Nehemiah 10:12 is made up simply of three personal names — Zaccur, Sherebiah, and Shebaniah — belonging to the lists of names found in Ezra and Nehemiah. It contains no expressed promise and cannot be counted among the precious promises to God's people.
Those names stand among those associated with the covenant entered into by the remnant after returning to Jerusalem from captivity to keep the law of Moses. That commitment recorded in Nehemiah 8 to 10 established the Pentateuch as canonical and authoritative Scripture for the people.
The verse falls in the Nehemiah 8-10 portion, covering about 446-408 and the last reform on his return to Jerusalem, with Nehemiah 10 standing toward the close of the span running from Ezra 6 through Nehemiah. It stands in the account of who Nehemiah is and the work he did, always laboring with the highest good of Jerusalem in mind, impatient toward the people for slackness in doing God's work and indignant toward those sinning against God by uniting with heathen peoples, even bringing them into the temple itself. Though his zealous manner at times is not to be copied, he is not to be condemned when all the surrounding circumstances are considered, for he was there for God, the city was the Lord's city, and the people were the Lord's people. The book records the ups and downs, battles and conflicts, defeats and victories of the Jews at Jerusalem under the last reformation, typical of God's work in other ages, especially in the last days, where adversaries do everything to hinder yet God carries the work to glorious success, ending with a reform for better observance of the Sabbath. The verse belongs to the record of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, a history confirmed by discoveries in ancient lands adjoining Israel that had dealings with that people.
Nehemiah 10:12 is made up simply of three personal names — Zaccur, Sherebiah, and Shebaniah — belonging to the lists of names found in Ezra and Nehemiah. It contains no expressed promise and cannot be counted among the precious promises to God's people.
Those names stand among those associated with the covenant entered into by the remnant after returning to Jerusalem from captivity to keep the law of Moses. That commitment recorded in Nehemiah 8 to 10 established the Pentateuch as canonical and authoritative Scripture for the people.
The verse falls in the Nehemiah 8-10 portion, covering about 446-408 and the last reform on his return to Jerusalem, with Nehemiah 10 standing toward the close of the span running from Ezra 6 through Nehemiah. It stands in the account of who Nehemiah is and the work he did, always laboring with the highest good of Jerusalem in mind, impatient toward the people for slackness in doing God's work and indignant toward those sinning against God by uniting with heathen peoples, even bringing them into the temple itself. Though his zealous manner at times is not to be copied, he is not to be condemned when all the surrounding circumstances are considered, for he was there for God, the city was the Lord's city, and the people were the Lord's people. The book records the ups and downs, battles and conflicts, defeats and victories of the Jews at Jerusalem under the last reformation, typical of God's work in other ages, especially in the last days, where adversaries do everything to hinder yet God carries the work to glorious success, ending with a reform for better observance of the Sabbath. The verse belongs to the record of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, a history confirmed by discoveries in ancient lands adjoining Israel that had dealings with that people.