Ezr 10:7-12, Neh 13:9, 19-22, Psa 101:2-8 | TSK | STEP

Ezra 10:7-12

they made.

1:1; 2Ch 30:5

And that whosoever.

7:26; Jud 21:5; 1Sa 11:7

forfeited. Heb. devoted.

Le 27:28; Jos 6:19

himself separated.

Ne 13:3; Mt 18:17; Joh 9:22,34; 16:2; 1Co 5:13

the ninth month.That is, some time in December, which is the coldest and most rainy time of the year in Palestine. Dr. Russel, in his account of the weather at Aleppo, which very much resembles that in Judea, says, that the natives reckon the severity of the winter, which they call {marbania,} to last but forty days, beginning from the 12th of December, and ending the 20th of January, and that this computation comes in fact very near the truth: and that the air during this time is excessively piercing, even to those that are just come from a cold climate.

7:8,9; Es 2:16

trembling.

1Sa 12:17,18; Jer 10:10,13

great rain. Heb. showers.

taken. Heb. caused to dwell. or, brought back. toincrease.

9:6; Nu 32:14; Jos 22:17,18; 2Ch 28:13; Mt 23:32

make confession.

Le 26:40-42; Jos 7:19; Ps 32:5; Pr 28:13; Jer 3:13; 1Jo 1:7-9

do his.

Isa 1:16-18; 56:4; Ro 12:2; Col 1:10; Heb 13:21

separate.

9:1; Ne 13:3; 2Co 6:17

and from the.

De 7:3,4; 1Co 2:12-14

As thou hast said.They all resolved to do what Ezra had commanded; and they did put away their wives, even those by whom they had children, (ver. 44,) each of whom doubtless received a portion according to the circumstances of her husband, and was not turned away desolate. Humanity must have dictated this, and no law of God is contrary to humanity.

so must we do.

3,4; Ne 13:23; Ps 78:37,57