Ezra 10

And when Ezra had prayed and when he had made confession, weeping and praying before the house of God, there gathered to him out of Israel a very great assembly, men and women and young men; for the people wept and lifted up loud weeping.

And Sechenias son of Iiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra: We have broken faith with our God and have settled foreign women from the peoples of the land; and now there is endurance for Israel in this matter.

And now let us make a covenant with our God to cast out all the women and those born of them, as you may wish. Arise and terrify them by the commandments of our God; and let it be done as the law says.

Arise, for the matter rests upon you, and we are with you. Be strong and act.

And Ezra arose and made the rulers, the priests and Levites and all Israel, swear to do according to this word; and they swore.

And Ezra rose up from before the house of God and went into the treasury of Ioanan son of Elisoub; and he went there, and he ate no bread and drank no water, for he was mourning over the treachery of those of the exile.

And they sent a voice through Judah and Jerusalem to all the sons of the exile, that they should assemble at Jerusalem.

And everyone who does not come within three days, according to the counsel of the rulers and the elders, all his substance shall be devoted to destruction, and he himself shall be separated from the assembly of the exile.

And all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered to Jerusalem within the three days; this is the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month. And all the people sat in the square of the house of God, because of their tumult over the matter and because of the storm.

And Ezra the priest rose up and said to them: You have broken faith and have settled foreign women, so as to add to the trespass of Israel.

And now give praise to the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do what is pleasing before him, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women.

And all the assembly answered and said: Great is this word of yours upon us, to do.

But the people are many, and the season is wintry, and there is no strength to stand outside; and the work is not for one day nor for two, for we have multiplied in doing wrong in this matter.

Let our rulers stand for the whole assembly; and let all those in our cities who have settled foreign women come at appointed times, according to arrangements, and with them the elders of each city and the judges, to turn away the wrath of the anger of our God from us concerning this matter.

Only Ionathan son of Asael and Iazia son of Thekoue were with me concerning this; and Mesoulam and Sabathai the Levite were helping them.

And the sons of the exile did so. And Ezra the priest and men, rulers of fathers' houses for the house, were set apart, and all of them by names; and they returned on the first day of the tenth month to search out the matter.

And they finished with all the men who had settled foreign women by the first day of the first month.

And there were found among the sons of the priests who had settled foreign women: of the sons of Jesus son of Iosedek and his brothers, Maasea and Eliezer and Iarib and Gadalia.

And they gave their hand to put away their wives, and as guilt offerings a ram from the flock for their guilt.

And from the sons of Emmer: Anani and Zabdia.

And from the sons of Heram: Masaia, and Elia, and Samaia, and Iiel, and Ozia.

And from the sons of Phasour: Elioenai, Maasaia, and Ismael, and Nathanael, and Iozabad, and Elasa.

And from the Levites: Iozabad, and Samou, and Kolia (he is Kolitas), and Phathaia, and Iodom, and Eliezer.

And from the singers: Elisaph; and from the gatekeepers: Sellem, and Telem, and Odoue.

And from Israel, from the sons of Phoros: Ramia, and Iazia, and Melchia, and Meamin, and Eleazar, and Asabia, and Banaia.

And from the sons of Elam: Mathania, and Zacharia, and Iaiel, and Abdia, and Iarimoth, and Elia.

And from the sons of Zathoua: Elioenai, Elisoub, Mathania, and Iarmoth, and Zabad, and Oziza.

And from the sons of Babi: Ioanan, Anania, and Zabou, Othali.

And from the sons of Banoui: Mesoulam, Malouch, Adaias, Iasoub, and Salouia, and Remoth.

And from the sons of Phaathmoab: Edene, Chalel, Banaia, Masea, Mathania, Beseleel, and Banoui, and Manasse.

And from the sons of Heram: Eliezer, Iessia, Melchia, Samaia, Semeon;

Beniamin, Malouch, Samaria.

And from the sons of Esam: Mathani, Mathatha, Zabed, Eliphaleth, Ierami, Manasse, Semei.

From the sons of Bani: Moodi, Amram, Ouel,

Banaia, Badaia, Chelia,

Ouiechoa, Ieramoth, Eliasib,

Mathania, Mathanai; and they did it.

The sons of Banoui and the sons of Semei,

and Selemia, and Nathan, and Adaia,

Machnadabou, Sesi, Sarou,

Ezerel, and Selemia, and Samaria,

and Saloum, Amaria, Ioseph.

From the sons of Nabou: Iiel, Mathathia, Sedem, Zambina, Iadai, and Ioel, and Banaia.

All these took foreign wives, and they begot sons by them.