“So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.”
Ezra 10:5 (BSB)
Context Reading
3So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law. 4Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!” 5So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath. 6Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. 7And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.