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Shecaniah the
son of
Jehiel, one of the
sons of
Elam,
said to
Ezra, "We have
been unfaithful to our
God and have
married foreign women from the
peoples of the
land; yet
now there is
hope for
Israel in
spite of
this.
~'lw{[ yen.Bim leayix.y -n,b h'y.n;k.v !;[;Y;w ? .Wnyeh{laeb .Wn.l;['m .Wn.x;n]a a'r.z,[.l r,ma{Y;w ? h'T;[.w #,r'a'h yeM;[em tw{Yir.k'n ~yiv'n b,v{N;w ? ta{z -l;[ lea'r.fIy.l h,w.qim -vey
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"So
now let us
make a
covenant with our
God to
put away all the
wives and their
children, according to the
counsel of my
lord and of those who
tremble at the
commandment of our
God; and let it be
done according to the
law.
ayicw{h.l .Wnyeh{lael tyir.B -t'r.kin h'T;[.w ? ~yider]x;h.w y'n{d]a t;c][;B ~,hem d'lw{N;h.w ~yiv'n -l'k ? h,f'[ey h'rw{T;k.w .Wnyeh{l/a t;w.cim.B