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Ezra 10:5

New Century Version

So Ezra got up and made the priests, Levites, and all the people of Israel promise to do what was suggested; and they promised.

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Now let us make an agreement before our God. We will send away all these women and their children as you and those who respect the commands of our God advise. Let it be done to obey God’s Teachings.

They joined their fellow Israelites and their leading men in taking an oath, which was tied to a curse in case they broke the oath. They promised to follow the Teachings of God, which they had been given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey all the commands, rules, and laws of the Lord our God.

I argued with those people, put curses on them, hit some of them, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to make a promise to God, saying, “Do not let your daughters marry the sons of foreigners, and do not take the daughters of foreigners as wives for your sons or yourselves.

They said, “We will give it back and not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.” Then I called for the priests, and I made the important people and leaders take an oath to do what they had said.

Wise people can also listen and learn; even they can find good advice in these words.

People enjoy giving good advice. Saying the right word at the right time is so pleasing.

The sweet smell of perfume and oils is pleasant, and so is good advice from a friend.

Teach the wise, and they will become even wiser; teach good people, and they will learn even more.

But Jesus said nothing. Again the high priest said to Jesus, “I command you by the power of the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”




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