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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Kelaiah
He was a Levite who had married a foreign wife and agreed under Ezra to send her away. He is also called Kelita, and is probably the Kelita who helped people understand the reading of the law.
He was a Levite who had married a foreign wife and agreed under Ezra to send her away. He is also called Kelita, and is probably the Kelita who helped people understand the reading of the law.
Kelaiah, also called Kelita, was a Levite among those who had married foreign wives during the postexilic period and agreed to separate from them under Ezra's reform (Ezra 10:23). A Levite named Kelita later helped the people understand the reading of the law in Nehemiah 8:7, likely the same man.
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- Ezra 10:23
