Discovery BoxEzra 10:2 
Context10:2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, 1 addressed Ezra:
“We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying 2 foreign women from the local peoples. 3 Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard. 4
Ezra 10:10-11
Context10:10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel. 10:11 Now give praise to the Lord God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents 5 and from these foreign wives.”
1 tc The translation reads with the Qere, many medieval Hebrew
2 tn Heb “in that we have given a dwelling to.” So also in vv. 14, 17, 18.
3 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”
4 tn Heb “upon this.”
5 tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”
