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Selected Verse: Nehemiah 10:29 - Strong Concordance
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| Ne 10:29 |
Strong Concordance |
They clave [02388] to their brethren [0251], their nobles [0117], and entered [0935] into a curse [0423], and into an oath [07621], to walk [03212] in God's [0430] law [08451], which was given [05414] by [03027] Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of God [0430], and to observe [08104] and do [06213] all the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] our Lord [0113], and his judgments [04941] and his statutes [02706]; |
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King James |
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; |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
POINTS OF THE COVENANT. (Neh 10:29-39)
to observe and do all the commandments, &c.--This national covenant, besides containing a solemn pledge of obedience to the divine law generally, specified their engagement to some particular duties, which the character and exigency of the times stamped with great urgency and importance, and which may be summed up under the following heads: that they abstain from contracting matrimonial alliances with the heathen; that they would rigidly observe the sabbath; that they would let the land enjoy rest and remit debts every seventh year; that they would contribute to the maintenance of the temple service, the necessary expenses of which had formerly been defrayed out of the treasury of the temple (Ch1 26:20), and when it was drained, given out from the king's privy purse (Ch2 31:3); and that they would make an orderly payment of the priests' dues. A minute and particular enumeration of the first-fruits was made, that all might be made fully aware of their obligations, and that none might excuse themselves on pretext of ignorance from withholding taxes which the poverty of many, and the irreligion of others, had made them exceedingly prone to evade. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
(10:30-33)
All the members of the community acceded to the agreement thus signed by the princes of the people, and the heads of the priests and Levites, and bound themselves by an oath to walk in the law of the Lord, and to separate themselves from the heathen.
Neh 10:29
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all who had knowledge and understanding, held with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into an oath and curse, etc. מצזיקים is the predicate of the subjects in Neh 10:29 : they were holding with their brethren, i.e., uniting with them in this matter. "The rest of the people, the priests," etc., are the members of the community, exclusive of the princes and heads of the priestly and Levitical orders. The Nethinim, to whom belonged the servants of Solomon (see rem. on Ezr 2:43.), were probably also represented in the assembly by the heads of the Levites. To these are added all who had separated themselves, etc., i.e., the descendants of those Israelites who had been left in the land, and who now joined the new community; see rem. on Ezr 6:21. The connection of נבדּל with אל־תּורת is significant: separated from the heathen to the law of God, i.e., to live according thereto; comp. Ezr 6:21. Not, however, the men only, but also women and children of riper years, acceded to the covenant. כּל־יודע מבין, every one knowing, understanding (מבין and יודע being connected as an asyndeton, to strengthen the meaning), refers to sons and daughters of an age sufficient to enable them to understand the matter. אדּרריהם, their nobles, is connected in the form of an apposition with אחיהם, instead of the adjective האדּירים. The princes and the heads of the community and priesthood are intended. באלה בּוא, to enter into an oath, comp. Eze 17:13. אלה is an oath of self-imprecation, grievous punishments being imprecated in case of transgression; שׁבוּעה, a promissory oath to live conformably with the law. We hence perceive the tenor of the agreement entered into and sealed by the princes. Non subscripsit quidem populus, remarks Clericus, sed ratum habuit, quid-quid nomine totius populi a proceribus factum erat, juravitque id a se observatum iri. Besides the general obligation to observe all the commandments, judgments, and statutes of God, two points, then frequently transgressed, are specially mentioned in Neh 10:31 and Neh 10:23. In Neh 10:31 : that we would not give our daughters to the people of the lands, etc.; see rem. on Ezr 9:2. In Neh 10:32 : that if the people of the land brought wares or any victuals on the Sabbath-day to sell, we would not buy if of them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and would let the seventh year lie, and the loan of every hand. The words וגו הארץ עמּי are prefixed absolutely, and are afterwards subordinated to the predicate of the sentence by מהם. מקּחות, wares for sale, from לקח, to take, in the sense of to buy, occurs only here. מהם נקּח, to take from them, i.e., to buy. קדשׁ יום beside שׁבּת means the other holy days, the annual festivals, on which, according to the law, Num 28 and 29, no work was to be done. To the sanctification of the Sabbath pertained the celebration of the sabbatical year, which is therefore named immediately afterwards. The words השׁ את־השּׁנה נטשׁ, to let the seventh year lie, i.e., in the seventh year to let the land lie untilled and unsown, is an abbreviation taken from the language of the law, Exo 28:10. כל־יד משּׁא also depends upon נטּשׁ. This expression (משּׁא, not משּׂא, being the reading of the best editions) is to be explained from Deu 15:2, and means the loan, that which the hand has lent to another; see rem. on Deu 15:2. