Ezra 10:5

5 So Ezra got up and made the priests, Levites, and all the people of Israel promise to do what was suggested; and they promised.

Ezra 10:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 10:5

Then arose Ezra
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.

Ezra 10:5 In-Context

3 Now let us make an agreement before our God. We will send away all these women and their children as you and those who respect the commands of our God advise. Let it be done to obey God's Teachings.

4 Get up, Ezra. You are in charge, and we will support you. Have courage and do it."

5 So Ezra got up and made the priests, Levites, and all the people of Israel promise to do what was suggested; and they promised.

6 Then Ezra left the Temple and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While Ezra was there, he did not eat or drink, because he was still sad about the unfaithfulness of the captives who had returned.

7 They sent an order in Judah and Jerusalem for all the captives who had returned to meet together in Jerusalem.