Discovery BoxEzra 10:1-18
Now when Ezra
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before
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the house
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of God
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unto him out of Israel
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a very
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great
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congregation
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of men
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and women
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and children
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for the people
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sore
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{wept...: Heb. wept a great weeping}<01059>_.
And Shechaniah
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the son
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of Jehiel
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[one] of the sons
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of Elam
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unto Ezra
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against our God
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strange
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wives
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of the people
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of the land
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yet now there is
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hope
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in Israel
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concerning this thing.<03478>
a covenant
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with our God
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all the wives
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of them, according to the counsel
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of my lord
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and of those that tremble
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at the commandment
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of our God
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according to the law
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{to put...: Heb. to bring forth}<08451>_.
for [this] matter
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[it].<01697>
Ezra
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and made the chief
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priests
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the Levites
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and all Israel
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according to this word
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Then Ezra
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from before
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the house
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of God
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into the chamber
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of Johanan
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the son
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of Eliashib
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no bread
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water
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because of the transgression
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of them that had been carried away
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throughout Judah
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and Jerusalem
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unto all the children
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of the captivity
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unto Jerusalem
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within three
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days
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according to the counsel
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of the princes
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and the elders
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all his substance
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from the congregation
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of those that had been carried away
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{forfeited: Heb. devoted}<01473>_.
Then all the men
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of Judah
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and Benjamin
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unto Jerusalem
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within three
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days
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It [was] the ninth
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month
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on the twentieth
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[day] of the month
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and all the people
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in the street
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of the house
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of God
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because of [this] matter
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and for the great rain
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{the great...: Heb. the showers}<01653>_.
And Ezra
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the priest
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strange
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wives
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the trespass
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of Israel
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{have taken: Heb. have caused to dwell, or, have brought back}<03478>_.
confession
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unto the LORD
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God
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of your fathers
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his pleasure
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yourselves from the people
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of the land
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and from the strange
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wives
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But
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the people
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[are] many
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and [it is] a time
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of much rain
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and we are not able
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without
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neither [is this] a work
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of one
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day
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or two
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in this thing
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{we are many...: or, we have greatly offended in this thing}<01697>_.
Let now our rulers
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of all the congregation
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strange
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wives
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in our cities
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times
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and with them the elders
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of every city
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thereof, until the fierce
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wrath
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of our God
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for this matter
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from us. {for this...: or, till this matter be dispatched}<01697>
Only Jonathan
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the son
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of Asahel
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and Jahaziah
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the son
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of Tikvah
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about this [matter]: and Meshullam
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and Shabbethai
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the Levite
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them. {were...: Heb. stood}<03881>
And the children
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of the captivity
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And Ezra
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the priest
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[with] certain
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chief
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of the fathers
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after the house
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of their fathers
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and all of them by [their] names
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in the first
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day
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of the tenth
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month
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the matter
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with all the men
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strange
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wives
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by the first
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day
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of the first
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month
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