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Divorce: Forced on Those Who had Idolatrous Wives Ezra 10:2–17

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel. / So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law. / Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

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Divorce: Forced on Those Who had Idolatrous Wives Nehemiah 13:23, 30

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. / Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

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