Genesis 11; Matthew 10; Ezra 10; Acts 10 BROADLY SPEAKING, EZRA 10 is understood in two different ways: According to the first view, what takes place is something akin to revival. Ezra’s tears and prayer prove so moving that the leaders of the community, though they too have been compromised by these intermarriages, enter into a pact to divorce their pagan wives and send them home to their own people, along with whatever children have sprung up from these marriages. Those who disagree
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