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Ezra 10:4-6
Common English Bible
Ezra 10:4-6
Common English Bible
4 Get up, for it is your duty to deal with this matter; we will support you. Be strong and act.” 5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, the Levites, and all Israel take a solemn pledge that they would do as had been said. So they took a solemn pledge.
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6 Then Ezra got up from the area in front of God’s house and went to the room of Jehohanan, Eliashib’s son, where he spent[a] the night. He didn’t eat food or drink water, for he was mourning because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
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- Ezra 10:6 LXX, 1 Esdr 9:2; Heb where he went
Ezra 10:4-6
New International Version
Ezra 10:4-6
New International Version
4 Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.”
5 So Ezra rose up and put the leading priests and Levites and all Israel under oath(A) to do what had been suggested. And they took the oath. 6 Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he was there, he ate no food and drank no water,(B) because he continued to mourn over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
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