Ezra 10:7-12
they made Ezra 1:1; 2Chr 30:5 And that whosoever Ezra 7:26; Judg 21:5; 1Sam 11:7 forfeited Heb. devoted, Lev 27:28; Josh 6:19 himself separated Neh 13:3; Matt 18:17; John 9:22, John 9:34, John 16:2; 1Cor 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. Ezra 7:8-9; Esth 2:16 trembling 1Sam 12:17-18; Jer 10:10, Jer 10:13 great rain Heb. showers taken Heb. caused to dwell, or, brought back to increase Ezra 9:6; Num 32:14; Josh 22:17-18; 2Chr 28:13; Matt 23:32 make confession Lev 26:40-42; Josh 7:19; Ps 32:5; Prov 28:13; Jer 3:13; 1John 1:7-9 do his Isa 1:16-18, Isa 56:4; Rom 12:2; Col 1:10; Heb 13:21 separate Ezra 9:1; Neh 13:3; 2Cor 6:17 and from the Deut 7:3-4; 1Cor 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 (Ezra 10:44), 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 Ezra 10:3-4; Neh 13:23; Ps 78:37, Ps 78:57
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