Ezra 10:18

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: [namely], of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

And among the sons {H1121} of the priests {H3548} there were found {H4672} that had taken {H3427} strange {H5237} wives {H802}: namely, of the sons {H1121} of Jeshua {H3442} the son {H1121} of Jozadak {H3136}, and his brethren {H251}; Maaseiah {H4641}, and Eliezer {H461}, and Jarib {H3402}, and Gedaliah {H1436}.

Among the cohanim were found these who had married foreign women: of the sons of Yeshua the son of Yotzadak and his brothers: Ma'aseiyah, Eli'ezer, Yariv and G'dalyah.

Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers:

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married foreign women: namely, of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

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Cross-References

  • Ezra 3:2 (3 votes)

    Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as [it is] written in the law of Moses the man of God.

  • Ezra 2:2 (3 votes)

    Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

  • Ezra 5:2 (3 votes)

    Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which [is] at Jerusalem: and with them [were] the prophets of God helping them.

  • Zechariah 3:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

  • Haggai 1:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

  • Nehemiah 12:10 (2 votes)

    And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

  • Nehemiah 8:4 (2 votes)

    And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, [and] Meshullam.