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And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men, heads of fathersā houses, according to their fathersā houses, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter;
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men who were the heads of fathersā households for each of their fatherās households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.
So the exiles did as was proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, one from each family division, and all of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to investigate the cases,
Then the descendants of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of the fathersā households, were set apart by the fathersā households, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
So this was the plan they followed. Ezra selected leaders to represent their families, designating each of the representatives by name. On December 29, the leaders sat down to investigate the matter.
The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathersā households, after their fathersā houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.