Ezr 10:16 | HCSB | STEP | The exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family leaders , all identified by name , to represent their ancestral houses . They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter ,

a1 Esdras 9:16, Syr; MT, Vg read priest and men were selected

Ezra 10:16

16 The exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men ^a who were family leaders, all identified by name, to represent ^{▼▼Lit name, for} their ancestral houses. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter,