Ezra 6:21

6:21 The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them ¹  in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel.

Ezra 9:2

9:2 Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race ²  has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!”

Ezra 10:16

10:16 So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out ³  by name men who were leaders in their family groups. ⁴  They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,

[6:21]  ¹ tn Heb “who had separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to them.”

[9:2]  ² tn Heb “the holy seed,” referring to the Israelites as God’s holy people.

[10:16]  ³ tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּבְדֵּל לוֹ (vayyavdel lo, “separated for himself”) rather than the Niphal plural וַיִּבָּדְלוּ (vayyibbadÿlu, “were separated”) of the MT.

[10:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers, to the house of their fathers, and all of them by name.”