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11 Now give praise to the Lord God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents[a] and from these foreign wives.”

12 All the assembly replied in a loud voice: “We will do just as you have said![b] 13 However, the people are numerous and it is the rainy season.[c] We are unable to stand here outside. Furthermore, this business cannot be resolved in a day or two, for we have sinned greatly in this matter.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 10:11 tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”
  2. Ezra 10:12 tn Heb “thus according to your word [singular = Qere] concerning us, to do.”
  3. Ezra 10:13 tn Heb “the time [is] rain showers.”