Ezra 10:19

19 (They all gave their hands in pledge to put away their wives, and for their guilt they each presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.)

Ezra 10:19 in Other Translations

19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

19 They pledged themselves to put away their wives, and their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt.

19 They vowed to divorce their wives, and they each acknowledged their guilt by offering a ram as a guilt offering.

19 They all promised to divorce their wives and sealed it with a handshake. For their guilt they brought a ram from the flock as a Compensation-Offering.

19 And they gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their guilt.

19 They shook hands as a pledge that they would get rid of their wives. They sacrificed a ram from their flock as an offering for guilt because they were guilty.

19 They pledged to send their wives away, and being guilty, [they offered] a ram from the flock for their guilt;

19 All of them made a firm promise to send their wives away. Each of those men brought a ram from his flock as a guilt offering.

Ezra 10:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 19-43. And they gave their hands that they would put away their
wives
They proposed to do it, and actually did it:

and being guilty;
of which they were fully convinced:

they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass;
to make atonement for it, and thereby set an example to others to do the like. Aben Ezra observes, that we do not find that the trespass offering was a mulct to such who married strange wives, and conjectures, that it was the advice of the chief men to do it. From hence, to the end of ( Ezra 10:43 ) , is a list of the men that had married strange wives, and put them away; those in ( Ezra 10:20-22 ) , were priests; in ( Ezra 10:23 Ezra 10:24 ) , Levites, and those of them who were singers or porters; the rest were Israelites: and it is a very common distinction, in rabbinical writers, to distinguish the Jews into priests, Levites, and Israelites; of these we know no more than their names; some of the heads of the families may be observed in ( Ezra 2:1 ) .

Ezra 10:19 In-Context

17 and by the first day of the first month they finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women.

18 Among the descendants of the priests, the following had married foreign women: From the descendants of Joshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah.

19 (They all gave their hands in pledge to put away their wives, and for their guilt they each presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.)

20 From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

21 From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel and Uzziah.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 10:15
• 2. S Leviticus 5:15; Leviticus 6:6