Ezra 10:3-5

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³ So now let us make a covenant with our God to send away all these wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done according to the law.^{(A) 4} Take action, for it is your duty, and we are with you; be strong, and do it.”^{(B) 5} Then Ezra stood up and made the leading priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would do as had been said. So they swore.^(C)