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Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: [namely], of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
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Sin at the Top
Commentators stress the gravity of this list beginning with the priests, including four members of the high priest Jeshua's own family. When spiritual leaders, who are meant to teach and uphold God's law, are the first to break it, it sets a disastrous example and shows how deeply sin can corrupt a community from the top down.
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Ezra
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18th Century
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19th Century
Bishop
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17th Century
Pastor
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