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1 # Now when Ezra <05830> had prayed <06419> (8692), and when he had confessed <03034> (8692), weeping <01058> (8802) and casting himself down <05307> (8693) before <06440> the house <01004> of God <0430>, there assembled <06908> (8738) unto him out of Israel <03478> a very <03966> great <07227> congregation <06951> of men <0582> and women <0802> and children <03206>: for the people <05971> wept <01058> (8804) very <07235> (8687) sore <01059> .
2 And Shechaniah <07935> the son <01121> of Jehiel <03171>, one of the sons <01121> of Elam <05867>, answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) unto Ezra <05830>, We have trespassed <04603> (8804) against our God <0430>, and have taken <03427> (8686) strange <05237> wives <0802> of the people <05971> of the land <0776>: yet now there is <03426> hope <04723> in Israel <03478> concerning this thing.
3 Now therefore let us make <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285> with our God <0430> to put away <03318> (8687) all the wives <0802>, and such as are born <03205> (8737) of them, according to the counsel <06098> of my lord <0136>, and of those that tremble <02730> at the commandment <04687> of our God <0430>; and let it be done <06213> (8735) according to the law <08451> .
4 Arise <06965> (8798); for this matter <01697> belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage <02388> (8798), and do <06213> (8798) it.
5 Then arose <06965> (8799) Ezra <05830>, and made the chief <08269> priests <03548>, the Levites <03881> , and all Israel <03478>, to swear <07650> (8686) that they should do <06213> (8800) according to this word <01697>. And they sware <07650> (8735).
6 # Then Ezra <05830> rose up <06965> (8799) from before <06440> the house <01004> of God <0430>, and went <03212> (8799) into the chamber <03957> of Johanan <03076> the son <01121> of Eliashib <0475>: and when he came <03212> (8799) thither, he did eat <0398> (8804) no bread <03899>, nor drink <08354> (8804) water <04325> : for he mourned <056> (8693) because of the transgression <04604> of them that had been carried away <01473>.
7 And they made proclamation <05674> (8686) <06963> throughout Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> unto all the children <01121> of the captivity <01473>, that they should gather themselves together <06908> (8736) unto Jerusalem <03389>;
8 And that whosoever would not come <0935> (8799) within three <07969> days <03117>, according to the counsel <06098> of the princes <08269> and the elders <02205>, all his substance <07399> should be forfeited <02763> (8714), and himself separated <0914> (8735) from the congregation <06951> of those that had been carried away <01473>.
9 Then all the men <0582> of Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144> gathered themselves together <06908> (8735) unto Jerusalem <03389> within three <07969> days <03117>. It was the ninth <08671> month <02320>, on the twentieth <06242> day of the month <02320>; and all the people <05971> sat <03427> (8799) in the street <07339> of the house <01004> of God <0430>, trembling <07460> (8688) because of this matter <01697>, and for the great rain <01653>.
10 And Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> stood up <06965> (8799), and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Ye have transgressed <04603> (8804), and have taken <03427> (8686) strange <05237> wives <0802>, to increase <03254> (8687) the trespass <0819> of Israel <03478>.
11 Now therefore make <05414> (8798) confession <08426> unto the LORD <03068> God <0430> of your fathers <01>, and do <06213> (8798) his pleasure <07522>: and separate <0914> (8734) yourselves from the people <05971> of the land <0776>, and from the strange <05237> wives <0802>.
12 Then all the congregation <06951> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) with a loud <01419> voice <06963>, As thou hast said <01697>, so must we do <06213> (8800).
13 But <061> the people <05971> are many <07227>, and it is a time <06256> of much rain <01653> , and we are not able <03581> to stand <05975> (8800) without <02351>, neither is this a work <04399> of one <0259> day <03117> or two <08147>: for we are many <07235> (8689) that have transgressed <06586> (8800) in this thing <01697> .
14 Let now our rulers <08269> of all the congregation <06951> stand <05975> (8799), and let all them which have taken <03427> (8689) strange <05237> wives <0802> in our cities <05892> come <0935> (8799) at appointed <02163> (8794) times <06256>, and with them the elders <02205> of every city <05892>, and the judges <08199> (8802) thereof, until the fierce <02740> wrath <0639> of our God <0430> for this matter <01697> be turned <07725> (8687) from us.
15 # Only Jonathan <03129> the son <01121> of Asahel <06214> and Jahaziah <03167> the son <01121> of Tikvah <08616> were employed <05975> (8804) about this matter: and Meshullam <04918> and Shabbethai <07678> the Levite <03881> helped <05826> (8804) them.
16 And the children <01121> of the captivity <01473> did so <06213> (8799). And Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> , with certain <0582> chief <07218> of the fathers <01>, after the house <01004> of their fathers <01>, and all of them by their names <08034>, were separated <0914> (8735), and sat down <03427> (8799) in the first <0259> day <03117> of the tenth <06224> month <02320> to examine <01875> (8800) the matter <01697>.
