Ezra 10:16

But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men who were heads of fathers’ households for each of their father’s households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.

Deuteronomy 13:14

then you shall investigate and search out and inquire thoroughly. If it is true and the matter established that this abomination has been done among you,

Job 29:16

“I was a father to the needy,
And I investigated the case which I did not know.

John 7:51

“Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”

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Summary

Ezra 10:16

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.

To examine the matter

Deuteronomy 13:14

Job 29:16

John 7:51

Bible References

To examine the matter

then you shall investigate and search out and inquire thoroughly. If it is true and the matter established that this abomination has been done among you,

“I was a father to the needy,
And I investigated the case which I did not know.

“Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”