Ezra 10:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So the Israelites who came back to Jerusalem accepted the plan. Ezra the priest chose men who were family leaders. He chose one man from each tribe. Each man was chosen by name. On the first day of the tenth month, the men who were chosen sat down to study each of the cases.

Cross References

John 7:51

“Our law will not let us judge anyone without first hearing them and finding out what they have done.”

Job 29:16

I was like a father to the poor. I helped people I didn’t even know win their case in court.

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,

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 the plan.

Ezra 10:17

And by the first day of the first month, they finished discussing all the men who had married foreign women.

Deuteronomy 13:15

then you must kill all the people of that city and their animals too. You must destroy that city completely.