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Ezra 10:16 KJV
Ezra · chapter 10 · verse 16 · King James Version
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.Ezra 10:16 · King James Version
Ezra 10:16 in context
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.
16And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
17And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
18And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
Key words (Strong's)
- captivitygôwlâhexileH1473 →
- separatedbâdalto divideH914 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- certainʼĕnôwsha man in generalH582 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
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