8 And that whoſoever would not come within three days, according to the counſel of the princes and the elders, all his ſubſtance ſhould be + forfeited, andtH*b.4 himſelf ſeparated from the con
that had been carried away. » Eicher by Baniſhment : Or rather by Excommunication from the Church, and People, and Houſe and Publick Worſhip of
gregation » of thoſe
9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin 0, ga- thered themſelves together unto Jeruſalem within three days : ( 1t was the ninth monch, on the twentieth day of the month ) and all the people ſat in the ſtreet of the houſe of God p, trembling becauſe of :h;s marter,
o Nor cnly of theſe ewo Tribes, as appears from the following!” -
woted,
+ Het. tht er,
Ezra $ prayer, and w.th the common fin.
in Iſrael concerning this thing e-
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2 And Shechaniah the foa of Jehiel, oe of the ſons of Elam, anſwered and ſaid unto Ezra, We have treſ. paſſed c againſt our God, and have raken d ſtrange wives of the people of the land : yet now there is hope
c He faith, we, either, 1. B-:cauſe he was guilty in this marrzr. Oc, rather, 2, In the name of the Pcopl:, and their ſeveral Fami- Iizs, and ls own amongſt the reſt. For this mans name 1s not in the following Carcalogu-, but thzre we bave his Father, Je*el, and his Fzrhers Bret. ren, five other ſoas of his Granifather £7212,v.26., It was therefore an evidence of his great Courage,and ood Contci-
w
Catalogue, where rhere zre Prieſts and Levites ; bur all rhe Iſracli- tes, v. 25. who are thu« deſcribed, partly becauſe the greateſt part of them were of thete Tribes, though others were mixed with them: and partly becauſe they all now dwelt in that Land which formerly
which was next tothe Temple and wichin the view of it, that ſo they might be as in Gods preſence, whereby they might be awed to a more faithful and vigorous proſecution of their work. And this place they might chute rather than the Court of the People, becauſe they thought ir mipht be polJuted by the delinquents, who were a!1 ro come thither. q Which they took for a token of Gods diſplea»
fuce aguanſt rheny. + io And
was appropriated to rhoſe Tribes, p In that ftreer of the City,
Q yo ww i.
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Clap. f Heb.
Or have brought back.
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in this thing.
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have ca% "_ id Bo Fa, ſea t0 aWwcnu,
have great- n ly offeuded
2 Kings great aftiiction and reproach # : the wall of Jeruſa- 5-19, lem alſo © js broken down, and the gates thereof are
[.
- to encreaſe the treſpaſs of Iſrael. 11 Now therefore make confeſſion unto the LORD
NE #& Þ.
1- And Fzra the prieſtſiood up, andfaid unto them, Ye have tranſgreſſed, and | have taken ſtrange Wives
M 1 4H :
of the flock for their treſpaſs.
; was the uſual geſture in thoſe caſes. Ot
Ezek: 17. 18.
| 20 And of the ſons of Immer ; Hanani, and Zeba-
God of your fathers, and do: his pleaſure r, and ſepa-' q;.1
rate your ſelves from the people of the land, and from !
the ſtrange wives.
7 You have ſinfully pleaſed your ſelves, now pleaſe God by your Ovedience to his Command.
12 Then all the congregation anſwered, and ſaid
with a loud voice, as thou haſt ſaid, ſo mult we do.
much rain, and we are not able to {tand withour, cher is this a wok of one diy ortwo : for |[|we are ma- y that have cranſgrefſed in this thing.
14 Let now our rule;s of all the congregation ſtand s, and let all th m which have taken ſtrange wives * in our Cities, come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the Judges thereof «, un- til the fierce wrath of our God || for this matter, be
be diſpatch» 1, Let the great Counc'l, cailed the Sanhedrim,be ſettled, and meet ed, to judge and determin of a:l particular - Cauſes» # To wit, ©
Who
ligion before their Marriage ; or fince revolred from it. #
are belt ab'c to inform the great Council of the quality of the per- '
ſons, and of all Matters ot Fact and Circumſtances. the thing be done, and Gods wrath thereby removed. | 15 Only Jonathan the fon of Alahel, and Jahaziah' the ſon ot Tikvah, F were employed about this mar- ter y: and Meſhullam, and Shabbethai the Levite help-
ed theme
y To wit, to t:ke due care that the buſineſs ſhould be executed in the manner propoted, thar the Officers and Delinquents of eve- ry City ſhould come ſucceſlively in convenient time and order, as theſe ſhould appoint, and to take and keep an exatt account of the | whole tranſition, and of the names ofthe Cities and Pertons whole | Cauſes were diſpatched, and to give notice to others to come in | their turns, and to prepare the buſineſs for the hearing of the Jud- ges. And theſe two were Prieſts, as their Coadjurors or Helpers were Levites ; that ſo they might inform the perſons concerned, if any matter of doubt did ariſe. :
16 And thechiidren of the captivity did fo: and
Ezra the prieſt, 2y.1h certain chief of the fathers, after
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jab, and Shemjah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
Iſhmael, Nechancel, Jozabad, and Elafſah.
=: A.ſo of the Levites ; Jozabad, and Shimei, and 13 But the people are many, and it is a time of Kelajah, ( che ſame 5s Kelita ) Perhaliiah, Judah, and Ne1- |
lEZer. | 24 Ofthe ſingers alſo, Eliaſhib: and of the porters Shallum, ard Telcm, and Uri.
| 25 Moreover of Iſrael b : of the ſons of Paroſh, Ra- miah,and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and E-
leazar, and Malchijah, and Benajah.
b i. e. Ofthe People of J/-ae!, d ſtinguiſhed from the Prieſts and the Levites hitherto named, who before were called Judah and
Benjamin, v. 9 where ſee the notes.
26 And of the ſons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah,
and Jehiel, and abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. -
taniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 28 Ofche ſons Zabbai, and Athlai.
29 And of the ſons of Bani ; Mzſhullam, Malluch,
and Adajah, Jaſhub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
39 And oi the ſons of Pahath-moab, Adna, and Che- Benajah, Maaſejah, Mattanizh, Bezaleel, and Bin-
Jal, nui, and Manaileh.
31 And of the ſons of Harim ; Eliezer, Iſhijah, Mal-
chiah, Shemajah, Shimeon, | 32 Benjamin, Malluch, 2nd Shemariah.
33 Of che ſons of Haſbum ; Maranai, Mattathah,
Zabad, Eliphglet, Jeremai, Manafleh, and Shimci.
35 Eenajah, Bedejah, Chelluch,
26 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliaſhib.
37 Macttaniah, Mattenai, and Jaaſau, 38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shemei,
the houſe of their tathers, and all of them by rbeir names were ſeparated z, and fare down in the firſt day of the
tenth month ro examine the matter.