--- title: "The People Make a Covenant" description: "In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and..." image: "" book: "Nehemiah" bookId: "NEH" testament: "old" startChapter: 9 startVerse: 38 endChapter: 10 endVerse: 29 coversChapters: [9,10] aiTitle: "The People Make a Covenant" aiDescription: "In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and..." hasAiStory: true location: "" persons: ["Nehemiah","Zedekiah","Seraiah","Azariah","Jeremiah","Pashhur","Amariah","Malchijah","Hattush","Shebaniah","Malluch","Harim","Meremoth","Obadiah","Daniel","Ginnethon","Baruch","Meshullam","Abijah","Mijamin","Maaziah","Bilgai","Shemaiah","Jeshua","Azaniah","Binnui","Henadad","Kadmiel","Hodiah","Kelita","Pelaiah","Hanan","Mica","Rehob","Hashabiah","Zaccur","Sherebiah","Bani","Beninu","Parosh","Pahath-moab","Elam","Zattu","Bunni","Azgad","Bebai","Adonijah","Bigvai"," Adin","Ater","Hezekiah","Azzur","Hashum","Bezai","Hariph","Anathoth","Nebai","Magpiash","Hezir","Meshezabel","Zadok","Jaddua","Pelatiah","Anaiah","Hoshea","Hananiah","Hasshub","Hallohesh","Pilha","Shobek","Rehum","Hashabnah","Maaseiah","Ahijah","Anan","Baanah","Moses","God"] hashtags: ["covenant","repentance","faith","righteousness"] genre: "history" readingTime: 2 type: "adaptive" slug: "NEH/the-people-make-a-covenant" canonicalId: "NEH.9.38-10.29" chronologicalOrder: 1257 relatedSlugs: [] prevSlug: "NEH/the-people-confess-their-sins" nextSlug: "NEH/the-vows-of-the-covenant" --- In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.” ### Signers of the Covenant Now these were the ones who sealed the document:
[Nehemiah](/persons/nehemiah) the governor, son of Hacaliah,
and also [Zedekiah](/persons/zedekiah), [Seraiah](/persons/seraiah), [Azariah](/persons/azariah), [Jeremiah](/persons/jeremiah), [Pashhur](/persons/pashhur), [Amariah](/persons/amariah), [Malchijah](/persons/malchijah), [Hattush](/persons/hattush), [Shebaniah](/persons/shebaniah), [Malluch](/persons/malluch), [Harim](/persons/harim), [Meremoth](/persons/meremoth), [Obadiah](/persons/obadiah), [Daniel](/persons/daniel), [Ginnethon](/persons/ginnethon), [Baruch](/persons/baruch), [Meshullam](/persons/meshullam), [Abijah](/persons/abijah), [Mijamin](/persons/mijamin), [Maaziah](/persons/maaziah), [Bilgai](/persons/bilgai), and [Shemaiah](/persons/shemaiah).
These were the priests. The Levites:
[Jeshua](/persons/jeshua) son of [Azaniah](/persons/azaniah),
[Binnui](/persons/binnui) of the sons of [Henadad](/persons/henadad), [Kadmiel](/persons/kadmiel), and their associates: Shebaniah, [Hodiah](/persons/hodiah), [Kelita](/persons/kelita), [Pelaiah](/persons/pelaiah), [Hanan](/persons/hanan), [Mica](/persons/mica), [Rehob](/persons/rehob), [Hashabiah](/persons/hashabiah), [Zaccur](/persons/zaccur), [Sherebiah](/persons/sherebiah), Shebaniah, Hodiah, [Bani](/persons/bani), and [Beninu](/persons/beninu). And the leaders of the people:
[Parosh](/persons/parosh), [Pahath-moab](/persons/pahath-moab), [Elam](/persons/elam), [Zattu](/persons/zattu), Bani, [Bunni](/persons/bunni), [Azgad](/persons/azgad), [Bebai](/persons/bebai), [Adonijah](/persons/adonijah), [Bigvai](/persons/bigvai), [Adin](/persons/adin), [Ater](/persons/ater), [Hezekiah](/persons/hezekiah), [Azzur](/persons/azzur), Hodiah, [Hashum](/persons/hashum), [Bezai](/persons/bezai), [Hariph](/persons/hariph), [Anathoth](/persons/anathoth), [Nebai](/persons/nebai), [Magpiash](/persons/magpiash), Meshullam, [Hezir](/persons/hezir), [Meshezabel](/persons/meshezabel), [Zadok](/persons/zadok), [Jaddua](/persons/jaddua), [Pelatiah](/persons/pelatiah), Hanan, [Anaiah](/persons/anaiah), [Hoshea](/persons/hoshea), [Hananiah](/persons/hananiah), [Hasshub](/persons/hasshub), [Hallohesh](/persons/hallohesh), [Pilha](/persons/pilha), [Shobek](/persons/shobek), [Rehum](/persons/rehum), [Hashabnah](/persons/hashabnah), [Maaseiah](/persons/maaseiah), [Ahijah](/persons/ahijah), Hanan, [Anan](/persons/anan), Malluch, Harim, and [Baanah](/persons/baanah). ### The Vows of the Covenant “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of [God](/persons/god)—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand, hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant [Moses](/persons/moses) and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

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