Nehemiah 10:29
10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders 1 and enter into a curse and an oath 2 to adhere to 3 the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey 4 carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, 5 along with his ordinances and his statutes.
Nehemiah 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 6 your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
1 tn Heb “the nobles.”
2 tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”
3 tn Heb “to walk in.”
4 tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.
5 tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
6 tn Heb “give.”