The sealing recorded here belongs to the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, after the seventy-year captivity in Babylon and the final return of the remnant to Jerusalem. Among those joined to the people's covenant were Pashur, Amariah, and Malchijah. That covenant was a commitment to keep the law of Moses which Ezra had brought from Babylon, made by a returned remnant that had accepted its opportunity and was seeking to renew its faithfulness to God. The Babylonian life and setting of this period are illustrated by discoveries in the ancient lands adjoining Israel.
The sealing recorded here belongs to the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, after the seventy-year captivity in Babylon and the final return of the remnant to Jerusalem. Among those joined to the people's covenant were Pashur, Amariah, and Malchijah. That covenant was a commitment to keep the law of Moses which Ezra had brought from Babylon, made by a returned remnant that had accepted its opportunity and was seeking to renew its faithfulness to God. The Babylonian life and setting of this period are illustrated by discoveries in the ancient lands adjoining Israel.