² The ^(A)seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and ^(B)confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

The People Enter into an Oath

²⁸ Now ^(A)the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and ^(B)all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters—all those who had knowledge and understanding,