Ezra 10:3
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Context
This verse from Ezra Chapter 10 connects to 10 cross-references. A large assembly of the people gathers at Jerusalem, weeping in the rain outside the temple, and Shecaniah proposes a covenant to send away all foreign wives and the children born to them, according to the law's counsel. Ezra makes …
Other Translations
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
and now, let us make a covenant with our God, to cause all the women to go out, and that which is born of them, by the counsel of the Lord, and of those trembling at the command of our God, and according to law it is done;
Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.
Cross References
And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou …
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt …
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