28 The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand(A) and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples(B) to obey the law of God— 29 join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath[a](C) to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses(D) and to obey carefully all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of the Lord our Lord.

Details of the Vow

30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:29 Lit and enter in a curse and in an oath

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