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37 The lush produce of this land piles up in the hands of the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They have power over us and our livestock. We serve them at their pleasure, and we are in great misery.”

The People Agree to Obey

38 [a]The people responded, “In view of all this,[b] we are making a solemn promise and putting it in writing. On this sealed document are the names of our leaders and Levites and priests.”

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Footnotes

  1. 9:38a Verse 9:38 is numbered 10:1 in Hebrew text.
  2. 9:38b Or In spite of all this.

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