Nehemiah 10:16
Nehemiah 10:16 Meaning and Explanation
“Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The register of the people's leaders continues with Adonijah, Bigvai, and Adin.
What Does Nehemiah 10:16 Mean?
More family heads are added to the sealed document. These names, like the others, correspond to the clans listed among the returned exiles, the very families who had staked their lives on coming home to rebuild Jerusalem.
The continuity of names across the chapters shows a people gathering up its whole history into one act of recommitment. Those who had returned, labored, and rebuilt now bound themselves to live by the law that made them a people in the first place.
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What does Nehemiah 10:16 mean?
The register of the people's leaders continues with Adonijah, Bigvai, and Adin.