³ Furthermore, ^(A)you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your ^[a]daughters to ^[b]their sons, nor shall you take ^[c]their daughters for your ^[d]sons.

² And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, “^(A)We have been unfaithful to our God and have ^[a]married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

Those Who Married Foreign Wives

¹⁸ Among the sons of the priests who had married foreign wives were found of the sons of ^(A)Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah.