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Nehemiah 10:28-29

After all the leaders of the people had signed the agreement, all the rest of the people agreed. They also made a serious promise to God. Even the children who were old enough to understand made promises to God. They all promised to obey all the laws of God.

The people in the nations near Jerusalem served other gods, which were not real gods. So the *Jews separated themselves from these other nations because they wanted to be loyal to the real God.

v30-31 ‘This is what we promise.

• We will not allow our daughters to marry the people who belong to the nations near us.

• We will not allow their daughters to marry our sons.

• The 7th day of the week will be a special holy day for us. The people who live near us will bring goods or grain to sell to us. But we will not buy anything on that day, or on any other holy day.

• Every 7th year we will not farm the land and we will cancel all debts.’

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See also Nehemiah 10:28-29 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 28. _AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE_] All had, in one or other of the classes which sealed, their _representatives_; and by their sealing they considered themselves bound....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Those who sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:1)_ 2. The obligations of the covenant (Nehemiah 10:28) Nehemiah 10:1. The last verse of the preceding chapter mentions a covenant. “A

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    NEHEMIAH 9:38 TO NEHEMIAH 10:39. THE COVENANT. This section is probably originally from Ezra's memoirs, though it has been considerably worked over, presumably not by the Chronicler, since he writes i...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NETHINIMS. See note on Ezra 2:43. PEOPLE. peoples. THE LAW OF GOD. See Exodus 17:14 and App-47. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God. App-4. I...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And the rest of the people_ This may be understood in two different ways: (_a_) according to some it denotes the mass of the laity, as distinguished from their princes and elders, like -the people" ...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _OTHERS WHO JOINED IN THIS COVENANT -- NEHEMIAH 10:28-29:_ _ THE COVENANT PROMISES THAT THEY MADE -- NEHEMIAH 10:30-31:_ In their covenant with God they promised that would not intermarry with the hea...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE, THE PRIESTS, THE LEVITES, THE PORTERS, THE SINGERS, THE NETHINIMS, AND ALL THEY THAT HAD SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE LANDS UNTO THE LAW OF GOD, THEIR WIVES...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LIST OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE COVENANT 1. Now those that sealed _were_] The names that follow ZidMjah's are those of families whose living representatives sealed on behalf of their houses. Sev...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ALL THEY THAT HAD SEPARATED THEMSELVES. — If these meant proselytes from heathenism, this verse would be a perfect description of the constituents of the people. But we have no record as yet of a reco...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (28-39) The points of the covenant....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Nehemiah 10:29]_ וּ שְׁאָ֣ר הָ עָ֡ם הַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE COVENANT Nehemiah 10:1 THE tenth chapter of Nehemiah introduces us to one of the most vital crises in the History of Israel. It shows us how the secret cult of the priests of Jehovah became a pop...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A PLEDGE OF BETTER SERVICE Nehemiah 10:28 The chapter opens with a list of the signers of the covenant, which was signed on behalf of the people. The consecration covenant involved-first, obedience;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Following their humiliation, the people entered into a new covenant with God. This covenant was sealed representatively by the priests (3-8), Levites (9-13), rulers (14-27). To its terms all the peopl...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the (b) Nethinims, and all they that had (c) separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, thei...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lands. Idolaters, (Haydock) namely, the proselytes. (Menochius) --- Daughters. These did not all subscribe in person, but by the hands of the intelligent, and chief men, (ver. 29.) or, (Calmet) as th...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (1) В¶ Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, (2) Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, (3) Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, (4) Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, (5) Har...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    JOHN BROWN Nehemiah 10-13 It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study of the book of Nehemiah, we saw how the Lord had blessed His people by the reading and understanding of His Wo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11. On the twenty-fourth day, the people came together to humble themselves in a manner that became their position, and they separated themselves f...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And the rest of the people_, &c. Those that did not subscribe and seal, because there were too many, yet gave their consent to what the fore-named persons did. And not only the men, but their wives a...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The names of them that sealed the couenant. 29 The points of the couenant. 1 NOW those [NOTE: _Hebrew:_ at the sealings.] that sealed were, Nehemiah [NOTE: Or, the gouernour.] the Tirshatha the so...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PROVISIONS OF THE COVENANT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the rest of the people, those who had not personally subscribed the covenant and yet were in hearty accord with all its provisions, THE PRIESTS, THE LEVITES, THE PORTERS, THE SINGERS, THE NETHINIM...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SEALED (vv. 1-27) Nehemiah is first mentioned as having endorsed the covenant, then 22 priests listed along with him (vv. 1-8). Then 17 Levites are listed (vv. 9-13), followed...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-31 Conversion is separating from the course and custom of this world, devoting ourselves to the conduct directed by the word of God. When we bind ourselves to do the commandments of God, it is to do...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE REST OF THE PEOPLE; those who did not write and seal with their own hands, but only by their deputies above-mentioned....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nehemiah 10:28 rest H7605 priests H3548 Levites H3881 gatekeepers H7778 singers H7891 (H8789) Nethinim H5411 separated...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REMAINDER OF THE PEOPLE, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE, THE PRIESTS, THE LEVITES, THE TEMPLE SERVANTS, NEW CONVERTS TO YAHWISM, AND THE CHILDREN AT AN AGE OF UNDERSTANDING, ALL ENTER INTO THE SOLEMN AGREEM...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The covenant and the signers. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah. CONCLUSION: Conversion means a separating of ourselves from the course and custom of this world and devoting ourselves to the condu...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Nehemiah 10:1. _Those that sealed_ were the governor, the priests, the levites, and the chiefs or princes of the people. The more distinguished men of these several orders, with the full sanction of a...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God._ A GENUINE REVIVAL 1. The crucial test of any revival is the extent to which it actually purifies and re...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah._ COVENANTING WITH GOD - I. The parties entering the covenant. 1. Nehemiah the governor. This is true greatness in the sight of God, to be foremost in consecra...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NEHEMIAH 10:1 Signatories and Specific Commitments. Many of the people agree to the covenant, and they accept the responsibility of funding the temple’s activities. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 10:1.] “First came the name of the governor, _the Tirshatha;_ next _Zidkijah_, perhaps the secretary to the governor. Then follow twenty-one names of _priests_, seventeen...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SEALED, AND THE TERMS OF THE COVENANT (Nehemiah 10:1.). The covenant which the Levites had recommended, probably at the suggestion of Nehemiah and

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now these words were sealed and these people signed the covenant, starting with Nehemiah, the governor. And it gives the names of the leaders who signed the covenant. And the rest of the people, the p...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 6:14; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Ezra 10:11; Ezra 2:36; Ez

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