hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders<n id="1" /> and enter into a curse and an oath<n id="2" /> to adhere to<n id="3" /> the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey<n id="4" /> carefully all the commandments of the <sc>LORDsc> our Lord,<n id="5" /> along with his ordinances and his statutes.p>

Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.p> <p class="bodytext">For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.p>