Discovery BoxNehemiah 10:16-29
Context10:16 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 1 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 2 and enter into a curse and an oath 3 to adhere to 4 the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey 5 carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, 6 along with his ordinances and his statutes.
[10:28] 1 tn Heb “from the peoples of the lands.” Cf. vv. 30, 31.
[10:29] 1 tn Heb “the nobles.”
[10:29] 2 tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”
[10:29] 3 tn Heb “to walk in.”
[10:29] 4 tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.
[10:29] 5 tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
