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Ezra 10:3-5
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Ezra 10:3-5
New English Translation
3 Therefore let us enact[a] a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord,[b] and that of those who respect[c] 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.[d] And they all took a solemn oath.
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- Ezra 10:3 tn Heb “cut.”
- Ezra 10:3 tn The MT vocalizes this word as a plural, which could be understood as a reference to God, but the context seems to suggest that a human lord is intended. The apparatus of BHS suggests repointing the word as a singular (“my lord”), but this is unnecessary. The plural (“my lords”) can be understood in an honorific sense even when a human being is in view. Most English versions regard this as a reference to Ezra, so the present translation supplies “your” before “counsel” to make this clear.
- Ezra 10:3 tn Heb “who tremble at”; NAB, NIV “who fear.”
- Ezra 10:5 tn Heb “to do according to this plan.”
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