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          DASV: Ezra 10    

1 While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and throwing
himself down before the temple of God, there was a great gathering
of men, women and children with him from Israel. The people wept
bitterly.
2 Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam,
addressed Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God, and have
married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now
there is hope for Israel in spite of this issue.
3 Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all
the wives with their children, according to the counsel of
my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God.
Let it be done according to the law.
4 Get up, for the issue is yours to deal with, and we are with
you. Be strong and do it."

5 Then Ezra got up and made the leaders of the priests and Levites
and all Israel swear that they would do as they had proposed.
So they all swore to it.
6 Then Ezra got up from before the temple of God, and went into
the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. While there he
did not eat bread or drink water because he was grieving
over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
7 They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all
the exiles, that they should assemble themselves at Jerusalem.
8 Whoever did not come within three days, all his property would
be forfeited according to the counsel of the officials and
the elders, and he himself would be banned from the assembly
of exiles.
9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem
within the three days. It was the twentieth day of the ninth
month and all the people sat in the open square before the
temple of God, trembling because of this matter and because
it was raining hard.
10 Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, "You have been
unfaithful and have married foreign women, and so increased
the guilt of Israel.
11 Now therefore make confession to the LORD, the God of your
fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples
of the land and from the foreign wives.
12 Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, "Yes, we
must do what you have told us to.
13 But the people are many, and it is the rainy season, and we
are not able to stand outside. This is not a situation that
can be resolved in a day or two; for we have sinned greatly
in this matter.
14 Let our leaders represent the entire assembly. Let everyone
who has married a foreign woman in our cities come at appointed
times, and with them the elders and the judges of every town,
until the fierce wrath of our God because of this issue is
turned away from us."
15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah
opposed this solution supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai
the Levite.
16 So the returned exiles did this. Ezra the priest, selected
certain family leaders, according to their families, each of
them designated by their name. These were set apart and they
sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
17 On the first day of the first month they finished dealing
with all the men who had married foreign women.
18 Among the sons of the priests there were found those who
had married foreign women: from the descendants of Jeshua,
the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer,
Jarib and Gedaliah.
19 They promised that they would put away their wives, and
their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt.
20 From the descendants of Immer:
Hanani and Zebadiah.
21 From the descendants of Harim:
Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel and Uzziah.
22 From the descendants of Pashhur:
Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad and Elasah.
23 From the Levites:
Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah,
Judah and Eliezer.
24 From the singers: Eliashib.
From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem and Uri.
25 From Israel:
From the descendants of Parosh:
Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malkijah
and Benaiah.
26 From the descendants of Elam:
Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth and Elijah.
27 From the descendants of Zattu:
Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad and Aziza.
28 From the descendants of Bebai:
Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai and Athlai.
29 From the descendants of Bani:
Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal and Jeremoth.
30 From the descendants of Pahath-moab:
Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui
and Manasseh.
31 From the descendants of Harim:
Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
32 Benjamin, Malluch and Shemariah.
33 From the descendants of Hashum:
Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh
and Shimei.
34 From the descendants of Bani:
Maadai, Amram, Uel,
35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,
36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37 Mattaniah, Mattenai and Jaasu,
38 From the descendants of Binnui: Shimei,
39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42 Shallum, Amariah and Joseph.
43 From the descendants of Nebo:
Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel
and Benaiah.
44 All these had married foreign wives; and some of them also
had children by these women.

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