Ezra 10:16

New English Translation

So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out by name men who were leaders in their family groups. They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,

Cross References

Ezra 10:15

Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah were against this, assisted by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite.

Ezra 10:17

and on the first day of the first month they finished considering all the men who had married foreign wives.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

John 7:51

“Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

Deuteronomy 13:14

You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,

Deuteronomy 13:15

you must by all means slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock.