Nehemiah 10:8

Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

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Interpretation

Conversion is separating from the course and custom of this world, devoting ourselves to the conduct directed by the word of God. When we bind ourselves to do the commandments of God, it is to do all his commandments, and to look to him as the Lord, and our Lord.

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This thought runs through Nehemiah 10:6-10.

Nehemiah 10:6 Nehemiah 10:7 Nehemiah 10:8 Nehemiah 10:9 Nehemiah 10:10

Glossary

Shemaiah Person: Whom Jehovah heard. (1. ) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam ( 1 Kings 12:22-24 ). (2. ) Neh. 3:29 . (3. ) A Simeonite ( 1 Chr. 4:37 ). (4. ) A priest ( Neh. 12:42 ). (5. ) A Levite ( 1 Chr. 9:16 ). (6. ) 1 Chr. 9:14 ; Neh. 11:15 .