Ezra 10:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ So within three days all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month. All the men were sitting in the open place in front of the ·Temple [^Lhouse] and were upset because of the meeting and because it was raining. ¹⁰ Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful and have married ·non-Jewish [^Lforeign] women. You have made Israel more guilty. ¹¹ Now, confess it to the Lord, the God of your ·ancestors [fathers]. Do his will and separate yourselves from the people living around you and from your ·non-Jewish [^Lforeign] wives.”