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16 The returned exiles accepted the plan, so Ezra the priest appointed[a] men from among the heads of the clans and recorded their names. On the first day of the tenth month they began their investigation, 17 and within the next three months they investigated all the cases of men with foreign wives.

The Men Who Had Foreign Wives

18 This is the list of the men who had foreign wives:

Priests, listed by clans:

Clan of Joshua and his brothers, sons of Jehozadak: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 10:16 Some ancient translations appointed; Hebrew unclear.

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