Ezra 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 10:5
Context10:5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan. 5 And they all took a solemn oath.
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 “to do according to this plan.”