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== Ezra (Book of Ezra), Chapter 10 ==

<named id="1"/>1 Now while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of G-d, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.

<named id="2"/>2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra: 'We have broken faith with our G-d, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

<named id="3"/>3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our G-d to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of HaShem, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our G-d; and let it be done according to the law.

<named id="4"/>4 Arise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee; be of good courage, and do it.'

<named id="5"/>5 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 swore.

<named id="6"/>6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of G-d, 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 faithlessness of them of the captivity.

<named id="7"/>7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

<named id="8"/>8 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 congregation of the captivity.

<named id="9"/>9 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 G-d, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

<named id="10"/>10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them: 'Ye have broken faith, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.

<named id="11"/>11 Now therefore make confession unto HaShem, the G-d of your fathers, and do His pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.'

<named id="12"/>12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice: 'As thou hast said, so it is for us to do.

<named id="13"/>13 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.

<named id="14"/>14 Let now our princes of all the congregation stand, 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 G-d be turned from us, as touching this matter.'

<named id="15"/>15 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.

<named id="16"/>16 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 separated; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

<named id="17"/>17 And they were finished with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.

<named id="18"/>18 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.

<named id="19"/>19 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.

<named id="20"/>20 And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

<named id="21"/>21 And of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

<named id="22"/>22 And of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

<named id="23"/>23 And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah--the same is Kelita--Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

<named id="24"/>24 And of the singers: Eliashib; and of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

<named id="25"/>25 And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

<named id="26"/>26 And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

<named id="27"/>27 And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

<named id="28"/>28 And of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

<named id="29"/>29 And of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.

<named id="30"/>30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

<named id="31"/>31 And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon;

<named id="32"/>32 Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

<named id="33"/>33 Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

<named id="34"/>34 Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel;

<named id="35"/>35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhu;

<named id="36"/>36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib;

<named id="37"/>37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasai;

<named id="38"/>38 and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei;

<named id="39"/>39 Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah;

<named id="40"/>40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai;

<named id="41"/>41 Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah;

<named id="42"/>42 Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

<named id="43"/>43 Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.

<named id="44"/>44 All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

== See also ==
* [[Ezra 9|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Ezra 10 Commentaries]]

== References ==
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