Person Old Testament
Maaseiah
Maaseiah, an Israelite, was among those who had married foreign women during the time of Ezra. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:30.
Why it matters. Israelite who married a foreign woman during Ezra's time
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Maaseiah
Maaseiah was an Israelite who was found to have married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra (Ezr.10.30). He is listed among the descendants of Pahath-Moab who had taken foreign wives (Ezr.10.30). During the religious reform led by Ezra, which addressed the issue of intermarriage with foreign women, those who had married foreign women were required to separate from their wives and children (Ezr.10.44). This event highlights the importance of maintaining religious and ethnic purity within the Jewish community during the post-exilic period. The inclusion of Maaseiah and others in the list of those who had married foreign women demonstrates the widespread nature of the problem and the need for repentance and restoration.
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)