16. The former exiles did this. Ezra the priest chose men who were heads of families. He chose one from each family division. (They were all ⌊listed⌋ by name.) They sat down on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.
17. By the first day of the first month, they had finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women.
18. Among the descendants of the priests, the following were married to foreign women: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah, a descendant of Jeshua (who was Jozadak’s son) and his brothers.
19. 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.
20. From the descendants of Immer:Hanani and Zebadiah
21. From the descendants of Harim:Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah
22. From the descendants of Pashhur:Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah
23. From the Levites:Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer