Bani

About Bani Written by AI

Bani is listed in Ezra 10:34 among the men who had married foreign women during the time of Ezra. After the return from Babylonian exile, Ezra discovered that many Israelites, including priests and Levites, had intermarried with the neighboring peoples (Ezra 9:1 to 2). This was seen as a violation of God's command not to intermarry with the idolatrous nations (Deuteronomy 7:3 to 4). Ezra called the people to repentance and urged them to separate from their foreign wives (Ezra 10:10 to 11). Bani was one of those who agreed to put away his foreign wife in obedience to God's law. This act demonstrated a commitment to holiness and a desire to maintain the distinct identity of the Jewish community.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Bani, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

Built. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:46. (2.) One of David’s thirty-seven warriors, a Gadite (2 Sam. 23:36). (3.) Ezra 2:10; 10:29,34,38. (4.) A Levite who was prominent in the reforms on the return from Babylon (Neh. 8:7; 9:4,5). His son Rehum took part in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:17).

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.