1 Esdras 9:12

12 So let the leaders of the multitude stay, and let all those in our settlements who have foreign wives come at the time appointed,

1 Esdras 9:12 In-Context

10 Then all the multitude shouted and said with a loud voice, "We will do as you have said.

11 But the multitude is great and it is winter, and we are not able to stand in the open air. This is not a work we can do in one day or two, for we have sinned too much in these things.

12 So let the leaders of the multitude stay, and let all those in our settlements who have foreign wives come at the time appointed,

13 with the elders and judges of each place, until we are freed from the wrath of the Lord over this matter."

14 Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah undertook the matter on these terms, and Meshullam and Levi and Shabbethai served with them as judges.