Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the children of the captivity did so. And Esdras the priest, and the men heads of the families in the houses of their fathers, and all by their names, went and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. to examine the matter Deuteronomy 13:14 Inquire carefully and diligently, the truth of the thing by looking well into it, and if thou find that which is said to be certain, and that this abomination hath been really committed, Job 29:16 I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently. John 7:51 Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him and know what he doth? Context The People's Confession of Sin…15Then Jonathan the son of Azahel, and Jaasia the son of Thecua were appointed over this, and Mesollam and Sebethai, Levites, helped them: 16And the children of the captivity did so. And Esdras the priest, and the men heads of the families in the houses of their fathers, and all by their names, went and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.17And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.… Cross References Ezra 10:15 Then Jonathan the son of Azahel, and Jaasia the son of Thecua were appointed over this, and Mesollam and Sebethai, Levites, helped them: Ezra 10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. Lexicon So the exilesבְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son did וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ (way·ya·‘ă·śū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make as proposed. כֵן֮ (ḵên) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus Ezra עֶזְרָ֨א (‘ez·rā) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5830: Ezra -- 'help', three Israelites the priest הַכֹּהֵ֜ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest selected וַיִּבָּדְלוּ֩ (way·yib·bā·ḏə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 914: To be divided, separate men אֲנָשִׁ֨ים (’ă·nā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person who were family הָאָב֛וֹת (hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1: Father heads, רָאשֵׁ֧י (rā·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head each of them וְכֻלָּ֣ם (wə·ḵul·lām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every identified by name, בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת (bə·šê·mō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name to represent their families. אֲבֹתָ֖ם (’ă·ḇō·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1: Father On the first אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first day בְּי֤וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day of the tenth הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י (hā·‘ă·śî·rî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6224: Tenth, tenth month, part month לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month they convened לְדַרְי֖וֹשׁ (lə·ḏar·yō·wōš) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship the investigation, הַדָּבָֽר׃ (had·dā·ḇār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause Additional Translations So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they convened the investigation,And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers houses , after their fathers houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. And the children of the captivity did thus: and Esdras the priest, and heads of families according to their house were separated, and all by their names, for they returned in the first day of the tenth month to search out the matter. And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest [and] certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them [expressed] by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were separated; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, [with] certain heads of fathers' [houses], after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. And the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, and men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine the matter; Jump to Previous Apart Captivity Chief Children Examine Exiles Ezra Fathers First Heads House Houses Matter Month Names Priest Sat Selected Separated TenthJump to Next Apart Captivity Chief Children Examine Exiles Ezra Fathers First Heads House Houses Matter Month Names Priest Sat Selected Separated TenthExternal Links Ezra 10:16 NIVEzra 10:16 NLT Ezra 10:16 ESV Ezra 10:16 NASB Ezra 10:16 ASV Ezra 10:16 Bible Apps Ezra 10:16 Biblia Paralela Ezra 10:16 Chinese Bible Ezra 10:16 French Bible Ezra 10:16 German Bible Alphabetical: all and as But by cases convened day designated did division down each exiles Ezra family fathers father's first for from heads households investigate matter men month name of On one priest proposed sat selected So tenth the their them they to was were who OT History: Ezra 10:16 The children of the captivity did so (Ezr. 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