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Let us make a covenant with our God, and send these women away with their children according to the statement of my lord and all of us who respect the commandment of our God. (Ezra 10, 3)
So Ezra arose and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites and of all Israel swear that they would do what had just been said, and so they swore. (Ezra 10, 5)
Then the priest Ezra stood up and said, "You have been rebels in marrying foreign women, and have increased the offense of Israel. (Ezra 10, 10)
Now then, acknowledge your sin before Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and carry out his will; separate yourselves from the peoples of this land and from your foreign wives." (Ezra 10, 11)
The whole assembly answered with a loud voice, "Yes, we shall do as you say. (Ezra 10, 12)
But the people are so numerous and we are now in the rainy season; we cannot endure the inclement weather, and besides, this matter cannot be settled in a day or two, for we are many who have committed this sin. (Ezra 10, 13)
Our leaders can represent the whole assembly: those in our cities who have married foreign women shall come at appointed times, accompanied by the local leaders and judges of every city, until we have turned aside from us the anger of our God because of this matter." (Ezra 10, 14)
The only ones who opposed this option were Jonathan, son of Asahel, and Jahzeiah, son of Tikvah, who were supported by the Levites Meshullam and Shabbethai. (Ezra 10, 15)
But those who had returned from exile complied. In accordance with what the priest Ezra ordered, they selected a family head for every family group, each of them designated in a personal way, and they sat down to resolve the matter on the first day of the tenth month. (Ezra 10, 16)
On the first day of the first month, they finished attending to all the cases of Jews who had been married to foreign women. (Ezra 10, 17)
In the clan of the priestly clans, these are the names of those who were found to have married foreign women: among the clan of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and among his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah; (Ezra 10, 18)
they pledged their word to put their wives away and, for their sin, offered a ram as a sacrifice of reparation; (Ezra 10, 19)
