Ezra 10:18
And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
Cross-reference
Ezra 10:25 lists other Israelites who also married foreign wives, showing the priests in 10:18 were not alone.
Ezra 10:13 notes the large number of transgressors, showing the priests in 10:18 were part of a widespread problem.
In Ezra 2:2, Jeshua son of Jozadak is listed among the first returnees — here his descendants are named among those who married foreign women.
In Ezra 3:2, Jeshua leads the rebuilding of the altar — here his sons are among the priests who intermarried.
In Ezra 5:2, Jeshua joins Zerubbabel to rebuild the temple — here his descendants are guilty of intermarriage.
In Ezra 9:1, the same issue of priests intermarrying with foreign women is reported — directly parallel to the list here.
Ezra 9:2 describes the intermarriage problem that led to the list of guilty priests in 10:18.
Leviticus 21:13-15 requires priests to marry a virgin of their own people; these priests married foreign women, directly violating this.
Malachi 2:8 rebukes priests for departing from the way, which is precisely what these priests did by intermarrying.
Zechariah 3:1 depicts Joshua (Jeshua) as high priest being accused — here his sons are accused of intermarriage.
Haggai 1:1 addresses Joshua (Jeshua) as high priest — here his sons are in disgrace.
Ezekiel 44:22 restricts priests to marrying virgins of Israel; the priests in Ezra violated this by taking foreign wives.
Nehemiah 13:28 records a similar case of a priest's son marrying a foreigner, directly mirroring the intermarriage problem in Ezra.
Nehemiah 12:10 traces Jeshua's priestly line — here his immediate sons are named as those who sinned.
1 Chronicles 6:15 notes Jehozadak went into exile — his son Jeshua returned, but here Jeshua's sons intermarried.
1 Chronicles 6:14 lists Jehozadak in the high priestly line — he is the father of Jeshua, whose sons are named here.
Leviticus 21:7 forbids priests from marrying profane women; the priests in Ezra violated this by marrying foreign women.
Malachi 2:12 pronounces judgment on those marrying foreign wives, echoing the sin addressed in Ezra 10:18.
Malachi 2:9 says such priests become contemptible; the Ezra priests' disgraceful marriages brought similar contempt.