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Ezra 10:17 KJV
Ezra · chapter 10 · verse 17 · King James Version
And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.Ezra 10:17 · King James Version
Ezra 10:17 in context
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.
19And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
Key words (Strong's)
- strangenokrîystrange, in a variety of degrees and applicationsH5237 →
- takenyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- wivesʼishshâha womanH802 →
- firstʼechâdproperly, unitedH259 →
- firstriʼshôwnfirst, in place, time or rankH7223 →
- endkâlâhto end, whether intransitive or transitivedH3615 →
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