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16 So 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. 17 By 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

18 These 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 10:18 Hebrew Jozadak, a variant spelling of Jehozadak.

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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