John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 10:28
And the rest of the people ,.... That did not sign and seal: the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims ; the porters and singers were Levites; but those so called were such as waited upon the priests, as the Nethinims were persons that waited on them: and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God ; proselytes, who had renounced Heathenism, and embraced the true religion, had received the law of God, and professed... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-31
When Israel was first brought into covenant with God it was done by sacrifice and the sprinkling of blood, Exod. 24:1-8 But here it was done by the more natural and common way of sealing and subscribing the written articles of the covenant, which bound them to no more than was already their duty. Now here we have, I. The names of those public persons who, as the representatives and heads of the congregation, set their hands and seals to this covenant, because it would have been an endless... read more