A descendant of Harim who sent away his foreign wife
Auch bekannt als: Isshia, Isshijah, Ishiah, Isshiah, Jishlia, Issjia, Jesiah, Jesshiah, Ishijah
Die RückkehrLeaderc. 450 BC
Jissjia was one of the Israelites who had taken a foreign wife after the exile. He is mentioned among those who, during Ezra's time, committed themselves to sending away their foreign wives to restore purity in the people. His action was part of the great reform movement led by Ezra to preserve Israel's spiritual identity.
Schlüsselereignisse
Mentioned among those who had taken foreign wives
Jissjia is listed among the sons of Harim who had married foreign women in violation of God's law.
3So let us now make a covenant with our God to send away all these women along with their children, according to the counsel of the Lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
1When all this had been done, the officials came to me and said: "The people of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the peoples of the lands and their detestable practices—from the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
2They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mingled with the peoples of the lands. And the officials and leaders have led the way in this unfaithfulness."
9So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month. All the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.
11Now then, make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do his will: separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from your foreign wives."