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Ezra 10:13 KJV
Ezra · chapter 10 · verse 13
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.Ezra 10:13 · King James Version
Ezra 10:13 in context
11Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
12Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
13But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
14Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
15Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- withoutchûwtsproperly, separate by awallH2351 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- standʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- manyrababundantH7227 →
- timeʻêthtime, especially now, when, etcH6256 →
- raingeshema showerH1653 →
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We have here an account of the proceedings upon the resolutions lately taken up concerning the strange wives; no time was lost; they struck when the iron was hot, and soon set the wheels of reformation a-going. 1. Ezra went to the council-chamber where, it is probable, the priests used to meet upon public business;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14