OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 9:38

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Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”

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Verse 38. Because. Or “considering all these things,” as chastisements due to our transgressions, we are resolved now to reform our conduct, ( Bible.) and to comply more exactly with the covenant, which we will now solemnly renew. A copy was probably deposited in the temple, signed by the princes, ( Calmet.) in the name of all. Bible.—Malachy (1:4) seems to allude to this covenant. Calmet.

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