Nehemiah 9:38

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36 “Here ^awe are, servants today!
And the land that You gave to our fathers,
To eat its fruit and its bounty,
Here we are, servants in it!

37 And ^ait yields much increase to the kings
You have set over us,
Because of our sins;
Also they have ^bdominion over our bodies and our cattle
At their pleasure;
And we are in great distress.

38 “And because of all this,
We ^amake a sure covenant and write it;
Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests ^bseal it.”

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Nehemiah 9:38

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 was usual in the East to authenticate covenants by appending the seals of those who were parties to them (see Jeremiah 32:10).

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