In this chapter we have the names of the persons that signed and sealed the covenant mentioned in the last chapter, Neh. 10:1–27, and the things they agreed unto and promised to perform; in general to observe the law of God, in particular not to marry with the people of the land, to keep the…

Now those that sealed were That sealed the covenant, made . Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah; the governor of the Jews: and Zidkijah; who seems also to have been a prince, since, without, it could not be said it was sealed by their princes, though some think both these were priests, and…

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And the rest of the people That did not sign and seal: the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims; the porters and singers were Levites; but those so called were such as waited upon the priests, as the Nethinims were persons that waited on them: and all they that had…

They clave to their brethren, their nobles Who had signed and sealed the covenant, they declared their approbation of it, attended to it, and ratified what they had done in their name: 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 that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons Intermarry with them as they had done, and were prone to do, and even did after this, .

And if the people of the land bring ware Any thing to be sold, any sort of goods, that being sold might be taken away, as the word signifies; or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell; anything to make food of; wheat or barley, as Aben Ezra interprets it; the same word is rendered corn, (See Gill…

Also we made ordinance, for us Laws among themselves, binding them to that which the laws of God did not: to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel, for the service of the house of our God; the particulars of which follow in the next verse; for the defraying of which there used to…

For the shewbread To defray the expenses of the twelve loaves, which every week were set on the table of shewbread, , and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering; for the daily sacrifice, morning and evening, which always had a meat offering along with it, , of the…

And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people The priests and Levites were in one lot, and the people in another, as Aben Ezra: for the wood offering; for providing wood to burn upon the altar continually, concerning which Maimonides [[2]] thus writes: “what is the wood…

And to bring the firstfruits of our ground Not that they cast lots to do this, but they bound themselves with an oath, according to the law, to do it; this is the first of all the fruits of the earth, , though Aben Ezra restrains it to the sheaf of the firstfruits, and to the two wave loaves, (Lev.

Also the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle Such as were unclean, as Aben Ezra notes, as the ass and are distinguished from clean ones mentioned in the following clause; now both these, their sons, and this sort of cattle, were to be redeemed by a price paid to the priests: as it is written in…

And that we should bring the first fruits of our dough According to the law in (Num. 15:20, Num. 15:21) and our offerings; their heave offerings, (Num. 18:8, Num. 18:11) and the fruit of all manner of trees; bore by them on the fourth year after their planting, (Lev. 19:23, Lev.

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes There was always to be a priest with the Levites at such times, to take notice what quantity they received, that they might not be under any temptation, or lie under any suspicion of defrauding the priests of…

For the children of Israel, and the children of Levi, shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers In the temple: where are the vessels of the sanctuary; to put the said things into, that they might be ready at hand when wanted, as they often were for the…