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Ezra 10:7-12

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7 They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles *, that they should assemble at Jerusalem,
8 and that whoever * would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the leaders and the elders, all his possessions should be forfeited and he himself excluded from the assembly of the exiles.
9 So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, 1trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain.
10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel.
11 "Now therefore, 2make confession to the LORD God of your fathers and 3do His will; and 4separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives."
12 Then all the assembly replied with a loud voice, "That's right! As you have said, so it is our duty to do.
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Ezra 10:7-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 10

Upon Ezra's prayer and confession, it was proposed by Shechaniah, that those who had married strange wives should put them away with their children, which they swore to do, Ezr 10:1-5, and proclamation was made throughout the land for all to meet at Jerusalem in three days' time, and accordingly they did, Ezr 10:6-9 when, at the exhortation of Ezra, all agreed to it, and persons were appointed to see it done, and the work was finished in the space of three months, Ezr 10:10-17 and a list of the names of those is given who had married such wives, and now put them away; of the priests, Ezr 10:18-22, of the Levites, Ezr 10:23,24, of the other Israelites, Ezr 10:24-44.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 4

  • 1. 1 Samuel 12:18; Ezra 9:4; Ezra 10:3
  • 2. Leviticus 26:40; Proverbs 28:13
  • 3. Romans 12:2
  • 4. Ezra 10:3

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Lit "upon us"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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