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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 command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

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ASV

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

KJV

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
נִֽכְרָת־nikh.rot-let us makeH3772 →
בְּרִ֣יתbe.Rita covenantH1285 →
לֵ֠אלֹהֵינוּLe.lo.hei.nuto God ourH430 →
לְהוֹצִ֨יאle.ho.Tzi'to send outH3318 →
כָל־khol-allH3605 →
נָשִׁ֜יםna.ShimwivesH802 →
וְהַנּוֹלָ֤דve.ha.no.Ladand those bornH3205 →
מֵהֶם֙me.Hemfrom them
בַּעֲצַ֣תba.'a.Tzatby [the] counsel ofH6098 →
אֲדֹנָ֔י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
וְהַחֲרֵדִ֖יםve.ha.cha.re.Dimand the [people] tremblingH2730 →
בְּמִצְוַ֣תbe.mitz.Vatat [the] commandment ofH4687 →
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430 →
וְכַתּוֹרָ֖הve.kha.to.Rahand according to the lawH8451 →
יֵעָשֶֽׂה׃ye.'a.Sehlet it be doneH6213 →

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Deuteronomy 7:2–3and 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 9:4Then 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.Philippians 2:12Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.1 Corinthians 7:12–13To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.Joshua 23:12–13For 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 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.Ezra 10:11Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”Deuteronomy 29:12so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,Nehemiah 9:38In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”2 Chronicles 34:21“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”Psalms 119:59I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.Nehemiah 8:14And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month.Nehemiah 10:29–39hereby 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 Chronicles 34:31–32So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.Nehemiah 13:1–3At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.Joshua 9:6They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”2 Kings 11:17Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

About Ezra

Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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