Verse 16

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by [their] names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 13:14 : 14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, [if it be] truth, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought among you;
• Job 29:16 : 16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
• John 7:51 : 51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?