Ezra 10:7-9

International Children’s Bible

⁷ Then an order was sent everywhere in Judah and Jerusalem. All the captives who had returned had to meet together in Jerusalem. ⁸ Whoever did not come to Jerusalem within three days would lose his property. And he would no longer be a member of the community of the returned captives. That was the decision of the officers and elders.

⁹ So within three days all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month. All the people were sitting in the open place in front of the Temple. They were upset because of the meeting and because it was raining.