Person Old Testament
Elasah
Elasah was a priest who married a foreign woman during the Exile. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:22.
Why it matters. Priest who married a foreign woman during the Exile
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Elasah
Elasah is mentioned in Ezr.10.22 as one of the priests who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile. This was a violation of God's command for the Israelites to remain separate from the surrounding nations. As part of the religious reforms led by Ezra, Elasah and the other priests pledged to put away their foreign wives and children.
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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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Ezra (1 verse)