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Ezra 10:15

AsahelJahaziahJonathanMeshullamShabbethaiTikvah

13 But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.

14 Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”

(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)

16 So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,

17 and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.

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BSB
(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
KJV
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.
WEB
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
ASV
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this [matter]: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
DARBY
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
BLB
(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahaziah son of Tikvah stood against this. And Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.)
ÅB
Bare Jonatan, Asaels sønn, og Jahseja, Tikvas sønn, satte seg imot dette, og Mesullam og levitten Sabbetai støttet dem.
OTB
Jonathan, sønn av Asahel, og Jahzeia, sønn av Tikva, var de eneste som motsatte seg dette, med Meshullam og Sjabetai levitten som støttet dem.
B1930
Bare Jonatan, Asaels sønn, og Jahseja, Tikvas sønn, satte sig imot dette, og Mesullam og levitten Sabbetai støttet dem.

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