The Book of Ezra

Ezr 10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

Ezr 10:2 And Shech-a-ni´-ah the son of Je-hi´-el, one of the sons of E´-lam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Ezr 10:3 Now 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 that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

Ezr 10:4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

Ezr 10:5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

Ezr 10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jo-ha´-nan the son of E-li´a-shib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

Ezr 10:7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

Ezr 10:8 And that whosoever would 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 congregation of those that had been carried away.

Ezr 10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

Ezr 10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

Ezr 10:11 Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do His pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

Ezr 10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

Ezr 10:13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

Ezr 10:14 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 God for this matter be turned from us.

Ezr 10:15 Only Jonathan the son of A´-sahel and Ja-ha-zi´-ah the son of Tik´vah were employed about this matter: and Me-shul´-lam and Shab´-be-thai the Levite helped them.

Ezr 10:16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

Ezr 10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.

Ezr 10:18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jesh´-u-a the son of Joz´a-dak, and his brethren; Ma-a-se´-iah, and E-li-e´-zer, and Ja´-rib, and Geda-li´-ah.

Ezr 10:19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

Ezr 10:20 And of the sons of Im´-mer; Hana´-ni, and Zeb-a-di´-ah.

Ezr 10:21 And of the sons of Ha´-rim; Ma-a-se´-iah, and E-li´-jah, and She-ma´iah, and Je-hi´-el, and Uz-zi´-ah.

Ezr 10:22 And of the sons of Pash´-ur; E-lio-e´-nai, Ma-a-se´-iah, Ish´-ma-el, Nethan´-e-el, Joz´-a-bad, and El´-a-sah.

Ezr 10:23 Also of the Levites; Joz´-a-bad, and Shim´-e-i, and Ke-la´-iah, (the same is Kel´-i-ta,) Peth-a-hi´-ah, Judah, and E-li-e´-zer.

Ezr 10:24 Of the singers also; E-li´-a-shib: and of the porters; Shal´-lum, and Te´lem, and U´-ri.

Ezr 10:25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Pa´-rosh; Ra-mi´-ah, and Je-zi´-ah, and Mal-chi´-ah, and Mi´-a-min, and E-le-a´-zar, and Mal-chi´-jah, and Be-na´-iah.

Ezr 10:26 And of the sons of E´-lam; Mat-ta-ni´-ah, Zech-a-ri´-ah, and Je-hi´-el, and Ab´-di, and Jer´-e-moth, and E-li´-ah.

Ezr 10:27 And of the sons of Zat´-tu; E-li-o-e´-nai, E-li´-a-shib, Mat-ta-ni´ah, and Jer´-e-moth, and Za´-bad, and A-zi´-za.

Ezr 10:28 Of the sons also of Be´-bai; Jeho-ha´-nan, Han-a-ni´-ah, Zab´-bai, and Ath´-lai.

Ezr 10:29 And of the sons of Ba´-ni; Meshul´-lam, Mal´-luch, and A-da´-iah, Jash´-ub, and She´-al, and Ra´moth.

Ezr 10:30 And of the sons of Pa´-hath–mo´ab; Ad´-na, and Che´-lal, Be-na´-iah, Ma-a-se´-iah, Mat-ta-ni´-ah, Be-zal´-eel, and Bin´-nu-i, and Ma-nas´-seh.

Ezr 10:31 And of the sons of Ha´-rim; Eli-e´-zer, Ish-i´-jah, Mal-chi´-ah, She-ma´-iah, Shim´-e-on,

Ezr 10:32 Benjamin, Mal´-luch, and Shema-ri´-ah.

Ezr 10:33 Of the sons of Ha´-shum; Matte´-nai, Mat´-ta-thah, Za´-bad, E-liph´e-let, Jer´-e-mai, Ma-nas´-seh, and Shim´-e-i.

Ezr 10:34 Of the sons of Ba´-ni; Ma´-a-dai, Am´-ram, and U´-el,

Ezr 10:35 Be-na´-iah, Be-de´-iah, Chel´luh,

Ezr 10:36 Va-ni´-ah, Mer´-e-moth, E-li´-ashib,

Ezr 10:37 Mat-ta-ni´-ah, Mat-te´-nai, and Ja´-a-sau,

Ezr 10:38 And Ba´-ni, and Bin´-nu-i, Shim´-e-i,

Ezr 10:39 And Shel-e-mi´-ah, and Nathan, and A-da´-iah,

Ezr 10:40 Mach-na-de´-bai, Sha´-shai, Sha´rai,

Ezr 10:41 A-zar´-e-el, and Shel-e-mi´-ah, Shem-a-ri´-ah,

Ezr 10:42 Shal´-lum, Am-a-ri´-ah, and Joseph.

Ezr 10:43 Of the sons of Ne´-bo; Je-i´-el, Mat-ti-thi´-ah, Za´-bad, Ze-bi´-na, Ja´dau, and Jo´-el, Be-na´-iah.

Ezr 10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.