Ezra 10:16
So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out by name men who were leaders in their family groups. They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,
Deuteronomy 13:14
You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
John 7:51
"Our law doesn't condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?"
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
John 7:51
"Our law doesn't condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?"