Ezra 10:8

6 Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

7 And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.

Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

9 So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.

10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.

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
Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
KJV
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
WEB
and that whoever didn’t come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his possessions should be forfeited, and he himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.
ASV
and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.
DARBY
and that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be confiscated, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
BLB
and all who would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, all his property would be confiscated and he would be separated from the assembly of the exiles.
ÅB
og om det var noen som ikke kom innen tre dager, slik som høvdingene og de eldste hadde fastsatt, skulle alt hans gods bannlyses, og han selv utelukkes fra de hjemkomnes menighet.
OTB
Enhver som ikke møtte opp innen tre dager, ville miste all sin eiendom, i samsvar med ledernes og de eldres beslutning, og ville bli utelukket fra de bortførtes forsamling.
B1930
og om det var nogen som ikke kom innen tre dager, således som høvdingene og de eldste hadde fastsatt, skulde alt hans gods bannlyses, og han selv utelukkes fra de hjemkomnes menighet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezra 7:26

    If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

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  • 1 Samuel 11:7

    He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they turned out as one man.

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  • Joshua 6:19

    For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”

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  • Nehemiah 13:3

    As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.

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  • John 9:22

    His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

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  • Judges 21:5

    The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.

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  • 1 Corinthians 5:13

    God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”

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  • Matthew 18:17

    If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

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