- Moreover of Israel:
- That is, as Calmet observes, simple Israelites; thus distinguished from the priests, Levites, and singers, mentioned in "And among the sonsª¹ of the priestsª there were foundª° that¹ had takenª° strangeª wives:ª [namely], of the sonsª¹ of Jeshuaª the sonª of Jozadak,ª and his brethren;ª Maaseiah,ª and Eliezer,ª and Jarib,ª and Gedaliah.ª" {Ezr 10:18} + "Also of¹ the Levites;ª Jozabad,ª and Shimei,ª and Kelaiah,ª (the same¹ [is] Kelita,)ª Pethahiah,ª Judah,ª and Eliezer.ª ... Of¹ the singersª° also; Eliashib:ª and of¹ the porters;ª Shallum,ª and Telem,ª and Uri.ª" {Ezr 10:23-24}.
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