Ezra 10:16

But the Sons of the Exile, did thus, and Ezra the priest separated to himself certain men—ancestral heads by their ancestral houses, and all of them by name,—and they took their seats on the first day of the tenth month to search into the matter;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The 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.

In Context

15Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, made a stand against this,—and, Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, helped them.

17and they made an end with all the men who had married foreign women,—by the first day of the first month.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:14and thou shalt enquire, and search out, and ask diligently,—and lo! true—certain, is the thing, this abomination, hath been done, in thy midst,

Job 29:16A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;

Matthew Henry on Ezra 10:16-44

15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. 16 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. 17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. 18… Read the whole commentary →

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