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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 10:30

We would not give our daughters, to wit, in marriage. Having sworn obedience to God’s laws in the general, they now do so to some particulars, wherein they had lately transgressed, or were most prone to transgress. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 10:1-27.] “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 Levites, and forty-four of the chief of the people.” Nehemiah 10:28. The rest of the people] Represented by the heads of the nations who had sealed the covenant. These sealed; those swore. All they that had separated themselves] “The descendants of those Israelites who had been left in the land, and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

Chapter 10Now 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 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, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; they clave to their brethren, their... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 10:1-39

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 all their brethren, subscribed this solemn covenant, and the nation ratified it with an oath, and with a curse on all who should violate the covenant and the oath. Nehemiah 10:32 . The third part of a shekel. The ransom of their souls, to be paid by the rich and the poor alike, for the souls... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Nehemiah 10:1-39

Nehemiah 10:1-39Now 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 consecration to the service of religion, and to stand among His people in trying times.2. The priests. It is remarkable that the name of Eliashib, the high-priest does not appear in this list. It is honourable to the rest of the priests that notwithstanding this defection of their chief, so many of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Nehemiah 10:28-30

Nehemiah 10:28-30And all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God.A genuine revival1. The crucial test of any revival is the extent to which it actually purifies and reforms the lives of those who come under its influence.2. This is the kind of revival which ever and again we all need. For we are constantly liable to fall below the level of our Christian privileges. We are also apt to grow blind to out” own defects, and to under-estimate the extent of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 10:30

Neh 10:30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: Ver. 30. And that we would not give our daughters ] This is the first particular branch of the covenant, that they would make no inter-marriages with the heathen; as knowing the snare that herein Satan laid for their souls. In the first sentence against man, this cause is expressed, Because you obeyed the voice of your wife, &c. By the rib, as by a ladder, Satan oft climbs... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Nehemiah 10:30

Exodus 34:16, Deuteronomy 7:3, Ezra 9:1-Leviticus :, Ezra 9:12-2 Chronicles :, Ezra 10:10-2 Kings : Reciprocal: Nehemiah 13:23 - married Nehemiah 13:25 - made them Nehemiah 13:30 - cleansed read more

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