Ezra 10:5

Ezra 10:5 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)So Ezra rose up and put the leading priests and Levites and all Israel under oath to do what had been suggested. And they took the oath.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Ezra arose, and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear an oath that they would do according to this word. So they swore an oath.

Context of Ezra 10:5

3So now let us make a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in accordance with the counsel of my lord and of those who fear the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Torah. 4Arise! For this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and do it!” So Ezra rose up and made the leading kohanim, the Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do according to this word; and they took the oath. 6Then Ezra got up from before the House of God and went into the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he was there, he ate no bread and drank no water, because he continued to mourn over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. 7A proclamation was then circulated throughout Judah and Jerusalem for all of the exiles to assemble in Jerusalem.

Ezra 10:5 word by word

וַיָּ֣קָם עֶזְרָ֡א וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע אֶת־שָׂרֵי֩ הַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים הַלְוִיִּ֜ם וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה וַיִּשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• Ezraעֶזְרָא‛ezrâ' · EzraH5830
• and made the chiefשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• and all Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• to swearשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• that they should doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• according to this wordדָּבָרdâbâr · ChroniclesH1697

Cross-references for Ezra 10:5

• Proverbs 1:5(let the wise listen and increase learning and the discerning obtain wise counsel)
• Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still. Teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
• Proverbs 15:23A person has joy in an appropriate answer— how good is a timely word.
• Proverbs 25:11Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word aptly spoken.
• Proverbs 27:9As ointment and perfume gladden the heart, so the sweetness of one’s friend comes from his sincere counsel.
• Ezra 10:3So now let us make a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in accordance with the counsel of my lord and of those who fear the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Torah.
• Nehemiah 5:12Then they said, “We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I summoned the kohanim and I made them swear to do according to this promise.
• Nehemiah 10:29“Now the rest of the people —the kohanim, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands for the sake of the Torah of God, along with their wives, their sons and their daughters who were able to understand—
• Nehemiah 13:25So I rebuked them. I cursed them, beat some of their men and pulled their beards. I made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons—or for yourselves.
• Matthew 26:63But Yeshua kept silent. The kohen gadol said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God, tell us if You are Mashiach Ben-Elohim!”

Commentaries on Ezra 10:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5And they sware - The thing was evidently contrary to the law of God; and now he bound them by an oath to rectify the abuse.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The solemn oath included a promise to act and a self-imposed curse if the promise was broken (see Ruth 1:16–17; 1 Samuel 14:24–28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. Then Ezra ... went into the chamber of Johanan--At a private council of the princes and elders held there, under the presidency of Ezra, it was resolved to enter into a general covenant to put away their foreign wives and children; that a proclamation should be made for all who had returned from Babylon to repair within three days to Jerusalem, under pain of excommunication and confiscation of their property.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 10:5

• Church
• Decision
• Divorce
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In the dictionaries

• Ezra
• Israel
• Covenant
• Transgression
• Trespass
• Azaelus
• Bacchurus
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Genealogy
• Oath

Commentaries on Ezra 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings