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"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.”"
— Nehemiah 9:38, NET Bible
“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."”
“And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it. ”
“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.”
“And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. ”
Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible goodness that you had lavished on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.
“So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things– we are slaves!
Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, and we are in great distress!
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.”