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 10:10
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.
Ezra 10:18
Context10:18 It was determined 5 that from the descendants of the priests, the following had taken foreign wives: from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
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 “found.”