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Ezra 10:19

Ezra 10:19

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gave their hands: They bound themselves in the most solemn manner to do as the rest of the delinquents had done, and make and acknowledgment to God of their iniquity, by offering each a ram for a trespass offering. 2 Kings 10:15; 1 Chronicles 29:24; 2 Chronicles 30:8 *marg. Lamentations 5:6; Galatians 2:9

a ram: Leviticus 5:15-16, Leviticus 6:4, Leviticus 6:6

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