Ezra 9:1 meaning and explanation
After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
Ezra 9:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra has just finished organizing the return from exile and the rebuilding of the temple community. Now the leaders come to him with a report: the people, priests and Levites included, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples.
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