And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.
Having covenanted against the sins they had been guilty of, they proceed in obliging themselves to revive and observe the duties they had neglected. We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do well. I. It was resolved, in general, that the temple service should be carefully kept up, that the work of the house of their God should be done in...
Commenting on Nehemiah 10:32-39
And that we should bring the first fruits of our dough,.... According to the law in Num 15:20 and our offerings; their heave offerings, Num 18:8 and the fruit of all manner of trees; bore by them on the fourth year after their planting, Lev 19:23 of wine and oil; to which Aben Ezra restrains the fruit of the trees, see Num 18:12, all these...
POINTS OF THE COVENANT. (Neh 10:29-39) to observe and do all the commandments, &c.--This national covenant, besides containing a solemn pledge of obedience to the divine law generally, specified their engagement to some particular duties, which the character and exigency of the times stamped with great urgency and importance, and which may be summed up under the following heads: that they abstain from contracting matrimonial...
Commenting on Nehemiah 10:29-39