Nehemiah 10:1 Cross References - ISV

¹ Signatories to the AgreementHere is a list of those who signed: Hacaliah’s son Nehemiah the governor, Zedekiah,

⁶³ Governor Zerubbabel also ruled that they shouldn’t eat anything holy until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim.

¹ IntroductionIn this document, I, Hacaliah’s son Nehemiah, recount what occurred during the twentieth year of Artaxerxes.
BackgroundIn the month of Chislev, while I was in Shushan at the palace,

⁷⁰ Gifts for the Temple
Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor contributed 1,000 gold drachmas to the treasury, along with 50 basins, and 530 priestly garments.

⁹ A Declaration to RejoiceBecause all the people were weeping as they listened to the words of the Law, Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the descendants of Levi who taught the people told everyone, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.”

³⁸ “Because of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, our descendants of Levi, and our priests hereby set their seals upon it.”