Ezra 9:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 9
The Crisis of Mixed Marriages. 1 (A)When these matters had been concluded, the leaders approached me with this report: “Neither the Israelite laymen nor the priests nor the Levites have kept themselves separate from the peoples of the lands and their abominations—Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites— 2 for they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, thus intermingling the holy seed with the peoples of the lands. Furthermore, the leaders and rulers have taken a prominent part in this apostasy!”
Ezra’s Reaction. 3 (B)When I had heard this, I tore my cloak and my mantle, plucked hair from my head and beard, and sat there devastated.
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