Nehemiah 10:1 - English Standard Version 2016 “On the seals are the names of Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, |
And the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in the covenant.
Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put 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 the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel,
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 arise.
Now some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests’ garments and 500 minas of silver.
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 as they heard the words of the Law.
“Because of all this we make a firm covenant in writing; on the sealed document are the names of our princes, our Levites, and our priests.
And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.