Person Old Testament
Jozadak
Among the descendants of Jozadak, some priests were found to have married foreign women during the time of Ezra. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:18.
Why it matters. A priest whose descendants married foreign women
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jozadak
Jozadak is mentioned in Ezr.10.18 in the context of the priests who had married foreign women during the post-exilic period. The passage is part of Ezra's reforms and his efforts to address the issue of intermarriage between the Israelites and the pagan peoples of the land (Ezra 9-10).
In the list of priests who had married foreign women, some of the descendants of Jozadak are mentioned (Ezr.10.18). This indicates that even among the priestly families, there were those who had violated the commandment to refrain from intermarrying with the surrounding nations (Deu.7.3-4).
As part of the covenant made under Ezra's leadership, these priests agreed to put away their foreign wives and children (Ezr.10.19). This event underscores the importance of maintaining religious and cultural purity among the Israelites, particularly in the post-exilic period when they were re-establishing their identity and covenant relationship with God.
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)