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Then cried the whole multitude, and said with a loud voice, "As thou hast spoken, so will we do.
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But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather so that we cannot stand outside, and this is not the work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far,
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therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all those of our habitations who have foreign wives come at the time appointed,
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and with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter."
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Then Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah accordingly took this matter upon them; and Meshullam and Levi and Shabbethai helped them.
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And those who were of the captivity did according to all these things.
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And Ezra the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name; and on the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.
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So their cause that concerned foreign wives was brought to an end on the first day of the first month.
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And of the priests who had come together and had foreign wives there were found:
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of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brethren, Maaseiah and Eliezar, and Jarib and Jodan.
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And they gave their hands to put away their wives and to offer rams to make reconcilement for their errors.