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 burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
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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.