Sin in the Camp

Ezra 9 and 10 form a new section in the Book and concern the exposing of grievous sin amongst the remnant and Ezra's godly response to it. We could summarize Ezra's godly response to sin in three words:

 Contrition
 Confession
 Covenant

The opening verses of chapter 9 give us the context and the details of the problem which is the focus of this message.