Ezra 10:18 (WEB)

Passage

Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

Nearby Context

Ezra 10:16 The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

Ezra 10:17 They finished with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.

Ezra 10:18 Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

Ezra 10:19 They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

Ezra 10:20 Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "priests", "found", "married", "foreign", "women", and "jeshua". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "priests", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "They finished with all the men who..." into verse 19's "They gave their hand that they would...", so "sons" and "priests" belong inside that flow. In Ezra context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sons" and "priests" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.