14. Let our officials stay in Jerusalem and take charge of the matter. Then let anyone who has a foreign wife come at a set time, together with the leaders and the judges of his city. In this way God's anger over this situation will be turned away.”
15. No one was opposed to the plan except Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, who had the support of Meshullam and of Shabbethai, a Levite.
16. The returned exiles accepted the plan, so Ezra the priest appointed men from among the heads of the clans and recorded their names. On the first day of the tenth month they began their investigation,
17. and within the next three months they investigated all the cases of men with foreign wives.
18. This is the list of the men who had foreign wives:Clan of Joshua and his brothers, sons of Jehozadak: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
19. They promised to divorce their wives, and they offered a ram as a sacrifice for their sins.
20. Clan of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah
21. Clan of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah
22. Clan of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and ElasahJozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and EliezerEliashibShallum, Telem, and UriClan of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah