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10:1 The acceptance of people of their sin

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10 and_while_praying ˊEzrāʼ and_while_confessing_himself[fn][fn] weeping and_throwing _down to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the _house the_ʼElohīm they _gathered to_him/it of_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) a _company great very men and_women and_children if/because they _wept the_people great weeping.
2 and_addressed Shecaniah the _son of _Jehiel from_(the)_sons of _Elam[fn] and_he/it _said to_ˊEzrāʼ we we _have _acted _unfaithfully in/on/at/with_god_our and_married women foreign from_peoples the_earth/land and_now there _[is] hope for_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) on this.
3 And_now let _us _make a _covenant with_god_our to_send _away all wives and_the_children from_them in/on/at/with_counsel my_master and_the_tremble in/on/at/with_commandment god_our and_according _to _the_law let _it _be _done.
4 Arise if/because in_your the_matter and_we with_you be _strong and_do.
5 and_he/it _rose _up ˊEzrāʼ and_swear DOM the _leaders the_priests the_Levites and_all Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) for_doing according _to _the_said the_this and_took _the _oath.
6 And_he/it _rose _up ˊEzrāʼ from_to/for_face/front/presence the _house the_ʼElohīm and_he/it _went into the _room of _Jehohanan the _son of _Eliashib and_he/it _went there food not he _ate and_water not he _drank if/because [he _was]_mourning on the _unfaithfulness the_exiles.
7 and_made a _proclamation in/on/at/with_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem) to_all/each/any/every the _children the_exile to_assemble Yərūshālayim.
8 And_all/each/any/every [one]_who not he _will _come within_three the_days by_decision the_officials and_the_elders it _will _be _forfeited all possessions_his and_he he _will _be _separated from_assembly the_exiles.
9 and_assembled all the _people of _Yəhūdāh and_Binyāmīn Yərūshālayim within_three the_days it [was _the]_month the_ninth in/on/at/with_twentieth in/on/at/with_month and_they _lived all the_people in/on/at/with_open _square of _the _house the_ʼElohīm trembling on the_matter and_because _of_the_heavy _rain.
10 and_he/it _rose _up ˊEzrāʼ the_priest/officer and_he/it _said to_them you _all you _all _have _acted _unfaithfully and_married women foreign to_adding to the _guilt of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).
11 And_now give praise to/for_YHWH the _god fathers_your _all’s and_do will_his and_separate from_peoples the_earth/land and_from the_wives the_foreign.
12 And_answered all the_assembly and_they _said a _voice great so as_said_you[fn] to_we for_doing.
13 But the_people [is]_numerous and_the_season [is]_rains and_don’t ability to_stand in/on/at/with_open and_the_task not in_day one and_not for_two if/because we _have _increased to_transgressed in/on/at/with_matter the_this.
14 Let _them _stand please leaders_our to/from_all/each/any/every the_assembly and_all/each/any/every [one]_who in/on/at/with_towns_our the_married women foreign let _him _come at_times appointed and_with_them [the]_elders of _a _city and_town and_judges_her until in _order _to_turned _away the _burning of _the _anger god_our from_him/it until to_the _word/thing/matter the_this.
15 only Yōnātān/(Jonathan) the _son of _ˊAsāh^ʼēl and_Jahzeiah the _son of _Tikvah they _stood on this and_Meshullam and_Shabbethai the_from _tribe _of _Lēvī supported_them.
16 And_they _made thus the _children the_exile and_selected ˊEzrāʼ the_priest/officer men the _heads the_families according _to_families ancestral_their and_all_them in/on/at/with_name and_they _lived in/on_day one of _the_month the_tenth to_investigate the_matter.
17 And_finished in/on/at/with_all [the]_men the_married women foreign until day one of _the_month the_first.

10:1 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

10:1 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.

10:2 Variant note: עולם: (x-qere) ’עֵילָם֙’: lemma_5867 b n_1.2.0 morph_HNp id_15GwE עֵילָם֙

10:12 Variant note: כ/דברי/ך: (x-qere) ’כִּ/דְבָרְ/ךָ֥’: lemma_k/1697 morph_HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms id_15Kbe כִּ/דְבָרְ/ךָ֥

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The acceptance of people of their sin

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