Nehemiah 10:29
27 Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.
28 “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,
hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
31 When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
- KJV
- They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
- WEB
- joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
- ASV
- They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God`s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
- DARBY
- joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which had been given by Moses the servant of God, and to keep and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
- BLB
- taking hold upon their brothers, their nobles, and entering into a curse and into an oath to walk in the law of God that was given by the hand of Moses the servant of God, and to keep and to do all the commandments of YHWH, our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes,
- ÅB
- alle disse holdt seg til de fornemme blant sine brødre og svor en dyr ed på at de ville vandre etter Guds lov, som var gitt ved Guds tjener Moses, og at de ville holde og gjøre etter alle Herrens, vår Herres bud og lover og forskrifter,
- OTB
- slutter seg til sine slektninger, de fornemme, og tar på seg en forbannelse og en ed om å vandre i Guds lov, som ble gitt gjennom Moses, Guds tjener, og å holde og overholde alle Herrens, vår Guds, bud, forskrifter og forordninger.
- B1930
- alle disse holdt sig til de fornemme blandt sine brødre og svor en dyr ed på at de vilde vandre efter Guds lov, som var gitt ved Guds tjener Moses, og at de vilde holde og gjøre efter alle Herrens, vår Herres bud og lover og forskrifter,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
Read in contextPsalms 119:106
I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
Read in contextTitus 2:11–14
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
Read in contextJohn 15:14
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Read in contextNehemiah 5:12–13
“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 context2 Kings 23:3
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
Read in contextRomans 12:9
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
Read in context2 Chronicles 34:31
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.
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