Ezra 10:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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,”
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“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,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, <FI>and<Fi> men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine the matter;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezra 10:16 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 13:14then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
- Deuteronomy 13:15you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
- Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
- John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
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