KJV ORIGINAL
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse lists three more men who had married foreign wives during Israel's exile and needed to address this situation.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of a longer list in Ezra 10 documenting Jewish men who had married women from surrounding nations while in Babylonian exile. After returning to Jerusalem, the community was working to restore their covenant relationship with God, which included addressing marriages that violated God's commands about not intermarrying with pagan nations.
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