Cross Reference EZRA 10:44 ALL THESE HAD TAKEN STRANGE WIVES AND SOME OF THEM HAD WIVES BY WHOM THEY HAD CHILDREN

{Ezra 10:44} All x3605 these x428 had taken 5375 z8804 z8675 z8802 strange 5237 wives: 802 and [some] of x4480 them had 3426 wives 802 by whom they had 7760 z8799 children. 1121

strange wives:
"To deliverª ° thee from the strange² ° woman,ª ¹ ¹ [even] from the strangerª ¹ [which] flatterethª ° with her words;ª" {Prv 2:16} + "For¹ the lipsª of a strange womanª ° dropª ° [as] an honeycomb,ª and her mouthª [is] smootherª than oil:ª ¹" {Prv 5:3} + "And why¹ wilt thou, my son,ª be ravishedª ° with a strange woman,ª ° and embraceª ° the bosomª of a stranger?ª" {Prv 5:20}

and some of them:
This observation was probably intended to shew that only a few of them had children, and also how rigorously the law was put in execution. According to a passage in Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho, a Jew, Ezra offered a paschal lamb on this occasion, and addressed the people thus: "And Ezra said to the people, This pass-over is our Saviour and our Refuge; and if ye will be persuaded of it, and let it enter into your hearts, that we are to humble to Him in a sign, and afterwards shall believe in Him, this place shall not be destroyed forever, saith the Lord of hosts; but, if ye will not believe in Him, nor hearken to his preaching, ye shall be a laughing-stock to the Gentiles." This was probably a marginal note added by some early Christian.