16. So those who had returned did what had been suggested. The priest Ezra chose some family leaders. There was one from each family group. All of them were chosen by name. They sat down to check out each case. They started on the first day of the tenth month.
17. By the first day of the first month they were finished. They had handled all of the cases of the men who had gotten married to women from other lands.
18. Among the family lines of the priests, here are the men who had married women from other lands. Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah came from the family line of Jeshua and his brothers. Jeshua was the son of Jehozadak.
19. All of them made a firm promise to send their wives away. Each of those men brought a ram from his flock as a guilt offering.
20. Hanani and Zebadiah came from the family line of Immer.
21. Maaseiah and Elijah came from the family line of Harim. So did Shemaiah, Jehiel and Uzziah.
22. Elioenai, Maaseiah and Ishmael came from the family line of Pashhur. So did Nethanel, Jozabad and Elasah.
23. Among the Levites, here are the men who had married women from other lands. There were Jozabad, Shimei and Kelaiah. There were also Pethahiah, Judah and Eliezer. Kelaiah's other name was Kelita.
24. Eliashib came from the singers. Shallum, Telem and Uri came from the men who guarded the temple gates.
25. Among the other Israelites, here are the men who had married women from other lands. Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah and Mijamin came from the family line of Parosh. So did Eleazar, Malkijah and Benaiah.
26. Mattaniah, Zechariah and Jehiel came from the family line of Elam. So did Abdi, Jeremoth and Elijah.
27. Elioenai, Eliashib and Mattaniah came from the family line of Zattu. So did Jeremoth, Zabad and Aziza.
28. Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai and Athlai came from the family line of Bebai.
29. Meshullam, Malluch and Adaiah came from the family line of Bani. So did Jashub, Sheal and Jeremoth.
30. Adna, Kelal, Benaiah and Maaseiah came from the family line of Pahath-Moab. So did Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui and Manasseh.
31. Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah and Shimeon came from the family line of Harim.
32. So did Benjamin, Malluch and Shemariah.
33. Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad and Eliphelet came from the family line of Hashum. So did Jeremai, Manasseh and Shimei.