Ezra 10:16

Easy To Read Version

So the people of Israel that came back to Jerusalem agreed to accept that plan. Ezra the priest chose men that were family leaders. He chose one man from each family group. Each man was chosen by name. On the first day of the tenth month {\cf2\super [59]} those men that were chosen sat down to study each of the cases.

Cross References

Ezra 10:15

Only a few men were against this plan. They were Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah. Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite also were against that plan.

Ezra 10:17

And by the first day of the first month, {\cf2\super [60]} they finished discussing all the men who had married foreign women.

Job 29:16

I was like a father for poor people.\par I helped people I didn’t even know\par win their arguments in court.\par

John 7:51

“Our law will not let us judge a person without hearing him. We cannot judge him until we know what he has done.”

Deuteronomy 13:14

If you hear this kind of news, you must do all you can to learn if it is true. If you learn that it is true—if you prove that such a terrible thing really did happen—

Deuteronomy 13:15

then you must punish the people of that city. You must kill them all. And kill all their animals, too. You must destroy that city completely.