7 So Esdras arose up and said to them, “You have transgressed the law and married foreign wives, increasing the sins of Israel. (WEB) 8 Now make confession and give glory to the Lord, the God of our fathers, (WEB) 9 and do his will, and separate yourselves from the heathen of the land, and from the foreign women.” (WEB) 10 Then the whole multitude cried out, and said with a loud voice, “Just as you have spoken, so we will do. (WEB) 11 But because the multitude is great, and it is foul weather, so that we can’t stand outside, and this is not a work of one day or two, seeing our sin in these things has spread far, (WEB) 12 therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all those of our settlements that have foreign wives come at the time appointed, (WEB)
1 Esdras 9:7–12
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