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17 They finished on the first day of the first month of the new year.

A list of the men with foreign wives

18 These are the priests who had married foreign wives.

From the clan of Jozadak's son, Jeshua, and his brothers:

Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, Gedaliah.

19 These men promised to send away their wives. Each of them gave a male sheep as a sacrifice because they were guilty.

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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. 19 (They all gave their hands(C) in pledge to put away their wives, and for their guilt they each presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.)(D)

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