Ezra 10:12
All the assembly replied in a loud voice:“We will do just as you have said!
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Referenced Verses
- Ezra 10:3-4 : 3 Therefore let us enact a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, and that of those who respect the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law. 4 Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!”
- Neh 13:23 : 23 Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
- Ps 78:37 : 37 They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.
- Ps 78:57 : 57 They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.
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- Ezra 10:13-142 verses79%
13 However, the people are numerous and it is the rainy season. We are unable to stand here outside. Furthermore, this business cannot be resolved in a day or two, for we have sinned greatly in this matter.
14 Let our leaders take steps on behalf of all the assembly. Let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each town and its judges, until the hot anger of our God is turned away from us in this matter.”
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8 and all the people answered together,“All that the LORD has commanded we will do!” So Moses brought the words of the people back to the LORD.
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3 Moses came and told the people all the LORD’s words and all the decisions. All the people answered together,“We are willing to do all the words that the LORD has said,”
- Ezra 10:9-113 verses76%
9 All the men of Judah and Benjamin were gathered in Jerusalem within the three days.(It was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of that month.) All the people sat in the square at the temple of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rains.
10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them,“You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel.
11 Now give praise to the LORD God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents and from these foreign wives.”
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14 You replied to me that what I had said to you was good.
- Ezra 10:1-55 verses74%
1 The People Confess Their Sins While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself to the ground before the temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelites– men, women, and children alike– gathered around him. The people wept loudly.
2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, addressed Ezra:“We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the local peoples. Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard.
3 Therefore let us enact a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, and that of those who respect the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.
4 Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!”
5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan. And they all took a solemn oath.
- Deut 5:27-282 verses73%
27 You go near so that you can hear everything the LORD our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he says to you; then we will pay attention and do it.”
28 When the LORD heard you speaking to me, he said to me,“I have heard what these people have said to you– they have spoken well.
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12 They replied,“We will return these things, and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials swear to do what had been promised.
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4 The whole assembly agreed to do this, for the proposal seemed right to all the people.
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10 “And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments
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16 The people responded,“Far be it from us to abandon the LORD so we can worship other gods!
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7 He took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people, and they said,“We are willing to do and obey all that the LORD has spoken.”
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29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes.
- Josh 1:16-172 verses71%
16 They told Joshua,“We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.
17 Just as we obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. But may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses!
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7 We have behaved corruptly against you, not obeying the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments that you commanded your servant Moses.
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41 Unsuccessful Conquest of Canaan Then you responded to me and admitted,“We have sinned against the LORD. We will now go up and fight as the LORD our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country.
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27 Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign wives?”
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15 But the Israelites said to the LORD,“We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today!”
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14 They swore their allegiance to the LORD, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns.
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31 Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered,“Your servants will do what the LORD has spoken.
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6 The LORD said to me,“Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!
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1 The People Respond to the Reading of the Law When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were settled in their cities, all the people gathered together in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.
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6 We will obey what the LORD our God to whom we are sending you tells us to do. It does not matter whether we like what he tells us or not. We will obey what he tells us to do so that things will go well for us.”
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5 we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards.
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14 Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant?
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19 but all the leaders told the whole community,“We swore an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. So now we can’t hurt them!
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12 They solemnly agreed to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.
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5 Then Moses said to the congregation:“This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”
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10 Now I intend to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.
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8 All Israel rose up in unison and said,“Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!
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13 Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom from your reliable moral standards.
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11 Our leaders and all who live in our land told us,‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them,“We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us.”’
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10 The Lord Promises Exile(But Also Restoration)“When you tell these people about all this, they will undoubtedly ask you,‘Why has the LORD threatened us with such great disaster? What wrong have we done? What sin have we done to offend the LORD our God?’
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15 We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.
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2 Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
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10 You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”
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14 The Covenant Curses“The Levites will call out to every Israelite with a loud voice:
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24 The people said to Joshua,“We will worship the LORD our God and obey him.”
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10 You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.