Verse 16

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.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 13:14 : 14 then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee,
• Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
• John 7:51 : 51 Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?