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Ezra 10:21 Explained in Context
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Verse 21. 21And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
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Quick Meaning
This verse names five men from Harim's priestly line
Read It With
- Ezra 10:18–22
Read Ezra 10:18–22 together. This verse names five men from Harim's priestly line Read Ezra 10:18–22 as one complete Ezra thought unit: The first named men are priests, including descendants of Jeshua; they give their hands to put away their wives and, being guilty, offer a ram, followed by additional priestly family names.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Beginning with priests underlines leadership accountability, yet the concise record provides no account of the wives, children, or post-dismissal support. Within that movement, this verse names five men from Harim's priestly line
Read Ezra 10:18–22 together
Why these verses belong together: The priestly heading, Jeshua-line names, hand-giving pledge, guilt offering, and remaining priestly families form the first findings block; verse 23 moves to Levites.
Verse 18. 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.
Verse 19. 19 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.
Verse 20. 20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
Verse 21. 21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
Verse 22. 22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
What Remains True
Within Ezra's own literary movement, Ezra 10:21 names five men from Harim's priestly line.
How It Can Shape Life
- Apply Ezra 10:21 by noticing that it names five men from Harim's priestly line; in a comparable situation, when a leader causes family harm, require transparent accountability, survivor-centered support, and ongoing financial and legal obligations.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezra 10:18–22 — Priests pledge dismissal and offer a ramSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Ezra 10:18–22, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew aramaic text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezra
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic wording, morphology, names, clause relations, and translation controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezra.xml, Hebrew and Aramaic words and morphology for 10:18–22
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Ezra with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Material lexical, grammatical, textual, Persian-period, numerical, and translation notes within the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible Ezra PDF, printed pp. 761–762, translation and translator notes on 10:18–22
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