Ezra 10:13

Such an enquiry must be of a lengthy nature. The matter cannot be summarily disposed of. The people who have come in from a distance cannot in the rainy weather protract their stay in the city by living and sleeping in the open air, as they would have done had it been summer.

for we are many that have transgressed in this thing R.V. for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. The A.V. is not the correct rendering, but it expresses the general meaning. The greatness of the transgression consisted in the number of the offenders as well as in the heinousness of the offence. -Transgress", see note on Ezra 10:10. The verb (pâshâ) frequently means to rebel (e.g. 2 Kings 1:1; 2 Kings 3:5; 2 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 8:20; 2 Kings 8:22; 2 Chronicles 21:8). The transgression of the people was -rebellion" against -the law" of the Divine king.