Nehemiah 9:38

Now because of all this we make a sure couenant, and write it, and our princes, our Leuites and our Priestes seale vnto it.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

In Context

37And it yeeldeth much fruit vnto the kings whom thou hast set ouer vs, because of our sinnes: and they haue dominion ouer our bodyes and ouer our cattell at their pleasure, and we are in great affliction.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:12And they made a couenant to seeke the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soule.

2 Chronicles 29:10Now I purpose to make a couenant with the Lord God of Israel, that he may turne away his fierce wrath from vs.

Ezra 10:3Now therfore let vs make a couenant with our God, to put away all the wiues (and such as are borne of them) according to the counsell of the Lord, and of those that feare the commandements of our God, and let it be done according to the Lawe.

Nehemiah 10:29The chiefe of them receiued it for their brethren, and they came to the curse and to the othe to walke in Gods Law, which was giuen by Moses the seruant of God, to obserue and doe all the commandements of the Lord our God, and his iudgements and his statutes:

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:5-38

The Prayer of the Levites. ( b. c. 444.) 4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made… Read the whole commentary →

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