The children H1121 of Bigvai, H902 two thousand H505 fifty H2572 and six. H8337 The children H1121 of Adin, H5720 four H702 hundred H3967 fifty H2572 and four. H702 The children H1121 of Ater H333 of Hezekiah, H3169 ninety H8673 and eight. H8083
Of the sons H1121 also of Bigvai; H902 Uthai, H5793 and Zabbud, H2072 H2139 and with them seventy H7657 males. H2145
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Commentary on Nehemiah 10 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 10
We have in this chapter a particular account of the covenant which in the close of the foregoing chapter was resolved upon; they struck while the iron was not, and immediately put that good resolve in execution, when they were in a good frame, lest, if it should be delayed, it might be dropped. Here we have,
Neh 10:1-31
When Israel was first brought into covenant with God it was done by sacrifice and the sprinkling of blood, Ex. 24. But here it was done by the more natural and common way of sealing and subscribing the written articles of the covenant, which bound them to no more than was already their duty. Now here we have,
Neh 10:32-39
Having covenanted against the sins they had been guilty of, they proceed in obliging themselves to revive and observe the duties they had neglected. We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do well.