Nehemiah 10:32-13:31 NIV

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Nehemiah 10:28-39

a Pledge of Better Service Nehemiah 10:28-39 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; then, the purity of the holy seed from intermarriage with heathen peoples; next, the observance of the Sabbath, and of the Sabbatic year. In addition there was the yearly charge for the maintenance of divine worship. The great lack among Christian people is system in the apportioning of their... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 10:1-39

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 people agreed (28). These terms were then set forth in general phrases, and in particular application. Generally the people promised "to walk in God's law . . . to observe and do a11 the commandments." Particularly the covenant referred to matters in which undoubtedly the people had been in danger of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 10:1-39

The Reading And Explaining To The People Of The Law Of Moses And A Review Of Their Past History, Leads To Them Establishing A Renewal Of Their Covenant With God (Nehemiah 8:1 to Nehemiah 10:39 ). Regardless of sources of which we cannot be sure, there can be no doubt that this whole section emphasises covenant renewal. The wall being built, this led on to a special renewing of the covenant. · It commences with the reading aloud and explaining of the Law, which has a deep effect on the people... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 10:29-39

The Details of The Agreement (Nehemiah 10:29-39 ). Throughout the books of Ezra and Nehemiah certain particular contemporary issues stand out. These include the taking of idolatrous foreign wives (Nehemiah 13:23-27; Ezra 9-10), the failure to strictly observe the Sabbath (Nehemiah 13:15-22), and the exaction of debt from the poor (Nehemiah 5:1-13). In the prophecy of Malachi (roughly contemporary) the bringing in of the tithes is also emphasised (Malachi 3:7-12). Added to these was a... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 10:1-39

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 in the third person. It is, in the main, written in the first person plural, and may in its present form have come from some loyal follower of Ezra or Nehemiah who writes as representing one of the people. The special points of the covenant are the undertaking not to marry foreigners, to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 10:32

To charge ourselves, i.e. every particular head or person among us; which they had warrant to do, both from the nature of the thing, because this was necessary to be done for the upholding of God’s worship, and from the warrant of former examples in the like case, 2 Chronicles 24:5. 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

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Nehemiah 10:28-39

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 10:1-39

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 10:1-39

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 10:29-39

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 10:1-39

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 10:32

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

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

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

The Biblical Illustrator - Nehemiah 10:1-39

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