Those Married to Foreign Wives

18 The following were found to have married foreign women from the descendants of the priests:

from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
19
They pledged(a) to send their wives away, and being guilty, they offered a ram from the flock for their guilt;(A)
20
Hanani and Zebadiah from Immer’s(B) descendants;
21
Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah from Harim’s(C) descendants;
22
Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah from Pashhur’s(D) descendants.
23 The Levites:(E)

Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 The singers:(F)

Eliashib.


The gatekeepers:(G)

Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
25 The Israelites:(H)

Parosh’s descendants:(I) Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah,(b) and Benaiah;
26
Elam’s descendants:(J) Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah;
27
Zattu’s descendants:(K) Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza;
28
Bebai’s descendants:(L) Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai;
29
Bani’s descendants:(M) Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth;
30
Pahath-moab’s descendants:(N) Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh;
31
Harim’s descendants:(O) Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
32
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah;
33
Hashum’s descendants:(P) Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei;
34
Bani’s descendants:(Q) Maadai, Amram, Uel,
35
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
36
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37
Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu,
38
Bani, Binnui, Shimei,
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Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
40
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
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Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
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Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph;
43
Nebo’s descendants:(R) Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

Footnotes:

a. Ezra 10:19: Lit gave their hand
b. Ezra 10:25: Some LXX mss, 1 Esdras 9:26 read Hashabiah

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