Ezra 10:16

So those who had returned from exile did this. Ezra the priest and leaders of certain ancestral groups listed by name devoted themselves to examine the situation on the first day of the tenth month.

Deuteronomy 13:14

You must thoroughly investigate and inquire if it is true that this detestable thing exists among you. If it is so,

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn't know.

John 7:51

"Surely our Law does not condemn a person without first hearing from him and finding out what he is doing, does it?"

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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
You must thoroughly investigate and inquire if it is true that this detestable thing exists among you. If it is so,
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn't know.
John 7:51
"Surely our Law does not condemn a person without first hearing from him and finding out what he is doing, does it?"

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