10:16a So the exiles did as proposed.

¶ So the people who had returned ⌊to Judah⌋ followed this suggestion.
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¶ The community ⌊of Jews⌋ who returned home ⌊from Babylon⌋ did what was proposed.

10:16b Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads,

Ezra the priest chose men who were the heads/chiefs of extended families.
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Then Ezra selected men who were family/clan leaders ⌊to decide the cases⌋.

10:16c each of them identified by name, to represent their families.

(God’s Word) He chose one from each family division. (They were all listed by name.)

He chose them by name, one man from each family.
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There was one from each family/clan. Their names were written/recorded.

10:16d On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,

On the first day of the tenth month ⌊ ⌋ ⌊of the Jewish year⌋, the men came and sat together to study the cases.
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These leaders met together and began to examine the matter/problem on the first day of ⌊Tebeth,⌋ the tenth month ⌊of the year/calendar⌋.

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