10:1 While
Ezra
prayed
and
made
confession,
weeping
and
casting
himself
down
before
the
house
of
God,
a
very
great
assembly
of
men,
women,
and
children,
gathered
to
him
out
of
Israel,
for
the
people
wept
bitterly.
10:2 And
Shecaniah
the
son
of
Jehiel,
of
the
sons
of
Elam,
addressed
Ezra:
"We
have
broken
faith
with
our
God
and
have
married
foreign
women
from
the
peoples
of
the
land,
but
even
now
there
is
hope
for
Israel
in
spite
of
this.
10:3 Therefore
let
us
make
a
covenant
with
our
God
to
put
away
all
these
wives
and
their
children,
according
to
the
counsel
of
my
lord
and
of
those
who
tremble
at
the
commandment
of
our
God,
and
let
it
be
done
according
to
the
Law.
10:4 Arise,
for
it
is
your
task,
and
we
are
with
you;
be
strong
and
do
it."
10:5 Then
Ezra
arose
and
made
the
leading
priests
and
Levites
and
all
Israel
take
oath
that
they
would
do
as
had
been
said.
So
they
took
the
oath.
10:6 Then
Ezra
withdrew
from
before
the
house
of
God
and
went
to
the
chamber
of
Jehohanan
the
son
of
Eliashib,
where
he
spent
the
night,
neither
eating
bread
nor
drinking
water,
for
he
was
mourning
over
the
faithlessness
of
the
exiles.
10:7 And
a
proclamation
was
made
throughout
Judah
and
Jerusalem
to
all
the
returned
exiles
that
they
should
assemble
at
Jerusalem,
10:8 and
that
if
anyone
did
not
come
within
three
days,
by
order
of
the
officials
and
the
elders
all
his
property
should
be
forfeited,
and
he
himself
banned
from
the
congregation
of
the
exiles.
10:9 Then
all
the
men
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
assembled
at
Jerusalem
within
the
three
days.
It
was
the
ninth
month,
on
the
twentieth
day
of
the
month.
And
all
the
people
sat
in
the
open
square
before
the
house
of
God,
trembling
because
of
this
matter
and
because
of
the
heavy
rain.
10:10 And
Ezra
the
priest
stood
up
and
said
to
them,
"You
have
broken
faith
and
married
foreign
women,
and
so
increased
the
guilt
of
Israel.
10:11 Now
then
make
confession
to
the
LORD,
the
God
of
your
fathers
and
do
his
will.
Separate
yourselves
from
the
peoples
of
the
land
and
from
the
foreign
wives."
10:12 Then
all
the
assembly
answered
with
a
loud
voice,
"It
is
so;
we
must
do
as
you
have
said.
10:13 But
the
people
are
many,
and
it
is
a
time
of
heavy
rain;
we
cannot
stand
in
the
open.
Nor
is
this
a
task
for
one
day
or
for
two,
for
we
have
greatly
transgressed
in
this
matter.
10:14 Let
our
officials
stand
for
the
whole
assembly.
Let
all
in
our
cities
who
have
taken
foreign
wives
come
at
appointed
times,
and
with
them
the
elders
and
judges
of
every
city,
until
the
fierce
wrath
of
our
God
over
this
matter
is
turned
away
from
us."
10:15 Only
Jonathan
the
son
of
Asahel
and
Jahzeiah
the
son
of
Tikvah
opposed
this,
and
Meshullam
and
Shabbethai
the
Levite
supported
them.
10:16 Then
the
returned
exiles
did
so.
Ezra
the
priest
selected
men,
heads
of
fathers'
houses,
according
to
their
fathers'
houses,
each
of
them
designated
by
name.
On
the
first
day
of
the
tenth
month
they
sat
down
to
examine
the
matter;
10:17 and
by
the
first
day
of
the
first
month
they
had
come
to
the
end
of
all
the
men
who
had
married
foreign
women.
10:18 Now
there
were
found
some
of
the
sons
of
the
priests
who
had
married
foreign
women:
Maaseiah,
Eliezer,
Jarib,
and
Gedaliah,
some
of
the
sons
of
Jeshua
the
son
of
Jozadak
and
his
brothers.
10:19 They
pledged
themselves
to
put
away
their
wives,
and
their
guilt
offering
was
a
ram
of
the
flock
for
their
guilt.
10:20 Of
the
sons
of
Immer:
Hanani
and
Zebadiah.
10:21 Of
the
sons
of
Harim:
Maaseiah,
Elijah,
Shemaiah,
Jehiel,
and
Uzziah.
10:22 Of
the
sons
of
Pashhur:
Elioenai,
Maaseiah,
Ishmael,
Nethanel,
Jozabad,
and
Elasah.
10:23 Of
the
Levites:
Jozabad,
Shimei,
Kelaiah
(that
is,
Kelita),
Pethahiah,
Judah,
and
Eliezer.
10:24 Of
the
singers:
Eliashib.
Of
the
gatekeepers:
Shallum,
Telem,
and
Uri.
10:25 And
of
Israel:
of
the
sons
of
Parosh:
Ramiah,
Izziah,
Malchijah,
Mijamin,
Eleazar,
Hashabiah,
and
Benaiah.
10:26 Of
the
sons
of
Elam:
Mattaniah,
Zechariah,
Jehiel,
Abdi,
Jeremoth,
and
Elijah.
10:27 Of
the
sons
of
Zattu:
Elioenai,
Eliashib,
Mattaniah,
Jeremoth,
Zabad,
and
Aziza.
10:28 Of
the
sons
of
Bebai
were
Jehohanan,
Hananiah,
Zabbai,
and
Athlai.
10:29 Of
the
sons
of
Bani
were
Meshullam,
Malluch,
Adaiah,
Jashub,
Sheal,
and
Jeremoth.
10:30 Of
the
sons
of
Pahath-moab:
Adna,
Chelal,
Benaiah,
Maaseiah,
Mattaniah,
Bezalel,
Binnui,
and
Manasseh.
10:31 Of
the
sons
of
Harim:
Eliezer,
Isshijah,
Malchijah,
Shemaiah,
Shimeon,
10:32 Benjamin,
Malluch,
and
Shemariah.
10:33 Of
the
sons
of
Hashum:
Mattenai,
Mattattah,
Zabad,
Eliphelet,
Jeremai,
Manasseh,
and
Shimei.
10:34 Of
the
sons
of
Bani:
Maadai,
Amram,
Uel,
10:35 Benaiah,
Bedeiah,
Cheluhi,
10:36 Vaniah,
Meremoth,
Eliashib,
10:37 Mattaniah,
Mattenai,
Jaasu.
10:38 Of
the
sons
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 Of
the
sons
of
Nebo:
Jeiel,
Mattithiah,
Zabad,
Zebina,
Jaddai,
Joel,
and
Benaiah.
10:44 All
these
had
married
foreign
women,
and
some
of
the
women
had
even
borne
children.