Ezra 10:16

Then the [former] exiles did so. Ezra the priest and men who were heads of fathers’ households were selected, according to their fathers’ households, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.

Deuteronomy 13:14

then you shall investigate and search out [witnesses] and ask thorough questions. If it is true and the matter is established that this loathsome thing has been done among you,

Job 29:16

“I was a father to the needy;
I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].

John 7:51

“Does our Law convict someone without first giving him a hearing and finding out what he is [accused of] doing?”

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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 [witnesses] and ask thorough questions. If it is true and the matter is established that this loathsome thing has been done among you,

“I was a father to the needy;
I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].

“Does our Law convict someone without first giving him a hearing and finding out what he is [accused of] doing?”