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Their nobles - The commonality agreed with the nobles in this good work, great men never look so great, as when they encourage religion and are examples of it: and they would by that, as much as any thing, make an interest in the most valuable of their inferiors, who would cleave to them closer than they can imagine. Observe their nobles are called their brethren; for in the things of God, rich and poor, high and low meet together. They cleave - They ratified what the others had done in their names, declaring their assent to it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They clave to their brethren - Though they did not sign this instrument, yet they bound themselves under a solemn oath that they would fulfill the conditions of the covenant, and walk according to the law of Moses. |
3 He appointed also the king's [04428] portion [04521] of his substance [07399] for the burnt offerings [05930], to wit, for the morning [01242] and evening [06153] burnt offerings [05930], and the burnt offerings [05930] for the sabbaths [07676], and for the new moons [02320], and for the set feasts [04150], as it is written [03789] in the law [08451] of the LORD [03068].
20 And of the Levites [03881], Ahijah [0281] was over the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of God [0430], and over the treasures [0214] of the dedicated things [06944].
29 They clave [02388] to their brethren [0251], their nobles [0117], and entered [0935] into a curse [0423], and into an oath [07621], to walk [03212] in God's [0430] law [08451], which was given [05414] by [03027] Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of God [0430], and to observe [08104] and do [06213] all the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] our Lord [0113], and his judgments [04941] and his statutes [02706];
30 And that we would not give [05414] our daughters [01323] unto the people [05971] of the land [0776], nor take [03947] their daughters [01323] for our sons [01121]:
31 And if the people [05971] of the land [0776] bring [0935] ware [04728] or any victuals [07668] on the sabbath [07676] day [03117] to sell [04376], that we would not buy [03947] it of them on the sabbath [07676], or on the holy [06944] day [03117]: and that we would leave [05203] the seventh [07637] year [08141], and the exaction [04853] of every debt [03027].
32 Also we made [05975] ordinances [04687] for us, to charge [05414] ourselves yearly [08141] with the third part [07992] of a shekel [08255] for the service [05656] of the house [01004] of our God [0430];
33 For the shewbread [04635] [03899], and for the continual [08548] meat offering [04503], and for the continual [08548] burnt offering [05930], of the sabbaths [07676], of the new moons [02320], for the set feasts [04150], and for the holy [06944] things, and for the sin offerings [02403] to make an atonement [03722] for Israel [03478], and for all the work [04399] of the house [01004] of our God [0430].
34 And we cast [05307] the lots [01486] among the priests [03548], the Levites [03881], and the people [05971], for the wood [06086] offering [07133], to bring [0935] it into the house [01004] of our God [0430], after the houses [01004] of our fathers [01], at times [06256] appointed [02163] year [08141] by year [08141], to burn [01197] upon the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430], as it is written [03789] in the law [08451]:
35 And to bring [0935] the firstfruits [01061] of our ground [0127], and the firstfruits [01061] of all fruit [06529] of all trees [06086], year [08141] by year [08141], unto the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]:
36 Also the firstborn [01060] of our sons [01121], and of our cattle [0929], as it is written [03789] in the law [08451], and the firstlings [01062] of our herds [01241] and of our flocks [06629], to bring [0935] to the house [01004] of our God [0430], unto the priests [03548] that minister [08334] in the house [01004] of our God [0430]:
37 And that we should bring [0935] the firstfruits [07225] of our dough [06182], and our offerings [08641], and the fruit [06529] of all manner of trees [06086], of wine [08492] and of oil [03323], unto the priests [03548], to the chambers [03957] of the house [01004] of our God [0430]; and the tithes [04643] of our ground [0127] unto the Levites [03881], that the same Levites [03881] might have the tithes [06237] in all the cities [05892] of our tillage [05656].
