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Now there were found, of the sons of the priests, who had married foreign women, - of the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah; and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.


Now, therefore, your daughters, do not ye give to their sons, and, their daughters, do not ye take for your sons, neither shall ye seek their prosperity nor their pleasure unto times age-abiding, - to the end ye may become strong, and may eat the good of the land, and may suffer your children to possess I, unto times age-abiding.

Then arose Ezra the priest, and said unto them, Ye, have acted unfaithfully, and have married foreign women, - to add unto the guilt of Israel. Now, therefore, make confession unto Yahweh God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, - and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women. Then responded all the convocation and said, with a loud voice, - Thus, according to thy word concerning us, must it be done. read more.
Nevertheless, the people, are many, and, the season, is that of the heavy rains, and we are not able to stand outside, - and, the business, is not one for a single day, nor yet for two, for we have abundantly transgressed, in this thing. Let, we beseech thee, our rulers take up their station for all the convocation, and, all who, throughout our cities, have married foreign women, let them come in at times appointed, and, with them, the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the glow of the anger of our God be turned from us, concerning this matter. Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, made a stand against this, - and, Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, helped them. 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; and they made an end with all the men who had married foreign women, - by the first day of the first month. Now there were found, of the sons of the priests, who had married foreign women, - of the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah; and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt. And, of the sons of Immer, Hanani, and Zebadiah. And, of the sons of Harim, Maaseiah and Elijah and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. And, of the sons of Passhur, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasar. And, of the Levites, Jozabad and Shimei, and Kelaiah, the same, is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. And, of the singers, Eliashib. And, of the doorkeepers, Shallum and Telem and Uri. And, of Israel, of the sons of Parosh, Ramiah and Izziah and Malchijah and Mijamin and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. And, of the sons of Elam, Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah. And, of the sons of Zattu, Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. And, of the sons of Bebai, Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai. And, of the sons of Bani, Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth. And, of the sons of Pahath-moab, Adna and Chelal, - Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. And, of the sons of Harim, Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon; Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah. Of the sons of Hashum, Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, - Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei. Of the sons of Bani, Maadai, Amram, and Uel; Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhu; Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib; Mettaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu; and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei; and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah; Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai; Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah; Shallum, Amariah, Joseph. Of the sons of Nebo, Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, - Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah. All these, had taken foreign women, - and had begotten of them children.

Moreover, in these days, saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab;


Now, when these things were ended, the rulers drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not kept themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, - in view of their abominations-even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites; for they have taken of their daughters, for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have intermingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, - and, the hand of the rulers and the deputies, hath, in this unfaithfulness, been, foremost.

Now there were found, of the sons of the priests, who had married foreign women, - of the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah; and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt. And, of the sons of Immer, Hanani, and Zebadiah. read more.
And, of the sons of Harim, Maaseiah and Elijah and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. And, of the sons of Passhur, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasar. And, of the Levites, Jozabad and Shimei, and Kelaiah, the same, is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. And, of the singers, Eliashib. And, of the doorkeepers, Shallum and Telem and Uri. And, of Israel, of the sons of Parosh, Ramiah and Izziah and Malchijah and Mijamin and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. And, of the sons of Elam, Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah. And, of the sons of Zattu, Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. And, of the sons of Bebai, Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai. And, of the sons of Bani, Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth. And, of the sons of Pahath-moab, Adna and Chelal, - Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. And, of the sons of Harim, Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon; Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah. Of the sons of Hashum, Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, - Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei. Of the sons of Bani, Maadai, Amram, and Uel; Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhu; Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib; Mettaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu; and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei; and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah; Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai; Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah; Shallum, Amariah, Joseph. Of the sons of Nebo, Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, - Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah. All these, had taken foreign women, - and had begotten of them children.


Now, when these things were ended, the rulers drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not kept themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, - in view of their abominations-even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites; for they have taken of their daughters, for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have intermingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, - and, the hand of the rulers and the deputies, hath, in this unfaithfulness, been, foremost.

