1Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God's house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.

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Daniel 9:20, Daniel 9:20, Psalms 119:136, Psalms 119:136, Romans 9:2

2Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, "We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

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Nehemiah 13:27, Nehemiah 13:27, Ezra 9:2, Ezra 9:2, Exodus 34:12

3Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.

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Deuteronomy 7:2, Deuteronomy 7:3, Deuteronomy 7:2, Deuteronomy 7:3, Ezra 9:4

4Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it."

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1 Chronicles 28:10, 1 Chronicles 28:10, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Hebrews 12:12

5Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.

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Nehemiah 13:25, Nehemiah 13:25, Nehemiah 5:12, Nehemiah 5:12, Proverbs 9:9

6Then Ezra rose up from before God's house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came there, he ate no bread, nor drank water; for he mourned because of their trespass of the captivity.

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Deuteronomy 9:18, Deuteronomy 9:18, John 4:31, John 4:34, Nehemiah 12:22

7They made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;

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2 Chronicles 30:5, Ezra 1:1, 2 Chronicles 30:5, Ezra 1:1

8and that whoever did not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.

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Ezra 7:26, Ezra 7:26, Matthew 18:17, Joshua 6:19, Leviticus 27:28

9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before God's house, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

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1 Samuel 12:17, 1 Samuel 12:18, 1 Samuel 12:17, 1 Samuel 12:18, Esther 2:16

10Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, "You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.

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Ezra 9:6, Matthew 23:32, Numbers 32:14, 2 Chronicles 28:13, Joshua 22:17

11Now therefore make confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women."

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Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:18, Joshua 7:19, Romans 12:2, Ezra 10:3

12Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, "As you have said concerning us, so must we do.

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Psalms 78:37, Psalms 78:57, Ezra 10:3, Ezra 10:4, Nehemiah 13:23

13But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside; neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

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Ezra 10:18, Ezra 10:44, Matthew 7:13, Matthew 7:14, Ezra 10:18

14Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter is resolved."

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2 Chronicles 29:10, 2 Chronicles 30:8, 2 Chronicles 29:10, 2 Chronicles 30:8, Numbers 25:4

15Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

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Nehemiah 11:16, Nehemiah 11:16, Nehemiah 10:20, Nehemiah 12:33, Nehemiah 3:6

16The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' households, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

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Job 29:16, Deuteronomy 13:14, John 7:51, Job 29:16, Deuteronomy 13:14

17They made an end with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.

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18Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

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Ezra 3:2, Ezra 2:2, Ezra 5:2, Zechariah 3:1, Haggai 1:1

19They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

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Leviticus 6:6, Leviticus 6:6, 2 Kings 10:15, 2 Kings 10:15, 2 Chronicles 30:8

20Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

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Ezra 2:37, 1 Chronicles 24:14, Ezra 2:37, 1 Chronicles 24:14, Nehemiah 7:40

21Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

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1 Chronicles 24:8, 1 Chronicles 24:8, Ezra 2:39, Nehemiah 7:42, Ezra 2:39

22Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

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1 Chronicles 9:12, 1 Chronicles 9:12, Ezra 2:38, Nehemiah 7:41, Ezra 2:38

23Of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

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Nehemiah 11:16, Nehemiah 10:10, Ezra 8:33, Nehemiah 11:16, Nehemiah 10:10

24Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

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25Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

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Ezra 2:3, Ezra 2:3, Nehemiah 7:8, Nehemiah 7:8

26Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

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Ezra 10:2, Ezra 10:2, Nehemiah 7:12, Ezra 8:7, Ezra 2:31

27Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

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Nehemiah 7:13, Ezra 2:8, Nehemiah 7:13, Ezra 2:8

28Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

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Nehemiah 7:16, Ezra 8:11, Ezra 2:11, Nehemiah 7:16, Ezra 8:11

29Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth.

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Nehemiah 7:15, Ezra 2:10, Nehemiah 10:4, Nehemiah 7:15, Ezra 2:10

30Of the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

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Nehemiah 7:11, Ezra 8:4, Ezra 2:6, Nehemiah 7:11, Ezra 8:4

31Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

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Nehemiah 3:11, Nehemiah 3:11, Ezra 2:32, Nehemiah 7:35, Ezra 2:32

32Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

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33Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

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Ezra 2:19, Nehemiah 7:22, Ezra 2:19, Nehemiah 7:22

34Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

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35Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

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36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

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37Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,

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38and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

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39and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

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40Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

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41Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

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42Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

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43Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

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Ezra 2:29, Ezra 2:29, Nehemiah 7:33, Nehemiah 7:33

44All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

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Ezra 10:3, Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 5:20, Proverbs 5:3, Ezra 10:3