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And in three days were all they of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem the twentieth day of the ninth month.
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And all the multitude sat trembling in the broad court of the temple because of the present foul weather.
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So Esdras arose up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed the law in marrying strange wives, thereby to increase the sins of Israel.
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And now by confessing give glory unto the Lord God of our fathers,
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And do his will, and separate yourselves from the heathen of the land, and from the strange women.