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Nehemiah 10:1

New Century Version

These are the men who sealed the agreement: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah. Zedekiah,

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The king stood by the pillar and made an agreement in the presence of the Lord to follow the Lord and obey his commands, rules, and laws with his whole being, and to obey the words of the agreement written in this book. Then all the people promised to obey the agreement.

Now let us make an agreement before our God. We will send away all these women and their children as you and those who respect the commands of our God advise. Let it be done to obey God’s Teachings.

The governor ordered them not to eat any of the food offered to God until a priest had settled this matter by using the Urim and Thummim.

These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, I, Nehemiah, was in the capital city of Susa.

They said: We promise not to let our daughters marry foreigners nor to let our sons marry their daughters.

The governor ordered them not to eat any of the holy food until a priest settled this matter by using the Urim and Thummim.

Some of the family leaders gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury about 19 pounds of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 pieces of clothing for the priests.

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher, and the Levites who were teaching said to all the people, “This is a holy day to the Lord your God. Don’t be sad or cry.” All the people had been crying as they listened to the words of the Teachings.

“Because of all this, we are making an agreement in writing, and our leaders, Levites, and priests are putting their seals on it.”

So Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. And he got up early the next morning and built an altar near the bottom of the mountain. He set up twelve stones, one stone for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.




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