Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel (A)take an oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.

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So Ezra rose up and put the leading priests and Levites and all Israel under oath(A) to do what had been suggested. And they took the oath.

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29 join with their brothers, their nobles, (A)and enter into a curse and an oath (B)to walk in God's Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes. 30 (C)We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.

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29 all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath(A) to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord.

30 “We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.(B)

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