Vaniah
Exile
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Vaniah was an Israelite who had married a foreign wife during the Exile.
Vaniah was one of the Israelite men in the family of Bani who had taken foreign wives and was listed among those who agreed to put them away under Ezra's reform program (Ezra 10:36). He is mentioned only in this single verse in the catalogue of returnees who participated in the covenant renewal community's effort to address the problem of intermarriage. No further details about his background or family are provided.