Ezra 10:37

Study note

Setting — Ezra narrates a post-exilic census of Israelite men who had married foreign women. He identifies Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu as members of a specific tribal lineage being processed after the public covenant renewal.

The words — The verse records three Hebrew personal names: מַתַּנְיָ֥ה (Mattaniah), meaning “Yahweh has given”; מַתְּנַ֖י (Mattenai), meaning “His gift”; and וְיַעֲשֽׂי (Jaasai), meaning “He has made.”

The thread — These names function as part of a broader genealogical pattern in Ezra 10:18–43 and Nehemiah 10:18–28, where tribal lists document the community’s structured response to intermarriage.

Why it lands — The text requires a reader to recognize that covenant faithfulness demands the concrete identification and accountability of individuals within the restored community.

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