Ezra 10:13

Conservative English Version

But there are so many of us, and we can't just stay out here in this downpour. A lot of us have sinned by marrying foreign women, and the matter can't be settled in only a day or two.

Cross References

Ezra 10:12

Everyone in the crowd shouted: You're right! We will do what you say.

Ezra 10:14

Why can't our officials stay on in Jerusalem and take care of this for us? Let everyone who has sinned in this way meet here at a certain time with leaders and judges from their own towns. If we take care of this problem, God will surely stop being so terribly angry with us.