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Barnes' Notes on Ezra 10:17

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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The business occupied the commission full two months. In some cases, it may be presumed, they had to summon persons before them who did not wish to part with their foreign wives; in all, they had to assure themselves that the wives were foreign; finally, they had in every case where they decreed a divorce to make out the “writing of divorcement” Ezra 10:3. return to 'Top of Page'
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