Now when Ezra <H5830> had prayed, <H6419> and when he had confessed, <H3034> weeping <H1058> and casting himself down <H5307> before <H6440> the house <H1004> of God, <H0430> there assembled <H6908> unto him out of Israel <H3478> a very <H3966> great <H7227> congregation <H6951> of men <H0582> and women <H0802> and children: <H3206> for the people <H5971> wept <H1058> very <H7235> sore. <H1059>
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And Shechaniah <H7935> the son <H1121> of Jehiel, <H3171> [one] of the sons <H1121> of Elam, <H5867> answered <H6030> and said <H0559> unto Ezra, <H5830> We have trespassed <H4603> against our God, <H0430> and have taken <H3427> strange <H5237> wives <H0802> of the people <H5971> of the land: <H0776> yet now there is <H3426> hope <H4723> in Israel <H3478> concerning this thing.
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Now therefore let us make <H3772> a covenant <H1285> with our God <H0430> to put away <H3318> all the wives, <H0802> and such as are born <H3205> of them, according to the counsel <H6098> of my lord, <H0136> and of those that tremble <H2730> at the commandment <H4687> of our God; <H0430> and let it be done <H6213> according to the law. <H8451>
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Arise; <H6965> for [this] matter <H1697> [belongeth] unto thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage, <H2388> and do <H6213> [it].
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Then arose <H6965> Ezra, <H5830> and made the chief <H8269> priests, <H3548> the Levites, <H3881> and all Israel, <H3478> to swear <H7650> that they should do <H6213> according to this word. <H1697> And they sware. <H7650>
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Then Ezra <H5830> rose up <H6965> from before <H6440> the house <H1004> of God, <H0430> and went <H3212> into the chamber <H3957> of Johanan <H3076> the son <H1121> of Eliashib: <H0475> and [when] he came <H3212> thither, he did eat <H0398> no bread, <H3899> nor drink <H8354> water: <H4325> for he mourned <H0056> because of the transgression <H4604> of them that had been carried away. <H1473>
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And they made proclamation <H5674> <H6963> throughout Judah <H3063> and Jerusalem <H3389> unto all the children <H1121> of the captivity, <H1473> that they should gather themselves together <H6908> unto Jerusalem; <H3389>
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And that whosoever would not come <H0935> within three <H7969> days, <H3117> according to the counsel <H6098> of the princes <H8269> and the elders, <H2205> all his substance <H7399> should be forfeited, <H2763> and himself separated <H0914> from the congregation <H6951> of those that had been carried away. <H1473>
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Then all the men <H0582> of Judah <H3063> and Benjamin <H1144> gathered themselves together <H6908> unto Jerusalem <H3389> within three <H7969> days. <H3117> It [was] the ninth <H8671> month, <H2320> on the twentieth <H6242> [day] of the month; <H2320> and all the people <H5971> sat <H3427> in the street <H7339> of the house <H1004> of God, <H0430> trembling <H7460> because of [this] matter, <H1697> and for the great rain. <H1653>
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And Ezra <H5830> the priest <H3548> stood up, <H6965> and said <H0559> unto them, Ye have transgressed, <H4603> and have taken <H3427> strange <H5237> wives, <H0802> to increase <H3254> the trespass <H0819> of Israel. <H3478>
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Now therefore make <H5414> confession <H8426> unto the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of your fathers, <H0001> and do <H6213> his pleasure: <H7522> and separate <H0914> yourselves from the people <H5971> of the land, <H0776> and from the strange <H5237> wives. <H0802>
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Then all the congregation <H6951> answered <H6030> and said <H0559> with a loud <H1419> voice, <H6963> As thou hast said, <H1697> so must we do. <H6213>
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But <H0061> the people <H5971> [are] many, <H7227> and [it is] a time <H6256> of much rain, <H1653> and we are not able <H3581> to stand <H5975> without, <H2351> neither [is this] a work <H4399> of one <H0259> day <H3117> or two: <H8147> for we are many <H7235> that have transgressed <H6586> in this thing. <H1697>
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Let now our rulers <H8269> of all the congregation <H6951> stand, <H5975> and let all them which have taken <H3427> strange <H5237> wives <H0802> in our cities <H5892> come <H0935> at appointed <H2163> times, <H6256> and with them the elders <H2205> of every city, <H5892> <H5892> and the judges <H8199> thereof, until the fierce <H2740> wrath <H0639> of our God <H0430> for this matter <H1697> be turned <H7725> from us.
