LIST OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE COVENANT 1. Now those that sealed _were_] The names that follow ZidMjah's are those of families whose living representatives sealed on behalf of their houses. Several of these family names occur in the list of those who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Nehe... [ Continue Reading ]
TO WALK IN GOD'S LAW, etc.] The enactments of the Law which they more particularly undertook to carry out were those directing (_a_) abstention from marriage with aliens, (_b_) the observance of the sabbath and sabbatical year, (_c_) the provision of supplies for the Temple and its ministers. These... [ Continue Reading ]
LEAVE THE SEVENTH YEAR] i.e. forego the produce of the land in that year.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRD PART OF A SHEKEL] In Exodus 30:11 the amount named is 'a half shekel' (cp. Matthew 17:24), the change being perhaps due to an alteration in the weight of the shekel.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WOOD OFFERING] This is not specifically prescribed in the Pentateuch. Josephus speaks of it as a festival (the Xylophory).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIEST] i.e. some priest was to attend when the Levites took their tithes.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORSAKE] i.e. fail to provide for.... [ Continue Reading ]