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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 10:16 Fathers and fathers’ houses were common terms for the leaders of units of society in Israel.

16 So the exiles did as was proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, one from each family division, and all of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to investigate the cases, 17 and by the first day of the first month they finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women.

Those Guilty of Intermarriage

18 Among the descendants of the priests, the following had married foreign women:(A)

From the descendants of Joshua(B) son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah.

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