Ezra 8:24

8:24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with ¹  Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers, ² 

Ezra 6:21

6:21 The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them ³  in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel.

Ezra 10:8

10:8 Everyone who did not come within three days would thereby forfeit all his property, in keeping with the counsel of the officials and the elders. Furthermore, he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

Ezra 10:11

10:11 Now give praise to the Lord God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents ⁴  and from these foreign wives.”

Ezra 9:1

A Prayer of Ezra

9:1 Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents ⁵  who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Ezra 10:16

10:16 So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out ⁶  by name men who were leaders in their family groups. ⁷  They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,

[8:24]  ¹ tc The translation reads וַחֲשַׁבְיָה וְשֵׁרֵבְיָה (vÿsherevÿyah vakhashavyah, “and Sherebiah and Hashabiah”) rather than the reading חֲשַׁבְיָה לְשֵׁרֵבְיָה (lÿsherevyah khashavyah, “to Sherebiah Hashabiah”) of the MT.

[8:24]  ² tn Or “relatives”; or “colleagues” (cf. NLT “ten other priests”).

[6:21]  ³ tn Heb “who had separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to them.”

[10:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”

[9:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.” So also in v. 2.

[10:16]  ⁹ tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּבְדֵּל לוֹ (vayyavdel lo, “separated for himself”) rather than the Niphal plural וַיִּבָּדְלוּ (vayyibbadÿlu, “were separated”) of the MT.

[10:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers, to the house of their fathers, and all of them by name.”