Person Old Testament
Bani
Bani was one of the men who had married foreign women and agreed to put them away. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:34.
Why it matters. An Israelite who agreed to put away his foreign wife.
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Bani
Bani is listed in Ezr.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 (Ezr.9.1-2). This was seen as a violation of God's command not to intermarry with the idolatrous nations (Deu.7.3-4). Ezra called the people to repentance and urged them to separate from their foreign wives (Ezr.10.10-11). 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.
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.
Ezra (1 verse)