Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and by the first day of the first month they finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women. New Living Translation By March 27, the first day of the new year, they had finished dealing with all the men who had married pagan wives. English Standard Version and by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women. Berean Standard Bible and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women. King James Bible And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. New King James Version By the first day of the first month they finished questioning all the men who had taken pagan wives. New American Standard Bible And they finished investigating all the men who had married foreign wives by the first day of the first month. NASB 1995 They finished investigating all the men who had married foreign wives by the first day of the first month. NASB 1977 And they finished investigating all the men who had married foreign wives by the first of the first month. Legacy Standard Bible And they completed investigating all the men who had married foreign wives by the first day of the first month. Amplified Bible And by the first day of the first month they finished investigating all the men married to foreign wives. Christian Standard Bible and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women. Holman Christian Standard Bible and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women. American Standard Version And they made an end with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month. Contemporary English Version and they did not finish until the first day of the first month of the next year. English Revised Version And they made an end with all the men that had married strange women by the first day of the first month. GOD'S WORD® Translation By the first day of the first month, they had finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women. Good News Translation and within the next three months they investigated all the cases of men with foreign wives. International Standard Version By the first day of the first month they concluded their investigation of all of the men who had married foreign wives. Majority Standard Bible and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women. NET Bible and on the first day of the first month they finished considering all the men who had married foreign wives. New Heart English Bible And they finished with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month. Webster's Bible Translation And they made an end with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month. World English Bible They finished with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand they finish with all the men who have settled strange women to the first day of the first month. Young's Literal Translation and they finish with all the men who have settled strange women unto the first day of the first month. Smith's Literal Translation And they will finish with all the men dwelling with strange wives, even to one day to the first month. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. Catholic Public Domain Version And they made an end with all the men who had taken foreign wives, by the first day of the first month. New American Bible By the first day of the first month they had finished dealing with all the men who had taken foreign women for wives. New Revised Standard Version By the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd they finished examining all the men who had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And all the men who married foreign women finished up until the first day of the first month. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And they were finished with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they made an end with all the men who had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The People's Confession of Sin…16So 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, 17and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women. Cross References Nehemiah 13:23-27 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. / Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. / I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! ... Malachi 2:11-12 Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. / As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts. Deuteronomy 7:3-4 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. 1 Kings 11:1-4 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. ... 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ... Exodus 34:15-16 Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. / And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same. 1 Corinthians 7:12-14 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. / And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. / For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. Nehemiah 9:2 Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. Judges 3:5-6 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. / I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. / But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. ... Leviticus 20:26 You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own. Matthew 19:4-6 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Joshua 23:12-13 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 2 Kings 17:33-34 They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. / To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel. Treasury of Scripture And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. A. Jump to Previous Dealing End Ended Finish Finished First Foreign Investigating Married Month Settled Strange Wives WomenJump to Next Dealing End Ended Finish Finished First Foreign Investigating Married Month Settled Strange Wives WomenEzra 10 1. Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages6. Ezra assembles the people 9. The people repent, and promise amendment 15. The care to perform it 18. The names of them which had married strange wives and by the first day of the first month This phrase indicates a specific time frame, highlighting the urgency and importance of the task. The first month in the Hebrew calendar is Nisan, which corresponds to March-April in the Gregorian calendar. This timing is significant as it precedes the Passover, a time of purification and remembrance of deliverance from Egypt. The completion of this task by this date underscores the need for spiritual renewal and purity before such a significant religious observance. The first month also marks the beginning of the agricultural year, symbolizing new beginnings and a fresh start for the community. they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women Persons / Places / Events 1. EzraA scribe and priest who led the second group of exiles back to Jerusalem. He was instrumental in the spiritual and religious reform of the Jewish people. 2. The Men of Israel Refers to the Jewish men who had returned from exile and had married foreign women, which was against the Mosaic Law. 3. Foreign Women Non-Israelite women whom the Jewish men had married, leading to religious and cultural complications. 4. Jerusalem The central place of worship and the city where these events took place, symbolizing the heart of Jewish religious life. 5. The First Day of the First Month This marks the completion of the investigation and resolution of the issue, symbolizing a new beginning and a return to covenant faithfulness. Teaching Points Obedience to God's LawThe importance of adhering to God's commandments, even when it requires difficult decisions and actions. Community Accountability The role of community leaders in guiding and correcting the people to ensure faithfulness to God's covenant. Repentance and Renewal The process of repentance involves not just confession but also tangible actions to rectify wrongs and restore covenant relationships. Cultural and Spiritual Integrity The need to maintain distinctiveness as God's people, avoiding influences that lead away from faithfulness to God. Leadership in Crisis Ezra's leadership exemplifies the courage and wisdom needed to address sin and lead people back to God.Verse 17. - They made an end with all the men. They ran through the whole list of those who were accused of having taken strange wives, and adjudicated on every case, by the first day of the first month, Nisan, corresponding nearly with our April. Deducting Sabbaths, the number of days in the three months would be seventy-five or seventy-six; but it is of course possible that the court did not sit continuously. THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO HAD MARRIED THE STRANGE WIVES (vers. 18-44). Aware of the danger that the nation might relapse into the sin which he was seeking to root out, Ezra punishes the wrong-doers by placing their names on record, that others might fear to do the like. He assigns the first place in his catalogue of offenders to the priests, doubtless because in them the sin was greatest; they, as the special custodians of the Law, were most bound to have observed the Law. Next to the priests he puts the Levites, on the same principle, because of their semi-sacerdotal character. He then concludes with the laymen, arranged under their several families. By the list of laymen it appears that ten only out of some thirty-six lay families were implicated in the sin. Three of the four priestly families, on the other hand, and even the near-kindred of the high priest, were among the guilty. It is remarkable that it is Ezra, a priest, and one by many accused of over-sacerdotalism, who gives this testimony against his own order. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew and byעַ֛ד (‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the first אֶחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first day י֥וֹם (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day of the first הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ (hā·ri·šō·wn) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7223: First, in place, time, rank month לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month they had dealt וַיְכַלּ֣וּ (way·ḵal·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent with all בַכֹּ֔ל (ḇak·kōl) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the men אֲנָשִׁ֕ים (’ă·nā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person who had married הַהֹשִׁ֖יבוּ (ha·hō·šî·ḇū) Article | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry foreign נָכְרִיּ֑וֹת (nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ) Adjective - feminine plural Strong's 5237: Foreign, alien women. נָשִׁ֣ים (nā·šîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female Links Ezra 10:17 NIVEzra 10:17 NLT Ezra 10:17 ESV Ezra 10:17 NASB Ezra 10:17 KJV Ezra 10:17 BibleApps.com Ezra 10:17 Biblia Paralela Ezra 10:17 Chinese Bible Ezra 10:17 French Bible Ezra 10:17 Catholic Bible OT History: Ezra 10:17 They made an end with all (Ezr. 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