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Ezra 10:3

Covenant and promises

1 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

4 Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.

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BSB
So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
KJV
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
WEB
Now therefore let’s make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and those who are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.
ASV
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
DARBY
And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of [my] lord, and of those that tremble at the commandments of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
BLB
And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the women and those born to them, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. And according to the law let it be done.
ÅB
Så la oss nå gjøre en pakt med vår Gud om å skille oss med alle disse kvinner og deres barn, slik som Herren vil det og de menn som har ærefrykt for vår Guds bud, og la oss gå fram etter loven!
OTB
La oss nå inngå en pakt med vår Gud om å sende bort alle disse kvinnene og deres barn, etter råd fra min herre og de som skjelver for vår Guds bud. La det skje i henhold til loven.
B1930
Så la oss nu gjøre en pakt med vår Gud om å skille oss med alle disse kvinner og deres barn, således som Herren vil det og de menn som har ærefrykt for vår Guds bud, og la oss gå frem efter loven!

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 7:2–3

    and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

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  • Ezra 9:4

    Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.

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  • Joshua 23:12–13

    For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:12–13

    To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

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  • Psalms 119:120

    My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

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  • Deuteronomy 29:12

    so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,

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  • Nehemiah 9:38

    In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”

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  • Psalms 119:59

    I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.

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