Discovery BoxNehemiah 9:38--10:29
Context9:38 (10:1) 1 “Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant 2 in written form; 3 our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names 4 on the sealed document.”
10:1 On the sealed documents were the following names: 5
Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, along with Zedekiah,
10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
10:3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah,
10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
10:5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
10:7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
10:9 The Levites were as follows:
Jeshua 6 son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel.
10:10 Their colleagues 7 were as follows:
Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
10:11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
10:12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
10:13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
10:14 The leaders 8 of the people were as follows:
Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
10:17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
10:18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
10:19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
10:21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
10:24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
10:26 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
10:27 Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.
10:28 “Now the rest of the people – the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple attendants, and all those who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples 9 because of the law of God, along with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all of whom are able to understand – 10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders 10 and enter into a curse and an oath 11 to adhere to 12 the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey 13 carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, 14 along with his ordinances and his statutes.
Nehemiah 10:2
Context10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Colossians 1:5
Context1:5 Your faith and love have arisen 15 from the hope laid up 16 for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel 17
[9:38] 1 sn Beginning with 9:38, the verse numbers through 10:39 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 9:38 ET = 10:1 HT, 10:1 ET = 10:2 HT, 10:2 ET = 10:3 HT, etc., through 10:39 ET = 10:40 HT. Beginning with 11:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
[9:38] 2 tn Heb “we are cutting.”
[9:38] 3 tn Heb “and writing.”
[9:38] 4 tn Heb “our leaders, our Levites, and our priests on the sealed document.” The Hebrew text is elliptical here; the words “have affixed their names” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons. Cf. v. 2.
[10:1] 5 tn The words “were the following names” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity. Cf. vv. 9, 10, 14.
[10:9] 6 tc With many medieval Hebrew manuscripts and the ancient versions the translation reads יְשׁוּעַ (yÿshua’, “Jeshua”) rather than the reading וְיֵשׁוּעַ (vÿyeshua’, “and Jeshua”) of BHS.
[10:10] 7 tn Heb “brothers” (also in v. 30).
[10:14] 8 tn Heb “heads”; ASV “chiefs.”
[10:28] 9 tn Heb “from the peoples of the lands.” Cf. vv. 30, 31.
[10:29] 10 tn Heb “the nobles.”
[10:29] 11 tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”
[10:29] 12 tn Heb “to walk in.”
[10:29] 13 tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.
[10:29] 14 tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
[1:5] 15 tn Col 1:3-8 form one long sentence in the Greek text and have been divided at the end of v. 4 and v. 6 and within v. 6 for clarity, in keeping with the tendency in contemporary English toward shorter sentences. Thus the phrase “Your faith and love have arisen from the hope” is literally “because of the hope.” The perfect tense “have arisen” was chosen in the English to reflect the fact that the recipients of the letter had acquired this hope at conversion in the past, but that it still remains and motivates them to trust in Christ and to love one another.
[1:5] 16 tn BDAG 113 s.v. ἀπόκειμαι 2 renders ἀποκειμένην (apokeimenhn) with the expression “reserved” in this verse.
[1:5] 17 tn The term “the gospel” (τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, tou euangeliou) is in apposition to “the word of truth” (τῷ λόγῳ τῆς ἀληθείας, tw logw th" alhqeia") as indicated in the translation.
