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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Nehemiah 9:38 Catholic Bible: Because of all that has happened, we, the people of Israel, hereby make a solemn written agreement, and our leaders, our Levites, and our priests put their seals to it. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/nehemiah/9-38.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/nehemiah/9-38.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/nehemiah/9-38.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/nehemiah/1.htm">Nehemiah</a> > <a href="/gntd/nehemiah/9.htm">Chapter 9</a> > Verse 38</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../nehemiah/9-37.htm" title="Nehemiah 9:37">◄</a> Nehemiah 9:38 <a href="../nehemiah/10-1.htm" title="Nehemiah 10:1">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/nehemiah/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/nehemiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Because of all that has happened, we, the people of Israel, hereby make a solemn written agreement, and our leaders, our Levites, and our priests put their seals to it. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Because of all this we make a firm agreement in writing, and on that sealed document are inscribed the names of our officials, our Levites, and our priests.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/nehemiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And so, a firm agreement was made that had the official approval of the leaders, the Levites, and priests. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/nehemiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In view of all this, we are entering into a firm pact, which we are putting into writing. On the sealed document appear the names of our princes, our Levites, and our priests.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/nehemiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.</p><p class="hdg">we make.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../nehemiah/10-29.htm">Nehemiah 10:29</a> All that could understand, promising for their brethren, with their chief men, and they came to promise, and swear that they would walk in the law of God, which he gave in the hand of Moses the servant of God, that they would do and keep all the commandments of the Lord our God, and his judgments and his ceremonies.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_kings/23-3.htm">2 Kings 23:3</a> And the king stood upon the step: and he made a covenant with the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his ceremonies, with all their heart, and with all their soul, and to perform the words of this covenant, which were written in that book: and the people agreed to the covenant.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/15-12.htm">2 Chronicles 15:12,13</a> And he went in to confirm as usual the covenant, that they should seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart, and with all their soul. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/23-16.htm">2 Chronicles 23:16</a> And Joiada made a covenant between himself and all the people, and the king, that they should be the people of the lord.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/29-10.htm">2 Chronicles 29:10</a> Now therefore I have a mind that we make a covenant with the Lord the God of Israel, and he will turn away the wrath of his indignation from us.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/34-31.htm">2 Chronicles 34:31</a> And standing up in his tribunal, he made a covenant before the Lord to walk after him, and keep his commandments, and testimonies, and justifications with all his heart, and with all his soul, and to do the things that were written in that book which he had read.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezra/10-3.htm">Ezra 10:3</a> Let us make a covenant with the Lord our God, to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the will of the Lord, and of them that fear the commandment of the Lord our God: let it be done according to the law.</p><p class="hdg">seal unto it.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../nehemiah/10-1.htm">Nehemiah 10:1</a> And the subscribers were Nehemiah, Athersatha the son of Hachelai, and Sedecias,</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/nehemiah/9.htm">The People Confess Their Sins</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">37</span>And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts, according to their will, and we are in great tribulation. <span class="reftext">38</span><span class="highl">And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.</span><div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/27-66.htm">Matthew 27:66</a></span><br />And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone and setting guards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../nehemiah/10-1.htm">Nehemiah 10:1</a></span><br />And the subscribers were Nehemiah, Athersatha the son of Hachelai, and Sedecias,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../nehemiah/10-29.htm">Nehemiah 10:29</a></span><br />All that could understand, promising for their brethren, with their chief men, and they came to promise, and swear that they would walk in the law of God, which he gave in the hand of Moses the servant of God, that they would do and keep all the commandments of the Lord our God, and his judgments and his ceremonies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/44-5.htm">Isaiah 44:5</a></span><br />One shall say: I am the Lord's, and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob, and another shall subscribe with his hand, To the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/6-18.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/joshua/2-17.htm">Binding</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm">Covenant</a> <a 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