Ezr 10:5-8 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 5 And they sware - The thing was evidently contrary to the law of God; and now he bound them by an oath to rectify the abuse.

Ezra 10:5-8

Verse 5

And they sware - The thing was evidently contrary to the law of God; and now he bound them by an oath to rectify the abuse. Verse 6

Johanan the son of Eliashib - Eliashib was high priest, and was succeeded in that office by his son Joiada, Neh 12:10. Probably Johanan here is the same as Jonathan in Nehemiah, who was the son of Joiada, and grandson of Eliashib. Some suppose that Johanan and Joiada were two names for the same person. Verse 8

All his substance should be forfeited - To the use of the temple.

So the Septuagint understood the place: Αναθεματισθησεται πασα ἡ ὑπαρξις αυτου, "All his substance shall be devoted to a holy use."

Himself separated - Excommunicated from the Church of God, and exiled from Israel.