Ezra 10:15 meaning and explanation

(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)

Ezra 10:15, Berean Standard Bible

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Ezra has just led the returned exiles in a covenant to send away their foreign wives, and the assembly has proposed a slower process handled town by town. This verse pauses the narrative to name the few who opposed that plan: Jonathan and Jahzeiah, backed by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite.

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