Ezra 10:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezra 10:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezra 10:16 is a verse from the book of Ezra in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of the..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezra 10:16 — KJV
“And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.”
— Ezra 10:16 (KJV)
Ezra 10:16 in Context — About the Book of Ezra
Ezra records the first waves of return from Babylonian exile — rebuilding the altar, then the temple, against opposition and discouragement. Ezra himself arrives as a scribe devoted to studying, obeying, and teaching God's Word, modeling how revival begins with Scripture and honest confession.
Cross-References for Ezra 10:16
“And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 10:16: fathers, after, house
“And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 10:16: children, priest, after
“Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 10:16: children, chief, fathers
“Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: lamb: or, kid”
Shares key themes with Ezra 10:16: fathers, house, day
“Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;”
Shares key themes with Ezra 10:16: children, fathers, after
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