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Ezra addressed the issue of marrying idol-worshipping foreigners. The Jewish leaders had permitted this practice, even though the early settlers had promised to stay away from pagan influences (Ezra 4:1–5). Ezra prayed for the nation and assisted those who felt guilty about their sins to correct their actions.
People
Benaiah: An Israelite who married a foreign woman during the Exile Eleazar: Son of Parosh, put away his foreign wife Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Izziah: Descendant of Parosh; agreed to put away foreign wife Malchijah: Descendant of Parosh, who divorced his foreign wife Malchijah: Descendant of Parosh, who divorced his foreign wife Mijamin: An Israelite who married a foreign woman Parosh: Family that returned from Babylonian exile Ramiah: One of the men who married foreign women
Glossary
Asibias Benaiah Book of Ezra Eleazar Elephantine Papyri Eliezer First Book of Esdras Genealogy Hashabiah Izziah Jeziah Malchiah Malchijah Miamin Mijamin Parosh Ramiah Shimei
Topics
Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Sin of, to be Confessed, Deeply Repented of, and Forsaken Ammonites: Jews Intermarry With Amorites: Intermarry with Jews Benaiah: Son of Parosh Church: Rules of Discipline In, Mosaic and Christian Decision: Israelites Eleazar (Eleazer): A Returned Israelitish Exile Jebusites: Not Exterminated, but They Intermarry with the Israelites Jeziah: An Israelite Who Married an Idolatrous Wife Malchiah: Name of Three Exiles Miamin: A Jew Who Divorced his Gentile Wife After the Captivity Parosh: The Ancestor of One of the Families Which Returned to Jerusalem from Captivity in Babylon Pharosh: The Ancestor of One of the Families Which Returned to Jerusalem from the Captivity in Babylon Ramiah: had Taken a Non-Israelite Wife