Then they said,"We will give[it] backand will requirenothingfrom them; we will doexactlyas you say."So I calledthe priestsand tookan oathfrom them that they would doaccording to thispromise.
Then allthe assemblyrepliedwith a loudvoice,"That's right!As you have said,so it is our dutyto do.
Then Ezraroseand made the leadingpriests,the Levitesand allIsrael,takeoaththat they would doaccording to thisproposal;so they tookthe oath.
are joiningwith their kinsmen,their nobles,and are takingon themselves a curseand an oathto walkin God'slaw,whichwas giventhroughMoses,God'sservant,and to keepand to observeallthe commandmentsof GODour Lord,and His ordinancesand His statutes;
and that we will not giveour daughtersto the peoplesof the landor taketheir daughtersfor our sons.
As for the peoplesof the landwho bringwaresor anygrainon the sabbathdayto sell,we will not buyfrom them on the sabbathor a holyday;and we will forego[the crops] the seventhyearand the exactionof everydebt.
So I contendedwith them and cursedthem and strucksomeof them and pulledout their hair,and made them swearby God,"You shall not giveyour daughtersto their sons,nortakeof their daughtersfor your sonsor for yourselves.
"Please,givebackto them this very daytheir fields,their vineyards,their olivegrovesand their houses,also the hundredth[part] of the moneyand of the grain,the newwineand the oilthat you are exactingfrom them."
But Jesuskept silent.And the high priestsaidto Him, "I adjureYou by the livingGod,that You tellus whetherYou are the Christ,the Sonof God."
Zaccheusstoppedand saidto the Lord,"Behold,Lord,halfof my possessionsI will giveto the poor,and ifI have defraudedanyoneof anything,I will give backfour times as much."
