Ezra 10:16
Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men, heads of fathers' houses, according to their fathers' houses, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter;
Deuteronomy 13:14
then you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you,
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
John 7:51
"Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
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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 you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you,
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
John 7:51
"Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"