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Ezra 10:43 Explained in Context
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Verse 43. 43Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
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Quick Meaning
This verse names seven men from Nebo
Read It With
- Ezra 10:23–44
Read Ezra 10:23–44 together. This verse names seven men from Nebo Read Ezra 10:23–44 as one complete Ezra thought unit: The list continues through Levites and many Israelite families and closes by saying all these had taken foreign wives and that some wives had borne children.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The unresolved ending denies easy closure and makes the families' unreported futures a central interpretive and ethical limitation. Within that movement, this verse names seven men from Nebo
Read Ezra 10:23–44 together
Why these verses belong together: Levites, singer, gatekeeper, the sequence of Israelite family names, and the final statement about wives and children form the concluding findings register and the book's abrupt ending.
Verse 23. 23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Verse 24. 24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
Verse 25. 25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
Verse 26. 26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
Verse 27. 27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
Verse 28. 28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
Verse 29. 29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
Verse 30. 30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
Verse 31. 31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Verse 32. 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
Verse 33. 33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
Verse 34. 34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
Verse 35. 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
Verse 36. 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Verse 37. 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
Verse 38. 38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
Verse 39. 39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
Verse 40. 40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Verse 41. 41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Verse 42. 42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
Verse 43. 43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
Verse 44. 44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
What Remains True
Within Ezra's own literary movement, Ezra 10:43 names seven men from Nebo.
How It Can Shape Life
- Apply Ezra 10:43 by noticing that it names seven men from Nebo; in a comparable situation, read this chapter with survivors, mixed-faith families, migrants, women, and children in view; reject coercion and build protections the narrative does not report.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezra 10:23–44 — The register closes with Levites and Israelite familiesSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Ezra 10:23–44, 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 10:23–44
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 10:23–44
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