Nehemiah 10:1

CHAPTER X

The names of those who sealed the covenant, 1-27.

All solemnly promise not to have affinity with the people of

the land, 28-30;

to observe the Sabbaths, 31;

to provide for the sanctuary according to the law, 32-36;

and to pay the regular tithes for the support of the priests,

Levites, and other officers of the temple, 37-39.

NOTES ON CHAP. X

Verse Nehemiah 10:1. Now those that sealed] Four classes here seal. Nehemiah first, as their governor. And after him, secondly, The priests, Nehemiah 10:2. Thirdly, The Levites, Nehemiah 10:9. Fourthly, The chiefs of the people, Nehemiah 10:14.

It is strange that, among all these, we hear nothing of Ezra, nor of the high priest Eliashib. Nor are any of the prophets mentioned, though there must have been some of them at Jerusalem at this time.

The whole of this chapter, the two first verses excepted, is wanting in the Arabic; the word Pashur of the third verse is retained; and the rest of the chapter is summed up in these words, and the rest of their assembly.