Bible Strands
Ezra 10:8
Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezra issues a decree to the exiles in Judah and Jerusalem, establishing a three-day deadline for compliance with the assembly summons.
The words — The Hebrew terms כֹּל (kol, "every") and אֲשֶׁר (asher, "who") frame the conditional threat, while עֵצָה (etzah, "counsel") specifies that the leaders and elders authorize the penalties.
The thread — This enforcement mechanism parallels the royal decree in Ezra 7:26, where failure to obey the law and the king triggers strict judgment.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate obedience to the assembly call by linking physical presence to civil and communal consequences, prioritizing group accountability over individual convenience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
Cross-references
- Ezra 7:26 If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
- Leviticus 27:28 Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
- Joshua 6:19 For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”
- Judges 21:5 The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
- 1 Samuel 11:7 He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
- Nehemiah 13:3 As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
- Matthew 18:17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
- John 9:22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
- John 9:34 They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
- John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.