Nehemiah 10:3
What does Nehemiah 10:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Nehemiah 10:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Nehemiah 10:3 means
More priests—Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah—take their place among the sealers. Each name represents a household and a history, now redirected toward faithfulness. Their inclusion underscores that priestly authority does not rest on lineage alone but on covenant loyalty. By sealing, they pledge to guard the holiness of the altar, to teach without partiality, and to submit their own lives to God’s statutes. Publicly recorded names protect the community from anonymous or shifting leadership, binding office-bearers to Scripture-shaped service.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Pheshur, Amarias, Melchias,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
Context
The roll of priests continues, reinforcing the breadth of clerical buy-in to the covenant. These verses steadily accumulate moral weight: not one or two priests but many stand accountable. This sets up the later vows about offerings and atonement, since priests will be central to those practices. The careful listing also mirrors Israel’s rebuilt structures—walls, gates, duties—now matched by rebuilt spiritual order.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 8:4
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
- Nehemiah 11:12
and their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
- Nehemiah 3:11
Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces.
- Nehemiah 12:13
of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
- Nehemiah 12:2
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
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