And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
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Gill's Exposition
And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives,.... Finished their inquiry and examination of them:
by the first day of the first month; the month Nisan, answering to part of…
Barnes' Notes
The business occupied the commission full two months. In some cases, it may be presumed, they had to summon persons before them who did not wish to part with their foreign wives; in all, they had to…
Adam Clarke
The first day of the first month - So they were three whole months in examining into this affair, and making those separations which the law required.
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…
Cambridge Bible
And they made an end with all the men, &c. The Hebrew runs -And they made an end with the whole (business), i.e. the men that had, &c." The English rendering expresses the meaning. But the wording of…