And, of the sons of the priests, the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, - the sons of Barzillai, who took of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. These, sought their writing wherein they were registered, but they were not found, - so they were desecrated out of the priesthood;

Now there were found, of the sons of the priests, who had married foreign women, - of the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah; and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt. And, of the sons of Immer, Hanani, and Zebadiah. read more.
And, of the sons of Harim, Maaseiah and Elijah and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. And, of the sons of Passhur, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasar. And, of the Levites, Jozabad and Shimei, and Kelaiah, the same, is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. And, of the singers, Eliashib. And, of the doorkeepers, Shallum and Telem and Uri.

Now, before this, Eliashib the priest, who was set over a chamber of the house of God, was allied unto Tobiah; so he prepared him a large chamber, where aforetime they used to lay the meal-offering, the frankincense, and the utensils, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine and the oil, in charge of the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, - and the heave-offerings for the priests. But, throughout all this time , was I not in Jerusalem, - for, in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I came unto the king, and, at the end of certain days, obtained I leave of the king; read more.
and came to Jerusalem, - and had intelligence of the wickedness which Eliashib had committed for Tobiah, in preparing for him a chamber, in the courts of the house of God; and it grieved me exceedingly, - and I cast forth all the household utensils of Tobiah, outside of the chamber. Then commanded I, and they purified the chambers, - and I put back there, the utensils of the house of God, the meal-offering and the frankincense. Then came I to know, that, the portions of the Levites, had not been given them , - so that the Levites and the singers, who had been doing the work, had fled every one to his field. Therefore contended I with the deputies, and said, Wherefore is the house of God, forsaken? So I gathered them together, and set them in their place. Then, all Judah, brought in the tithe of corn, and new wine, and oil, unto the treasuries; and I made treasurers over the treasuries - Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from among the Levites, and, next unto them, Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, - for faithful were they accounted, and it was laid upon them to distribute unto their brethren.

And, one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, - therefore I chased him from me. Remember them, O my God, - on account of the Defilings of the Priesthood, and the Covenant of the Priesthood, and of the Levites.

Speak thou unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying, - When ye fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh, even these seventy years, did ye, really fast, unto, me? And, when ye used to eat and when ye used to drink, was it not, of your own accord, ye did eat, and, of your own accord, ye did drink?


To Egypt, have we stretched out our hand, to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.

Seeing he hath despised an oath. by breaking a covenant - yea lo! hath given his hand and all these things hath done he shall not escape.

and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.


and shall bring in as his guilt-bearer unto Yahweh for his sin which he hath committed, a female from the flock - a lamb or a kid of the goats - as a sin-bearer, - so shall the priest put propitiatory-covering over him, because of his sin.

And they said - If ye are going to send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away, empty, but ye must, surely return, to him, a guilt-offering, - then, shall ye be healed, and it shall be known to you, wherefore his hand would not turn away from you.

Silver for guilt-offerings and silver for sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Yahweh, - to the priests, they belonged.

and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

but, his guilt-bearer, itself, shall he bring in unto Yahweh, - a ram without defect out of the flock by thine estimate as a guilt-bearer, unto the priest.

And this, is the law of the guilt-bearer, - most holy, it is!

And the priest shall take one he-lamb, and bring him near as a guilt-bearer and the log of oil, - and shall wave them as a wave-offering, before Yahweh;

but he shall bring in his guilt-bearer unto Yahweh, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, - even a ram as a guilt-bearer;


To Egypt, have we stretched out our hand, to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.

A man lacking sense, is one who striketh hands, giving security, before his neighbour.

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, - have struck for a stranger thy hands,

Seeing he hath despised an oath. by breaking a covenant - yea lo! hath given his hand and all these things hath done he shall not escape.

and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.


Now, when these things were ended, the rulers drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not kept themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, - in view of their abominations-even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites; for they have taken of their daughters, for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have intermingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, - and, the hand of the rulers and the deputies, hath, in this unfaithfulness, been, foremost.

