Ezra 10:17
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 Version
and 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 Bible
And 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 Bible
And 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 1917
And 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 ...
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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.

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1. Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages
6. Ezra assembles the people
9. The people repent, and promise amendment
15. The care to perform it
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and by the first day
The phrase "and by the first day" signifies a specific time frame, indicating the urgency and importance of the task at hand. In the Hebrew calendar, the first day of the first month, Nisan, is significant as it marks the beginning of the religious year. This timing underscores a new beginning for the Israelites, symbolizing a fresh start in their covenant relationship with God. The meticulous attention to time reflects the seriousness with which the community approached the issue of intermarriage, emphasizing the need for prompt obedience to God's commands.

of the first month
The "first month" refers to Nisan, which is pivotal in the Jewish calendar. Historically, Nisan is associated with the Exodus from Egypt, a time of liberation and renewal. This context adds depth to the narrative in Ezra, as the community seeks to purify itself and return to the foundational principles of their faith. The choice of this month for resolving the issue of intermarriage highlights the desire for spiritual renewal and alignment with God's will, echoing the themes of deliverance and restoration.

they had dealt with
The phrase "they had dealt with" indicates a completed action, suggesting thoroughness and resolution. The Hebrew root here implies a judicial or administrative process, reflecting the organized and deliberate approach taken by the leaders. This was not a hasty or superficial action but a comprehensive examination and resolution of the issue. It underscores the community's commitment to uphold the law and maintain the purity of their worship and identity as God's chosen people.

all the men
"All the men" emphasizes the inclusivity and thoroughness of the process. It suggests that no one was exempt from scrutiny, highlighting the communal responsibility to adhere to God's commandments. This collective accountability is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, where the actions of individuals impact the entire community. The phrase underscores the importance of unity and shared commitment to God's standards, reinforcing the idea that personal choices have communal consequences.

who had married foreign women
The phrase "who had married foreign women" addresses the central issue of intermarriage with those outside the covenant community. In the historical and scriptural context, such marriages were seen as a threat to the religious and cultural identity of the Israelites. The concern was not ethnic but spiritual, as foreign wives often brought with them the worship of other gods, leading to idolatry and syncretism. This phrase highlights the need for the community to remain distinct and faithful to their covenant with God, avoiding influences that could lead them away from their foundational beliefs and practices.

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 by
עַ֛ד (‘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


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