Nehemiah 5:12

Then said they, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

Then said {H559} they, We will restore {H7725} them, and will require {H1245} nothing of them; so will we do {H6213} as thou sayest {H559}. Then I called {H7121} the priests {H3548}, and took an oath {H7650} of them, that they should do {H6213} according to this promise {H1697}.

They answered, "We will give it back. We will require nothing from them. Yes, we will do it, just as you say."Then I called the cohanim and took an oath from them that they would do as they had promised.

“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

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Cross-References

  • Ezra 10:5 (6 votes)

    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.

  • Jeremiah 34:8 (3 votes)

    ¶ [This is] the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which [were] at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

  • Jeremiah 34:10 (3 votes)

    Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let [them] go.

  • Nehemiah 13:25 (2 votes)

    And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:13 (2 votes)

    That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:14 (2 votes)

    And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

  • Ezra 10:12 (2 votes)

    Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.