Now there were found, of the sons of the priests, who had married foreign women, - of the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah; and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt. And, of the sons of Immer, Hanani, and Zebadiah. read more.
And, of the sons of Harim, Maaseiah and Elijah and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. And, of the sons of Passhur, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasar. And, of the Levites, Jozabad and Shimei, and Kelaiah, the same, is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. And, of the singers, Eliashib. And, of the doorkeepers, Shallum and Telem and Uri. And, of Israel, of the sons of Parosh, Ramiah and Izziah and Malchijah and Mijamin and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. And, of the sons of Elam, Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah. And, of the sons of Zattu, Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. And, of the sons of Bebai, Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai. And, of the sons of Bani, Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth. And, of the sons of Pahath-moab, Adna and Chelal, - Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. And, of the sons of Harim, Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon; Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah. Of the sons of Hashum, Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, - Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei. Of the sons of Bani, Maadai, Amram, and Uel; Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhu; Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib; Mettaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu; and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei; and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah; Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai; Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah; Shallum, Amariah, Joseph. Of the sons of Nebo, Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, - Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah. All these, had taken foreign women, - and had begotten of them children.

And thus, the sons of Israel, dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, - the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and took their daughters to be their wives, their own daughters moreover, gave they unto their sons, and they served their gods.


and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

Then arose Ezra and made the rulers of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, swear to do according to this word - and they sware.


and shall bring in as his guilt-bearer unto Yahweh for his sin which he hath committed, a female from the flock - a lamb or a kid of the goats - as a sin-bearer, - so shall the priest put propitiatory-covering over him, because of his sin.

And they said - If ye are going to send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away, empty, but ye must, surely return, to him, a guilt-offering, - then, shall ye be healed, and it shall be known to you, wherefore his hand would not turn away from you.

Silver for guilt-offerings and silver for sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Yahweh, - to the priests, they belonged.

and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

but, his guilt-bearer, itself, shall he bring in unto Yahweh, - a ram without defect out of the flock by thine estimate as a guilt-bearer, unto the priest.

And this, is the law of the guilt-bearer, - most holy, it is!

And the priest shall take one he-lamb, and bring him near as a guilt-bearer and the log of oil, - and shall wave them as a wave-offering, before Yahweh;

but he shall bring in his guilt-bearer unto Yahweh, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, - even a ram as a guilt-bearer;


Then shall be separate unto Yahweh his days of separation, and shall bring in a he-lamb a year old as a guilt-bearer, - and, the first days, shall be lost because his separation, was made unclean.

and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

When any person, shall sin, and shall commit a trespass against Yahweh, - and shall withhold something of the truth from his neighbour in respect of a deposit, or a pledge or anything plundered, or shall use extortion with his neighbour; or shall find something lost and shall withhold some-thing of the truth therein, and shall swear to a falsehood, - as regardeth a single thing of all that a son of earth may do, to commit sin thereby; and so it shall come about that he shall commit sin and then become aware of his guilt, then shall he return the plunder which he had plundered, or the extortion which he had extorted, or the deposit that was deposited with him, - or the lost thing which he hath found: read more.
or in anything as to which he hath been swearing to a falsehood, then shall he make it good in the principal thereof, and the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto, - to whomsoever it belongeth, to him, shall he give it in the day he becometh aware of his guilt; but, his guilt-bearer, itself, shall he bring in unto Yahweh, - a ram without defect out of the flock by thine estimate as a guilt-bearer, unto the priest. So shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him before Yahweh, and it shall be forgiven him, - on account of any one thing, of all which one might do, so as to become guilty therein.

And this, is the law of the guilt-bearer, - most holy, it is! In the place where they slay the ascending-sacrifice, shall they slay the guilt-bearer; and, the blood thereof, shall one dash against the altar, round about; and, as for all the fat thereof, one shall bring near therefrom, - the fat-tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards; read more.
and the two kidneys, with the fat that is upon them, which is upon the loins, - and the caul upon the liver, up to the kidneys, shall he remove it. And the priest shall make a perfume with them at the altar, an altar-flame unto Yahweh - a guilt-bearer, it is, Any male among the priests, may eat thereof, - in a holy place, shall it be eaten, most holy, it is. As the sin-bearer, so the guilt-bearer, - one law, for them, - the priest who maketh a propitiatory-covering, therewith, - to him, shall it belong,

