Ezra 10:19 (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.)

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
(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.)

English Standard Version
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
They pledged to put away their wives, and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their offense.

King James Bible
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
They pledged to send their wives away, and being guilty, they offered a ram from the flock for their guilt;

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

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.

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.

Cross References

Leviticus 5:15
If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass to the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with your estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.

Leviticus 6:6
And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest:

2 Kings 10:15
And when he was departed there, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

Ezra 10:20
And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

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.