Sealing the deal! | Wednesday in The Word for June 24, 2026

Nehemiah 10-12:26

9:38 “And because of all this, We make a sure covenant and write it; Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests seal it.”

10:1 Now those who placed their seal on the document were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

28 Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding—

29 these joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes:

30 would not give our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

11:1 Now the leaders of the people dwelt at Jerusalem; the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine-tenths were to dwell in other cities.

2 And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem

12:1 Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra

26 These lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

Context

• What led up to signing this covenant? (Nehemiah 9:1-37)

Reflection

1. Why was such an agreement important? (Josh 24:14-28, Numbers 25:10-13)
2. Why did they agree to separate themselves & return to these practices….
3. not give their daughters in marriage to outsiders? (Ezra 6:21, 2 Corinthians 6:14)
4. Sabbath day & year? (Exodus 20:8, 31:12-17, Ezekiel 20:12)
5. Temple worship support? (Exodus 30:13, 1 Chron 26:20, Ezekiel 7:20)
6. Why was it so important to occupy the city? (11:1, 2)

Testimony Time

1. How has Jesus sealed the covenant for us? (Luke 22:20, John 19:30, Hebrews 8:6)
2. What has genuine repentance looked like in your life? (2 Corinthians 7:10, James 1:23-25, 4:8-14)