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Compare with the list in Ezra 2. Ezr 10:19 They gave their hands - i. e., “solemnly pledged themselves” (compare the marginal references). Ezr 10:44 The guilty persons, it would seem, were 113 in…
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…
Israel, or the laity
as distinguished from priests and Levites. Cf. Ezr 2:2 -the men of the people of Israel". Ezr 9:1 -the people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites".
Moreover of Israel R.V.…