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Nehemiah 5:12

10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

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BSB
“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.
KJV
Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
WEB
Then they said, “We will restore them, and will require nothing of them. We will do so, even as you say.” Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.
ASV
Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.
DARBY
And they said, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast said. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
BLB
And they said, “We will restore [it], and from them will require nothing. Thus we will do as you say.” And I called the priests, and caused them to swear to do according to this word.
ÅB
Da sa de: Vi vil gi det tilbake og ikke kreve noe av dem; vi vil gjøre som du sier. Og etter at jeg hadde tilkalt prestene, lot jeg dem sverge på at de ville gjøre som de hadde sagt.
OTB
De svarte, “Vi vil gi det tilbake og vil ikke kreve noe mer fra dem; vi vil gjøre som du sier.” Så kalte jeg sammen prestene og fikk adelsmennene og embetsmennene til å avlegge en ed om å gjøre det de hadde lovet.
B1930
Da sa de: Vi vil gi det tilbake og ikke kreve noget av dem; vi vil gjøre som du sier. Og efterat jeg hadde tilkalt prestene, lot jeg dem sverge på at de vilde gjøre som de hadde sagt.

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Cross references

  • Ezra 10:5

    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.

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  • Jeremiah 34:8–10

    This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

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  • Nehemiah 10:29

    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;

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  • Ezra 10:12

    Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

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  • 2 Chronicles 6:22–23

    If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

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  • 2 Chronicles 15:13–14

    That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

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  • Nehemiah 10:31

    And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:14–15

    So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.

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