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together with the leaders and the judges of his city. In this way God's anger over this situation will be turned away."
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Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah assumed responsibility for the plan; and Meshullam, Levi, and Shabbethai served with them as judges.
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The returned exiles carried out the investigation in full.
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Ezra the priest appointed men from among the heads of the clans and recorded their names. On the first day of the tenth month they began their investigation.
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And within the next three months they investigated all the cases of men with foreign wives.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.