By the first day of the first month they finished questioning all the men who had taken pagan wives.
Parallel translations
- WEB They finished with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.
- KJV And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
- BSB and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.
- NASB And they finished investigating all the men who had married foreign wives by the first day of the first month.
- NLT By March 27, the first day of the new year, they had finished dealing with all the men who had married pagan wives.
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Quick answer
By the first day of the first month they completed the inquiry into all the men who had married foreign women. The painstaking process was carried through to the end.
Overview
The investigation, begun in the tenth month, was finished about three months later, showing both the scale of the problem and the community's perseverance. They did not abandon the costly task once begun. This thorough follow-through illustrates that genuine repentance is sustained to completion, not left half-done when difficulty or time wears on resolve.
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The return from exile and the rebuilt altar keep alive the hope of a greater restoration — the true return from our deeper exile of sin accomplished by Christ.
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