38 And the priest [03548] the son [01121] of Aaron [0175] shall be with the Levites [03881], when the Levites [03881] take tithes [06237]: and the Levites [03881] shall bring up [05927] the tithe [04643] of the tithes [04643] unto the house [01004] of our God [0430], to the chambers [03957], into the treasure [0214] house [01004].
39 For the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and the children [01121] of Levi [03878] shall bring [0935] the offering [08641] of the corn [01715], of the new wine [08492], and the oil [03323], unto the chambers [03957], where are the vessels [03627] of the sanctuary [04720], and the priests [03548] that minister [08334], and the porters [07778], and the singers [07891]: and we will not forsake [05800] the house [01004] of our God [0430].
2 And this is the manner [01697] of the release [08059]: Every creditor [01167] [04874] [03027] that lendeth [05383] ought unto his neighbour [07453] shall release [08058] it; he shall not exact [05065] it of his neighbour [07453], or of his brother [0251]; because it is called [07121] the LORD'S [03068] release [08059].
2 And this is the manner [01697] of the release [08059]: Every creditor [01167] [04874] [03027] that lendeth [05383] ought unto his neighbour [07453] shall release [08058] it; he shall not exact [05065] it of his neighbour [07453], or of his brother [0251]; because it is called [07121] the LORD'S [03068] release [08059].
10 Six [08337] of their names [08034] on one [0259] stone [068], and the other six [08337] names [08034] of the rest [03498] on the other [08145] stone [068], according to their birth [08435].
32 Also we made [05975] ordinances [04687] for us, to charge [05414] ourselves yearly [08141] with the third part [07992] of a shekel [08255] for the service [05656] of the house [01004] of our God [0430];
2 For they have taken [05375] of their daughters [01323] for themselves, and for their sons [01121]: so that the holy [06944] seed [02233] have mingled [06148] themselves with the people [05971] of those lands [0776]: yea, the hand [03027] of the princes [08269] and rulers [05461] hath been chief [07223] in this trespass [04604].
31 And if the people [05971] of the land [0776] bring [0935] ware [04728] or any victuals [07668] on the sabbath [07676] day [03117] to sell [04376], that we would not buy [03947] it of them on the sabbath [07676], or on the holy [06944] day [03117]: and that we would leave [05203] the seventh [07637] year [08141], and the exaction [04853] of every debt [03027].
23 Hoshea [01954], Hananiah [02608], Hashub [02815],
31 And if the people [05971] of the land [0776] bring [0935] ware [04728] or any victuals [07668] on the sabbath [07676] day [03117] to sell [04376], that we would not buy [03947] it of them on the sabbath [07676], or on the holy [06944] day [03117]: and that we would leave [05203] the seventh [07637] year [08141], and the exaction [04853] of every debt [03027].
13 And hath taken [03947] of the king's [04410] seed [02233], and made [03772] a covenant [01285] with him, and hath taken [0935] an oath [0423] of him: he hath also taken [03947] the mighty [0352] of the land [0776]:
21 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which were come again [07725] out of captivity [01473], and all such as had separated [0914] themselves unto them from the filthiness [02932] of the heathen [01471] of the land [0776], to seek [01875] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], did eat [0398],
21 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which were come again [07725] out of captivity [01473], and all such as had separated [0914] themselves unto them from the filthiness [02932] of the heathen [01471] of the land [0776], to seek [01875] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], did eat [0398],
43 The Nethinims [05411]: the children [01121] of Ziha [06727], the children [01121] of Hasupha [02817], the children [01121] of Tabbaoth [02884],
29 They clave [02388] to their brethren [0251], their nobles [0117], and entered [0935] into a curse [0423], and into an oath [07621], to walk [03212] in God's [0430] law [08451], which was given [05414] by [03027] Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of God [0430], and to observe [08104] and do [06213] all the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] our Lord [0113], and his judgments [04941] and his statutes [02706];
29 They clave [02388] to their brethren [0251], their nobles [0117], and entered [0935] into a curse [0423], and into an oath [07621], to walk [03212] in God's [0430] law [08451], which was given [05414] by [03027] Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of God [0430], and to observe [08104] and do [06213] all the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] our Lord [0113], and his judgments [04941] and his statutes [02706];