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with the elders and judges of each place, until we are freed from the wrath of the Lord over this matter."
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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.
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And those who had returned from exile acted in accordance with all this.
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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.
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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.
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They pledged themselves to put away their wives, and to offer rams in expiation of their error.
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Of the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah and Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Jehiel and Azariah.
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Of the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, and Nathanael, and Gedaliah, and Salthas.
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And of the Levites: Jozabad and Shimei and Kelaiah, who was Kelita, and Pethahiah and Judah and Jonah.