Ezra 10:2

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, responded to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples, but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this.

Nehemiah 13:27

Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Ezra 9:2

Indeed, the Israelite men have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has become mixed with the surrounding peoples. The leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

Exodus 34:6-7

Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,

Exodus 34:12

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.

Ezra 2:7

Elam’s descendants1,254

Ezra 10:26

Elam’s descendants: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah;

Nehemiah 3:29

After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. And beside him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

Nehemiah 7:12

Elam’s descendants1,254

Nehemiah 7:34

the other Elam’s people1,254

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.

Jeremiah 3:12-13

Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say:

Return, unfaithful Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not look on you with anger,
for I am unfailing in My love.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not be angry forever.

James 2:9

But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

1 John 1:7-9

But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Ezra 2:31

the other Elam’s people1,254

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Summary

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

General references

Bible References

Shechaniah

Ezra 10:26
Elam’s descendants: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah;
Nehemiah 3:29
After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. And beside him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

We have trespassed

James 2:9
But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Exodus 34:12
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.
Nehemiah 13:27
Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Yet now there is hope

Exodus 34:6
Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.
Jeremiah 3:12
Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say:

Return, unfaithful Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not look on you with anger,
for I am unfailing in My love.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not be angry forever.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

General references

Exodus 18:24
Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.
1 Corinthians 12:21
So the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” Or again, the head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”

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