Ezra 10:16
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.
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Gill's Exposition
And the children of the captivity did so,.... Put away their strange wives:
and Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names,…
The method of proceeding in this matter being concluded on, and the congregation dismissed, that each in his respective place might gain and give intelligence to facilitate the matter, we are here…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The Commission at work
16. the children of the captivity did so For this expression cf. Ezr 10:7. The proposal was no sooner made than it was carried into execution. The personal influence of Ezra…