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Selected Verse: Ezra 10:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ezr 10:8 |
Strong Concordance |
And that whosoever would not come [0935] within three [07969] days [03117], according to the counsel [06098] of the princes [08269] and the elders [02205], all his substance [07399] should be forfeited [02763], and himself separated [0914] from the congregation [06951] of those that had been carried away [01473]. |
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King James |
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Separated from the congregation - i. e., "excommunicated" (compare Exo 12:19; Num 19:20, etc.). The power assigned to Ezra is stated in Ezr 7:25-26. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
All his substance should be forfeited - To the use of the temple.
So the Septuagint understood the place: Αναθεματισθησεται πασα ἡ ὑπαρξις αυτου, "All his substance shall be devoted to a holy use."
Himself separated - Excommunicated from the Church of God, and exiled from Israel. |
25 And thou [0607], Ezra [05831], after the wisdom [02452] of thy God [0426], that is in thine hand [03028], set [04483] magistrates [08200] and judges [01782], which may judge [01934] [01778] all [03606] the people [05972] that are beyond [05675] the river [05103], all [03606] such as know [03046] the laws [01882] of thy God [0426]; and teach [03046] ye them that know [03046] them not [03809].
26 And whosoever [03606] will not [03809] do [01934] [05648] the law [01882] of thy God [0426], and the law [01882] of the king [04430], let judgment [01780] be [01934] executed [05648] speedily [0629] upon him [04481], whether [02006] it be unto death [04193], or [02006] to banishment [08332], or [02006] to confiscation [06065] of goods [05232], or to imprisonment [0613].
20 But the man [0376] that shall be unclean [02930], and shall not purify [02398] himself, that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from among [08432] the congregation [06951], because he hath defiled [02930] the sanctuary [04720] of the LORD [03068]: the water [04325] of separation [05079] hath not been sprinkled [02236] upon him; he is unclean [02931].
19 Seven [07651] days [03117] shall there be no leaven [07603] found [04672] in your houses [01004]: for whosoever eateth [0398] that which is leavened [02556], even that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478], whether he be a stranger [01616], or born [0249] in the land [0776].