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John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 10:18
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives, etc.] So that it need not be wondered at that this evil should spread among the people, when those who understood the law, and should have instructed the people in it, set such an example: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak; who was the high priest; and perhaps for this fault of his, in not restraining his sons from such unlawful marriages, is he represented in filthy garments, (<380303>Zechariah 3:3), and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah; these were the brethren of Jeshua. Ver. 19-43. And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives, etc.] 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 (<151043>Ezra 10:43), is a list of the men that had married strange wives, and put them away; those in (<151020>Ezra 10:20-22), were priests; in (<151023>Ezra 10:23,24), 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 (<150201>Ezra 2:1).
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