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‏ Ezra 10:18-44

the sons Ezra 9:1; Lev 21:7, Lev 21:13-15; 1Sam 2:22-24; Neh 13:28; Jer 23:11, Jer 23:14; Ezek 44:22; Mal 2:8-9; 1Tim 3:11

Jeshua Ezra 2:2, Ezra 3:2, Ezra 5:2; 1Chr 6:14-15; Neh 12:10; Hag 1:1; Zech 3:1, Joshua

Maaseiah Neh 8:4, Neh 8:7

gave their hands They bound themselves in the most solemn manner to do as the rest of the delinquents had done, and make and acknowledgment to God of their iniquity, by offering each a ram for a trespass offering. 2Kgs 10:15; 1Chr 29:24; 2Chr 30:8 *marg. Lam 5:6; Gal 2:9

a ram Lev 5:15-16, Lev 6:4, Lev 6:6

Immer Ezra 2:37; 1Chr 24:14; Neh 7:40

Harim Ezra 2:39; 1Chr 24:8; Neh 7:42

Pashur Ezra 2:38; 1Chr 9:12; Neh 7:41

Jozabad Ezra 8:33; Neh 11:16

Kelita Neh 10:10

Moreover of Israel That is, as Calmet observes, simple Israelites; thus distinguished from the priests, Levites, and singers, mentioned in Ezra 10:18, Ezra 10:23-24.

sons of Parosh Ezra 2:3; Neh 7:8

Elam Ezra 10:2, Ezra 2:7, Ezra 2:31, Ezra 8:7; Neh 7:12, Neh 7:34

Jehiel Ezra 10:2

Zattu Ezra 2:8; Neh 7:13

Bebai Ezra 2:11, Ezra 8:11; Neh 7:16

Bani Ezra 2:10; Neh 7:15, Binnui

Malluch Neh 10:4

Pahathmoab Ezra 2:6, Ezra 8:4; Neh 7:11

Harim Ezra 2:32; Neh 7:35

Malchiah This variation only exists in the translation, the original being uniformly Malchijah, or rather, Malkeeyah. Neh 3:11, Malchijah

Hashum Ezra 2:19; Neh 7:22

Bani Ezra 10:29

Machnadebai or, Mabnadebai, according to some copies

Nebo Ezra 2:29; Neh 7:33

strange wives Prov 2:16, Prov 5:3, Prov 5:20

and some of them This observation was probably intended to shew that only a few of them had children, and also how rigorously the law was put in execution. According to a passage in Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho, a Jew, Ezra offered a paschal lamb on this occasion, and addressed the people thus: "And Ezra said to the people, This pass-over is our Saviour and our Refuge; and if ye will be persuaded of it, and let it enter into your hearts, that we are to humble to Him in a sign, and afterwards shall believe in Him, this place shall not be destroyed forever, saith the Lord of hosts; but, if ye will not believe in Him, nor hearken to his preaching, ye shall be a laughing-stock to the Gentiles." This was probably a marginal note added by some early Christian.