Bible in Basic English
"And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it."
— Nehemiah 9:38, Bible in Basic English
“And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. ”
“And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it. ”
“Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal to it."”
“The People Pledge to be Faithful(10:1)“Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant in written form; our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names on the sealed document.””
For they have not been your servants in their kingdom, and in all the good things you gave them, and in the great and fat land you gave them, and they have not been turned away from their evil-doing.
Now, today, we are servants, and as for the land which you gave to our fathers, so that the produce of it and the good might be theirs, see, we are servants in it:
And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.
And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.