Ezra 10:16

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.

Deuteronomy 13:14

then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee,

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

John 7:51

Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

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Summary

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

Bible References

To examine the matter

Deuteronomy 13:14
then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee,
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
John 7:51
Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

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