And, on the eighth day, he shall take two he-lambs, without defect, and one ewe-lamb, the choice of its year without defect, - and three-tenths of fine meal for a meal-offering, overflowed with oil, and one log of oil. And the priest that is cleansing him shall cause the man that is to be cleansed, and those things to stand before Yahweh, at the opening of the tent of meeting. And the priest shall take one he-lamb, and bring him near as a guilt-bearer and the log of oil, - and shall wave them as a wave-offering, before Yahweh; read more.
and shall slay the lamb in the place where the sin-bearer and the ascending-sacrifice are slain, in the holy place, - for like the sin-bearer, the guilt-bearer, is the priests, most holy, it is. Then shall the priest take of the blood of the guilt-bearer, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, - and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot; and the priest shall take of the log of oil, - and shall pour it upon the palm of the priest's left hand, and the priest shall dip his right finger and take of the oil that is on the palm of his left hand, - and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh: and of the remainder of the oil which is on the palm of his hand, shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, - upon the blood of the guilt-bearer; and that which remaineth of the oil that is on the palm of the priest's hand, he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, - so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him, before Yahweh. Then shall the priest offer the sin-bearer, and shall put a propitiatory-covering over him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness, - and, afterwards, shall he slay the ascending-sacrifice. And the priest shall cause the ascending-sacrifice, and the meal-offering to ascend at the altar, - so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him, and he shall be clean. But if he be poor and his hand hath not enough, then shall he take one he-lamb as a guilt-bearer to be waved to put a propitiatory-covering over him, - and one-tenth of fine meal, overflowed with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil, and two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, for which his hand hath enough, - so shall one be a sin-bearer, and the other an ascending-sacrifice.

and the priest shall offer them, one as a sin-bearer and the other as an ascending-sacrifice, - so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him, before Yahweh, because of his flux.

And, on the eighth day, shall she take to herself two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, - and bring them in unto the priest, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting; and the priest shall offer the one as a sin-bearer, and the other as an ascending-sacrifice, - so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over her, before Yahweh, because of her unclean flow.

but he shall bring in his guilt-bearer unto Yahweh, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, - even a ram as a guilt-bearer; and the priest shall put propitiatory-covering over him with the guilt-bearing ram before Yahweh, on account of his sin which he hath committed, - so shall he have forgiveness, from his sin which he hath committed.


Now, when these things were ended, the rulers drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not kept themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, - in view of their abominations-even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites; for they have taken of their daughters, for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have intermingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, - and, the hand of the rulers and the deputies, hath, in this unfaithfulness, been, foremost.

and I made treasurers over the treasuries - Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from among the Levites, and, next unto them, Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, - for faithful were they accounted, and it was laid upon them to distribute unto their brethren.

And, one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, - therefore I chased him from me. Remember them, O my God, - on account of the Defilings of the Priesthood, and the Covenant of the Priesthood, and of the Levites.

Now, before this, Eliashib the priest, who was set over a chamber of the house of God, was allied unto Tobiah; so he prepared him a large chamber, where aforetime they used to lay the meal-offering, the frankincense, and the utensils, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine and the oil, in charge of the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, - and the heave-offerings for the priests. But, throughout all this time , was I not in Jerusalem, - for, in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I came unto the king, and, at the end of certain days, obtained I leave of the king; read more.
and came to Jerusalem, - and had intelligence of the wickedness which Eliashib had committed for Tobiah, in preparing for him a chamber, in the courts of the house of God; and it grieved me exceedingly, - and I cast forth all the household utensils of Tobiah, outside of the chamber. Then commanded I, and they purified the chambers, - and I put back there, the utensils of the house of God, the meal-offering and the frankincense.

Now there were found, of the sons of the priests, who had married foreign women, - of the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah; and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt. And, of the sons of Immer, Hanani, and Zebadiah. read more.
And, of the sons of Harim, Maaseiah and Elijah and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. And, of the sons of Passhur, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasar.


Now there were found, of the sons of the priests, who had married foreign women, - of the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah; and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

Now, when these things were ended, the rulers drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not kept themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, - in view of their abominations-even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites; for they have taken of their daughters, for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have intermingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, - and, the hand of the rulers and the deputies, hath, in this unfaithfulness, been, foremost.

And, the rest of the people - the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, - every one having knowledge and understanding,

Then arose Ezra and made the rulers of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, swear to do according to this word - and they sware.