Verse 29. They clave to their brethren] Though they did not sign this instrument, yet they bound themselves under a solemn oath that they would fulfil the conditions of the covenant, and walk according to the law of Moses.
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
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...
GIVEN. See App-47. MOSES THE SERVANT OF GOD. The first four occurrences of this expression in the Hebrew Bible. See Dan 9:11. 1 Chronicles 6:49; 2 Chronicles 24:9. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4...
_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...
AND ENTERED INTO A CURSE, AND INTO AN OATH— 1:e. An oath under a conditional execration. Houbigant renders it, _ut jus jurandum juremus, that we may take an oath._ He supposes this verse to be connect...
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...
_THEY CLAVE TO THEIR BRETHREN, THEIR NOBLES, AND ENTERED INTO A CURSE, AND INTO AN OATH, TO WALK IN GOD'S_ _ LAW, WHICH WAS GIVEN BY MOSES THE SERVANT OF GOD, AND TO OBSERVE AND DO ALL THE COMMANDMENT...
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...
TO WALK IN GOD'S LAW, etc.] The enactments of the Law which they more particularly undertook to carry out were those directing (_a_) abstention from marriage with aliens, (_b_) the observance of the s...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 10 The people had listened to the law of God (Nehemiah chapter 8) and they had remembered their histor...
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 promi...
(28-39) The points of the covenant....
THEY CLAVE TO THEIR BRETHREN. — It was a union of the people as such, and sprang from a deep national conviction. ENTERED INTO A CURSE, AND INTO AN OATH. — The oath assumed the obligation; the curse...
_[Nehemiah 10:30]_ מַחֲזִיקִ֣ים עַל ־אֲחֵיהֶם֮ אַדִּירֵיהֶם֒ וּ
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...
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;...
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...
They (d) clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a (e) curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the command...
_Understand. Hebrew mebin, "the teachers," or Levites, 1 Esdras viii. 16. (Menochius) --- Promising. Hebrew, "clave to their brethren;" and they promised with a curse to transgressors, and with an oat...
(29) They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandmen...
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...
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...
They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of...
_They clave to their brethren, their nobles_ The commonalty owned and ratified what the nobles had done in their names, declaring their assent to it by their words, or by lifting up of their hands, as...
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...
they gave to their brethren, standing upon the side of those who had sealed the covenant, THEIR NOBLES, AND ENTERED INTO A CURSE AND INTO AN OATH TO WALK IN GOD'S LAW WHICH WARN GIVEN BY MOSES, THE SE...
THE PROVISIONS OF THE COVENANT...
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...
BY: _ Heb._ by the hand of...
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...
THEY CLAVE TO THEIR BRETHREN; they owned and ratified what the others had done in their names, declaring their assent to it by their words, or by the lifting up of their hands, as the manner was. INTO...
Nehemiah 10:29 joined H2388 (H8688) brethren H251 nobles H117 entered H935 (H8802) curse H423 oath H7621 walk...
THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT (NEHEMIAH 10:29). Throughout the books of Ezra and Nehemiah certain particular contemporary issues stand out. These include the taking of idolatrous foreign wives (Nehemia...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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. ⇐...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 10:29 A CURSE AND AN OATH. The two expressions together show the people’s serious intention to keep their commitment. ⇐
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...
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
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...
2 Chronicles 15:13; 2 Chronicles 15:14; 2 Chronicles 34:31; 2 Chronicles 6:16;...
Their nobles — The commonality agreed with the nobles in this good work, great men never look so great, as when they encourage religion and are examples of it: and they would by that, as much as any t...