Nehemiah 9:38

2 Chronicles 15:12; 2 Chronicles 15:13; 2 Chronicles 23:16; 2 Chronicles 29:10; 2 Chronicles 34:31; 2 Kings 23:3; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 10:1; Nehemiah 10:29

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seal unto it - The exact force of the phrase used is doubtful; but its general sense must be that the classes named took part in the sealing. It...
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And because, &c. Ezra chapter 10 in Hebrew text begins with this verse. Princes. Nehemiah and Hananiah, if not others, were members of the r...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And because of all this we make a sure covenant , and write it ; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it . Our princes, Levites, and...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

We make a sure covenant, and write it— It was but of little consequence what such a refractory people promised; for, what regard would they have to...
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And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. We make a sure covenant,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Scofield Reference Notes

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The Biblical Illustrator

And cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God. The suppliant The true test of the good received in religious ordinances is their sanctify...
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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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³⁸ And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, sealj unto it.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 9:38

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nehemiah 9:38