Ezra 10:19 meaning and explanation
Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.
Ezra 10:19, Berean Standard Bible
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These four men belonged to the priestly line of Jeshua, the high priest who had returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Their offense was especially serious because priests were held to a stricter standard, and their intermarriage with women from the surrounding peoples threatened the community's covenant identity.
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