Nehemja 5:12

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De svarade: »Vi vilja giva det tillbaka och icke utkräva något av dem; vi vilja göra såsom du har sagt.» Och jag tog en ed av dem, sedan jag hade tillkallat prästerna, att de skulle göra så.

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We will restore: 2 Chronicles 28:14, 2 Chronicles 28:15, Ezra 10:12, Matthew 19:21, Matthew 19:22, Luke 19:8

I called: Nehemiah 10:29, Nehemiah 13:25, 2 Kings 23:2, 2 Kings 23:3, 2 Chronicles 6:22, 2 Chronicles 6:23, 2 Chronicles 15:13, 2 Chronicles 15:14, Ezra 10:5, Jeremiah 34:8-10, Matthew 26:63

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:4 - took an oath 2 Kings 11:17 - made a covenant 2 Chronicles 23:16 - made a covenant Matthew 6:12 - as

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said they, we will restore them,.... The lands, vineyards, oliveyards, and houses:

and will require nothing of them; not the hundredth part of the fruits of the earth by way of salary:

so will we do as thou sayest; they approved of his proposal, and readily agreed to it:

then I called the priests, and took an oath of them that they should do according to this promise; not that the priests were delinquents, they were not charged with anything of this kind, nor were they the men that promised restitution; but the priests were called to administer the oath to the nobles, and rulers, and rich men, to oblige them the more to keep their word; an oath being sacred, priests in an holy office were made use of to give it, that it might be the more solemn, and the more strictly regarded.