Nehemiah Chapter 9 verse 38 Holy Bible

ASV Nehemiah 9:38

And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, `and' our priests, seal unto it.
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BBE Nehemiah 9:38

And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.
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DARBY Nehemiah 9:38

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests are at the sealing.
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KJV Nehemiah 9:38

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
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WBT Nehemiah 9:38

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, set their seals to it.
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WEB Nehemiah 9:38

Yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal to it.
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YLT Nehemiah 9:38

And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed `are' our heads, our Levites, our priests.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 38. - Because of all this. Because of our past sins and their punishment - to prevent a recurrence of similar conduct and similar afflictions. We... seal unto it. In the East it is always the seal that authenticates a document. Babylonian documents were often stamped with half a dozen seals or more. These were impressed upon the moist clay, and then the clay was baked. Sometimes each party to the contract stamped his seal upon a separate piece of sealing clay, which he then attached to the document by means of a string (Layard, 'Nineveh and Babylon,' p. 154). Any number of seals could be attached in this way.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(38) Because of all this.--On the ground of this confession, and to prove our sincerity.Seal unto it.--On the sealed [document]. Each party impressed his seal on moist clay, which was then hardened. Sometimes these seals were attached to the document by separate strings. In Nehemiah 11, "those who sealed" is, literally, those on the sealed [documents], in the plural.