10:16 Fathers and fathers’ houses were common terms for the leaders of units of society in Israel.
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