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Ezra 10:16

Ezra

14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

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.

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 And 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.

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BSB
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,
KJV
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.
WEB
The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
ASV
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain heads of fathers` [houses], after their fathers` houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
DARBY
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest [and] certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them [expressed] by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
BLB
And the sons of the exile did so, and Ezra the priest, [and] men, the heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, were set apart, each of them by name, and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
ÅB
De hjemkomne gjorde da som sagt var, og valgte presten Esras og noen menn som var overhoder for sine familier, og som alle var nevnt ved navn, og de trådte sammen på den første dag i den tiende måned for å granske saken,
OTB
Så gjorde de bortførte som foreslått. Presten Esra valgte menn som var overhoder for familier, en fra hver familieavdeling, alle utpekt ved navn. De møttes på den første dagen i den tiende måneden for å undersøke saken,
B1930
De hjemkomne gjorde da som sagt var, og valgte presten Esras og nogen menn som var overhoder for sine familier, og som alle var nevnt ved navn, og de trådte sammen på den første dag i den tiende måned for å granske saken,

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