For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
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Interpretation
Having covenanted against the sins of which they had been guilty, they obliged themselves to Notice the duties they had neglected. We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do well.
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This thought runs through Nehemiah 10:32-36.
Glossary
- Shewbread Object
- Ex. 25:30 (R. V. marg., “presence bread”); 1 Chr. 9:32 (marg., “bread of ordering”); Num. 4:7 : called “hallowed bread” (R. V., “holy bread”) in 1 Sam. 21:1-6 .