Man living at the time of Exile and Return
Manasseh, a descendant of Hashum, divorced his foreign wife during Ezra's reforms.
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Manasseh was a man from the family of Hashum who had married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra. As part of Ezra's reforms to purify the Jewish community, Manasseh and others who had married foreign wives were required to divorce them (Ezr.10.33).
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H4519
From the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
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