Nehemiah 10:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Upon the sealed document are the names of Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THESE SET their seal: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah. And Zedekiah, American Standard Version (1901) Now those that sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, Common English Bible Upon the seals are the names of Governor Nehemiah, Hacaliah’s son, and Zedekiah; Catholic Public Domain Version And the signatories were: Nehemiah, the cupbearer, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the subscribers were Nehemias, Athersatha the son of Hacherlai, and Sedecias, |
The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord, keeping his commandments, his decrees, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. All the people joined in the covenant.
So now let us make a covenant with our God to send away all these wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done according to the law.
the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until there should be a priest to consult Urim and Thummim.
The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,
We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons,
the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should come.
Now some of the heads of ancestral houses contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priestly robes.
And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
Because of all this we make a firm agreement in writing, and on that sealed document are inscribed the names of our officials, our Levites, and our priests.
And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning, built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and set up twelve pillars, corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel.