16 The exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men[a] who were family leaders, all identified by name, to represent[b] their ancestral houses. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter, 17 and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.

Those Married to Foreign Wives

18 The following were found to have married foreign women from the descendants of the priests:

from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 10:16 1 Esdras 9:16, Syr; MT, Vg read priest and men were selected
  2. Ezra 10:16 Lit name, for

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