²⁹join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath^A^e to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses^f and to obey carefully all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of the Lord our Lord.

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Footnotes

A and enter in a curse and in an oath

Cross references

e Ezr 10:5; Neh 5:12
f Neh 8:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

join with their brothers, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath 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.

NLTNew Living Translation

joined their leaders and bound themselves with an oath. They swore a curse on themselves if they failed to obey the Law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the Lord our Lord:

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

are helping their brothers, their nobles, and entering into a solemn oath to walk in the law of God which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all of the commandments of Yahweh our Lord and his judgments and regulations.

KJV 1900King James Version

They clave to their brethren, 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 the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

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