Nehemiah 10:30-13:31 NIV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 10:1-39

3. The renewed commitment of the people ch. 10Nehemiah explained the agreement he previously referred to in Nehemiah 9:38 in this chapter. Conviction of sin (ch. 8) led to confession of sin (ch. 9) and resulted in a covenant with God (ch. 10)."Nehemiah 10, despite its forbidding portal of 27 verses of proper names, is in reality a small treasure house of post-exilic interpretations of earlier Israelite law." [Note: David Clines, "Nehemiah 10 as an Example of Early Jewish Biblical Exegesis,"... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 10:28-39

The pledge to keep the Law 10:28-39The rest of the restoration community joined those who signed their names pledging to obey the Mosaic Law (Nehemiah 10:28-29). The "curse" they took on themselves was submission to the curse that God promised would come on those who did not keep His Word (Nehemiah 10:29; Deuteronomy 28:15-68). "Law" (Heb. torah) refers to all God’s instructions, "commandments" are His rules, "ordinances" are His judicial pronouncements, and "statutes" are His permanent decrees... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 10:1-39

List of Those Who Participated in the Covenant1. Now those that sealed were] The names that follow ZidMjah’s are those of families whose living representatives sealed on behalf of their houses. Several of these family names occur in the list of those who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12). Zidkijah] The fact that his name is coupled with Nehemiah’s suggests that he was a person of importance, but nothing is known of him.29. To walk in God’s law, etc.] The enactments of the Law... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nehemiah 10:28-39

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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

THE COVENANTNehemiah 10:1-39THE 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 popular religion. The process was brought to a focus in the public reading of The Law; it was completed in the acceptance of The Law which the sealing of the covenant ratified. This event may be compared with the earlier scene, when the law book discovered in the temple by Hilkiah was accepted and... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Nehemiah 10:1-39

CHAPTER 10 1. Those who sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:1-27 ) 2. The obligations of the covenant (Nehemiah 10:28-39 ) Nehemiah 10:1-27 . The last verse of the preceding chapter mentions a covenant. “And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.” In this chapter we find the names of the heads of the different houses who sealed the covenant, which means they put their signature to it. According to talmudical... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 10:1-39

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 44 leaders of the people (vv. 14-27). We may wonder if some of them did not have doubts about their ability to keep the covenant, or of the likelihood that they would. No doubt they wanted to express their desire to obey the Lord at least. The Lord did not say at this time what He thought of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

INTERNAL REGULATIONS A NEW GENEALOGICAL RECORD (Nehemiah 7:0 ) The need for this assignment of duty to the two men named (Nehemiah 7:2 ), is not apparent unless Nehemiah contemplated a return to Persia. Later it will be seen that such return took place, but whether at this time or not, is not clear. To “fear God above many,” as Hananiah did, is a great commendation. It was customary to open the gates of a city at sunrise, but to do so in this case before the inhabitants were well awake and... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Nehemiah 10:1-39

Nehemiah 10:0 [In Neh 10:1-28 are contained the names of them that sealed the covenant. ] 28. ¶ And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that have separated themselves [see ch. Neh 9:2 ] from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; 29. They clave to their brethren, their nobles [ i.e., to their (more) distinguished brethren,... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Nehemiah 10:29-39

(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 commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; (30) And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: (31) And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them... read more