The People Who Sealed the Covenant

10 Now those who placed their seal on the document were:

Nehemiah the [a]governor, (A)the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

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  1. Nehemiah 10:1 Heb. Tirshatha

38 “And because of all this,
We (A)make a sure covenant and write it;
Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests (B)seal it.

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(A)And Nehemiah, who was the [a]governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, (B)“This day is holy to the Lord your God; (C)do not mourn nor weep.” For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.

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  1. Nehemiah 8:9 Heb. Tirshatha

Nehemiah Prays for His People

The words of (A)Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah.

It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the (B)twentieth year, as I was in (C)Shushan[a] the [b]citadel,

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  1. Nehemiah 1:1 Or Susa
  2. Nehemiah 1:1 Or fortified palace, and so elsewhere in the book

70 And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the work. (A)The [a]governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments.

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  1. Nehemiah 7:70 Heb. Tirshatha

63 And the [a]governor said to them that they (A)should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the (B)Urim and Thummim.

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  1. Ezra 2:63 Heb. Tirshatha

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