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Ezra 10:5

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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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah · Written before 735.

And Ezra rose before the house of God, etc. Eliasib was the high priest of that time, since after Jesus the son of Jozadak, his son Joachim, and after him his son Eliasib, carried out the rank of high priest, as both the subsequent sections …

This site's exposition

be of good courage, and do it

on Ezra 10:4-6

The congregation's charge to Ezra reverses the shape of chapter 9, where he alone confessed: now the people tell him arise, for this matter belongeth unto thee, and pledge their support before he acts. He takes the oath from the chief priests, the Levites and all Israel first, then withdraws to Johanan's chamber and refuses bread and water, carrying the mourning of confession past the moment the vow was made. Grief does not end when the remedy is agreed; it continues in a leader who still fasts over the sin.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיָּ֣קָםand he arose

    vaiyakomH6965 →628 times

  • עֶזְרָ֡אEzra

    ʾezra'H5830 →22 times

  • וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣עand he made to swear an oath

    vaiyashba'H7650 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שָׂרֵי֩[the] leaders of

    sareiH8269 →421 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֜םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לַעֲשׂ֛וֹתto do

    laasotH6213 →2628 times

  • כַּדָּבָ֥רaccording to the manner

    kadavarH1697 →1440 times

  • הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • וַיִּשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃and they swore [the] oath

    vaiyishaveuH7650 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

12 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Nehemiah 13:25I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!7 worksNehemiah 5:12“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.6 worksExodus 18:24Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.3 worksProverbs 25:11–12A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.2 worksEzra 10:3So 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.2 worksNehemiah 10:29hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.2 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel2 worksProverbs 27:9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.2 worksProverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.2 worksMatthew 26:63But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”2 worksProverbs 15:23A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!2 worksMatthew 2:4And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 7:2–3

      and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

    • Ezra 9:4

      Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.

    • Joshua 23:12–13

      For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

    • Psalms 119:120

      My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 10:29

    hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 36:27

      And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.

    • Psalms 119:106

      I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

    • John 15:14

      You are My friends if you do what I command you.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 13:25

    I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 7:3

      Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

About Ezra

Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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