Ezra then went from the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night.[a] He did not eat food or drink water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.(A)

They circulated a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem. Whoever did not come within three days would forfeit all his possessions,[b] according to the decision of the leaders and elders, and would be excluded(B) from the assembly of the exiles.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 10:6 1 Esdras 9:2, Syr; MT, Vg read he went
  2. Ezra 10:8 Lit would set apart all his possessions for destruction

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