KJV King James Version
And because of all this we make a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].
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Nehemiah 9:38
And because of all this we make a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
WEB World English Bible
Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”
ASV American Standard Version
And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed are our heads, our Levites, our priests.’
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 9
35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
36 Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we [are] servants in it:
37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we [are] in great distress.
38 And because of all this we make a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבְכָל־H3605 · kolallזֹ֕אתH2063 · zotthisאֲנַ֛חְנוּH587 · a.nach.nuweכֹּרְתִ֥יםH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutאֲמָנָ֖הH548 · a.ma.nahsureוְכֹתְבִ֑יםH3789 · ka.tavto writeוְעַל֙H5921 · aluponהֶֽחָת֔וּםH2856 · cha.tamto sealשָׂרֵ֥ינוּH8269 · sarrulerלְוִיֵּ֖נוּH3881 · le.viy.yiLeviכֹּהֲנֵֽינוּ׃H3548 · ko.henpriest
Cross-references
Nehemiah 10:1Now those that sealed [were], Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,Nehemiah 10:29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;2 Chronicles 34:31And the king stood in his place, 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 with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.Ezra 10:3Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.2 Chronicles 23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’S people.2 Chronicles 29:10Now [it is] in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.2 Kings 23:3And the king stood by a 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 [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.2 Chronicles 15:12-13And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
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