Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Nehemiah 10:34
The wood offering] This is not specifically prescribed in the Pentateuch. Josephus speaks of it as a festival (the Xylophory).
The wood offering] This is not specifically prescribed in the Pentateuch. Josephus speaks of it as a festival (the Xylophory).
Verse 34. _CAST THE LOTS -FOR THE WOOD-OFFERING_] There does not appear to have been any _wood-offering_ under the law. It was the business of the _Nethinim_ to procure this; and hence they were call...
No special provision was made by the Law, by David, or by Solomon, for the supply of wood necessary to keep fire ever burning upon the altar. Nehemiah established a system by which the duty of supplyi...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Those who sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:1)_ 2. The obligations of the covenant (Nehemiah 10:28) Nehemiah 10:1. The last verse of the preceding chapter mentions a covenant. “A
NEHEMIAH 9:38 TO NEHEMIAH 10:39. THE COVENANT. This section is probably originally from Ezra's memoirs, though it has been considerably worked over, presumably not by the Chronicler, since he writes i...
THE WOOD OFFERING. Hebrew the offering of wood. Figure of speech _Hypallage._ App-6. Not prescribed by the law. Josephus calls it _Xylophory,_ or wood-bearing.. feast kept on the 22nd of Ab, and at ot...
_And we cast the lots_ R.V. AND WE CAST LOTS. The use of the article in the Heb. does not here call attention to the use of any peculiarly sacred -lots," but generally to the means employed for ascert...
_WHAT DID THE PEOPLE PROMISE TO GIVE -- NEHEMIAH 10:32-39:_ The people make promises and ordinances that they would provide funds needed to do the work in the Temple. They determined to give a certain...
4. The people also arranged support for the Levites, who in turn would support the priests. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 10:34-39 34 Likewise we cast lots for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites, an...
_AND WE CAST THE LOTS AMONG THE PRIESTS, THE LEVITES, AND THE PEOPLE, FOR THE WOOD OFFERING, TO BRING IT INTO THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD, AFTER THE HOUSES OF OUR FATHERS, AT TIMES APPOINTED YEAR BY YEAR, TO...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 10 The people had listened to the law of God (Nehemiah chapter 8) and they had remembered their histor...
The people also promised to pay money each year. Each person would pay the same amount, as tax. They paid 4 grams (1/8 ounce) of silver. This money was to pay for all the work of the *temple. Then the...
(28-39) The points of the covenant....
AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW. — Leviticus 6:12 prescribes that the fire on the altar should be kept burning by wood. But here we have the origin of the “feast of the wood-offering” — a special day, sub...
_[Nehemiah 10:35]_ וְ הַ גֹּורָלֹ֨ות הִפַּ֜לְנוּ עַל...
THE COVENANT Nehemiah 10:1 THE tenth chapter of Nehemiah introduces us to one of the most vital crises in the History of Israel. It shows us how the secret cult of the priests of Jehovah became a pop...
A PLEDGE OF BETTER SERVICE Nehemiah 10:28 The chapter opens with a list of the signers of the covenant, which was signed on behalf of the people. The consecration covenant involved-first, obedience;...
Following their humiliation, the people entered into a new covenant with God. This covenant was sealed representatively by the priests (3-8), Levites (9-13), rulers (14-27). To its terms all the peopl...
Wood. The Nathinites had performed this office till the captivity. But not their numbers were too small. (Calmet) --- The people therefore brought the wood. The Levites, with the Nathinites, carried i...
(29) They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandmen...
JOHN BROWN Nehemiah 10-13 It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study of the book of Nehemiah, we saw how the Lord had blessed His people by the reading and understanding of His Wo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11. On the twenty-fourth day, the people came together to humble themselves in a manner that became their position, and they separated themselves f...
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring [it] into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, t...
_And we cast lots among the priests_, &c. They now determined, by casting lots, how much wood every one should bring in, for his share, to maintain the fire continually upon the altar to burn the sacr...
1 The names of them that sealed the couenant. 29 The points of the couenant. 1 NOW those [NOTE: _Hebrew:_ at the sealings.] that sealed were, Nehemiah [NOTE: Or, the gouernour.] the Tirshatha the so...
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people for the wood-offering, for large quantities of wood were used for the sacrifices of the Temple, TO BRING IT INTO THE HOUSE OF OUR GO...
THE PROVISIONS OF THE COVENANT...
THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SEALED (vv. 1-27) Nehemiah is first mentioned as having endorsed the covenant, then 22 priests listed along with him (vv. 1-8). Then 17 Levites are listed (vv. 9-13), followed...
32-39 Having covenanted against the sins of which they had been guilty, they obliged themselves to observe the duties they had neglected. We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do well. Let...
WE CAST THE LOTS, to determine the time and order in which each of them should take the care of the business. FOR THE WOOD-OFFERING; for the wood, which was to be spent in great quantity, being used i...
Nehemiah 10:34 cast H5307 (H8689) lots H1486 priests H3548 Levites H3881 people H5971 bringing H935 (H8687) wood
THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT (NEHEMIAH 10:29). Throughout the books of Ezra and Nehemiah certain particular contemporary issues stand out. These include the taking of idolatrous foreign wives (Nehemia...
CONTENTS: The covenant and the signers. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah. CONCLUSION: Conversion means a separating of ourselves from the course and custom of this world and devoting ourselves to the condu...
Nehemiah 10:1. _Those that sealed_ were the governor, the priests, the levites, and the chiefs or princes of the people. The more distinguished men of these several orders, with the full sanction of a...
_Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel._ VOLUNTARY TAXATION Not to enter upon the thorny path of endowed or voluntary religion, nor to inquire wh...
_Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah._ COVENANTING WITH GOD - I. The parties entering the covenant. 1. Nehemiah the governor. This is true greatness in the sight of God, to be foremost in consecra...
NEHEMIAH 10:1 Signatories and Specific Commitments. Many of the people agree to the covenant, and they accept the responsibility of funding the temple’s activities. ⇐...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 10:33 SHOWBREAD. See Leviticus 24:5. WOOD OFFERING. Again, no specific law requires this tax, bu
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 10:1.] “First came the name of the governor, _the Tirshatha;_ next _Zidkijah_, perhaps the secretary to the governor. Then follow twenty-one names of _priests_, seventeen...
EXPOSITION THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SEALED, AND THE TERMS OF THE COVENANT (Nehemiah 10:1.). The covenant which the Levites had recommended, probably at the suggestion of Nehemiah and
Now these words were sealed and these people signed the covenant, starting with Nehemiah, the governor. And it gives the names of the leaders who signed the covenant. And the rest of the people, the p...
1 Chronicles 24:5; 1 Chronicles 24:7; 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 25:9;...