Biblical Reading and Reflections: July 22nd (Ezra 10 & John 1:1-28)
Alastair's Adversaria
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Putting Away Foreign Wives and Their Children
The sin of inter marriage is also mentioned in prophetic literature around this period. Ezra enforced the policy that shekhnaa had osed, making all the leading priests, levites and the rest of the people take the oath to put away their foreign wives before sending out the proclamation. The issue was religious syncratism and the loss of covenant distinctiveness, not a fixation on blood lines.
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