Ezra 10:3

10:3 Therefore let us enact ¹  a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, ²  and that of those who respect ³  the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.

Nehemia 5:12

5:12 They replied, “We will return these things, ⁴  and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials ⁵  swear to do what had been promised. ⁶ 

Nehemia 10:29

10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders ⁷  and enter into a curse and an oath ⁸  to adhere to ⁹  the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey ¹⁰  carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, ¹¹  along with his ordinances and his statutes.

Nehemia 13:25

13:25 So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, “You will not marry off ¹²  your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

Matius 26:63

26:63 But Jesus was silent. The ¹³  high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, ¹⁴  the Son of God.”

[10:3]  ¹ tn Heb “cut.”

[10:3]  ² tn The MT vocalizes this word as a plural, which could be understood as a reference to God. But the context seems to suggest that a human lord is intended. The apparatus of BHS suggests repointing the word as a singular (“my lord”), but this is unnecessary. The plural (“my lords”) can be understood in an honorific sense even when a human being is in view. Most English versions regard this as a reference to Ezra, so the present translation supplies “your” before “counsel” to make this clear.

[10:3]  ³ tn Heb “who tremble at”; NAB, NIV “who fear.”

[5:12]  ⁴ tn The words “these things” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[5:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “took an oath from them”; the referents (the wealthy and the officials, cf. v. 7) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to this word.”

[10:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “the nobles.”

[10:29]  ⁸ tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

[10:29]  ⁹ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[10:29]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[10:29]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[13:25]  ¹² tn Heb “give.”

[26:63]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:63]  ¹⁴ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[26:63]  sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.