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Ezra the priest chose for himself the leading men of their families, each by name. On the new moon of the tenth month they convened their investigation of this affair.
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The cases of the men who had married foreign wives were completed by the new moon of the first month.
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Those who were found to have married foreign wives from the priesthood were:
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Of the family of Jeshua, Jozadak's son, and his brothers Maaseiah, Eleazar, Jarib, and Jodan.
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They pledged to divorce their wives and to offer rams as reconciliation for their error in judgment.