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Ezra 10:15-19

Ezra 10:15

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.

Ezra 10:16

But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men who were the heads of fathers’ households for each of their father’s households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.

Ezra 10:17

And they finished investigating all the men who had married foreign wives by the first day of the first month. List of Offenders

Ezra 10:18

Now among the sons of the priests who had married foreign wives were found of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

Ezra 10:19

They pledged to send away their wives, and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.