"They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was …" — Nehemiah 10:29

Nehemiah 10:29 · KJV

“They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; {by: Heb. by the hand of}”

— Nehemiah 10:29

Verse 28

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

Verse 30

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

Nehemiah 10 — Context

Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; {by: Heb. by the hand of}

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

And {if} the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, {that} we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and {that} we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. {every...: Heb. every hand}

Cross References

Ezekiel 36:27

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do {them}.

Psalms 119:106

I have sworn, and I will perform {it}, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

John 15:14

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

Titus 2:11-14

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, {hath...: or, to all men, hath appeared}

2 Kings 23:3

And the king stood by a 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 {their} heart and all {their} soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

Nehemiah 5:12-13

Then said they, We will restore {them}, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

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 with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

Romans 12:9

{Let} love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.