Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
Ezra 10:28 stands in Ezra's detailed record of Israel's practical separation from forbidden heathen alliances, an inquiry made case by case with the putting away of foreign wives, which had to come before the people could be taught the law. It belongs to God's clear counsel about marriage given in love and mercy to His people, carrying important instruction and timely warning. That counsel teaches that marriage is to be only in the Lord and that the duties of marriage are to be studied before entering it. It is to be prayerfully read, considered, and cheerfully obeyed, for heeding it escapes bitter anguish of heart, painful regret for long years, frequent disappointments in that honorable estate, and a repentance that is at once too soon and too late.
Ezra 10:28 stands in Ezra's detailed record of Israel's practical separation from forbidden heathen alliances, an inquiry made case by case with the putting away of foreign wives, which had to come before the people could be taught the law. It belongs to God's clear counsel about marriage given in love and mercy to His people, carrying important instruction and timely warning. That counsel teaches that marriage is to be only in the Lord and that the duties of marriage are to be studied before entering it. It is to be prayerfully read, considered, and cheerfully obeyed, for heeding it escapes bitter anguish of heart, painful regret for long years, frequent disappointments in that honorable estate, and a repentance that is at once too soon and too late.