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But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather, so that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far:
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Therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all them of our habitations that have strange wives come at the time appointed,
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And with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter.
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Then Jonathan the son of Azael and Ezechias the son of Theocanus accordingly took this matter upon them: and Mosollam and Levis and Sabbatheus helped them.
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And they that were of the captivity did according to all these things.
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And Esdras the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name: and in the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.
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So their cause that held strange wives was brought to an end in the first day of the first month.
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And of the priests that were come together, and had strange wives, there were found:
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Of the sons of Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren; Matthelas and Eleazar, and Joribus and Joadanus.
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And they gave their hands to put away their wives and to offer rams to make reconcilement for their errors.
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And of the sons of Emmer; Ananias, and Zabdeus, and Eanes, and Sameius, and Hiereel, and Azarias.