Matthew Poole and continuators on Nehemiah 10:29

29 They clave to their brethren , their nobles, and entred into a curse, and into an oath , to walk in Gods law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments, and his statutes.

They owned and ratified what the others had done in their names, declaring their assent to it by their words, or by the lifting up of their hands, as the manner was.

i. e. An outh bound with a curse or imprecation upon themselves in case they violated it.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word].