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Now when
Ezra had
prayed ,
and when
he
had
confessed
, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled
unto him out of Israel a very great congregation
of men and women and children :
for the people wept very sore.
Now while
Ezra prayed and made
confession
, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was
gathered
together
unto him out of Israel a very great assembly
of men and women and children ;
for the people wept very sore.
And Shechaniah
the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken
strange
wives
of the people
of the land: yet now there is hope in
Israel concerning this thing.
And Shecaniah
the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married
foreign
women
of the peoples
of the land: yet now there is hope for
Israel concerning this thing.
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Arise; for this
matter belongeth unto thee :
we also
will
be
with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Arise; for the
matter belongeth unto thee ,
and
we are
with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief
priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should
do according to this word. And
they sware.
Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs
of
the
priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would
do according to this word. So
they sware.
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan
the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water :
for he mourned because of the transgression
of them that
had
been
carried
away
.
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan
the son of Eliashib: and `
when '
he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water ;
for he mourned because of the trespass
of them of
the
captivity
.
And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
And that whosoever would
not come
within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation
of those
that
had
been
carried
away
.
and that whosoever came
not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly
of the
captivity
.
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days .
It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month ;
and all the people sat in the street
of
the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the
three days ;
it was the ninth month, on the twentieth `
day '
of the month :
and all the people sat in the broad
place
before
the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed
, and have taken
strange
wives
, to increase the trespass
of Israel.
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have trespassed
, and have married
foreign
women
, to increase the guilt
of Israel.
Now therefore make confession unto the LORD
God of your fathers, and do his pleasure :
and separate yourselves from the people
of the land, and from the strange
wives
.
Now therefore make confession unto Jehovah,
the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure ;
and separate yourselves from the peoples
of the land, and from the foreign
women
.
Then all the congregation
answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
Then all the assembly
answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said concerning
us
, so must we do.
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without ,
neither is this a work of one day or two :
for we are
many
that
have transgressed in this thing
.
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without :
neither is this a work of one day or two ;
for we have greatly
transgressed in this matter
.
Let now our rulers
of
all the congregation
stand
, and let all them which
have
taken
strange
wives
in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for
this
matter
be turned from us.
Let now our princes
be
appointed
for
all the assembly
, and let all them that
are
in our cities that
have
married
foreign
women
come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us ,
until
this
matter
be
despatched
.
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah
the son of Tikvah were
employed
about
this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah
the son of Tikvah stood
up
against
this `
matter '
: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief
of the
fathers, after the
house
of
their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated,
and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, `
with '
certain heads
of fathers '
`houses'
, after their fathers '
houses
, and all of them by their names, were set
apart;
and they
sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
And they made an end with all the men that had taken
strange
wives
by the first day of the first month.
And they made an end with all the men that had married
foreign
women
by the first day of the first month.
And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken
strange
wives
: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren ;
Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married
foreign
women
: `
namely '
, of the sons of Jeshua ,
the son of Jozadak, and his brethren ,
Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
And they gave their hands
that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass
.
And they gave their hand
that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, `
they offered '
a ram of the flock for their guilt
.
And of the sons of Immer ;
Hanani ,
and Zebadiah.
And of the sons of Immer :
Hanani and Zebadiah.
And of the sons of Harim ;
Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
And of the sons of Harim :
Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
And of the sons of Pashur;
Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel
, Jozabad, and Elasah.
And of the sons of Pashhur:
Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel
, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Also
of the Levites ;
Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah ,
(the same is Kelita ,
) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
And
of the Levites :
Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita) ,
Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Of the singers also;
Eliashib
: and of the porters ;
Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
And
of the singers: Eliashib.
And of the porters :
Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
Moreover
of Israel: of the sons of Parosh ;
Ramiah, and Jeziah
, and Malchiah
, and Miamin
, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
And
of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh :
Ramiah, and Izziah
, and Malchijah
, and Mijamin
, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
And of the sons of Elam ;
Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah
.
And of the sons of Elam :
Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah
.
And of the sons of Zattu ;
Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
And of the sons of Zattu :
Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
Of the sons also
of Bebai ;
Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and
Athlai.
And
of the sons of Bebai :
Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.
And of the sons of Bani ;
Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and
Ramoth
.
And of the sons of Bani :
Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth
.
And of the sons of Pahathmoab;
Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel
, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
And of the sons of Pahath-moab:
Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel
, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
And of the sons of Harim ;
Eliezer, Ishijah
, Malchiah
, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
And `
of '
the sons of Harim :
Eliezer, Isshijah
, Malchijah
, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Benjamin, Malluch, and
Shemariah.
Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.
Of the sons of Hashum ;
Mattenai, Mattathah
, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and
Shimei.
Of the sons of Hashum :
Mattenai, Mattattah
, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.
Of the sons of Bani ;
Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
Of the sons of Bani :
Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh
,
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi
,
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau
,
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu
,
And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Azareel
, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Azarel
, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Shallum, Amariah, and
Joseph.
Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.
Of the sons of Nebo ;
Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau
, and Joel, Benaiah.
Of the sons of Nebo :
Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo
, and Joel, Benaiah.
All these had taken strange
wives :
and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
All these had taken foreign
wives ;
and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
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