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Text -- Ezra 10:15-44 (NET)
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10:15 Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah were against this , assisted by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite .
10:16 So the exiles proceeded accordingly . Ezra the priest separated out by name men who were leaders in their family groups . They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month ,
10:17 and on the first day of the first month they finished considering all the men who had married foreign wives .
Those Who Had Taken Foreign Wives
10:18 It was determined that from the descendants of the priests , the following had taken foreign wives : from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak , and his brothers : Maaseiah , Eliezer , Jarib , and Gedaliah .
10:19 (They gave their word to send away their wives ; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt .)
10:20 From the descendants of Immer : Hanani and Zebadiah .
10:21 From the descendants of Harim : Maaseiah , Elijah , Shemaiah , Jehiel , and Uzziah .
10:22 From the descendants of Pashhur : Elioenai , Maaseiah , Ishmael , Nethanel , Jozabad , and Elasah .
10:23 From the Levites : Jozabad , Shimei , Kelaiah (also known as Kelita ), Pethahiah , Judah , and Eliezer .
10:24 From the singers : Eliashib . From the gatekeepers : Shallum , Telem , and Uri .
10:25 From the Israelites : from the descendants of Parosh : Ramiah , Izziah , Malkijah , Mijamin , Eleazar , Malkijah , and Benaiah .
10:26 From the descendants of Elam : Mattaniah , Zechariah , Jehiel , Abdi , Jeremoth , and Elijah .
10:27 From the descendants of Zattu : Elioenai , Eliashib , Mattaniah , Jeremoth , Zabad , and Aziza .
10:28 From the descendants of Bebai : Jehohanan , Hananiah , Zabbai , and Athlai .
10:29 From the descendants of Bani : Meshullam , Malluch , Adaiah , Jashub , Sheal , and Jeremoth .
10:30 From the descendants of Pahath-Moab : Adna , Kelal , Benaiah , Maaseiah , Mattaniah , Bezalel , Binnui , and Manasseh .
10:31 From the descendants of Harim : Eliezer , Ishijah , Malkijah , Shemaiah , Shimeon ,
10:32 Benjamin , Malluch , and Shemariah .
10:33 From the descendants of Hashum : Mattenai , Mattattah , Zabad , Eliphelet , Jeremai , Manasseh , and Shimei .
10:34 From the descendants of Bani : Maadai , Amram , Uel ,
10:35 Benaiah , Bedeiah , Keluhi ,
10:36 Vaniah , Meremoth , Eliashib ,
10:37 Mattaniah , Mattenai , and Jaasu .
10:38 From the descendants of Binnui : Shimei ,
10:39 Shelemiah , Nathan , Adaiah ,
10:40 Machnadebai , Shashai , Sharai ,
10:41 Azarel , Shelemiah , Shemariah ,
10:42 Shallum , Amariah , and Joseph .
10:43 From the descendants of Nebo : Jeiel , Mattithiah , Zabad , Zebina , Jaddai , Joel , and Benaiah .
10:44 All these had taken foreign wives , and some of them also had children by these women .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Shallum |
Covenant |
Israel |
AZAELUS |
BACCHURUS |
STRANGER AND SOJOURNER (IN THE OLD TESTAMENT) |
Repentance |
ESDRAS, THE FIRST BOOK OF |
Zeal |
Ezra |
GENEALOGY, 1-7 |
Ammonites |
Church |
Decision |
Backsliders |
Amorites |
Jebusites |
GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 |
Maaseiah |
Benaiah |
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NET Notes: Ezr 10:16 Heb “the heads of the fathers, to the house of their fathers, and all of them by name.”
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NET Notes: Ezr 10:31 The translation reads with many medieval Hebrew MSS and ancient versions וּמִבְּנֵי (umibb...
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NET Notes: Ezr 10:34 The name “Bani” appears in both v. 29 and v. 34. One of these names has probably undergone alteration in the transmission process, but it ...
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