³¹ “You are to be my holy people.^(A) So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts;^(B) throw it to the dogs.

² Then Shekaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam,^(A) said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful^(B) to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel.^(C)

Those Guilty of Intermarriage

³ When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent.^(A)