Ezra 10:5
3 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!”
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.
6 Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
7 And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
- WEB
- Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.
- ASV
- Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they sware.
- DARBY
- Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, of the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.
- BLB
- And Ezra arose, and he made swear an oath the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, that they would do this according to the word. And they swore an oath.
- ÅB
- Da sto Esras opp og lot de øverste prester og levitter og hele Israels høvdinger sverge at de ville gjøre som sagt var; og de svor på det.
- OTB
- Så reiste Esra seg og fikk de ledende prestene, levittene og hele Israel til å avlegge ed på å gjøre det som var foreslått. Og de avla eden.
- B1930
- Da stod Esras op og lot de øverste prester og levitter og hele Israels høvdinger sverge at de vilde gjøre som sagt var; og de svor på det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 13:25
I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
Read in contextNehemiah 5:12
“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
Read in contextProverbs 9:9
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
Read in contextProverbs 1:5
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
Read in contextEzra 10:3
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.
Read in contextMatthew 26:63
But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
Read in contextProverbs 15:23
A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
Read in contextProverbs 25:11–12
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
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