Nehemiah 10:28-29

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]  ² tn Heb “the nobles.”

[10:29]  ³ tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

[10:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[10:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[10:29]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).