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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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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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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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 swore.
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Passages linked to Ezra 10:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Nehemiah 13:25 I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
- Nehemiah 5:12 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.
- Ezra 10:3 Now therefore let’s make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and those who are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.
- Nehemiah 10:29 joined with their brothers, 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 Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
- Proverbs 1:5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
- Proverbs 9:9 Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.
- Proverbs 15:23 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
- Proverbs 25:11-12 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
- Proverbs 27:9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
- Matthew 26:63 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Ezr 10:5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief…
Ezr 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.
Ver. 5. Then arose Ezra] According to the counsel of Shechaniah, Ezr 10:4. "How forcible are right words!" Job 6:25. One seasonable speech, falling upon a prepared heart, hath oft a strong and sweet operation; as that similitude used by Peter Martyr, reading upon the First to the Corinthians, had upon Galeacius Caracciolus, that noble Italian convert; and as some speeches of Staupicius had upon Luther, who was likewise much confirmed and cheered up by conference with an old priest at Erfurt, who largely discoursed about justification by faith, and explained the articles of the Creed to him (Life of Luther, by Mr Clark).
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And made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel] Oρκος, ερκος. An oath is a fence; and, added to a vow or covenant, it doth notably conduce (as a holy exorcism) to conjure down our rebellious wills, and, as cords or chains, to hamper our treacherous hearts, that they backslide not, like backsliding heifers. Moist bodies, as water, must be put into close vessels; so must man’s heart be bound together by strongest helps and resolutions. Neither cast we any new snare hereby upon ourselves, 1Co 7:35, but rather a new provocation to the payment of an old debt we owe to God. Such was that of Jacob, Gen 28:20; Gen 31:13; of David Psa 119:106; of the Nazarites, Num 6:2-3 Rechabites, Jer 35:6. This shows a very earnest desire to obey; it sharpeneth also our prayers, and disheartens the devil; who, seeing us thus peremptory and resolute, will despair, and depart.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then arose Ezra,.... From the ground where he lay:
Then arose Ezra,.... From the ground where he lay:
and made the chief priests, and the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word: he took an oath of all that were present to do what was proposed, namely, to put away strange wives and their children:
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and they sware; by means of which they were kept to their word of promise, an oath being a solemn, sacred, thing.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. And they sware.] The thing was evidently…
Verse 5. And they sware.] The thing was evidently contrary to the law of God; and now he bound them by an oath to rectify the abuse.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Then Ezra . . . went into the chamber…
Then Ezra . . . went into the chamber of Johanan--At a private council of the princes and elders held there, under the presidency of Ezra, it was resolved to enter into a general covenant to put away their foreign wives and children; that a proclamation should be made for all who had returned from Babylon to repair within three days to Jerusalem, under pain of excommunication and confiscation of their property.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. Made… all Israel to swear — That is,…
5. Made… all Israel to swear — That is, all Israel that were present and represented on that occasion.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. Ezra’s prompt action: an oath administered to the…
5. Ezra’s prompt action: an oath administered to the princes.
the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel] R.V. the chiefs of the priests. Here as in Ezr_8:29 the A.V. by rendering ‘chief priests’ gives an erroneous meaning. ‘The chiefs’ here spoken of are the princes or leaders of the three groups into which the people divides itself at this time, priests, Levites, and Israel or laity. Cf. ‘the chiefs of the priests’ (2Ch_36:14), ‘the chiefs of the Levites’ (2Ch_35:9), ‘the princes (or chiefs) of Judah’ (Neh_12:31), ‘the princes of the people’ (Neh_11:1). The rendering of the LXX. (ὥρκισε τοὺς ἄρχοντας τοὺς ἱερεῖς κ.τ.λ.) seems to make ‘the princes’ or chiefs a separate class from the priests and the Levites.
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Ezra’s policy was at once to bind to his side the leaders of the people. By administering to them the oath of cooperation in the work of reform, while public feeling was still intensely aroused, he secured from them a public assurance of support. After that, they could not well recede from their oath. If they did not second his efforts, their hands were effectually tied. In dealing with a community which was to all intents and purposes a religious oligarchy, to compromise the chiefs or princes in his favour was the first and surest step to a successful result.
according to this word] i.e. Shecaniah’s proposal that the people should put away from them the foreign women, whom they had married.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests to…
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests to swear. Rather, made the princes, the priests, etc. to swear" LXX). That they would do according to this word. That they would act in the matter as Shechaniah had recommended, and put away the idolatrous wives.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Jehohanan ... Eliashib
Jehohanan ... Eliashib
These are the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
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priest
Levi
promise
mourn
faithless
captive
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:5 The solemn oath involved both a promise to…
10:5 The solemn oath involved both a promise to take action and a self-imposed curse for failure to do what was promised (see Ruth 1:16-17; 1 Sam 14:24-28).
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