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Ezra 10

1 The people repent and turne, and put away their ſtrange wiues.
1.WHiles Ezrá prayed thus, & confeſſed him ſelfe weping, and falling downe before ye houſe of God, there aſſembled vnto him of Iſraél a very great Congregacion of men and women & children: for the people wept with a great lamentacion.
2.Then Shechaniáh the ſonne of Iehiél one of the ſonnes of Elám, anſwered, and ſaid to Ezrá, We haue treſpaſſed againſt our God, and haue taken ſtrange wiues of the people of the land, yet now there is hope in Iſraél concerning this.
3.Now therefore let vs make a couenant with our God, to put away all the wiues (and ſuche as are borne of them) according to the counſel of the Lord, and of thoſe that feare the commandements of our God, and let it be done according to the Law.
4.Ariſe: for the matter belongeth vnto thee: we alſo wil be with thee: be of comforte and do it.
5.Then aroſe Ezrá, and cauſed the chief Prieſts, the Leuites, & all Iſraél, to ſweare that they wolde do according to this worde. So they ſware.
6.And Ezrá roſe vp from before the houſe of God, and went into the chambre of Iohanán the ſonne of Eliaſhíb: he went euen thither, but he did eat nether bread, nor dronke water: for he mourned, becauſe of the trāſgreſſion of thē of the captiuitie.
7.And they cauſed a proclamacion to go throughout Iudáh and Ieruſalém, vnto all them of the captiuitie, that they ſhulde aſſemble them ſelues vnto Ieruſalém.
8.And whoſoeuer wolde not come within thre dayes according to the counſel of the princes and Elders, all his ſubſtance ſhulde be forfait, & he ſhulde be ſeparate from the Congregacion of them of the captiuitie.
9.¶ Then all the men of Iudáh & Beniamin aſſembled them ſelues vnto Ieruſalém within thre dayes, which was the twētieth day of the ninte moneth, and all the people ſate in the ſtrete of the houſe of God, trembling for this matter, and for the raine.
10.And Ezrá the Prieſt ſtode vp, and ſaid vnto them, Ye haue tranſgreſſed, and haue taken ſtrange wiues, to encreaſe the treſpaſſe of Iſraél.
11.Now therefore giue praiſe vnto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his wil and ſeparate your ſelues from the people of the land, & from the ſtrange wiues.
12.And all the Congregacion anſwered, & ſaid with a loude voyce, So wil we do according to thy wordes vnto vs.
13.But the people are many, and it is a raynie wether, and we are not able to ſtand without, neither is it the worke of one day or two: for we are many that haue offended in this thing.
14.Let our rulers ſtand therefore before all the Congregacion, and let all them which haue taken ſtrange wiues in our cities, come at the time appointed, and with them the Elders of euerie citie and the iudges thereof, til the fierce wrath of our God for this matter turne away from vs.
15.Then were appointed Ionathán the ſonne of Aſahél, and Iahaziáh the ſonne of Tikuah ouer this matter, and Meſhullám and Shabbethái the Leuites helped them.
16.And thei of the captiuitie did ſo and departed, euen Ezrá the Prieſt, & the mē that were chief fathers to the familie of their fathers by name, and ſate downe in the firſt daye of the tenth moneth to examine the matter.
17.And vntil the firſt day of ye firſt moneth they were finiſhing the buſines with all the men that had taken ſtrange wiues,
18.And of the ſonnes of the Prieſts there were men founde, that had taken ſtrange wiues, to wit, of the ſonnes of Ieſhua, the ſonne of Iozadák, & of his brethren, Maaſeiáh, & Eliézer, and Iaríb and Gedaliáh.
19.And thei gaue their hāds, that thei wolde de put away their wiues, and they that had treſpaſſed, gaue a rāme for their treſpaſſe.
20.And of the ſonnes of Immér, Hananí, and Zebadiáh.
21.And of the ſonnes of Harím, Maaſeiáh, and Eliiáh, and Shemaiáh, and Iehiél, and Vzziáh.
22.And of the ſonnes of Paſhúr, Elioenái, Maaſeiah, Iſhmaél, Nethaneél, Iozabád, and Elaſáh.
23.And of the Leuites, Iozabád and Shimeí & Kelaiáh, (which is Kelitáh) Pethahiáh, Iudáh and Eliézer.
24.And of the ſingers, Eliaſhib. And of the porters, Shallúm, and Telém, and Vrí.
25.And of Iſrael: of the ſonnes of Paróſh, Ramiáh, and Ieſiáh, and Malchiáh, and Miamín, and Eleazár, and Malchiiáh, and Benaiah.
26.And of the ſonnes of Elám, Mattaniáh, Zechariáh, and Iehiél, and Abdí, and Ieremóth, and Eliáh.
27.And of the ſonnes of Zattú, Elioenái, Eliaſhib, Mattaniáh, and Ierimóth, & Zabád, and Azizá.
28.And of the ſonnes of Bebái, Iehohanán, Hananiáh, Zabbái, Athlái.
29.And of the ſonnes of Baní, Meſhullám, Mallúch, and Adaíah, Iaſhúb, and Sheál, Ieramóth.
30.And of the ſonnes of Paháth Moáb, Adná, & Chelál, Benaíah, Maaſeiáh, Mattaniáh, Bezaleél, & Binnúi, and Manaſſéh.
31.And of the ſonnes of Harím, Eliézer, Iſhiiáh, Malchiáh, Shemaiáh, Shimeón,
32.Beniamín, Mallúch, Shamariáh.
33.Of the ſonnes of Haſhúm, Mattenái, Mattattáh, Zabád, Eliphélet, Ieremái, Menaſſéh, Shimeí.
34.Of the ſonnes of Baní, Maadái, Amrám, and Vél,
35.Benaíah, Bediáh, Chellúh,
36.Vaniáh, Meremóth, Eliaſhíb,
37.Mattaniáh, Mattenái, and Iaaſáu,
38.And Banní & Binnúi, Shimeí,
39.And Shelemiáh, & Nathan, & Adaíah,
40.Machnadebái, Shaſhái, Sharái,
41.Azareél, and Shelemiáh, Shemariáh,
42.Shallúm, Amariáh, Ioſeph.
43.Of the ſonnes of Nebó, Ieiél, Mattithiáh, Zabád, Zebiná, Iadaú, & Ioél, Benaíah.
44.All theſe had taken ſtrange wiues: and among the were wome that had childre.

Notes

1:*.
1. Eſdr. 8, 92.
1:a.
He confeſſed his ſinnes and the ſinnes of the people.
2:b.
Meaning, that God wolde receiue thē to mercie
3:c.
Which are ſtrangers and maried contrarie to the Law of God
4:d.
Becauſe God hathe giuen thee autoritie, & learning to perſuade ye people herein and to cōmande them.
6:*.
1. Eſdr. 9, 1.
7:".
Ebr. ſonnes of the captiuitie.
8:".
Or, cōdemned.
9:e.
Which conteined part of Nouember & part of December
9:f.
For the ſeaſon was giuen to raine, & ſo ye wether was more ſharpe & colde, and alſo their conſcience touched them
10:g.
Ye haue layed one ſinne vpon another
11:h.
Read Ioſh. 7, 19.
14:i.
Let them be appointed to examine this matter.
16:k.
Thei went to the chief cities to ſit on this matter wc was thre moneths in finiſhing.
19:l.
As a token that thei wolde kepe promes & do it.
25:m.
Meaning, of yᵉ cōmune people for before he ſpake of the Prieſts & Leuites.
30:".
Or, the captaine of Moab
44:n.
Which aliē were made illegitimate becauſe the mariage was vnlawful.