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29 are [a]joining with their [b]relatives, their nobles, and are (A)entering into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given by the hand of Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord and His judgments and His statutes; 30 and (B)that we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.

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  1. Nehemiah 10:29 Lit taking hold of
  2. Nehemiah 10:29 Lit brothers

29 all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath(A) to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord.

30 “We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.(B)

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