They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
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They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
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And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
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And they gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
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Passages linked to Ezra 10:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 6:6 He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest.
- 2 Kings 10:15 When he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. He greeted him, and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?” Jehonadab answered, “It is.” “If it is, give me your hand.” He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
- Leviticus 5:15-16 “If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly regarding Yahweh’s holy things, then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. He shall make restitution for that which he has done wrong regarding the holy thing, and shall add a fifth part to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 6:4 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,
- 1 Chronicles 29:24 All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8 Now don’t be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
- Lamentations 5:6 We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
- Galatians 2:9 and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain As a token that they would keep promise and…
As a token that they would keep promise and do it.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Ezr 10:19 And they gave their hands that they…
Ezr 10:19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and [being] guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their trespass.
Ver. 19. And they gave their hands] i.e. They plighted their troth, and assured the assent of their hearts, 2Ki 10:15.
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That they would put away their wives] Though as dear to them, haply, as was George Carpenter’s (martyr), burnt at Munchen, in Bavaria; My wife and children, said he, are so dear unto me, that they cannot be bought from me for all the riches and possessions of the duke of Bavaria: but for the love of my Lord God I will willingly forsake them. Let us do so by our dilecta delicta, our dearest and most delicious sins.
They offered a ram of the flock] This shows that they sinned against knowledge; for a sin of ignorance the oblation was not a ram, but a goat.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They gave their hand, i.e. they covenanted or swore…
They gave their hand, i.e. they covenanted or swore by giving their hand; which was the usual gesture in those cases; of which see Lev 6:2; Eze 17:18.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they gave their hands that they would put…
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives,.... They proposed to do it, and actually did it:
and being guilty; of which they were fully convinced:
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they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass; to make atonement for it, and thereby set an example to others to do the like. Aben Ezra observes, that we do not find that the trespass offering was a mulct to such who married strange wives, and conjectures, that it was the advice of the chief men to do it. From hence, to the end of Ezr 10:43, is a list of the men that had married strange wives, and put them away; those in Ezr 10:20, were priests; in Ezr 10:23, Levites, and those of them who were singers or porters; the rest were Israelites: and it is a very common distinction, in rabbinical writers, to distinguish the Jews into priests, Levites, and Israelites; of these we know no more than their names; some of the heads of the families may be observed in Ezr 2:1.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 19. They gave their hands] They bound themselves…
Verse 19. They gave their hands] They bound themselves in the most solemn manner to do as the rest of the delinquents had done; and they made all acknowledgment of their iniquity to God by offering each a ram for a trespass-offering.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Hands. Thus the Persians confirmed their most solemn engagements.…
Hands. Thus the Persians confirmed their most solemn engagements. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain they gave their hands--that is, came under a solemn…
they gave their hands--that is, came under a solemn engagement, which was usually ratified by pledging the right hand (Pro 6:1; Eze 17:18). The delinquents of the priestly order bound themselves to do like the common Israelites (Ezr 10:25), and sought to expiate their sin by sacrificing a ram as a trespass offering.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain LIST OF THOSE WHO HAD TAKEN STRANGE WIVES, Ezr_10:18-44.
LIST OF THOSE WHO HAD TAKEN STRANGE WIVES, Ezr_10:18-44.
So important to the new community was the whole procedure, that the names of the implicated ones were chronicled, and immortalized in connexion with this sad affair. Ezra embodied the list in his own book as a testimony of his care for Israel, and here it still stands, a monument of his fidelity to the people of his God.
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The list gives, 1) the names of the sons of the priests who had taken strange wives, Ezr_10:18-22; Ezra 2) the names of the Levites, Ezr_10:23; Ezra 3) the names of the singers, Ezr_10:24; Ezra 4) the names of non-official or ordinary Israelites, Ezr_10:25-43.
19. Gave their hands — As a solemn form of indicating their acceptance of the covenant, (Ezr_10:3,) and of binding themselves to put away their wives. Handshaking is a natural ceremony of ratifying a solemn agreement between parties. Comp. 2Ki_10:15.
A ram… for their trespass — According to the law of Lev_6:1-6.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. they gave their hands] R.V. their hand. The…
19. they gave their hands] R.V. their hand. The Hebrew has the singular. On this symbol of a promise or pledge compare 2Ki_10:15 ‘If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand’. Eze_17:18 ‘And behold, he had given his hand, and yet hath done all these things’. Lam_5:6 ‘We have given the hand to the Egyptians’. 2Ch_30:8 ‘But yield yourselves (Heb. give the hand) unto the Lord’.
and being guilty, &c.] It has been supposed that whereas the solemn pledge or promise, to put away the strange women, was made by all, the priests alone had to offer the sacrifice of a ram. The sacrifice of a ram for a guilt offering is enjoined, ‘if anyone commit a trespass and sin unwittingly, in the holy things of the Lord’ (see Lev_5:14-19). There is however no real reason for limiting the guilt offering to the priests. The passage from Leviticus makes no such restriction. It is probable that this verse represents the form of solemn renunciation imposed upon all the offenders, i.e. the promise and the guilt offering. It is mentioned after the first names on the list, and should be understood after each recorded group of names. The repetition of the formula was considered unnecessary.
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being guilty] These words sound like the sentence of the commission, after investigating each case.
20, 21, 22. The sons of Immer, Harim and Pashur. In Ezr_2:37-39 and Neh_7:40-42 the order of the names is Immer, Pashur and Harim. In 1Ch_24:8-14 ‘Harim’ is the third and Immer the sixteenth priestly course: see notes on Ezr_2:37, &c.
Several of the names here mentioned occur in the lists of Nehemiah 8, 12.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They gave their hands that they would put away…
They gave their hands that they would put away their wives. It is not clear whether this is intended to be said of Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah only, or of the entire body of persons found guilty of having married strange wives. Most probably the court made out the divorces in the generality of cases, but were content to take a solemn pledge from members of the high priest"s family.
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