Chapter Ten PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS 1. What was included in the oath which the people took? 2. How were they to observe every seventh year? 3. What provisions were made for the support of the Levites? 4. Why was so much emphasis placed on getting firewood? OUTLINE C. The people make vows of... [ Continue Reading ]
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT C. The people make vows of faithfulness. 1. A list is given of the signatures on the document. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 10:1-27 1 Now on the sealed document were the names of: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pash... [ Continue Reading ]
2. The content of the document is a vow of purity from the heathen. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 10:28-31 28 Now the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their... [ Continue Reading ]
3. The people pledged additionally to support the Temple. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 10:32-33 32 We also placed ourselves under obligation to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: 33 for the showbread, for the continual grain offering, for the continual burnt offe... [ Continue Reading ]
4. The people also arranged support for the Levites, who in turn would support the priests. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 10:34-39 34 Likewise we cast lots for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people in order that they might bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers-'... [ Continue Reading ]