WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020
...... Bible Text ...... Ezra 10:16-44 (CSB) ...... 16 The exiles did what had been proposed. The priest Ezra Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh; selected men who were family heads, all identified by name, 31 Harim’s descendants: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, ...... to represent their ancestral families. They convened on the Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah; first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter, 17and 33 Hashum’s descendants: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, ...... by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women. Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei; 34 35 18 Bani’s descendants: Maadai, Amram, Uel, Benaiah, ...... The following were found to have married foreign women 36 37 from the descendants of the priests: Bedeiah, Cheluhi, Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu,38 Bani, Binnui, Shimei,39 from...... the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,40 Machnadebai, Shashai, brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.19 They Sharai, 41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, 42 Shallum, pledged...... to send their wives away, and being guilty, they Amariah, and Joseph; offered a ram from the flock for their guilt; 43 Nebo’s descendants: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, ...... 20 Hanani and Zebadiah from Immer’s descendants; Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah. 21 44 ...... Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah from All of these had married foreign women, and some of the Harim’s descendants; wives had given birth to children...... 22 Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah from Pashhur’s descendants...... 23 The Levites: Go Deeper Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, Questions to help us go deeper and...... Eliezer. 24 The singers: Ezra 10:16-17 Eliashib...... • Consider the way the committee responsible for The gatekeepers: identifying those who had intermarried ...... conductedtheirwork.WhatcanIlearnabouthow Shallum, Telem, and Uri. I should struggle against sin? ...... 25 The Israelites: Parosh’s descendants: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Ezra 10:18-19 Eleazar,...... Malchijah, and Benaiah; • What lessons can I learn from the men of Jeshua 26 Elam’s descendants: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, about the proper response to sin? How does this Jeremoth,...... and Elijah; comparewithmyresponsetosin? 27 Zattu’s descendants: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, ...... • Are there certain things in my life that I need to Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza; “send... away”? 28 Bebai’s descendants: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai;...... Ezra 10:23 29 Bani’s descendants: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, • What warning can I take from the fact that even Sheal,...... and Jeremoth; the Levites, who were appointed as God’s priests, 30 ...... Pahath-moab’s descendants: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, were guilty of intermarrying foreign women?
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