Ezra 10:7
And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
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Gill's Exposition
And they made proclamation,.... By the voice of an herald:
throughout Judah and Jerusalem, unto all the children of the captivity; who were returned from it:
that they should gather themselves…
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Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And they made proclamation&c. The phrase for making a proclamation is peculiar; it occurs also in chap. Ezr 1:1, where see note.
The authors of this proclamation are not mentioned. But we are…