Ezra 10:16-18

New Living Translation

¹⁶So this was the plan they followed. Ezra selected leaders to represent their families, designating each of the representatives by name. On December 29,^[a] the leaders sat down to investigate the matter. ¹⁷By March 27, the first day of the new year,^[b] they had finished dealing with all the men who had married pagan wives.

Those Guilty of Intermarriage

¹⁸These are the priests who had married pagan wives:

From the family of Jeshua son of Jehozadak^[c] and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

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Footnotes

10:16 Hebrew On the first day of the tenth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was December 29, 458 B.c.; also see note on 6:15.
10:17 Hebrew By the first day of the first month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was March 27, 457 B.c.; also see note on 6:15.
10:18 Hebrew Jozadak, a variant spelling of Jehozadak.