Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware. And they sware - The thing was evidently contrary to the law of God; and now he bound them by an oath to rectify the abuse.
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Ezra 10:5
5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.