Ezra 10:16 meaning and explanation
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,
Ezra 10:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra has just confronted the returned exiles about intermarriage with the surrounding peoples, and the assembly has agreed to a careful process rather than a rushed decision. Here the community follows through: Ezra appoints family heads, named individually, to investigate each case town by town.
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