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Nehemiah 10:1

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These are the names on the sealed agreement: Nehemiah the governor. Nehemiah was the son of Hacaliah. Zedekiah,

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The king stood by the column and made an agreement with the Lord. He agreed to follow the Lord and to obey his commands, the Agreement, and his rules. He agreed to do this with all his heart and soul. He agreed to obey the Agreement written in this book. All the people stood to {show they supported} the {king’s} agreement.

Now let us make an agreement before our God to send away all those women and their children. We will do that to follow the advice of Ezra and the people who respect the laws of our God. We will obey God’s law.

The governor ordered these people not to eat any of the holy food. They could not eat any of this food until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim {\cf2\super [7]} to ask God what to do.

These are the words of Nehemiah. Nehemiah was the son of Hacaliah: I, Nehemiah, was in the capital city of Susa in the month of Kislev. This was in the 20th year {\cf2\super [1]} \{that Artaxerxes was king\}.

“We promise not to let our daughters marry the people living around us. And we promise not to let our sons marry their daughters.\par

The governor ordered these people not eat any of the most holy food. They could not eat any of this food until the \{high\} priest could use the Urim and Thummim {\cf2\super [35]} to ask God what to do.

Some of the family leaders gave money to support the work. The governor gave 19 pounds {\cf2\super [36]} of gold to the treasury. He also gave 50 bowls and 530 pieces of clothing for the priests.

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher, and the men from the Levites that were teaching the people spoke. They said, “Today is a special day {\cf2\super [44]} to the Lord your God. Don’t be sad and cry.” They said that because all the people had begun to cry as they were listening to the messages of God in the Law.

Because of all of these things,\par we are making an agreement\par that can’t be changed.\par We are putting this agreement in writing.\par Our leaders, Levites, and priests\par are signing their names\par on this agreement\par

So Moses wrote all of the commands of the Lord {on a scroll}. The next morning, Moses got up and built an altar [155] near the bottom of the mountain. And he set up twelve stones—one for each of the twelve family groups of Israel.




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