Any person that refused to serve the Lord God was to be killed. It did not matter if that person was important or not important or if that person was a man or woman.
2 Chronicles 15:14 - Easy To Read Version Then Asa and the people made an oath {\cf2\super [189]} to the Lord. They shouted out with a loud voice. They also blew on trumpets and rams’ horns. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They took an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets. American Standard Version (1901) And they sware unto Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. Common English Bible They swore this to the LORD with a loud voice, shouts of joy, and blasts from trumpets and horns. Catholic Public Domain Version And they swore to the Lord, with a great voice, in jubilation, and with the blare of trumpets, and with the sound of horns, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet, and sound of cornets: |
Any person that refused to serve the Lord God was to be killed. It did not matter if that person was important or not important or if that person was a man or woman.
All the people of Judah were happy about the oath, because they had promised with all their heart. They followed God with all their heart. They looked for God and found him. So the Lord gave them peace in all the country.
Then I shook out the folds of my clothes. I said, “God will do the same thing to every person that doesn’t keep his promise. God will shake them out of their houses and they will lose everything they worked for! That person will lose everything!”
Moses told the people all the rules and commands from the Lord. Then all the people said, “We will obey all the commands that the Lord has spoken.”
Moses read the scroll with the special Agreement written on it. Moses read the Agreement so all the people could hear him. And the people said, “We have heard {the laws that the Lord has given us}. And we agree to obey them.”
Then the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey him.”