Ezra 10:13

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

Cross-reference

Ezra 10:18–44 Historical context

Ezra 10:18-44 lists the very transgressors mentioned here, showing the scale of the problem that required multiple days to resolve.