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Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
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A Widespread Problem
Commentators note that this verse is part of a larger list totaling 113 men who had sinned by taking foreign wives. The list includes members of the high priest's family, other priests, Levites, and 86 lay Israelites. The inclusion of specific names, like those from the family of Zattu, demonstrates that the sin was not isolated but had permeated every level of the community that returned from exile.
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Ezra
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare with the list in Ezra 2:0.
They gave their hands – that is, “solemnly pledged themselves” (compare the marginal refe…
19th Century
Anglican
List of the transgressors. (19) They gave their hands (Ezra 10:19)—The four members of the high priest’s family were sp…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on Ezra 10:19).
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