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Nehemiah 10:8

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Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
Nehemiah 10:8 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
  • KJV Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
  • BSB Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
  • NKJV Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
  • NLT Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

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Quick answer

Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah complete the list of priests who sealed the covenant. It matters because it closes the priestly section of committed leaders.

Overview

These final priestly names round out the list, expressly identified as 'the priests.' The full roster shows the priestly order's united commitment to God's law. Their leadership in covenant faithfulness foreshadows the perfect priesthood of Christ, in whom all believers become a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 5

  • Neh 12:18of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
  • Neh 3:29After them, Zadok the son of Immer made repairs across from his own house. After him, Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate made repairs.
  • Neh 12:42and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
  • Neh 12:5–6Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
  • Ezra 10:21Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (5)
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  • VideoBibleProject — Nehemiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on NehemiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The rebuilt walls and renewed covenant community foreshadow the greater builder who gathers and secures a people for God, the one who declares 'I will build my church.'

How Nehemiah 10:8 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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MaaziahמַעַזְיָהBilgaiבִּלְגַּיShemaiahשְׁמַעְיָהthese were the priestsכֹּהֵן
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