5
Then Ezra rose and
amade the leading priests, the Levites and all Israel, take oath that they would do according to this proposal; so they took the oath.
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Nehemiah 5:12, Nehemiah 13:25
Nehemiah 5
12
Then they said, "We awill give it back and bwill require nothing from them; we will do exactly as you say." So I called the priests and ctook an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.
Nehemiah 13
25
So aI contended with them and cursed them and bstruck some of them and pulled out their hair, and cmade them swear by God, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.