The People Who Sealed the Covenant
1 1“On the seals are the names of Nehemiah
2the governor,
3the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah,
2 4Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
4 5Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these are the priests.
9 And the Levites:
6Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of
7Henadad, Kadmiel;
10 and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
14 The chiefs of the people:
8Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
The Obligations of the Covenant
28 9“The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants,
10and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding,
29 join with their brothers, their nobles,
11and enter into a curse and an oath
12to walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes.