Ezra 10:1 meaning and explanation
While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
Ezra 10:1, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Ezra has just learned that many returned exiles, including priests and leaders, have married women from the surrounding peoples, a practice tied to idolatry and forbidden in the Law. Here he lies facedown before the temple, praying and confessing, not as a private mourner but as a representative of the whole community.
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