Ezra 10:19

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.

And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

²⁰ And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

²¹ And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.
KJV: And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
WEB: They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
ASV: And they gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their guilt.
DARBY: And they gave their hand to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt.
BLB: And they gave their hand to send out their wives, and being guilty, a ram of the flock for their guilt.

ÅB: de gav sin hånd på at de ville skille seg fra sine hustruer og ofre en vær av flokken som skyldoffer for den skyld de hadde pådradd seg.
OTB: De lovet å sende bort sine koner, og for sin skyld presenterte de hver en vær fra flokken som skyldoffer.
B1930: de gav sin hånd på at de vilde skille sig fra sine hustruer og ofre en vær av hjorden som skyldoffer for den skyld de hadde pådradd sig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 6:6
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
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2 Kings 10:15
And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
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1 Chronicles 29:24
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
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Lamentations 5:6
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
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Leviticus 6:4
Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
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Galatians 2:9
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
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2 Chronicles 30:8
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
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Leviticus 5:15–16
If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
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