Nehemiah 3:5; Nehemiah 10:29

5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

29 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;