17 And they made an end <03615> (8762) with all the men <0582> that had taken <03427> (8689) strange <05237> wives <0802> by the first <0259> day <03117> of the first <07223> month <02320>.
18 And among the sons <01121> of the priests <03548> there were found <04672> (8735) that had taken <03427> (8689) strange <05237> wives <0802>: namely, of the sons <01121> of Jeshua <03442> the son <01121> of Jozadak <03136> , and his brethren <0251>; Maaseiah <04641>, and Eliezer <0461>, and Jarib <03402>, and Gedaliah <01436>.
19 And they gave <05414> (8799) their hands <03027> that they would put away <03318> (8687) their wives <0802> ; and being guilty <0818>, they offered a ram <0352> of the flock <06629> for their trespass <0819>.
20 And of the sons <01121> of Immer <0564>; Hanani <02607>, and Zebadiah <02069>.
21 And of the sons <01121> of Harim <02766>; Maaseiah <04641>, and Elijah <0452>, and Shemaiah <08098>, and Jehiel <03171>, and Uzziah <05818>.
22 And of the sons <01121> of Pashur <06583>; Elioenai <0454>, Maaseiah <04641>, Ishmael <03458>, Nethaneel <05417>, Jozabad <03107>, and Elasah <0501>.
23 Also of the Levites <03881>; Jozabad <03107>, and Shimei <08096>, and Kelaiah <07041>, (the same is Kelita <07042>,) Pethahiah <06611>, Judah <03063>, and Eliezer <0461>.
24 Of the singers <07891> (8789) also; Eliashib <0475>: and of the porters <07778>; Shallum <07967>, and Telem <02928>, and Uri <0221>.
25 Moreover of Israel <03478>: of the sons <01121> of Parosh <06551>; Ramiah <07422>, and Jeziah <03150>, and Malchiah <04441>, and Miamin <04326>, and Eleazar <0499>, and Malchijah <04441>, and Benaiah <01141>.
26 And of the sons <01121> of Elam <05867>; Mattaniah <04983>, Zechariah <02148>, and Jehiel <03171>, and Abdi <05660>, and Jeremoth <03406>, and Eliah <0452>.
27 And of the sons <01121> of Zattu <02240>; Elioenai <0454>, Eliashib <0475>, Mattaniah <04983>, and Jeremoth <03406>, and Zabad <02066>, and Aziza <05819>.
28 Of the sons <01121> also of Bebai <0893>; Jehohanan <03076>, Hananiah <02608>, Zabbai <02140> (8675) <02079>, and Athlai <06270>.
29 And of the sons <01121> of Bani <01137>; Meshullam <04918>, Malluch <04409>, and Adaiah <05718>, Jashub <03437>, and Sheal <07594>, and Ramoth <07433>.
30 And of the sons <01121> of Pahathmoab <06355>; Adna <05733>, and Chelal <03636>, Benaiah <01141>, Maaseiah <04641>, Mattaniah <04983>, Bezaleel <01212>, and Binnui <01131>, and Manasseh <04519>.
31 And of the sons <01121> of Harim <02766>; Eliezer <0461>, Ishijah <03449>, Malchiah <04441>, Shemaiah <08098>, Shimeon <08095>,
32 Benjamin <01144>, Malluch <04409>, and Shemariah <08114>.
33 Of the sons <01121> of Hashum <02828>; Mattenai <04982>, Mattathah <04992>, Zabad <02066>, Eliphelet <0467> , Jeremai <03413>, Manasseh <04519>, and Shimei <08096>.
34 Of the sons <01121> of Bani <01137>; Maadai <04572>, Amram <06019>, and Uel <0177>,
35 Benaiah <01141>, Bedeiah <0912>, Chelluh <03622>,
36 Vaniah <02057>, Meremoth <04822>, Eliashib <0475>,
37 Mattaniah <04983>, Mattenai <04982>, and Jaasau <03299>,
38 And Bani <01137>, and Binnui <01131>, Shimei <08096>,
39 And Shelemiah <08018>, and Nathan <05416>, and Adaiah <05718>,
40 Machnadebai <04367>, Shashai <08343>, Sharai <08298>,
41 Azareel <05832>, and Shelemiah <08018>, Shemariah <08114>,
42 Shallum <07967>, Amariah <0568>, and Joseph <03130>.
43 Of the sons <01121> of Nebo <05015>; Jeiel <03273>, Mattithiah <04993>, Zabad <02066>, Zebina <02081> , Jadau <03035>, and Joel <03100>, Benaiah <01141>.
44 All these had taken <05375> (8804) (8675) <05375> (8802) strange <05237> wives <0802> : and some of them had <03426> wives <0802> by whom they had <07760> (8799) children <01121>.