Ezra 10:19
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New International Version (©2011)
(They all gave their hands in pledge to put away their wives, and for their guilt they each presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.)

New Living Translation (©2007)
They vowed to divorce their wives, and they each acknowledged their guilt by offering a ram as a guilt offering.

English Standard Version (©2001)
They pledged themselves to put away their wives, and their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They pledged to put away their wives, and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their offense.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They pledged to send their wives away, and being guilty, they offered a ram from the flock for their guilt;

International Standard Version (©2012)
Pleading guilty, they promised to divorce their wives. Then they offered a ram from their flocks for their offense.

NET Bible (©2006)
(They gave their word to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.)

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They shook hands as a pledge that they would get rid of their wives. They sacrificed a ram from their flock as an offering for guilt because they were guilty.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they gave their promise that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

American King James Version
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

American Standard Version
And they gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they gave their hands to put away their wives, and to offer for their offence a ram of the flock.

Darby Bible Translation
And they gave their hand to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt.

English Revised Version
And they gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

World English Bible
They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their guilt.

Young's Literal Translation
and they give their hand to send out their wives, and, being guilty, a ram of the flock, for their guilt.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:15-44 The best reformers can but do their endeavour; when the Redeemer himself shall come to Zion, he shall effectually turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And when sin is repented of and forsaken, God will forgive it; but the blood of Christ, our Sin-offering, is the only atonement which takes away our guilt. No seeming repentance or amendment will benefit those who reject Him, for self-dependence proves them still unhumbled. All the names written in the book of life, are those of penitent sinners, not of self-righteous persons, who think they have no need of repentance.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 19. - They gave their hands that they would put away their wives. It is not clear whether this is intended to be said of Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah only, or of the entire body of persons found guilty of having married strange wives. Most probably the court made out the divorces in the generality of cases, but were content to take a solemn pledge from members of the high priest's family.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives,.... They proposed to do it, and actually did it:

and being guilty; of which they were fully convinced:

they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass; to make atonement for it, and thereby set an example to others to do the like. Aben Ezra observes, that we do not find that the trespass offering was a mulct to such who married strange wives, and conjectures, that it was the advice of the chief men to do it. From hence, to the end of Ezra 10:43, is a list of the men that had married strange wives, and put them away; those in Ezra 10:20, were priests; in Ezra 10:23, Levites, and those of them who were singers or porters; the rest were Israelites: and it is a very common distinction, in rabbinical writers, to distinguish the Jews into priests, Levites, and Israelites; of these we know no more than their names; some of the heads of the families may be observed in Ezra 2:1.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

19. they gave their hands—that is, came under a solemn engagement, which was usually ratified by pledging the right hand (Pr 6:1; Eze 17:18). The delinquents of the priestly order bound themselves to do like the common Israelites (Ezr 10:25), and sought to expiate their sin by sacrificing a ram as a trespass offering.

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Those Guilty of Intermarriage
18And 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 brothers; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass. 20And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. …

Leviticus 5:15 "When anyone is unfaithful to the LORD by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the LORD's holy things, they are to bring to the LORD as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering.
Leviticus 6:6 And as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the LORD, their guilt offering, a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value.
2 Kings 10:15 After he left there, he came upon Jehonadab son of Rekab, who was on his way to meet him. Jehu greeted him and said, "Are you in accord with me, as I am with you?" "I am," Jehonadab answered. "If so," said Jehu, "give me your hand." So he did, and Jehu helped him up into the chariot.
Ezra 10:20 From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.