Ezra 10:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Ezra riseth, and causeth the heads of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear to do according to this word--and they swear.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezra 10:5 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 10:3So 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.
- Nehemiah 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.
- Nehemiah 10:29hereby 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.
- Nehemiah 13:25I 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!
- Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
- Proverbs 15:23A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
- Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
- Proverbs 27:9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
- Matthew 26:63But 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.”
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