Ezra 10:16
in Ezra 10So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ houses, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
KJV
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
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This verse in Ezra 10
Commentary
6 notes on this verseIt was happy for them that they had such a man as Ezra to head them; they could not have done it well without his direction, yet he would not do it without their concurrence.
This site's exposition
On the first day of the tenth month
on Ezra 10:16-17
The investigation runs three months, from the first day of the tenth month to the first day of the first month. Ezra selects family heads, each identified by name, to represent their families. This is the same ancestral method that shaped the registers of Ezra 2.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
And they sat on the first day of the tenth month, etc. Note that the number three is very commonly used in mystical figures. It was previously said that in three days all the sons of the diaspora should come to Jerusalem; and now in …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Of Judah - Not only of these two tribes, as appears from the following catalogue, where there are priests and Levites; but all the Israelites, ver. 25, who are thus described, because the greatest part of them were of these tribes, though others were mixed with them: and because they all now dwelt in that land, which formerly was appropriated to those tribes.
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And the children of the captivity did so,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Ezra the priest stood up, and said--Having fully represented the enormity of their sin and urged them to dissolve their unlawful connections, he was gratified by receiving a prompt acknowledgment of the justice of his reproof and a promise of compliance with his recommendation.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ | vaiyaasu- | and they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כֵן֮ | khen | thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] children of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַגּוֹלָה֒ | hagolah | the exile | H1473 → | 43 times |
| וַיִּבָּדְלוּ֩ | vaiyibadelu | and they separated themselves | H914 → | 42 times |
| עֶזְרָ֨א | ʾezra' | Ezra | H5830 → | 22 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֜ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֲנָשִׁ֨ים | ʾanashim | men | H582 → | 566 times |
| רָאשֵׁ֧י | rashei | [the] leaders of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הָאָב֛וֹת | haavot | the fathers | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לְבֵ֥ית | leveit | for [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֖ם | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְכֻלָּ֣ם | vekhulam | and all of them | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת | beshemot | by names | H8034 → | 864 times |
| וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ | vaiyeshevu | and they sat down | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּי֤וֹם | beyom | on day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֶחָד֙ | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י | haasiri | <the> tenth | H6224 → | |
| לְדַרְי֖וֹשׁ | ledaryoosh | to investigate | H1875 → | 164 times |
| הַדָּבָֽר׃ | hadavar | the matter | H1697 → | 1440 times |
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־and they did
vaiyaasu-H6213 →2628 times
כֵן֮thus
khenH3651 →771 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] children of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
הַגּוֹלָה֒the exile
hagolahH1473 →43 times
וַיִּבָּדְלוּ֩and they separated themselves
vaiyibadeluH914 →42 times
עֶזְרָ֨אEzra
ʾezra'H5830 →22 times
הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
אֲנָשִׁ֨יםmen
ʾanashimH582 →566 times
רָאשֵׁ֧י[the] leaders of
rasheiH7218 →599 times
הָאָב֛וֹתthe fathers
haavotH1 →1212 times
לְבֵ֥יתfor [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבֹתָ֖םancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
וְכֻלָּ֣םand all of them
vekhulamH3605 →5413 times
בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹתby names
beshemotH8034 →864 times
וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּand they sat down
vaiyeshevuH3427 →1079 times
בְּי֤וֹםon day
beyomH3117 →2304 times
אֶחָד֙one
ʾechadH259 →971 times
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י<the> tenth
haasiriH6224 →
לְדַרְי֖וֹשׁto investigate
ledaryooshH1875 →164 times
הַדָּבָֽר׃the matter
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
it leads to
- Proverbs 18:13
He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.
- Deuteronomy 1:17
Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I…
- Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
- Deuteronomy 19:15–19
A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or…
- Proverbs 18:13
Through
Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
it leads to
- Proverbs 29:7
The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
- Proverbs 29:7
Through
Deuteronomy 13:14then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 17:4
and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,
- John 7:24
Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
- Isaiah 11:3–4
And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
- Deuteronomy 17:4
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This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. F. Adeney, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Expositor's Bible).