Esdras 10:19

19 Eles apertaram as mãos em sinal de garantia de que iam despedir suas mulheres, e cada um apresentou um carneiro do rebanho como oferta por sua culpa.

Esdras 10:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 19-43. And they gave their hands that they would put away their
wives
They proposed to do it, and actually did it:

and being guilty;
of which they were fully convinced:

they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass;
to make atonement for it, and thereby set an example to others to do the like. Aben Ezra observes, that we do not find that the trespass offering was a mulct to such who married strange wives, and conjectures, that it was the advice of the chief men to do it. From hence, to the end of ( Ezra 10:43 ) , is a list of the men that had married strange wives, and put them away; those in ( Ezra 10:20-22 ) , were priests; in ( Ezra 10:23 Ezra 10:24 ) , Levites, and those of them who were singers or porters; the rest were Israelites: and it is a very common distinction, in rabbinical writers, to distinguish the Jews into priests, Levites, and Israelites; of these we know no more than their names; some of the heads of the families may be observed in ( Ezra 2:1 ) .

Esdras 10:19 In-Context

17 No primeiro dia do primeiro mês terminaram de investigar todos os casos de casamento com mulheres estrangeiras.

18 Entre os descendentes dos sacerdotes, estes foram os que se casaram com mulheres estrangeiras:Entre os descendentes de Jesua, filho de Jozadaque, e de seus irmãos: Maaseias, Eliézer, Jaribe e Gedalias.

19 Eles apertaram as mãos em sinal de garantia de que iam despedir suas mulheres, e cada um apresentou um carneiro do rebanho como oferta por sua culpa.

20 Entre os descendentes de Imer:Hanani e Zebadias.

21 Entre os descendentes de Harim:Maaseias, Elias, Semaías, Jeiel e Uzias.