Nehemiah 10:28-29

The Obligations of the Covenant

28 m "The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, n and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding, 29 join with their brothers, their nobles, o and enter into a curse and an oath p to walk in God's Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes.

  1. Cross References
    Ezra 2:36 - 54
    The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973.
  2. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:2
    And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
  3. Cross References
    Nehemiah 5:12 - 13
    Then they said, "We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say." And I called the priests and made them swear to do as they had promised.
    Deuteronomy 29:12
    So that you may enter into the sworn covenant of the Lord your God, which the Lord your God is making with you today.
    Deuteronomy 29:14
    It is not with you alone that I am making this sworn covenant.
    Psalms 119:106
    I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:3
    And the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in the covenant.
    2 Chronicles 34:31
    And the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
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