Ezra 10:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel,  an Elamite, responded to Ezra, ‘We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples,  but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:27

Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women? ’

Ezra 9:2

Indeed, the Israelite men  have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed  has become mixed with the surrounding peoples.  The leaders  and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness! ’

Exodus 34:12

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.

James 2:9

If, however, you show favouritism,  you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Nehemiah 3:29

After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. And beside him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

Ezra 10:26

Elam’s descendants:  Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah;

Nehemiah 7:34

the other Elam’s people 1,254

Nehemiah 7:12

Elam’s descendants 1,254

Ezra 2:31

the other Elam’s people 1,254

Ezra 2:7

Elam’s descendants 1,254

Ezra 8:7

Jeshaiah son of Athaliah from Elam’s descendants, and 70 men with him;

Ezra 9:1

After these things had been done, the leaders approached me and said, ‘The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves  from the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices  are like those of the Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

Proverbs 28:13

The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.