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Then Ezra got up from in front of the temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he stayed[a] there, he did not eat food or drink water, for he was in mourning over the infidelity of the exiles.

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  1. Ezra 10:6 tc The translation reads וַיָּלֶן (vayyalen, “and he stayed”) rather than the reading וַיֵּלֶךְ (vayyelekh, “and he went”) of the MT. Cf. the LXX.

Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he was there, he ate no food and drank no water,(A) because he continued to mourn over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

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