Man living at the time of Exile and Return
Pethahiah, a Levite who married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra.
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Pethahiah was a Levite who had married a foreign woman, according to Ezr.10.23. After the Babylonian exile, Ezra led a religious reform that required the Israelites to separate from their foreign wives to maintain the purity of the Jewish faith and lineage. Pethahiah was among the Levites who had taken foreign wives and agreed to put them away as part of this reform. This event demonstrates the importance of religious and ethnic identity in the post-exilic Jewish community.
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H6611
Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
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