Ezra 10:9 meaning and explanation
So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
Ezra 10:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra has just confronted the returned exiles with their intermarriage with surrounding peoples, and he summons all the men of Judah and Benjamin to Jerusalem under penalty of losing property and place in the community. The ninth month falls in the cold, rainy season, so the crowd sits exposed in the temple square, shivering and anxious.
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