The names in Nehemiah 10:2 belong to the account of God's people hearing and understanding His law. By that time their Hebrew had become corrupted through intermarriage with other nations. Because the people could no longer readily follow the reading in its original tongue, priests and Levites made its meaning plain. They explained the law in the people's own language so that all could grasp what was heard.
The names in Nehemiah 10:2 belong to the account of God's people hearing and understanding His law. By that time their Hebrew had become corrupted through intermarriage with other nations. Because the people could no longer readily follow the reading in its original tongue, priests and Levites made its meaning plain. They explained the law in the people's own language so that all could grasp what was heard.