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Only Jonathan <H3129> the son <H1121> of Asahel <H6214> and Jahaziah <H3167> the son <H1121> of Tikvah <H8616> were employed <H5975> about this [matter]: and Meshullam <H4918> and Shabbethai <H7678> the Levite <H3881> helped <H5826> them.
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And the children <H1121> of the captivity <H1473> did <H6213> so. And Ezra <H5830> the priest, <H3548> [with] certain <H0582> chief <H7218> of the fathers, <H0001> after the house <H1004> of their fathers, <H0001> and all of them by [their] names, <H8034> were separated, <H0914> and sat down <H3427> in the first <H0259> day <H3117> of the tenth <H6224> month <H2320> to examine <H1875> the matter. <H1697>
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And they made an end <H3615> with all the men <H0582> that had taken <H3427> strange <H5237> wives <H0802> by the first <H0259> day <H3117> of the first <H7223> month. <H2320>
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And among the sons <H1121> of the priests <H3548> there were found <H4672> that had taken <H3427> strange <H5237> wives: <H0802> [namely], of the sons <H1121> of Jeshua <H3442> the son <H1121> of Jozadak, <H3136> and his brethren; <H0251> Maaseiah, <H4641> and Eliezer, <H0461> and Jarib, <H3402> and Gedaliah. <H1436>
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And they gave <H5414> their hands <H3027> that they would put away <H3318> their wives; <H0802> and [being] guilty, <H0818> [they offered] a ram <H0352> of the flock <H6629> for their trespass. <H0819>
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And of the sons <H1121> of Immer; <H0564> Hanani, <H2607> and Zebadiah. <H2069>
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And of the sons <H1121> of Harim; <H2766> Maaseiah, <H4641> and Elijah, <H0452> and Shemaiah, <H8098> and Jehiel, <H3171> and Uzziah. <H5818>
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And of the sons <H1121> of Pashur; <H6583> Elioenai, <H0454> Maaseiah, <H4641> Ishmael, <H3458> Nethaneel, <H5417> Jozabad, <H3107> and Elasah. <H0501>
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Also of the Levites; <H3881> Jozabad, <H3107> and Shimei, <H8096> and Kelaiah, <H7041> (the same [is] Kelita,) <H7042> Pethahiah, <H6611> Judah, <H3063> and Eliezer. <H0461>
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Of the singers <H7891> also; Eliashib: <H0475> and of the porters; <H7778> Shallum, <H7967> and Telem, <H2928> and Uri. <H0221>
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Moreover of Israel: <H3478> of the sons <H1121> of Parosh; <H6551> Ramiah, <H7422> and Jeziah, <H3150> and Malchiah, <H4441> and Miamin, <H4326> and Eleazar, <H0499> and Malchijah, <H4441> and Benaiah. <H1141>
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And of the sons <H1121> of Elam; <H5867> Mattaniah, <H4983> Zechariah, <H2148> and Jehiel, <H3171> and Abdi, <H5660> and Jeremoth, <H3406> and Eliah. <H0452>
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And of the sons <H1121> of Zattu; <H2240> Elioenai, <H0454> Eliashib, <H0475> Mattaniah, <H4983> and Jeremoth, <H3406> and Zabad, <H2066> and Aziza. <H5819>
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Of the sons <H1121> also of Bebai; <H0893> Jehohanan, <H3076> Hananiah, <H2608> Zabbai, <H2140> <H2079> [and] Athlai. <H6270>
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And of the sons <H1121> of Bani; <H1137> Meshullam, <H4918> Malluch, <H4409> and Adaiah, <H5718> Jashub, <H3437> and Sheal, <H7594> and Ramoth. <H7433>
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And of the sons <H1121> of Pahathmoab; <H6355> Adna, <H5733> and Chelal, <H3636> Benaiah, <H1141> Maaseiah, <H4641> Mattaniah, <H4983> Bezaleel, <H1212> and Binnui, <H1131> and Manasseh. <H4519>
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And [of] the sons <H1121> of Harim; <H2766> Eliezer, <H0461> Ishijah, <H3449> Malchiah, <H4441> Shemaiah, <H8098> Shimeon, <H8095>
Of the sons <H1121> of Nebo; <H5015> Jeiel, <H3273> Mattithiah, <H4993> Zabad, <H2066> Zebina, <H2081> Jadau, <H3035> and Joel, <H3100> Benaiah. <H1141>
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All these had taken <H5375> strange <H5237> wives: <H0802> and [some] of them had <H3426> wives <H0802> by whom they had <H7760> children. <H1121>