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Ezra the priest chose for himself the leading men of their ancestral houses, all of them by name; and on the new moon of the tenth month they began their sessions to investigate the matter.
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And the cases of the men who had foreign wives were brought to an end by the new moon of the first month.
18
Of the priests, those who were brought in and found to have foreign wives were:
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of the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his kindred, Maaseiah, Eliezar, Jarib, and Jodan.
20
They pledged themselves to put away their wives, and to offer rams in expiation of their error.
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