Ezra 10:16 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

BSB

So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,

KJV

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.

ASV

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain heads of fathers’ [houses], after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

BBE

So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fathers' families, all of them by their names, were marked out; and on the first day of the tenth month they took their places to go into the question with care.

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וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־ vai·ya·'a·su- and they did H6213 כֵן khen thus H3651 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] children of H1121 הַגּוֹלָה ha·go·lah the exile H1473 וַיִּבָּדְלוּ vai·yi·ba·de·lu and they separated themselves H914 עֶזְרָא 'ez·ra' Ezra H5830 הַכֹּהֵן ha·ko·hen the priest H3548 אֲנָשִׁים 'a·na·shim men H582 רָאשֵׁי ra·shei [the] leaders of H7218 הָאָבוֹת ha·'a·vot the fathers H1 לְבֵית le·veit for [the] house of H1004 אֲבֹתָם 'a·vo·tam ancestors their H1 וְכֻלָּם ve·khu·lam and all of them H3605 בְּשֵׁמוֹת be·she·mot by names H8034 וַיֵּשְׁבוּ vai·ye·she·vu and they sat down H3427 בְּיוֹם be·yom on day H3117 אֶחָד 'e·chad one H259 לַחֹדֶשׁ la·cho·desh of the month H2320 הָעֲשִׂירִי ha·'a·si·ri (the) tenth H6224 לְדַרְיוֹשׁ le·dar·yo·osh to investigate H1875 הַדָּבָר ha·da·var the matter H1697

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 15–44

The best reformers can but do their endeavour; when the Redeemer himself shall come to Zion, he shall effectually turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And when sin is repented of and forsaken, God will forgive it; but the blood of Christ, our Sin-offering, is the only atonement which takes away our guilt. No seeming repentance or amendment will benefit those who reject Him, for self-dependence proves them still unhumbled. All the names written in the book of life, are those of penitent sinners, not of self-righteous persons, who think they have no need of repentance.

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