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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 7:6
I say this as a concession, not as a command.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 7:25
About virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I do give an opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 11:17
What I say in this matter of boasting, I don't speak as the Lord would, but foolishly.
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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_15 10:2
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.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_15 10:3
Let us therefore make a covenant before our God to send away all the [foreign] wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_15 10:11-19
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Therefore, make a confession to the LORD God of your fathers and do His will. Separate yourselves from the surrounding peoples and [your] foreign wives."
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Then all the assembly responded with a loud voice: "Yes, we will do as you say!
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But there are many people, and it is the rainy season. We don't have the stamina to stay out in the open. This isn't something that can be done in a day or two, for we have rebelled terribly in this matter.
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Let our leaders represent the entire assembly. Then let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each town, in order to avert the fierce anger of our God concerning this matter."
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Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.
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The exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family leaders, all [identified] by name, to represent their ancestral houses. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter,
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and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.
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[The following] were found to have married foreign women from the descendants of the priests: from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
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They pledged to send their wives away, and being guilty, [they offered] a ram from the flock for their guilt;
