Ezra 10:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then all the people, answering, said with a loud voice, As you have said, so it is right for us to do.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezra 10:3-4 : 3 Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law. 4 Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.
  • Neh 13:23 : 23 And in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:
  • Ps 78:37 : 37 And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.
  • Ps 78:57 : 57 Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

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  • Ezra 10:13-14
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    79%

    13 But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.

    14 So now let our rulers be representatives for all the people, and let all those in our towns who are married to strange women come at fixed times, and with them the responsible men and the judges of every town, till the burning wrath of our God is turned away from us, and this has been done.

  • Exod 19:8
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    8 And all the people, answering together, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do. And Moses took back to the Lord the words of the people.

  • Exod 24:3
    76%

    3 Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.

  • Ezra 10:9-11
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    9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear because of this business and because of the great rain.

    10 And Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them, You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, so increasing the sin of Israel.

    11 So now, give praise to the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and make yourselves separate from the peoples of the land and from the strange women.

  • Deut 1:14
    74%

    14 And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

  • Ezra 10:1-5
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    74%

    1 Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.

    2 And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

    3 Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.

    4 Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.

    5 Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.

  • Deut 5:27-28
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    27 Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it.

    28 Then the Lord, hearing your words to me, said to me, The words which this people have said to you have come to my ears: what they have said is well said.

  • Neh 5:12
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    12 Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.

  • 1 Chr 13:4
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    4 And all the people said they would do so, for it seemed right to them.

  • Ezra 9:10
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    10 And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,

  • Josh 24:16
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    16 Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;

  • Exod 24:7
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    7 And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws.

  • Neh 10:29
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    29 They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;

  • Josh 1:16-17
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    16 Then they said to Joshua in answer, Whatever you say to us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

    17 As we gave attention to Moses in all things, so we will give attention to you: and may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.

  • Neh 1:7
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    7 We have done great wrong against you, and have not kept the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.

  • Deut 1:41
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    41 Then you said to me, We have done evil against the Lord, we will go up to the attack, as the Lord our God has given us orders. And arming yourselves every one, you made ready to go up without care into the hill-country.

  • Neh 13:27
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    27 Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?

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    15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.

  • 2 Chr 15:14
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    14 And they made an oath to the Lord, with a loud voice, sounding wind-instruments and horns.

  • Num 32:31
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    31 Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.

  • Jer 11:6
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    6 And the Lord said to me, Give out these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Give ear to the words of this agreement and do them.

  • Neh 8:1
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    1 And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.

  • Jer 42:6
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    6 If it is good or if it is evil, we will be guided by the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you; so that it may be well for us when we give ear to the voice of the Lord our God.

  • Dan 9:5
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    5 We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:

  • Ezra 9:14
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    14 Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?

  • Josh 9:19
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    19 But all the chiefs said to the people, We have taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we may not put our hands on them.

  • 2 Chr 15:12
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    12 And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;

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    5 And Moses said to the people, This is what the Lord has given orders to be done.

  • 2 Chr 29:10
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    10 Now it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us.

  • Judg 20:8
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    8 Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:

  • Dan 9:13
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    13 As it was recorded in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: but we have made no prayer for grace from the Lord our God that we might be turned from our evil doings and come to true wisdom.

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    11 So the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us.

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    10 And it will be, that when you say all these words to the people, then they will say to you, Why has the Lord done all this evil against us? what is our wrongdoing and what is our sin which we have done against the Lord our God?

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    15 But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;

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    2 And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.

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    10 For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

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    14 Then the Levites are to say in a loud voice to all the men of Israel,

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    24 And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.

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