Ezr 10:3 | TSK | e4.org | let us make Nichrath berith , "let us cut a covenant:" ; ; ; , ; ; put away Heb. bring forth according to the counsel of those that ; , ; , ; ; at the commandment ; let it , ; ; Shechaniah's counsel, which he was then so clear in, will not hold now. Such marriages, it is certain, are contrary to the will of God, and ought not to be made; but they are not null. Our rule under the gospel is Quod fieri non debuit, factum valet , "That which ought not to have been done must, when done, abide." See note on

‏ Ezra 10:3

let us make Nichrath berith, "let us cut a covenant:" Deut 29:12; Josh 9:6; 2Kgs 11:17; 2Chr 29:10, 2Chr 34:31-32; Neh 9:38; Neh 10:29-39

put away Heb. bring forth

according to the counsel 2Chr 30:12

of those that Ezra 9:4; 2Chr 34:21, 2Chr 34:27; Ps 119:59, Ps 119:120; Isa 66:2; Ezek 9:4

at the commandment Deut 7:2-3; Josh 23:12-13

let it Neh 8:14, Neh 13:1-3; Isa 8:20; Shechaniah's counsel, which he was then so clear in, will not hold now. Such marriages, it is certain, are contrary to the will of God, and ought not to be made; but they are not null. Our rule under the gospel is Quod fieri non debuit, factum valet, "That which ought not to have been done must, when done, abide." See note on 1Cor 7:12-13