Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of Yahweh our Lord.

New American Standard Bible

are joining with their kinsmen, their nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of God our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes;

King James Version

They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

International Standard Version

joined with their relatives and their leaders. They entered into an oath enforced by a curse to walk in God's Law that was given through God's servant Moses, and to be careful to obey all of the commands of the LORD, our Lord, as well as his regulations and statutes:

A Conservative Version

they clung to their brothers, their ranking men, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of LORD our Lord, and his or

American Standard Version

They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

Amplified

are joining with their fellow Israelites, their nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of God our Lord, and His ordinances and statutes:

Bible in Basic English

They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;

Darby Translation

joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which had been given by Moses the servant of God, and to keep and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

Julia Smith Translation

Holding upon their brethren, their mighty ones, and coming into a curse, and into an oath, to go in the law of God which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of God, and to watch and to do all the command of Jehovah our Lord, and his judgments and his ordinances;

King James 2000

They joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

Lexham Expanded Bible

[are] helping their brothers, their nobles, and entering into a solemn oath to walk in the law of God which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all of the commandments of Yahweh our Lord and his judgments and regulations.

Modern King James verseion

were holding fast to their brothers, their honored ones. And they entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in God's Law which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to be careful to do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and His judgments and His statutes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and their lords that had rule of them, received it for their brethren. And they came to sware, and to bind themselves with an oath to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, that they would observe and do according unto all the commandments, judgments, and statutes of the LORD our God:

NET Bible

hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes.

New Heart English Bible

they joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

The Emphasized Bible

were holding fast unto their distinguished brethren, and were entering into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given through Moses the servant of God, - and to observe and do, all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his regulations, and his statutes;

Webster

They united with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

World English Bible

they joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

Youngs Literal Translation

are laying hold on their brethren, their honourable ones, and coming in to an execration, and in to an oath, to walk in the law of God, that was given by the hand of Moses, servant of God, and to observe and to do all the commands of Jehovah our Lord, and His judgments, and His statutes;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
and entered

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

אלה 
'alah 
Usage: 35

and into an oath
שׁבוּעה 
Sh@buw`ah 
Usage: 30

to walk
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

in God's
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

law
תּרה תּורה 
Towrah 
law
Usage: 219

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

by
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

משׁה 
Mosheh 
Usage: 766

the servant
עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

of God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

and to observe
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

and do

Usage: 0

מצוה 
Mitsvah 
Usage: 181

of the Lord

Usage: 0

אדן אדון 
'adown 
Usage: 335

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Context Readings

A Summary Of The Covenant

28 The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples to obey the law of God— 29 join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of Yahweh our Lord. 30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.



Cross References

Psalm 119:106

I have solemnly sworn
to keep Your righteous judgments.

2 Kings 23:3

Next, the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant in the presence of the Lord to follow the Lord and to keep His commands, His decrees, and His statutes with all his mind and with all his heart, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to the covenant.

2 Chronicles 34:31

Then the king stood at his post and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep His commands, His decrees, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of the covenant written in this book.

Nehemiah 5:12-13

They responded: “We will return these things and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.”

So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this.

Deuteronomy 5:1

Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am proclaiming as you hear them today. Learn and follow them carefully.

Deuteronomy 5:32

“Be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or the left.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

‘The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.’
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 29:12-14

so that you may enter into the covenant of the Lord your God, which He is making with you today, so that you may enter into His oath

Deuteronomy 33:4

Moses gave us instruction,
a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

2 Kings 10:31

Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

2 Chronicles 6:16

Therefore, Lord God of Israel,
keep what You promised
to Your servant, my father David:
“You will never fail to have a man
to sit before Me on the throne of Israel,
if only your sons guard their way to walk in My Law
as you have walked before Me.”

2 Chronicles 15:13-14

Whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel would be put to death, young or old, man or woman.

Nehemiah 13:25

I rebuked them, cursed them, beat some of their men, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to take an oath before God and said: “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or yourselves!

Psalm 8:1

For the choir director: on the Gittith. A Davidic psalm.Yahweh, our Lord,
how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!


You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.

Psalm 8:9

Yahweh, our Lord,
how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!

Psalm 105:45

All this happened
so that they might keep His statutes
and obey His instructions.
Hallelujah!

Isaiah 14:1

For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will choose Israel again. He will settle them on their own land. The foreigner will join them and be united with the house of Jacob.

Jeremiah 26:4

You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says: If you do not listen to Me by living according to My instruction that I set before you

Ezekiel 36:27

I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe My ordinances.

Malachi 4:4

“Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

John 1:17

for the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 7:19

Didn’t Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill Me?”

John 15:14

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart,

Acts 17:34

However, some men joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Acts 23:12-15

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse: neither to eat nor to drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:21

Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”

Romans 12:9

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

Titus 2:11-14

For the grace of God has appeared with salvation for all people,

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