Ezra 10:16

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

— The Restored Word Bible

Context

14 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 Elohim for this matter be turned from us.

15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this : and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.

18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: , of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

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