9 And so, all the men of Judah and of Benjamin convened in Jerusalem within three days. This was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of the sin and the rain.
10 And Ezra, the priest, rose up, and he said to them: 'You have transgressed, and you have taken foreign wives, so that you added to the offenses of Israel.
11 And now, make confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do what pleases him, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from your foreign wives.'
12 And the entire multitude responded, and they said with a great voice: 'In accord with your word to us, so let be it done.
13 Yet truly, since the people are many, and it is the time of rain, and we cannot endure standing outside, and this is not a task for one or two days, (for certainly we have sinned greatly in this matter,)
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