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and that whoever didn`t come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.
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Severe Consequences
Commentators explain the punishment for ignoring the summons was twofold. First, all of one's substance would be 'forfeited,' which scholars note meant it was devoted to the temple, never to be returned. Second, the person would be 'separated,' or excommunicated, losing all religious and civil privileges within the community of returned exiles.
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Ezra
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Separated from the congregation - that is, “excommunicated” (Numbers 19:20, etc.). The power assigned to Ezra is stated in Ezra …
19th Century
Anglican
Conference of the people and commission to try individual cases.
(8) Forfeited. —This, just as what precedes and w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And that whoever would not come within three days Or at the end of three days, as Jarchi, this was the space of time…
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