Malluch, Harim, and Baanah are named among those associated with the people's covenant. That covenant was a commitment to keep the law of Moses, belonging to the people's return to the law and worship brought from Babylon by Ezra. It belongs to the account of the remnant's condition and the covenant they entered into after returning to Jerusalem. The verse stands in Nehemiah 8-10, covering about 446-408, the last reform on his return to Jerusalem.
It belongs to the account of who Nehemiah is and the work he did, working always with the highest good of Jerusalem in mind, impatient toward the people because of their slackness in doing the work of God and indignant toward those sinning against God by uniting with the heathen peoples, even bringing them into the very temple itself. The zealous reformer's manner is not always one to copy, yet with all the circumstances surrounding him he is not to be condemned, for he was there for God, the city was the Lord's city, and the people were the Lord's people. The verse belongs to the narrative of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, when Israel had dealings with the ancient lands adjoining Israel, and discoveries from those lands confirm that narrative and give information about that life.
Malluch, Harim, and Baanah are named among those associated with the people's covenant. That covenant was a commitment to keep the law of Moses, belonging to the people's return to the law and worship brought from Babylon by Ezra. It belongs to the account of the remnant's condition and the covenant they entered into after returning to Jerusalem. The verse stands in Nehemiah 8-10, covering about 446-408, the last reform on his return to Jerusalem.
It belongs to the account of who Nehemiah is and the work he did, working always with the highest good of Jerusalem in mind, impatient toward the people because of their slackness in doing the work of God and indignant toward those sinning against God by uniting with the heathen peoples, even bringing them into the very temple itself. The zealous reformer's manner is not always one to copy, yet with all the circumstances surrounding him he is not to be condemned, for he was there for God, the city was the Lord's city, and the people were the Lord's people. The verse belongs to the narrative of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, when Israel had dealings with the ancient lands adjoining Israel, and discoveries from those lands confirm that narrative and give information about that life.