Ezra 10:3 (KJV)

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Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and such as are born of them according to the counsel of my lord and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God and let it be done according to the law

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let us make.{Nichrath berith,} "let us cut a covenant:" De 29:12 Jos 9:6 2Ki 11:17 2Ch 29:10 2Ch 34:31 2Ch 34:32 Ne 9:38 Ne 10:29-39

put away. Heb. bring forth. according to the counsel. 2Ch 30:12

of those that. Ezr 9:4 2Ch 34:21 2Ch 34:27 Ps 119:59 Ps 119:120 Isa 66:2 Eze 9:4

at the commandment. De 7:2 De 7:3 Jos 23:12 Jos 23:13

let it. Ne 8:14 Ne 13:1-3 Isa 8:20

Shechaniah's counsel, which he was then so clear in, will not hold now: such marriages, it is certain, are contrary to the will of God, and ought not to be made; but they are not null. Our rule under the gospel is {Quod fieri non debuit, factum valet,} "That which ought not to have been done must, when done, abide." See 1Co 7:12 1Co 7:13

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