Section 9:1-4

Ezra heard that some Jews had married non-Jews

9:1a After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said,

¶ Some time after they did these things, the ⌊Jewish⌋ officials came to me and told me,
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¶ Later, ⌊some of⌋ the leaders/chiefs ⌊of Israel⌋ came to me ⌊with a concern/problem⌋. They said that

9:1b “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites,

“The Jewish people, the priests, and men of/from the clan of Levi
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⌊some of⌋ the sacrificers and ⌊other⌋ descendants of Levi, as well as ⌊some⌋ regular/ordinary people ⌊who do not work at the temple⌋

9:1c have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations

did not keep away from the other tribes that live near/around us who do disgusting things.
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have not rejected/refused the wicked/sinful customs of the local people.
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are living just like the non-Jewish people around them. They are copying their bad/foul/vile deeds.

9:1d are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

Those tribes do things just like the Canaanite, Hittite, Perizzite, Jebusite, Ammonite, Moabite, Egyptian, and Amorite people used to do.
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⌊Due to this, they were now practicing the wicked things⌋ that the people of Canaan, Heth, Periz, Jebus, Ammon, Moab, Egypt, and Amor did.
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⌊For example, they are behaving⌋ like the worshipers of false gods who used to live in the countries/lands of Canaan, Moab, Egypt, and Arabia.

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