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Person Old Testament

Amram

Amram was one of the Israelites who had married a foreign woman during the Exile and agreed to put her away. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:34.

Why it matters. Israelite who married a foreign wife

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2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Amram

Amram is mentioned in the book of Ezra as one of the Israelites who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile. When Ezra called the people to repentance and to put away their foreign wives, Amram was among those who agreed to do so, demonstrating his willingness to obey God's law and maintain the purity of the Israelite community.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

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