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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.
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.”
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.'
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.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC