Ezra · Chapter 9 King James Version

Ezra 9:11

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The Scripture

(11) Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Ezra records that the Israelites and Judahites who had returned from exile were now gathering together, but some of them had not kept the law and had returned to worship the foreign gods. The chapter notes the census of the faithful, the division of the land among the tribes, and the preparation for the dedication of the temple.

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