Nehemiah 10:29

were holding fast unto their distinguished brethren, and were entering into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given through Moses the servant of God,—and to observe and do, all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his regulations, and his statutes;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

28And, the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters,—every one having knowledge and understanding,

30and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land,—and, their daughters, would we not take for our sons;

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:26Therefore shall ye be unto me, holy persons, for, holy, am, I—Yahweh,—Therefore have I distinguished you from the peoples, that ye may be mine.

Deuteronomy 5:32So then ye must observe to do, as Yahweh your God hath commanded you,—ye must not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Deuteronomy 29:12that thou mayest pass through into the covenant of Yahweh thy God and into his oath,—which Yahweh thy God is solemnising with thee, to-day:

2 Kings 10:31But, Jehu, took not heed to walk in the law of Yahweh God of Israel, with all his heart,—he turned not away from the sins of Jeroboam, which he caused, Israel, to commit.

1 Chronicles 9:2Now, the first inhabitants, who were in their possessions, in their cities, were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

2 Chronicles 15:13and, whosoever would not seek unto Yahweh God of Israel, should be put to death,—whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 10:2-32

The Sealing of the Covenant. ( b. c. 444.) 1 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah,… Read the whole commentary →

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