Nehemiah 10:31 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 10:31

And if the people of the land bring ware ,.... Any thing to be sold, any sort of goods, that being sold might be taken away, as the word signifies: or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell ; anything to make food of; wheat or barley, as Aben Ezra interprets it; the same word is rendered corn; see Gill on Genesis 42:1 ; to sell which was not lawful on the sabbath day, see Amos 8:5 that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day ; any festival, as the feast of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 10:31

Bring ware - We will most solemnly keep the Sabbath. Leave the seventh year - We will let the land have its Sabbath, and rest every seventh year. See on Exodus 23:10-11 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

1. The prohibition of intermarriage with the neighbouring idolatrous nations (verse 30); 2. The command to hallow the sabbath; 3. The law concerning the sabbatical year (verse 31); 4. The law of firstfruits (verses 35-37); 5. The obligation to pay tithes to the sacerdotal order (verses 37, 38). Finally, they undertook certain new obligations, not expressly contained in the law, but perhaps regarded as flowing from it by way of natural consequence, or else as desirable... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

A solemn covenant. The public confession and recital of God's dealings with Israel, recorded in the previous chapter, concluded with a declaration of the making of "a sure covenant," written and sealed. This chapter contains a particular account of the transaction. I. WHY THE COVENANT WAS MADE . 1. For the reasons contained in the previous confession. "Because of all this" ( Nehemiah 9:38 ). 2. In the hope that so solemn an engagement would greatly aid in insuring... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

Entering into covenant. Nehemiah and Ezra, and those who acted with them, showed true insight into character when they provided— I. THAT STRONG RELIGIOUS FEELING SHOULD TAKE DEFINITE FORM . "Because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, set their seal unto it" ( Nehemiah 9:38 ). And Nehemiah and Zidkijah (Zadok), and many others, priests, Levites, and heads of families, formally signed and sealed a solemn covenant,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

Solemn engagement to maintain the house of God. I. ALL SHOULD PLEDGE THEMSELVES "not to forsake the house of our God." Those who are first in position, influence, capability should be leaders in caring, for God's house. Distinction of rank is lost in the unity of dedication. The service of God will call to itself all the variety of human faculty. Where there is the heart "to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our God," there will be found an office or a post for each... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 10:31

If the people of the land bring ware … on the sabbath . If the heathen of this region will insist on bringing their wares into our cities and offering them for immediate sale on the sabbath, we Jews bind ourselves not to deal with them on that day. Subsequently, Nehemiah carried out more stringent regulations ( Nehemiah 13:15-22 ). Or on the holy day . Rather, "or on a holy day." The people bind themselves to abstain from trade not only on the sabbath, but on any holy day. That we would... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 10:31

Bring ware ... on the sabbath day - Compare Nehemiah 13:16, where this desecration of the Sabbath is shown to have commonly taken place.Leave the seventh year ... - i. e., “let the land rest in the sabbatical year” (margin reference) and give up the “pledge-taking” Nehemiah 10:2-10. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 10:31

Nehemiah 10:31. And if the people of the land The heathen; bring ware or victuals on the sabbath day to sell, we would not buy it They not only would not sell goods themselves for gain on that day, but they would not encourage the heathen to sell by buying of them, no, not victuals, under pretence of necessity, but would buy in their provisions for their families the day before. They that covenant to keep all the commandments of God, must particularly covenant to keep the sabbath holy.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 10:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 10:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 10:1-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 10:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 10:31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 10:31

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