Nehemiah 10:17
Nehemiah 10:17 Meaning and Explanation
“Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →More leaders of the people are recorded among those who sealed the covenant.
What Does Nehemiah 10:17 Mean?
The enumeration of the people's chief men continues. These heads of families took their place beside the priests and Levites in the written pledge of obedience to God's commandments.
That so many leaders are named one after another testifies to the breadth of the commitment. This was no narrow movement but a covenant embraced across the community's leadership. Renewal that endures tends to spread through many shoulders rather than resting on one.
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What does Nehemiah 10:17 mean?
More leaders of the people are recorded among those who sealed the covenant.