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Verse Ezra 10:25. _MOREOVER OF ISRAEL_] That is, as Calmet observes,
_simple Israelites_, to distinguish them from the _priests,_
_Levites_, and _singers, mentioned_ in Ezra 10:18; Ezra 10:23;...
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Compare with the list in Ezra 2.
Ezra 10:19
THEY GAVE THEIR HANDS - i. e., “solemnly pledged themselves”
(compare the marginal references).
Ezra 10:44...
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CHAPTER 10
_ 1. The effect of Ezra's prayer on the people (Ezra 10:1)_
2. Ezra summons an assembly (Ezra 10:5)
3. The gathering, confession and the evil judged (Ezra 10:9)
4. The register of those...
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A LIST OF THOSE WHO HAD MARRIED FOREIGN WIVES. These include seventeen
priests, together with Levites, singers, and doorkeepers, and also
laymen....
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The List of those who -had married strange women"
The record of the names was probably one of the documents officially
preserved. The publicity of such a list was in itself a punishment to
the offend...
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Israel, or the laity
as distinguished from priests and Levites. Cf. Ezra 2:2 -the men of
the people of Israel". Ezra 9:1 -the people of Israel, and the priests
and the Levites".
_Moreover of Israel_...
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5. A list is made of those who complied.
TEXT, EZRA 10:20-44
20.
And of the sons of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah;
21.
and of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and
Uzz...
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OF ISRAEL] i.e. of the laity, as contrasted with the priests and
Levites....
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THE FOREIGN WIVES ARE DIVORCED
3. According to the law] see Deuteronomy 24:1, which required a bill
of divorcement....
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 10
V1 Ezra prayed and he confessed. He wept and he threw himself onto
the ground in front of the house of God. As he was doing these thin...
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(18-44) List of the transgressors.
(19) THEY GAVE THEIR HANDS. — The four members of the high
priest’s family were peculiarly dealt with. They gave their distinct
pledge, and offered each a special tr...
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וּ מִֽ יִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִ בְּנֵ֣י
פַרְעֹ֡שׁ רַ֠מ
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THE HOME SACRIFICED TO THE CHURCH
Ezra 10:1
EZRA'S narrative, written in the first person, ceases with his prayer,
the conclusion of which brings us to the end of the ninth chapter of
our Book of Ezr...
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The sincerity and passion of Ezra's vicarious repentance produced
immediate results. The people had gathered about him through the long
hours of the day, and it would seem that they became conscious o...
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Moreover of (m) Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and
Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
(m) Meaning of the common people: for before he spoke of the prie...
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_Israel. Laymen, (Calmet) not of the tribe of Levi. (Menochius)_...
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Observe, Reader, how the names of the offenders are recorded. No doubt
both in judgment and in mercy. How fully doth it show forth the
covenant love of God in Christ, while it fully sets forth also hi...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9 AND 10.
Alas! as soon as he can look into these things, he finds the law
already broken, evil already come in. The people of Israel had not
kept themselves...
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Ezra 10:19....
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_Moreover of Israel_ Of the people of Israel, distinguished from the
priests and Levites hitherto named, who before, Ezra 10:9, were called
Judah and Benjamin....
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[ORDER TAKEN FOR STRANGE MARIAGES.]
1 Shechaniah encourageth Ezra to reforme the strange mariages.
6 Ezra mourning, assembleth the people.
9 The people at the exhortation of Ezra, repent and promis...
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ACTION FOLLOWING PRAYER
(vv. 1-17)
Ezra expected an answer to his prayer, and God provided the answer
immediately in moving a very huge number of men, women and children to
gather together before Hi...
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15-44 The best reformers can but do their endeavour; when the
Redeemer himself shall come to Zion, he shall effectually turn away
ungodliness from Jacob. And when sin is repented of and forsaken, God...
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OF ISRAEL, i.e. of the people of Israel, distinguished from the
priests and the Levites hitherto named, who before were called Judah
and Benjamin, EZRA 10:9, SEE POOLE ON "EZRA 10:9"....
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Ezra 10:25 Israel H3478 sons H1121 Parosh H6551 Ramiah H7422 Jeziah
H3150 Malchiah H4441 Mijamin H4326 Eleazar H499 Malc
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THE NAMES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN MARRYING IDOLATROUS FOREIGN WOMEN (EZRA
10:18).
Ezra then prepared for Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, a list of those
with whom he had had to deal. We can compare how t...
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CONTENTS: Separation restored. Strange wives surrendered.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Shecaniah, Jonanan.
CONCLUSION: There is hope concerning people when they are convinced
not only that it is good to p...
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Ezra 10:6. _When he came._ It should read, _till he came thither,_ as
appears from chap. Ezra 9:4, and at a late hour after the evening
devotion.
Ezra 10:9. _It was the ninth month,_ the depth of wint...
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_And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken
strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua._
THE LIST OF OFFENDERS
For what purpose is this catalogue of names inserted here?
I....
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_Now when Ezra had prayed._
PRAYER AND CONFESSION
The former chapter did set down the humiliation of Ezra; this
demonstrates the fruit and effect that it produced. When the people
saw that he was so...
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EZRA 10:18 List of Those Who Were Implicated. The list of around a
hundred names may suggest a more limited problem than one might have
expected. In that case, the severe reaction of Ezra and the comm...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have the account
of—(i.) Shechaniah’s proposal to put away the strange wives (Ezra
10:1). (ii.) Ezra’s fast because of the people’s sin (Ezra 10:6)....
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EXPOSITION
REPENTANCE OF THE PEOPLE, AND COVENANT SWORN TO, ON THE RECOMMENDATION
OF SHECHANIAH (Ezra 10:1). While Ezra was uttering his prayer aloud,
upon his knees, in f
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But here a very stringent and harsh measure was taken. They put away
all of these wives, and they said unto him with a loud voice,
As thou hast said, so must we do (Ezra 10:12).
They realized that it...
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Ezra 2:3; Nehemiah 7:8...
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Of Israel — Of the people of Israel, distinguished from the priests
and Levites hitherto named....
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Why did God command Israelite men to put away their unbelieving wives,
but Paul said not to do so?
PROBLEM: Ezra made all the returning Israelites put away their
“pagan wives” because they were “addin...