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Ezra 10:15-17
New English Translation
Ezra 10:15-17
New English Translation
15 Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah were[a] against this, assisted by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite. 16 So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out[b] by name men who were leaders in their family groups.[c] They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month, 17 and on the first day of the first month they finished considering all the men who had married foreign wives.
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- Ezra 10:15 tn Heb “stood.”
- Ezra 10:16 tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּבְדֵּל לוֹ (vayyavdel lo, “separated for himself”) rather than the Niphal plural וַיִּבָּדְלוּ (vayyibbadelu, “were separated”) of the MT.
- Ezra 10:16 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers, to the house of their fathers, and all of them by name.”
Ezra 10:15-17
New International Version
Ezra 10:15-17
New International Version
15 Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai(A) the Levite, opposed this.
16 So the exiles did as was proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, one from each family division, and all of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to investigate the cases, 17 and by the first day of the first month they finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women.
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