Ezra 10:16

But the Sons of the Exile, did thus, and Ezra the priest separated to himself certain men - ancestral heads by their ancestral houses, and all of them by name, - and they took their seats on the first day of the tenth month to search into the matter;

Deuteronomy 13:14

and thou shalt enquire, and search out, and ask diligently, - and lo! true - certain, is the thing, this abomination, hath been done, in thy midst,

Job 29:16

A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;

John 7:51

Surely, our law, doth not judge the man, unless it hear first from him, and get to know what he is doing?

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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
and thou shalt enquire, and search out, and ask diligently, - and lo! true - certain, is the thing, this abomination, hath been done, in thy midst,
Job 29:16
A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;
John 7:51
Surely, our law, doth not judge the man, unless it hear first from him, and get to know what he is doing?