Ezra 10:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ezra 10:5

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ezra 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.

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.

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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