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John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 10:5

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then arose Ezra, etc.] From the ground where he lay: and made the chief priests, and the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word: he took an oath of all that were present to do what was proposed, namely, to put away strange wives and their children: and they sware; by means of which they were kept to their word of promise, an oath being a solemn, sacred, thing.
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