1 Esdras 9:10-12

Common English Bible

¹⁰ The whole crowd cried out, “We will do what you have said. ¹¹ But it’s a big crowd, and it’s winter, and we aren’t strong enough to keep standing outside. This isn’t something we can do in one or two days, because we have sinned too greatly in these matters. ¹² So let the leaders of the crowd remain, and let all those in our settlements who have foreign wives come at a specific time,